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Of Interest
Recent news and events on the web regarding Louis Jordan:
Musical Pioneer
An interesting article about Bruce Fessier who had an impact on early stages of the recording industry after World War II. Including the Race Records where Louis Jordan appeared for some time. Musical Pioneer (2/6/2006)
Five Guys Named Moe Musical (At Buffalo, NY)
The Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo NY is featuring Five Guys Named Moe
from April 21 to May 20. Check
out the details. (1/27/2006)
Five Guys Named Moe Musical (At Rochester, NY)
The Geva Theatre Center in Rochester NY will be performing Five Guys
Named Moe in June of 2006. Check
out the details. (1/3/2006)
Party animals, 'Moe' or less
A review of
the recent production of Five Guys Named Moe in Merrick NY. (10/31/2005)
Five Guys Named Moe Musical (Salt Lake City, UT)
Yet another performance of Five Guys Named Moe! This one in Utah at
the Pioneer
Theatre Company in May 2006. (10/27/2005)
Five Guys Named Moe Musical (Merrick, NY)
Stage
Theater in Merrick NY will is putting on 5GNM until Nov 20th, 2005.
(10/27/2005)
Five Guys Named Moe Musical (Wichita, KA)
It is a bit late, but Stage One in Wichita Kansas put on the
Five Guys Name Moe musical in October 2005. Read about the premier here. Reviews
and updates here,
and here.
(10/27/2005)
Seattle Jazz Festival
The Seattle Jazz Festival is presenting a host of soundies and Jazz
shorts in late October. Read about it here or
go to the official
site. (10/27/2005)
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
Louis Jordan was inducted into the Arkansas
Black Hall of Fame in 2005. A local news
article regarding the
event here, and here. (10/27/2005)
The Swing Parade of 1946
In depth review of The
Swing Parade of 1946 on The
Bootleg Files. This is particularly interesting considering the
rarity of such a movie. (10/27/2005)
New Louis Jordan Number Ones CD (12/26/2005)
Many
people have asked about the Louis Jordan cd titled Number Ones which
was mentioned on a talk show about a month ago. The cd is out, and
you can get
it at amazon
.
Although, this 5cd set is still
by far a better deal.
Finally, Posters for Sale (11/30/2005)
Finally a poster site that sells some Louis Jordan stuff. They are
larger ones, not the lobby card size. Posters For Sale
New Of Interest Section (10/27/2005)
A new feature on the home page has been added. This "Of Interest" section
will feature news, events, interesting ebay auctions and generally anything
Of Interest on the web regarding Louis Jordan
Lyrics to Five More Songs (10/24/2005)
Added the lyrics to the following songs: Roamin'
Blues, Don't
Let The Sun Catch You Cryin', Sweet
Lorraine, Life Is So
Peculiar, and Whatever
Lola Wants. We now have lyrics to 70 Louis Jordan songs compiled in
the lyrics section.
Lyrics to Nine More Songs (10/17/2005)
Thanks to Louis Jordan fan Nick we have lyrics to nine more songs. If
You So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich?, Mop-Mop, Barnyard
Boogie, Fat
Sam From Birmingham, Run Joe, Chartreuse, Tamburitza
Boogie, Hog
Wash,
and School Days. Thanks again
Nick!
CD Added To Collector Listing (8/31/05)
A new
CD was added to the obsessive collector listing catching a later block of recording time for Jordan. One of
his last recordings done with Johnny & Shuggie
Otis around 1972. Many thanks Sebastian a fan and collector of Louis
Jordan for sending in this bit of information.
New Layout (7/4/05)
The new layout is complete. With the new layout the Photo
Gallery is
finally back! In fact, the photo gallery was greatly expanded to include
many new images. Commenting features are also enabled on many of
the pages allowing you to add your thoughts.
Soundies DVD (10/22/04)
This DVD contains 35 tracks. Some of them are the original soundies that
were produced, others are just clips of the songs from the movies they
were in. Either way this is a great way to see all the music performed
by Louis Jordan. This DVD has been around for quite a while, and could
commonly be found on ebay but is now available on Amazon.