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The Electrifying Legacy of Stuff Smith: Jazz Violin's Unconventional Virtuoso
Introduction: Jazz, with its rich and diverse history, has seen countless instrumentalists pushing the boundaries of their respective instruments, but few have done so with the sheer audacity and innovation of Stuff Smith. A pioneering jazz violinist, Smith broke away from traditional classical influences to carve out a unique place in jazz history. His contributions to the genre, particularlyâŠ
#Alphonse Trent#Black Violin#Charlie Parker#Dizzy Gillespie#Have Violin Will Swing#Jazz History#Jazz Violinists#Jean-Luc Ponty#Joe Venuti#Leroy Jenkins#Louis Armstrong#Regina Carter#Stéphane Grappelli#Stuff Smith#Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys
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Happy birth anniversary to Al Dubin--
Song: âI Must Be Dreamingâ
Composers: Pat Flaherty & Al Sherman
Lyricist: Al Dubin
Okeh Record: 41051 Matrix # 400706
Performed By: Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers (With Ed. Lang): Fred âFuzzyâ Farrar, Leo McConville (tp), Charlie Butterfield (tb), Arnold Brilhart, Max Farley (as, fl), Herb Spencer (ts), Don Murray (cl, bari), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p, cel), Eddie Lang (g), Hank Stern (tu), Chauncey Morehouse (d, orchestra bells), Harold âScrappyâ Lambert (vcl), Fud Livingston (arr).
Recorded in New York on May 25, 1928
#joe venuti#eddie lang#1920s#foxtrot#popular songs#jazz age#vintage pop and jazz#scrappy lambert#78 rpm#shellac#roaring twenties#flappers#1928 song#gatsby era#new york jazz#my transfer#okeh#columbia records#roaring 20s#Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers#Al Dublin
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"Three Little Girls From N'awlins..." Pt. 1
On a late night in March 1931, in New York City, a trio of singing sisters from New Orleans went into the Brunswick studios to record their first record for the lable.
The "house band" at Brunswick was composed of a pair of young brothers and their jamming buddies; the young brothers were Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Also there were Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, and others who would go on to great heights in the Jazz world.
By 1931, recording technology had become "electrified", with microphones to catch the notes, rather than the primitive horns of the recordings of the '20s. It was worlds better, as far as capturing the sound and the overall "vibe" of the musicians.
The girls, Martha, Connie, and Vet (short for "Helvetia") Boswell, were savvy to the music via the classical training they received as youngsters. They grew up singing together, and began improvising and doing their own arrangements of tunes that defied convention.
Tempo changes, rhythm changes, key changes, modulations from major to minor and back again, unusual percussion, syncopated scat-singing, and seeming endless (and UTTERLY NEW!) harmonic creativity, all in the span of three minutes or less.
The girls and the band had never worked together before. The Boswells had made some radio transcriptions in 1930 that consisted of just them and Martha's piano playing, a couple with an orchestra, so this would be their first time playing with a full "jazz band".
The first tune they put down on shellac 78 that night was an old tune called "When I Take My Sugar To Tea". The flip side of the record would be a tune called "What'ja Do To Me?". The girls outlined their arrangement and off they all went.
When they finished "Sugar To Tea", the band stood up and gave the girls a standing ovation right there in the studio.
One take. Flawless and inspired.
This 78 RPM bit of shellac would become the springboard for some of the greatest musical careers of all time, and put The Boswell Sisters on the map, world-wide.
