George H. Tremer

Pianist George H. Tremer was active in Birmingham, Alabama, during the late '20s. During the summer of 1927, Richmond, Indiana's Starr Piano Company set up a portable Gennett recording studio on the third floor of their store in Birmingham. Barrelhouse and ragtime pianist Tremer was among dozens of musicians -- preachers along with country, blues, and jazz players -- who took advantage of this opportunity to get recorded. His rendering of <a href="spotify:artist:2ybmcQunlTGqiRfopZkAjn">Shelton Brooks</a>' "Some of These Days" was released on the B-side of his own "Spirit of '49 Rag," a barrelhouse stomp during which he accompanied himself using kazoo, silly falsetto whining, and novelty percussion. These recordings were reissued in 1968 by the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Origin+Jazz+Library%22">Origin Jazz Library</a> label on the LP Ragged Piano Classics 1923-1943 (OJL-16). They have since appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Document%22">Document</a>'s Black & White Piano, Vol. 1: 1923-1931 and Too Late, Too Late, Vol. 9: 1922-1945 (DOCD 5590), These recordings were reissued in 1968 by the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Origin+Jazz+Library%22">Origin Jazz Library</a> label on the LP Ragged Piano Classics 1923-1943 (OJL-16). They have since appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Document%22">Document</a>'s Black & White Piano, Vol. 1: 1923-1931 (DOCD 5596), Too Late, Too Late, Vol. 9: 1922-1945 (DOCD 5590), on the excellent <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Timeless%2FJazz+Oracle%22">Timeless/Jazz Oracle</a>'s compilation Gennett Rarities (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Jazz+Oracle%22">Jazz Oracle</a> 8009), and on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22JSP%22">JSP</a>’s triumphant four-CD set, Gennett Jazz 1922-1930. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi