tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234078430535123877.post576418098383390081..comments2023-06-24T11:06:45.498-07:00Comments on I Went Down to St. James Infirmary: Jack Shea revisited - or should that be Irving Kaufman?Robert W. Harwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12039288617402114039noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234078430535123877.post-36003176684457373812010-03-07T20:40:32.521-08:002010-03-07T20:40:32.521-08:00Several of the Broadway Bellhops records with Mr K...Several of the Broadway Bellhops records with Mr Kaufman singing are on the collection Bix Beiderbecke: Singing the Blues V1. There's a song called Blue River, two versions of There's a Cradle in Caroline, There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland and Just an Hour of Love and I'm Wonderin' Who. These songs are from unsuccessful Broadway shows of the day. Several other records by him are available as free downloads on archive.org. <br /><br />I like his diction, but the nasality of his voice really hurts the musicality. He's quite out-classed by his accompaniment. Even so, I like him better than most of the other vocalists who sang with Bix. The Giant amongst them all was Bing Crosby of course, though Irene Taylor acquits herself well on Mississippi Mud.vilstefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183356136648221026noreply@blogger.com