Alexxis Rainey Their recording of "Black And Blue Rhapsody proved them equal to Fletcher Henderson and then some. Extra added bonus on that record, solo breaks by Snub Mosely on trumbone, and a very young Stuff Smith on violin.
... and on his 1933 recording of "Clemintine (From New Orleans), he was using a Sy Oliver Chart. It was the Jimmie Lunceford sound before Sy went East and joined up there. The band played it so assuredly that you would think you're listening to an air check from 1937 rather than 1933!
Fort Smith native Alphonso "Phonnie" Trent (24 October 1902 - 14 October 1959) was one of seven inaugural inductees into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame in 1994. A brief profile is provided under "Hall of Fame" on the AJHF website (www.arjazz.org) and a longer one within the Central Arkansas Library System's Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture (www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net). Trent was one of many jazz legends who performed at Taborian Hall's Dreamland Ballroom (www.dreamlandballroom.org) on Little Rock's historic West Ninth Street (a jazz mecca in its heyday). - Alita Mantels, Secretary for Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation/Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame
Very nice Gennett Electrobeam!!! I really like this group a lot, and will definitely be on the lookout for some of their records. Thanks so much for posting this!
The Southwest territory stretched from Texas and Oklahoma throigh Arkansas up to Kansas City and St. Louis. It had many fine bands including Trent, Troy Floyd, Walter Page's Blue Devils and many others, Musicians and bands that inother locations moved North to Chicago or NY tended to stay in the South in this area.
Excellent orchestra. A jewel in the fields of Texas.
Alphonso Trent is my great Grandpa :)
Alexxis Rainey Their recording of "Black And Blue Rhapsody proved them equal to Fletcher Henderson and then some. Extra added bonus on that record, solo breaks by Snub Mosely on trumbone, and a very young Stuff Smith on violin.
... and on his 1933 recording of "Clemintine (From New Orleans), he was using a Sy Oliver Chart. It was the Jimmie Lunceford sound before Sy went East and joined up there. The band played it so assuredly that you would think you're listening to an air check from 1937 rather than 1933!
Fort Smith native Alphonso "Phonnie" Trent (24 October 1902 - 14 October 1959) was one of seven inaugural inductees into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame in 1994. A brief profile is provided under "Hall of Fame" on the AJHF website (www.arjazz.org) and a longer one within the Central Arkansas Library System's Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture (www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net). Trent was one of many jazz legends who performed at Taborian Hall's Dreamland Ballroom (www.dreamlandballroom.org) on Little Rock's historic West Ninth Street (a jazz mecca in its heyday). - Alita Mantels, Secretary for Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation/Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame
Thank You, that´s great!
Bouncy, above average records...dig the breaks, solos, the Stuff Smith;'s scat.....3 1/2 stars......
Very nice Gennett Electrobeam!!! I really like this group a lot, and will definitely be on the lookout for some of their records. Thanks so much for posting this!
The Southwest territory stretched from Texas and Oklahoma throigh Arkansas up to Kansas City and St. Louis. It had many fine bands including Trent, Troy Floyd, Walter Page's Blue Devils and many others, Musicians and bands that inother locations moved North to Chicago or NY tended to stay in the South in this area.
Oh boy! that's a rare one.
Bouncy record...love it.....have to give away SEVERAL payhecks to find that ORIGINAL copy on Gennett, which didn't sell well, and very RARE.....
Your work is very welcome. Keep on doing it.