So...with no further ado, here is the record that launched these "three little girls from N'awlins" to international stardom, and into the hearts of Americans, becoming "America's Sweethearts" during the Great Depression:
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What genre they play and how would they would sound like when singing
The Jet Hawk= indie
Error= thom yorky
Cross= Stephen malkmus
Nightmare=paul westerberg
Blue= bebop -gene Austin
Dream= cool jazz -joe venuti
Ink= rock and roll -Alex turner
Bobby= emo -Blake Schwarzenbach
Hacker= beat music -Micheal stipe
Randy= heavy rock -Bob mould
Ani= cool jazz, dreams singing partner -grace jones
Finch= trumpet, plays for blues band -boy George
#for blue imagine gene austin but him singing like Marilyn Monroe aka like a seducer#LAST last one I swear this is it#dreamswap#dreamswap band au#isaacballz#too many to tag
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A Gift From Tony Bennett
In 1972, when I was 15 and growing up in the New Jersey suburbs I joined a band that included Danny and Dae Bennett, sons of the late Tony Bennett. Over the next couple of years we had quite a bit of success, including being signed by the legendary Mary Martin to record an album for Warner Brothers Records. As âQuacky Duck and his Barnyard Friendsâ we became regulars at the equally legendary Upstairs at Maxâs Kansas City, though between sets I had to hide in Sam Hoodâs production office, as I was legally too young to be in the club.
One of our showpieces was a satirical sendup of the Jagger-Richards hit, âSatisfactionâ, rearranged as a late 20s-early-30s-era uptempo swing tune. At the end of the song I would take a long solo on the violin, as I did my teenage best to imitate Stephanie Grappelli and Stuff Smith. It always got a laugh, and lots of applause.
In those days Tony was, I suppose, a typical divorced-dad musician; he dearly loved his boys but was mostly on the road. Every now and then heâd blow through town and spend time with them, often taking them on some kind of musical expedition. Sometimes heâd include the rest of the band; one I remember in particular was a double bill with Liza Minelli and Lena Horne at Carnegie Hall, both in their prime and at the height of their powers.
On one of those trips, Tony decided to dedicate the evening to me. He had heard our version of âSatisfactionâ, and somehow heard something in my playing he wanted to encourage (that seemed to be an ongoing motif in his life). I was no jazz player by any means, my musical diet consisting mostly of Beatles and Hendrix, but I did idolize Grapelli. Soâ first stop, Buddy Richâs new club that had just opened up on the East Side, âBuddyâs Placeâ. Buddy, of course played a brilliant, brash set, a big treat for Dae (who was our drummer). Then Stephanie Grappelli walked out onto that little stage. He was in his mid-sixties by then, but was soon playing up even more of a storm than he had in his 20s when he was in the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt. Of course I was ecstatic. And Grapelli had this young kid with him, an English violinist named Nigel Kennedy (yes, that one), who for a few numbers took the lead and gave Stephane a run for his money. I imagine Tony saw me sitting there slack-jawed and got quite a kick out of it. After the set, he introduced me to Stephanne, who was sweet as could be. One thing I will never forgetâ he had the most gentle handshake. In a daze, I was ready for the evening to wind down.
Not so fastâ Tony herded us into a cab and we headed for the West Side, where we were summarily plunked down at another jazz club, and out walked a 75-year old Joe Venuti. Like Tony in his later years, Joe was only slightly cowed by age, and still swinginââ hard. I was, of course, over the moon.
It was a night Iâll remember all my life. Thank you Tony.
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The #1 song is "Stop, Look and Listen" by Joe Venuti.
Billboard published the first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 #OnThisDay
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LĂGENDES DU JAZZ
RED NICHOLS, POUR UN PENNY DE PLUS
ââMuch of his vast recorded output was released in Europe, where he was regarded by early jazz critics as the equal, if not the superior, of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke (...). Nichols' chief fault was an overly stiff, academic approach to jazz trumpet, but he did recognize merit as far as other jazz musicians were concerned and made some wonderful small group recordings.ââ
-Michael Brooks
NĂ© le 8 mai 1905 Ă Ogden, en Utah, Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols Ă©tait le fils dâun professeur de musique. Enfant prodige, Nichols avait commencĂ© Ă jouer du cornet Ă lâĂąge de cinq ans.
