”That jazz” is referring to a miracle in music that happened in the beginning of 1900s when people from a big variation of ethnical and cultural background inspired each other to play in a new fashion. Luckily all this coincided with the development of new inventions like the phonograph recordings, photography and film so that it became in part documented and still can be enjoyed today. In my early teens I happened to be exposed to ”that jazz” and it struck a string deep within me that has kept vibrating ever since.
Paul Bocciolone Strandberg
NEW Series: From the Studio and From the Record Shelves
Today’s Tune:
From the Record Shelves #353
You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me
78 rpm Columbia DB 1901
Five things that I enjoy with this.
One: That it’s a 78 rpm record. Now you hear it through your computer or telephone, but here in my living room with my equipment, the presence of the recording is incomparable.
Two: The record is in very good condition with no distracting surface noise.
Three: Like so many others, I love the voice of Bing Crosby, and he was never in better shape than in the beginning of the thirties.
Four: I’m a fan of Guy Lombardo’s orchestra with their specialties of mutes trumpet and tight saxophone section and with better dynamics than most dance bands at the time. This was in January 1933, and Decca had an excellent idea to combine two of their most selling names.
Five: The film 42nd Street with music by Harry Warren is one of my favorite, and this tune is extraordinary with the construction of melody, chords, and lyrics.
Yes, I’m one of the happy few that still can enjoy all this!
Radioprogram (Swedish):
Radio Swingtime 100 – 1 november 2002
MY PRETTY GIRL – Nu är vi framme vid det näst sista avsnittet i denna unika radioprogramserie. Vi gläds åt livaktig jazz från New Orleans med Oliver Naylor och Halfway House Orchestra, vi njuter av Fletcher Hendersons fina orkester med arrangemang av (…) lyssna på radioprogramlyssna på Radio Swingtime 100
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Paul and His Gang – new CD Live in USA and Canada
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