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

Connery

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Frank Crumit (Sept.26,1889 - Sept.7,1943) was a popular United States singer and songwriter, born in Jackson, Ohio, the son of Frank and Mary Poore Crumit, and he died of a heart attack in New York City. By 1913, he performed on the vaudeville stage, first with a trio and then a year later on his own, playing ukulele (and his work with the ukulele apparently inspired George Formby) and singing his favorite songs; he was referred to as "the one-man glee club" in New York City's night spots.

Crumit began making records for American Columbia in 1919, using the old acoustic, or "horn," method of recording (he also occasionally added vocals and banjo to recordings by the Paul Biese Trio on the same label). Unfortunately, the broad and pleasant overtones of his voice were not suited to this technology.

This changed after 1925, with the industry's introduction of the microphone. By this time, Frank Crumit was singing at Victor Talking Machine. The new recording method was able to capture the rich tenor sound of his voice and Crumit produced a series of the traditional ballads he loved, as well as a number of his own compositions, which he wrote in the style of his old-time favorites.

Frank Crumit - I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1925)
[video=youtube;44nWQ7RglTk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44nWQ7RglTk[/video]

Frank Crumit - Three Little Words (1930)
[video=dailymotion;x8k267]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8k267_frank-crumit-three-little-words_music[/video]
 

HadleyH

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Ben Pollack Orchestra "Keep Your Undershirt On" (1929)




[video=youtube;d9R__TjqmQw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9R__TjqmQw[/video]
 

Chas

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Lucky Millinder.

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[video=youtube;Jpi56EGhGrA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpi56EGhGrA[/video]
 
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Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra -- What A Blue Eyed Baby You Are (1925)
vocal by Billy Murray

[video=youtube;aPGv3sm2p3c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGv3sm2p3c&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
 
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Fancy Our Meeting

Al George's Red Pepper Band (1928)
[video=youtube;eV8GX60oBMc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV8GX60oBMc&feature=related[/video]

Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph
[video=youtube;-vVE8fU0Je8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vVE8fU0Je8[/video]
 

sartana

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I always look for stuff on the 'Timeless' CD label. They do great reissues. Also, 'Frog', 'Retrieval' and 'Jazz Oracle'......Personally, 1925-1933 (pre-swing stuff) was the golden age....
 

HadleyH

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What about Fats Waller 1937? ;)

[video=youtube;SuJKNwWpspo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuJKNwWpspo&NR=1[/video]





he did it too :D take your pick ladies and gents.. take your pick!

[video=youtube;2c5E03MEdwA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5E03MEdwA&NR=1[/video]
 
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Marek Weber und seinem Orchester -- Du Bist Das Süßeste Mädel Der Welt (instrumental) (1930)
(You're The Sweetest Girl In The World)

[video=youtube;hq5Nna6-SuY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq5Nna6-SuY&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
 

Shangas

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Fats Waller is one of my favourites! I STRONGLY recommend his music. It's cheerful, it's funny, it's lively and it's very singalongable. Some of his songs are just hilarious.
 

HodgePodge

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Just found a box CD set of Chick Webbs orchestra its awsome all 30s Harlem style Jazz also got the Cab Calloway box set.

Could you point me in the right direction towards that Cab box set, Dave? There's a couple songs of his I'm having trouble finding in "better than they were uploaded to youtube" quality.
 

Dapper Dave

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I got the box set at a CD record shop in hollywood. Amazon is a good place to find CD cheap. I got the Artie Shaw story for $10 has 10 CDs 25 songs on each disc.
 

Chas

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Could you point me in the right direction towards that Cab box set, Dave? There's a couple songs of his I'm having trouble finding in "better than they were uploaded to youtube" quality.

There's this one; you can be sure that the sound quality will be very good to excellent if it was remastered by John Davies.
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I have this one - it has the late 30's recordings including the wonderful Columbia sides with Milt Hinton and Chu Berry.

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HadleyH

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Fats Waller is one of my favourites! I STRONGLY recommend his music. It's cheerful, it's funny, it's lively and it's very singalongable. Some of his songs are just hilarious.

He is so good, isn't he? :D Here is another great one! "Spring Cleaning"


[video=youtube;hgCnmYMWs78]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgCnmYMWs78[/video]
 

Shangas

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You can't go past Fats Waller's 1943 performance of his smash-hit: "Ain't Misbehavin'":

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

Sadly, he would die within weeks of this appearance, of pneumonia.
 

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