Nichols a jouĂ© avec le groupe de son pĂšre Ă partir de lâĂąge de douze ans. Nichols a Ă©tĂ© fortement influencĂ© par le Original Dixieland Jazz Band puis par Bix Beiderbecke. Nichols avait entendu Beiderbecke jouer pour la premiĂšre fois sur un enregistrement de George Olsen intitulĂ© ââYouâll Never Get To Heaven With Those Eyes.ââ Nichols a Ă©galement jouĂ© une transcription du solo de Beiderbecke sur le classique âJazz Me Bluesâ qui avait Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ© le 18 fĂ©vrier 1924.
Durant une partie de lâannĂ©e 1920, Nichols avait Ă©tudiĂ© Ă la Culver Military Academy, dont il avait Ă©tĂ© expulsĂ©, Ă l'instar de son idole Bix Beiderbecke.
DĂBUTS DE CARRIĂRE
Au dĂ©but des annĂ©es 1920, Nichols sâest installĂ© dans le Midwest. Le 25 mai 1923, Ă lâĂąge de dix-sept ans, Nichols avait fait ses dĂ©buts sur disque avec le groupe Syncopating Five dâHoward Lanin. Nichols avait Ă©ventuellement pris la direction du groupe qui avait Ă©tĂ© rebaptisĂ© le Royal Palms Orchestra. Le groupe sâĂ©tait particuliĂšrement produit sur la CĂŽte est, et plus particuliĂšment Ă Atlantic City.
MĂȘme sâil avait enregistrĂ© deux chansons avec Howard Lanin en mai 1923, câest surtout aprĂšs avoir Ă©tĂ© associĂ© au frĂšre dâHoward, Sam Lanin, que la carriĂšre de Nichols avait vraiment dĂ©collĂ©. AprĂšs le dĂ©mantĂšlement du Royal Palms Orchestra, Nichols a fait partie du Johnny Johnson Orchestra avec lequel il sâĂ©tait installĂ© Ă New York en 1923. Ă New York, Nichols avait rencontrĂ© le joueur de trombone Miff Mole, avec qui il avait jouĂ© durant une dizaine dâannĂ©es. Avant de signer un contrat avec les disques Brunswick, Nichols et Mole, qui Ă©taient devenus insĂ©parables, avaient enregistrĂ© avec PathĂ©-Perfect sous le nom de Red Heads. En plus de Mole (qui avait participĂ© Ă la plupart des enregistrements de Nichols en 1927-28 avant de se lancer dans une carriĂšre de musicien de studio), Nichols avait Ă©galement collaborĂ© avec de futurs grands noms du jazz comme Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey et Will Bradley au trombone, Pee Wee Russell, Benny Goodman et Frank Teschemacher Ă la clarinette, Bud Freeman, Eddie Miller, Babe Russin et Fud Livingston au saxophone tĂ©nor, Frankie Trumbauer au C-melody saxophone, Adrian Rollini au saxophone basse, Charlie Teagarden et Wingy Manone Ă la trompette, Dudley Fosdick au mellophone, Dick McDonough, Carl Kress et Eddie Condon Ă la guitare, Lennie Hayton, Joe Sullivan, Rube Bloom et Roy Bargy au piano, Joe Venuti au violon, Joe Tarto au tuba, Artie Bernstein Ă la contrebasse, Red McKenzie au chant et Gene Krupa, Chauncey Morehouse, Stan King, Dave Tough, Ray Bauduc et Ray McKinley Ă la batterie. Dans le film biographique ââThe Five Penniesââ, le personnage de Nichols prononçait souvent la rĂ©plique ïżœïżœDonât worry, someday theyâll all be working for me.â Ironiquement, malgrĂ© le nombre impressionnant de futurs chefs dâorchestres qui avaient fait partie de son groupe, Nichols nâavait jamais vraiment connu de succĂšs comme leader de ses propres formations Ă lâĂ©poque du swing.
