Author Archives: Steve Stone

Johnny Wiggs, “Congo Square” and Other Vintage Material (GHB Records)

This is a joint review along with Thomas Jefferson’s With the New Orleans Creole Jazz Band and Monk Hazel’s Band. If these musicians had wanted to gather for a drink or some conversation back in the late 1940s to early ’60s when these superb recordings were made, Joe Mares’ Southland Recording Studio is one of [...]

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Thomas Jefferson, With the New Orleans Creole Jazz Band and Monk Hazel’s Band (GHB Records)

This is a joint review along with Johnny Wiggs’ “Congo Square” and Other Vintage Material. If these musicians had wanted to gather for a drink or some conversation back in the late 1940s to early ’60s when these superb recordings were made, Joe Mares’ Southland Recording Studio is one of the few places in town [...]

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