In April 2020 I made a very important promise to the world, and now, almost exactly 2 years later, the time has come for me to fulfil that promise! In my post ‘Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday: ‘Shreveport Stomp’, Omer Simeon‘ I said that you should look out for me performing said piece with …
This Tuesday (or is it a Wednesday? I’m never sure) we shall take a trip back in time to the distant year of 1928, when a select group of musicians including clarinettist Omer Simeon gathered to record Jelly Roll Morton’s composition ‘Shreveport Stomp’. Shreveport, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a city in Louisiana. How’s …