Au dĂ©but de sa carriĂšre, Nichols avait Ă©galement enregistrĂ© avec les disques Edison (1926), Victor (1927, 1928, 1930, 1931), Bluebird (1934, 1939), Variety (1937) et Okeh (1940). Parmi les nombreux artistes ou groupes avec lesquels Nichols avait enregistrĂ© de 1924 Ă 1926, on remarquait les Baileyâs Lucky Seven, les Charleston Seven, le Goofus Five, les Tennessee Tooters, le Lou Gold, les Melody Sheiks, les California Ramblers, les Laninâs Red Heads, le Varsity Eight, les Five Birmingham Babies, Billy Wynne, les Little Ramblers, Bill Wirges, les Georgians, les Seven Missing Links, Ross Gorman, les Cotton Pickers, les Hottentots, Cliff Edwards, les Ipana Troubadours, les Walter Davidsonâs Louisville Loons, le Original Memphis Five, les Broadway Bellhops, Bob Haring, Arnold Brilhart, Little Pilgrims Orchestra, Frank Signorelli, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Albin, Annette Hanshaw, Don Voorhees, John Clesiâs Areoleans, Evelyn Preer et Lee Morse, et on ne parlait que des formations orientĂ©es vers le jazz.
Nichols, qui savait lire la musique, avait facilement obtenu du travail comme musicien de studio. En décembre 1926, Nichols avait commencé à enregistrer avec Mole dans le cadre de différentes formations connues sous le nom de Red Nichols and His Five Pennies. En réalité, le nom du groupe était un peu trompeur, car trÚs peu de ces formations étaient des quintets. Parmi les membres du groupe, on remarquait Jimmy Dorsey à la clarinette et au saxophone alto, Vic Berton (un batteur qui pensait comme un percussionniste et jouait parfois du tympani), Eddie Lang à la guitare et Arthur Schutt au piano.
Nichols a enregistrĂ© plus de cent piĂšces avec les Five Pennies pour les disques Brunswick. MĂȘme si la taille du groupe avait Ă©voluĂ© avec les annĂ©es, son nom Ă©tait demeurĂ© Ă©changĂ©. De 1926 Ă 1932, Nichols a Ă©galement enregistrĂ© avec les Arkansas Travelers, les California Red Heads, les Louisiana Rhythm Kings, le Wabash Dance Orchestra, les Alabama Red Peppers, les Charleston Chasers, les Red and Miff's Stompers et les Miff Mole and His Little Molers. Nichols avait aussi dirigĂ© des groupes plus importants sur certains enregistrements et dans le cadre des revues ââStrike Up The Bandââ et ââGirl Crazy.ââ
ExtrĂȘmement prolifique, Nichols enregistrait parfois une vingtaine de piĂšces par semaine.
En plus de Nichols au cornet, de Mole et de Jimmy Dorsey au saxophone alto et Ă la clarinette, le groupe de Nichols avait Ă©tĂ© notamment composĂ© au cours de la dĂ©cennie suivante de Benny Goodman et de de Pee Wee Russel à la clarinette, de Glenn Miller et Jack Teagarden au trombone,de Joe Venuti au violon, dâEddie Lang au banjo et Ă la guitare et de Gene Krupa Ă la batterie. Le groupe avait connu un succĂšs inattendu avec la piĂšce "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider", qui sâĂ©tait vendue Ă plus dâun million de copies. La piĂšce sâĂ©tait aussi mĂ©ritĂ© un disque dâor de la Recording Industry Association of America. La composition de Nichols intitulĂ©e "Nervous Charlie Stomp" avait mĂȘme Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ©e par lâorchestre de Fletcher Henderson.
En 1927, Nichols avait passĂ© quelques mois dans lâorchestre de Paul Whiteman. Son remplaçant Ă©tait nul autre que son idole Bix Beiderbecke.
