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Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, 1930
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:47 pm
by solophoneman
The wonderful early 30's Black Jazz sound of Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, now on You Tube. Have a Listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMREfLNo3Ls
Re: Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, 1930
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:21 pm
by Fredrik
A lovely and underrated band (though I realize that some people will claim that it's not "real" jazz). I've understood that Williams wrote all the arrangements for his band himself. A talented fellow!
Fredrik
Re: Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, 1930
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:27 am
by beaumonde
Thanks for posting this. Fess has been one of my favorites for awhile.
He was classically trained.
Did you also know he was the uncle of modernist bassist Charles Mingus?
Re: Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, 1930
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:51 pm
by Neophone
Solophoneman,
That's a fantastic rendition! I love it. Thanks for sharing it.
Regards,
John
Re: Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, 1930
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:15 am
by jazzgirl1920s
Thanks for that recording by Fess Williams. His Victor recordings are not easy to find. I have his Victor recordings on an old lp and also a cd. My favorite recording of his is Hot Town.