Great column, particularly love the Armstrong. I suspect it was Harry Ruby who wrote it, a very good songwriter who also, I believe, wrote for film. One thing to note about Lemon was that he may been the first blues "star;" his recordings were pioneering and sold a lot of copies. As for Glasper, I honestly don't think he connects anything connected to black music except in a contemporary, commercially suspect way. The deep history of that music is not assimilable except through other more complex methods. But that's just my opinion, though in about a week I will be posting a substack article on that very topic.
Thanks, Allen - I knew how big Jefferson was. If I recall correctly, he was the first acoustic blues singer I ever bought on record. I hadn't listened to him in a long time - always so much more to hear. As for Glasper, I probably should have put something in there about commercial black music, because he doesn't go back further than this century for the most part. But he does connect all the strains of commercial African-American music of the last twenty years, and does so in a way I find enjoyable.
Absolutely fascinating, the 5 tracks were interesting, thanks
Great column, particularly love the Armstrong. I suspect it was Harry Ruby who wrote it, a very good songwriter who also, I believe, wrote for film. One thing to note about Lemon was that he may been the first blues "star;" his recordings were pioneering and sold a lot of copies. As for Glasper, I honestly don't think he connects anything connected to black music except in a contemporary, commercially suspect way. The deep history of that music is not assimilable except through other more complex methods. But that's just my opinion, though in about a week I will be posting a substack article on that very topic.
Thanks, Allen - I knew how big Jefferson was. If I recall correctly, he was the first acoustic blues singer I ever bought on record. I hadn't listened to him in a long time - always so much more to hear. As for Glasper, I probably should have put something in there about commercial black music, because he doesn't go back further than this century for the most part. But he does connect all the strains of commercial African-American music of the last twenty years, and does so in a way I find enjoyable.
here we go: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/273064/all
Oh, I see I was off in my guess the song was from the 30s - 1949.