Ă la fin des annĂ©es 1920, Nichols a Ă©galement enregistrĂ© avec les Miff Moleâs Molers, Peggy English, Carl Fenton, Sophie Tucker, Art Gillham, Cass Haganâs Park Central Hotel Orchestra, les Midnight Airedales, Irving Brodsky et les Red Hot Dogs. En plus de jouer du cornet, Nichols Ă©tait un arrangeur imaginatif qui, un peu comme Jelly Roll Morton, avait le don de combiner des musiciens Ă©tablis avec des groupes spĂ©cialement rĂ©unis pour lâoccasion. Les arrangements de Nichols Ă©taient si complexes quâil devait souvent faire appel aux meilleurs musiciens disponibles.
Dans les annĂ©es 1930, Nichols avait tentĂ© de sâadapter au swing alors en effervescence, mais il avait beaucoup moins enregistrĂ© Ă partir de 1932. Nichols nâavait mĂȘme pas enregistrĂ© du tout en 1933. LâannĂ©e suivante, Nichols avait dirigĂ© un groupe de onze musiciens appelĂ© His World Famous Pennies. Ă la mĂȘme Ă©poque, Nichols avait aussi dirigĂ© des orchestres anonymes Ă la radio. DĂ©sormais considĂ©rĂ© comme une relique du passĂ©, Nichols avait Ă©tĂ© progressivement abandonnĂ© par ses musiciens qui avaient dĂ©cidĂ© de lancer leurs propres groupes. Le critique Michael Brooks Ă©crivait:
ââWhat went wrong? Part of it was too much, too soon. Much of his vast recorded output was released in Europe, where he was regarded by early jazz critics as the equal, if not the superior, of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. People who make fools of themselves usually find a scapegoat, and when the critics were exposed to the music of Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and others they turned on Nichols and savaged him, trashing him as unfairly as they had revered him. Nichols' chief fault was an overly stiff, academic approach to jazz trumpet, but he did recognize merit as far as other jazz musicians were concerned and made some wonderful small group recordings.ââ
Durant la Crise des annĂ©es 1930, Nichols avait gagnĂ© sa vie en se produisant dans des revues. Pendant un certain temps, Nichols avait aussi dirigĂ© lâorchestre de Bob Hope, avant de sâinstaller en Californie.
Nichols avait Ă©pousĂ© Willa Stutsman, une danseuse de la revue Scandals de George White, avec qui il avait eu une fille. En 1942, la fille du couple avait contractĂ© la poliomyĂ©lite aprĂšs quâon lui ait diagnostiquĂ© une mĂ©ningite spinale. Jusquâen 1943, on avait perdu toute trace de Nichols, qui sâĂ©tait trouvĂ© un emploi dans les chantiers maritimes afin de pouvoir mieux sâoccuper de la santĂ© de sa fille. AprĂšs sâĂȘtre produit au Merry-Go-Round Ă Dayton, dans lâĂtat de lâOhio, Nichols avait fait son service militaire dans le cadre de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
DERNIĂRES ANNĂES
En 1944, Nichols, qui nâavait rien perdu de son habiletĂ© au cornet Ă lâĂąge de trente-neuf ans, avait tentĂ© un retour sur scĂšne. AprĂšs avoir jouĂ© avec le Casa Loma Orchestra durant quelques mois, Nichols avait formĂ© une nouvelle version de son groupe les Five Pennies, cette fois sous la forme dâun sextet qui sâĂ©tait produit dans de petits clubs de Los Angeles. Le groupe avait jouĂ© par la suite dans de plus grandes salles comme le Zebra Room, le Tudor Room de lâHĂŽtel Palace Ă San Francisco et le Shearton de Pasadena, en Californie. Ă la suite du retour en force du Dixieland, Nichols avait aussi participĂ© Ă des sessions avec Peggy Lee, Julia Lee, Phil Harris et Kay Starr. Il avait Ă©galement fait des apparitions Ă la radio avec Bing Crosby.
