Preview of the Book

Two consecutive issues of the IAJRC Journal, June and Sep 2009,  carried one chapter ("Tommy Ladnier's Fletcher Henderson Days, 1926-27.") of the book "Traveling Blues: The Life And Music of Tommy Ladnier" by Bo Lindström & Dan Verhettes.

I commented on the section in the June issue in

http://www.network54.com/Forum/27140/message/1242946853/

An excellent biographical and discographical account with great graphics. You can find additional excerpts in

http://www.jazzedit.org/Traveling-blues.html

At the time of the publication in the IAJRC Journal, the authors were seeking a publisher. Obviously, in the interim, they went for self-publishing, which is becoming more and more prevalent.

One of the great innovations is the offer of a CD containing mp3 files of all 189 recordings of Tommy Ladnier. I think this is the way to go in the publication of musicians' biographies. After all, music is the essence of the life of a musician.

Albert

PS Program WBIX # 21 consisted of   Recordings by Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra with Tommy Ladnier and Joe Smith. Here is the link

http://bixography.com/wbix21.ram