Audio Tapes – An Interview of Norman Payne

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Norman Payne Norman Payne was a British trumpet player who was strongly influenced, in his early career, by Bix Beiderbecke. Born in 1910, he started playing professionally in 1926. In 1928, he was a member of Fred Elizalde’s band at the Savoy Hotel. There, he met the bass saxophone […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Jimmy McPartland

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Jimmy McPartland Richard “Dixie Dick” Kammeier had a traditional jazz program -Dixieland Brunch- on Tampa’s community radio station, WMNF. On February 3, 1982, Dick interviewed Jimmy McPartland. A few months ago, Dick sent my a tape of the program. I uploaded two excerpts from the program. 1. Jimmy tells […]

Audio Tapes – Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke

Audio Tapes – Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke Terry, a Bixophile living in New Zealand, sent me a tape of a 1961 BBC program entitled “Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke”. The Bix segment was broadcast as part of the “Jazz Records Request” program, with Steve Race as the presenter. Terry tells me that […]