Friday, May 1, 2015

Paris 1945

Wiki says Paris 1945
Paris 1945 is a swing album featuring guitarist Django Reinhardt along with five members of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force big band. The album was recorded in Paris, France, and originally released in 1945.
On January 25, 1945, Reinhardt recorded four tunes with Bernie Privin on trumpet, Peanuts Hucko on tenor saxophone, Mel Powell on piano, Josz Schulman on bass and Ray McKinley on drums.[2] In addition to these four tracks, the album included four tracks of Hucko playing clarinet with a trio, and several tracks of Powell on solo piano.[3]
Miller's band members were all members of the United States Army Air Forces, and military regulations prohibited them from making commercial recordings. This led to a curious personnel listing on the original album that mentioned only Django Reinhardt by name. His accompanists were called the Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band, and the members were listed as U, V, W, X, Y and Z.[2] Later reissues properly credited Glenn Miller's All Stars, the Ray McKinley Trio and Mel Powell.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Moseley Elementary 1968

Moseley Elementary 1968

My cousin Miranda Mosley in the front row....
.....Jimmy Reid....that means he must have failed a grade...because he was in the original class at Briarwood when I was seventh grade.....Fran Weigel....

The Weigel sisters would years later come to the Ritz Carlton and we realized who we were....
That was nice......