Tag: Irving Berlin

From the Studio #4 – Alexander’s Ragtime Band – I don’t know if it is this, White Christmas, or maybe another tune that was the most successful in the eyes of their composer, Irving Berlin (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #141 – Let’s Face the Music and Dance. We had a seven pieces orchestra from about 1983-1995 called The Absalon Orchestra. This tune was one of our hits. When we started we were only five and the idea was to play my arrangements of jazz tunes (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #93 – How Many Times. A compilation of more or less well known American dance bands from the 1920s. The usual way for me to use an LP like this is as background music in the morning. Like a ray of sunshine it makes me come in a good mood (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #20 – Swanee Shuffle. The Charleston Chasers was a New York studio group whose jazz content and top-notch musicianship was guaranteed and provided by men like the Dorsey Brothers and Benny Goodman. Formally their music was (…) read more and listenread more and listen