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Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?

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The Charleston Serenaders -- Den Knækkede Grammofonplade (Denmark, 1930)
(The Broken Record)
vocal by Victor Cornelius

A pseudonym for various European dance bands recording for the Columbia label. Most of the Charleston Serenaders' sides were recorded either in London or Berlin.

[video=youtube;pAwcy3_qOOw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwcy3_qOOw[/video]
 

HadleyH

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I suggest Ozzie Nelson Orchestra

"It's Gonna Be You" (1932)

this is dad Ozzie
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[video=youtube;EIIeBo8_JRM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIeBo8_JRM&feature=related[/video]




as a note aside, this his son Ricky Nelson who also was very famous later on in the late 50s early 60s .... it's all in the family!:D
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[video=youtube;9hrwJvdPtwI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hrwJvdPtwI&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 

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If you want to hear the finest music of the period, big bands isn't where you will find it. Small group jazz is where the musicians really show what they could do; there was much more freedom and license to improvise, which is what jazz is really about.

For the absolute benchmark of the small groups, you have to go to the Teddy Wilson 1935-1938 Brunswick recordings.

[video=youtube;YkmPRGU1SoA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkmPRGU1SoA[/video]

[video=youtube;FPsnQ1-k-OA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsnQ1-k-OA&NR=1[/video]

Small group Count Basie.

[video=youtube;si8lHNJ3JVQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si8lHNJ3JVQ[/video]

Valaida Snow.

[video=youtube;Vn3lJK2Egwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn3lJK2Egwo[/video]
 

Chas

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More small group. If you're not convinced yet...

[video=youtube;HTtqugDW2tw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTtqugDW2tw&feature=related[/video]
[video=youtube;x4H7M2YFK0s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H7M2YFK0s[/video]

Bix.
[video=youtube;O7be5YL3tiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7be5YL3tiQ[/video]

Satchmo.
[video=youtube;zQBjD06a6l8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQBjD06a6l8&feature=related[/video]

Bechet.
[video=youtube;DiD9LYnwgfc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiD9LYnwgfc&feature=fvst[/video]
 

HadleyH

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Nice! very nice Chas!:eusa_clap

The one exception for me is the rendition of "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" (which you have there with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)- I personally prefer the sound and arragnment of Harry Roy for example - - it goes down so smoothly, so easy, so nicely.... in my opinion?
But them. I like pop mainstream Dance Band sound 1930s :D

[video=youtube;NaoljQWgMIk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoljQWgMIk&NR=1[/video]
 
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Harry Horlick's A&P Gypsies -- Only The Girl (1929)

Harry HORLICK was the conductor of one of early American radio's most popular salon orchestras, largely due to his regular appearances on the long-running "A & P Gypsies" show from 1924 to 1936. Born in 1896, in Tiflis, Russia, Horlick remained in Russia when his family left for America at the beginning on World War I, and he became a prisoner of war. His family and the American consul helped him get to the United States where he performed in cafés in the early 1920s. Horlick's six-piece ensemble was playing unsponsored on New York's WEAF in the winter of 1923 when they were seen by a Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company executive who was taking a tour of the radio studio. The band, now holding the name A & P Gypsies, began regular broadcasts, sponsored by A&P, on Monday nights, beginning March 17, 1924, with the opening theme of Two Guitars. The host and band leader Harry Horlick had learned gypsy folk music while traveling with gypsy bands in Constantinople. The musicians performed while wearing gypsy costumes.

From 1924 into the 1930s they were the most popular instrumental music program on the air. In 1933, A&P took part in the World's Fair in Chicago with a canopied boardwalk where tea dances were held, and free tea and coffee samples were distributed.

Horlick died July, 1970.

[video=youtube;XqUQP-KFpFw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqUQP-KFpFw&feature=related[/video]
 
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HadleyH

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Tal Henry And His North Carolinians was one of hundreds of bands that enjoyed moderate success during the 1920s which have been mostly forgotten for decades. While this recording is not especially jazzy, I think it has a rather haunting quality about it. ( Dismuke radio)

And I agree. :)

Some Little Someone (1928)


[video=youtube;GUiAYBHpL8g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUiAYBHpL8g&feature=related[/video]
 
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Saxophon Orchester Dobbri -- Die Schöne Josephine In Der Badekabine (instrumental) (1926)
(Lovely Josephine In The Shower)

[video=youtube;I99nLTews7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I99nLTews7w[/video]

Paul Godwin Dance Orchestra -- Ich Hab Dich Erst Einmal Gesehn (instrumental) (1931)
(I've Seen You Once Before)

[video=youtube;7SiS1s1xzmU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SiS1s1xzmU[/video]
 
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HadleyH

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^^^
Nice!


anybody who loves the 30s gotta have this in his/hers music library! A winner from across the pond with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra "This Is The Rhythm For Me" :D


[video=youtube;BlvXY2aeQjw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvXY2aeQjw&feature=related[/video]
 
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Marek Weber und sein Orchester -- Wenn Ich Liebe Brauch, Dann Geh Ich Zur Pauline (1928)
(I Go To Pauline If I Need Love)
vocal by Austin Egen

[video=youtube;L_bgz__Sgro]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_bgz__Sgro&feature=player_embedded#at=69[/video]
 

Shangas

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You can't get into 30s jazz without enjoying Hylton and Noble.

Without a doubt, one of my favourite Noble tracks: "It's All Forgotten Now":

[video=youtube;T9r7GUhNkJM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9r7GUhNkJM[/video]
 

Connery

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I enjoy this number...:)

Louis Armstrong - Struttin' With Some Barbecue. 9 nov, 1927. Armstrong (tp); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bj).



[video=youtube;yl-2R_Pb7dk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl-2R_Pb7dk[/video]
 

HadleyH

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my contribution for today.... Frankie (Tram) Trumbauer's Orchestra -" No One Can Take Your Place", 1928

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[video=youtube;lEO-oLr9kuc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEO-oLr9kuc&feature=related[/video]
 

Shangas

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Shanghai Shuffle - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1934)
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The Bund, Shanghai, 1930
[video=youtube;rMTnr5tzgP4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMTnr5tzgP4[/video]
 
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Johnny Marvin -- The One I Love Just Can't Be Bothered With Me (1930)
One of my favorite vocalists from the '20s and '30s

[video=youtube;bSQICDbjU6M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSQICDbjU6M&feature=related[/video]
 

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