My Blue Heaven Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #334 -My Blue Heaven – As a person, Artie Shaw survived all of his competitors in the big band business, and at the end, he was rather critical of them, especially when it came to their choice of repertoire. But in a spoken interview that introduces the album, he is very proud of his (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #28 – My Blue Heaven – Here’s a tune to make people happy. It’s a good one to start or finish a concert with. Walter Donaldson composed it in 1927, and George Whiting wrote the lyrics. It can be arranged or, as in this version, just (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #125 – Everything I Have Is Yours. This well produced CD contains vocals by 18 crooners, some of them like Gene Austin worthy of more remembrance today. The angle of the album is to present music from the art deco era, and we get (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #17 – My Blue Heaven – The Absalon Orchestra. Vi hade börjat att repetera med The Absalon Orchestra. Exakt vad vi skulle använda musiken till var vi nog inte helt på det klara med, men vi tänkte att folk fick gärna dansa till den. Varje måndag kväll hade vi träff i en villa i Professorsstaden i Lund. Just vid den tiden (…) titta på videontitta på videon