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Thelma Carpenter

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Thelma Carpenter - vocalist Thelma Carpenter was singing on the “Kiddies Hour” radio show at age five and by 11 had her own show on WNYC. She was 16 when she got hired as vocalist for the new Teddy Wilson Orchestra. The band lasted less than a year, but Thelma managed to cut her first sides with them, two of which are heard here, the bouncy “Love Grows On The White Oak Tree” and the more tender “This Is The Moment,” recorded in 1939. As luck would have it, Coleman Hawkins was returning from a five-year stay in Europe, and Thelma joined his new band later that same year, resulting in the now-classic recording of “She’s Funny That Way”. When Helen Humes left the Count Basie orchestra in 1943, Thelma took her place

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Introducing Reel to Real Records

Read "Introducing Reel to Real Records" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


As the driving force behind the Cellar Live label, saxophonist Cory Weeds has been busy doing his share to promote contemporary jazz, so it comes as a pleasant surprise that he has found the time to start the archive label Reel to Real. Unlike reissues that are sometimes lost treasures that are found again, an archive ...

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Seems Like Old Times

Label: Sepia Records
Released: 2006

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Thinking Of You Tonight

Label: Coral
Released: 1963

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Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

Label: Coral
Released: 1945


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