Available June 9, 2023 via Patois Records
Repurposing century-old compositions, Buselli–Wallarab Jazz Orchestra removes shroud of time from the music and the story of its creation.
To most people, the small town of Richmond, Indiana won’t ring a bell. But those attuned to the seismic events that occurred there a century ago will instantly conjure up such early jazz icons as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Jelly Roll Morton, surrounded by primitive recording technology in a converted piano factory – the setting for some of the most famous, pioneering jazz records made at the Gennett Studios, for one of the earliest successful record labels.