The results heard here, obtained using a 2-min. machine and home recorder, are incredibly good. As a teen-ager I made some home recordings with a 2-min. machine and recorder and my results were far from gratifying! But being made when they were, the blanks probably hadn't hardened to the degree that my blanks had reached. And I didn't realize at that time that for best results, one should heat the blank somewhat. Thanks for this posting.
Listening to these recordings is fantastic. This, the MET opera one too, These domestic phonographs are the tape recorder from that era. A domestic machine and recorder, and the results you can get, just amazing.
They were not commercial recordings. Louis Armstrong made about 50 cylinder recordings of doing his "hot choruses" on cornet so others can listen it to transcribe his choruses on sheet music for publishing. Nobody knows what happened to those cylinders after 1933, when they were last seen. That is why I wrote it as a "Holy Grail of Jazz". There's a CD that contains the recreations of Armstrong Choruses, with cornetist Bent Persson playing the part. You can find more info about it on Google.
Come to think of it, if you can locate a copy of "Louis Armstrong's 50 Hot Choruses for Cornet" (Melrose sheet music, 1926) and play those hot choruses with your cornet and record it with your Edison phonograph, I think you can do a real "recreation".
Sounds like it was recorded with a pointed type morning glory horn, not bad recording at all. I have recorded a similar session at the home of Bix Beiderbecke which I will be posting soon, which featured cornet, piano, traps, upright bass,
The results heard here, obtained using a 2-min. machine and home recorder, are incredibly good. As a teen-ager I made some home recordings with a 2-min. machine and recorder and my results were far from gratifying! But being made when they were, the blanks probably hadn't hardened to the degree that my blanks had reached. And I didn't realize at that time that for best results, one should heat the blank somewhat. Thanks for this posting.
this is really brilliant! It has to stay here in youtube!!!
Listening to these recordings is fantastic. This, the MET opera one too, These domestic phonographs are the tape recorder from that era. A domestic machine and recorder, and the results you can get, just amazing.
They were not commercial recordings. Louis Armstrong made about 50 cylinder recordings of doing his "hot choruses" on cornet so others can listen it to transcribe his choruses on sheet music for publishing. Nobody knows what happened to those cylinders after 1933, when they were last seen. That is why I wrote it as a "Holy Grail of Jazz". There's a CD that contains the recreations of Armstrong Choruses, with cornetist Bent Persson playing the part. You can find more info about it on Google.
Fascinating!
thank you for this
Ha! Easier said than done, but I will definitely try it! That sure would make for an excellent project!
Come to think of it, if you can locate a copy of "Louis Armstrong's 50 Hot Choruses for Cornet" (Melrose sheet music, 1926) and play those hot choruses with your cornet and record it with your Edison phonograph, I think you can do a real "recreation".
As captivating as a good homemade band recording on an acetate!
Sounds like it was recorded with a pointed type morning glory horn, not bad recording at all. I have recorded a similar session at the home of Bix Beiderbecke which I will be posting soon, which featured cornet, piano, traps, upright bass,
WOW, Louis Armstrong made cylinders? Can you tell me more?