One of the wildest yet sublime and everlastingly wondrous recordings is the November 14, 1929 Mound City Blue Blowers session that finds leader Red McKenzie humming a la the kazoo but using a comb and wetted strips of newspaper. The balance of this stunning and surprising line-up is:Jack Bland, guitarEddie Condon, banjoPops Foster, bassColeman Hawkins, tenor saxGene Krupa, drumsGlenn Miller, trombonePee Wee Russell, clarinet
Half skiffle, half Jazz combo, this odd aggregation make a pivotal and pioneering effort in the Jazz ballad with “One Hour” that uses the short chorus form and harmony to “If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight” and an up-tempo shout piece, “Hello Lola”, that was a 1929 styled shout-out by Pee Wee Russell to his girlfriend.The original issue was a 78 RPM disc, Victor V-38100, a short-lived catalogue device by Victor – snuffed by The Great Depression – that delivered JAZZ and also Black Artists and music in general. This Mound City Blue Blowers session was integrated.
