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American Hot Bands Of The 1930s - Bouncing / Var - American Hot Bands Of The 1930s - Bouncing / Var

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 03/18/2016
UPC: 5019317015428

American Hot Bands Of The 1930s - Bouncing / Var
Artist: American Hot Bands Of The 1930s - Bouncing / Var
Format: CD
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1. Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia - Baron Lee and the Blue Rhythm Band Everybody Shuffle - Joe Venuti and His Orchestra
2. Symphony in Riffs - Benny Carter and His Club Harlem Orchestra
3. Dissonance - Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra
4. If Dreams Come True - Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
5. March Winds and April Showers - Wingy Manone and His Harlem Hot Shots
6. Devil in the Moon - Taft Jordan and the Mob
7. You're a Heavenly Thing - Bill Barry and His Orchestra
8. Bouncin in Rhythm - Adrian Rollini and His Tap Room Gang
9. Swingin Em Down - Freddy Jenkins Harlem Seven 1
10. Lookin for Love - Mike Riley and Eddie Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys 1
11. Steel Roof - the Six Blue Chips 1
12. Goody-Goody - Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings 1
13. There Is No Greater Love - Louis King Garcia and His Swing Band 1
14. You Can Depend on Me - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra 1
15. Spreadin Knowledge Around - Ben Pollack and His Orchestra 1
16. Swingin on the Swanee Shore - Sharkey Bonano and His Sharks of Rhythm Honeysuckle Rose - a Jam Session at Victor 1
17. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven 1
18. Goodnight, Angel - Dick Robertson and His Orchestra

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It is often supposed that good jazz ground to a halt with the Wall Street crash of October 29th 1929; but while it is true that public taste veered a way from the virile styles of dance music that had characterized the preceding decade, that is not to say that the jazz idiom withered and died with the leaves that fell that autumn. It simply went underground, so to speak, awaiting the time when it would once more be welcome with the public generally. The twenty tracks in this album show what was being done in the name of jazz during those rather bleak years when the biggest popular songs stressed the grim reality of life. There is none of this in the selection presented here though; instead, a cross-section of some of the finest examples of jazz or dance music strongly jazz-orientated, from big bands that were playing "swing" quite a while before the name became a fad, to small bands that were creating works of art in the way such bands always had. They are still fresh after decades of time. The list of musicians' on this CD are to long to list here, but needless to say it features a whole roster of names that will be familiar to anyone with the slightest interest in jazz.
        
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