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

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ilja Livschakoff Tanzorchester -- Deine Augen Sind Das Schönste Liebeslied
(The Most Beautiful Love Song Are Your Eyes)

 

[rocketeer]

Bit of an old Topic, but hey! Lets resurrect it
Anyone mention Harry Roy and his band? How about that old British TV series Pennies From heaven. Absolutely full of dance band era tunes from the 20s - 30s era. Al Bowley, Harry Roy, Jack jackson, Lew Stone and Henry Hall are just a few of the artists featured on the soundtrack.
A great drama serial that British TV did so well far superior to the Steve Martin film version.

 

[TXFlyGuy]

The "Ozzie Nelson Big Band", featuring Harriet on vocals. Check it out.

 

[Roland Cañamar]

Some of my favorites are:

Scrappy Lambert & Colonial Club Orchestra
Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors of Syncopation
Charleston Chasers
Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
Duke Yellman & His Orchestra

 

[Studebaker Driver]

Though I'm not a heavy-duty fan of the Marx Brothers (I have to be in the right mood for their frantic pace), in their 1929 "The Cocoanuts" is one of my favorite song and dance numbers of all time. It is Irving Berlin's Monkey Doodle Doo and it drives me wild. Even though it was written in 1913, it enjoyed a surge in the mid-'20s and the movie version is, to me, the best. It is worth the price of the DVD just for the song and dance number.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Helen Clark and Franklyn Baur -- A Little Bungalow (1926)
accompanied by Rosario Bourdon and the Victor Orchestra

This song was featured in the original 1925 stage show of The Cocoanuts but was replaced in the movie with When My Dreams Come True.

 

[Merrill]

Looking for some good suggestions, post here what and who you think we should check out!

A couple of excellent films were shown by TCM on MLK Day: "Cabin in the Sky" and "Stormy Weather". These were films with black casts and there were some greats among them, such as Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Eddie Anderson, Bill Robinson. The scores and performances were just great in my opinion. Merrill

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin) -- The Kinkajou (1927)
vocal by Johnny Marvin

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Warner's Seven Aces -- Go Get 'Em, Caroline! (1925)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Leo Reisman Orchestra -- Dawn (1927)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Savoy Orpheans -- Mine (1927)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Bertini and his Band -- My Fate Is In Your Hands (1930)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Savoy Orpheans -- Pretty Little Thing (1927)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Debroy Somers Band -- Just A Kiss From A Little Miss (1928)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The Savoy Orpheans -- The Day That I Met You (1926)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The Savoy Orpheans -- You Are My Heart's Delight (1931)
Columbia promotional record

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Lou Gold and his Orchestra -- Dream Girl Of Mine (1930)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Lou Gold and his Orchestra -- Loving You Truly (1930)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The Park Inn Good Timers (Ken Sisson) -- Sweet Dreams (1928)
vocal by Smith Ballew

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Webster Moore and his High Hatters -- Just A Little Closer (1930)