@jamie-easyrollers
The important ones
Louis Armstrong
July 23, 2026
Early Louis — the Hot Five thing. We play an absolutely raw version of Tiger Rag that our guitar player…
The standards matter, but discovering them is the fun part
Billie Holiday
July 23, 2026
One of the ballads on the [Easy Roller's] album — called Maybe — is me trying to do that. When…
It's all about story
Chet Baker
July 23, 2026
Ever since about 14 or 15 I was in a teenage rock band, trying to be Muse while my cooler…
An anti-establishment energy
Omer Simeon
July 17, 2026
I think what's fascinating with the early jazz era is that it's always, to a certain extent, captured the public…
Swampy New Orleans
Chicago Footwarmers
July 17, 2026
There's a really good Johnny Dodds album that's interesting because Louis Armstrong couldn't really release music under his own name…
A unexpected love of British folk
Eliza Carthy
July 14, 2026
Everyone in the band is in other things as well, and you often find that when you're writing something, when…