TrĂšs populaires sur la scĂšne locale, les Five Pennies mettaient souvent en vedette des artistes comme Heinie Beau ou Rosy McHargue Ă la clarinette et Herbie Haymer au saxophone tĂ©nor. Lâune des piĂšces les plus populaires du groupe Ă cette Ă©poque Ă©tait âBattle Hymn Of The Republicâ (1949). MĂȘme si Nichols jouait parfois des arrangements innovateurs datant des annĂ©es 1920, la plupart du temps le groupe interprĂ©tait une musique inspirĂ©e du Dixieland. Les Five Pennies s'Ă©taient Ă©ventuellement dotĂ©s d'un son plus distinctif aprĂšs quâun saxophoniste basse et le joueur de trombone King Jackson se soient joints au groupe en 1949. Dans les annĂ©es 1950, le groupe avait enregistrĂ© une sĂ©rie dâalbums pour les disques Capitol, Jump et Audiophile et avait continuĂ© de se produire sur scĂšne.
Ă la fin de sa carriĂšre, Nichols a Ă©galement jouĂ© le rĂŽle dâambassadeur de bonne volontĂ© pour le DĂ©partement dâĂtat.
Nichols a participĂ© Ă de nombreux films au cours de sa carriĂšre. En 1929, Nichols a jouĂ© dans un court-mĂ©trage de la compagnie Vitaphone qui mettait Ă©galement en vedette son groupe les Five Pennies ainsi que les musiciens Eddie Condon et Pee Wee Russell. En 1935, Nichols a fait une apparition dans le film ââThe Parade of the Maestrosââ aux cĂŽtĂ©s de Ferde Grofe. En 1950, Nichols a participĂ© au tournage du film ââWabash Avenue.ââ LâannĂ©e suivante, Nichols avait partagĂ© la vedette avec Mickey Rooney et Jeanne Cagney dans le film ââQuicksand.ââ La mĂȘme annĂ©e, Nichols avait Ă©galement eu un petit rĂŽle dans le film ââDisc Jockeyââ aux cĂŽtĂ©s de Tommy Dorsey. En 1959, Nichols avait aussi fait une apparition dans le film ââThe Gene Krupa Story.ââ
En octobre 1956, Nichols avait participĂ© Ă un Ă©pisode de lâĂ©mission de tĂ©lĂ©vision ââThis Is Your Lifeââ, dans lequel il avait Ă©tĂ© rĂ©uni avec ses anciens collaborateurs Miff Mole, Phil Harris et Jimmy Dorsey. Ces derniers avaient dâailleurs remerciĂ© plus tard Nichols de sâĂȘtre assurĂ© que tous les membres du groupe avaient Ă©tĂ© payĂ©s.
En juin 1965, Nichols avait obtenu un contrat pour se produire avec les Five Pennies au Mint Hotel de Las Vegas. Le 28 juin, quelques jours aprĂšs avoir participĂ© Ă son premier concert, Nichols avait Ă©prouvĂ© des douleurs Ă la poitrine durant son sommeil. Nichols avait appelĂ© la rĂ©ception pour obtenir du secours, mais il Ă©tait dĂ©jĂ mort au moment de lâarrivĂ©e de lâambulance. Il Ă©tait ĂągĂ© de soixante ans. Le soir-mĂȘme, le groupe avait rendu hommage Ă Nichols en se produisant comme prĂ©vu, avec un projecteur orientĂ© vers la chaise vide du trompettiste.
Ă la suite du succĂšs de l'Ă©mission ''This is your life'', Nichols avait fait lâobjet en 1959 dâune film biographique intitulĂ© ââThe Five Pennies.ââ Le film, qui reposait sur une vision trĂšs romancĂ©e de la vie et de la carriĂšre de Nichols, lâavait dĂ©crit comme un musicien irresponsable qui Ă©tait la principale cause de ses propres malheurs. Le film mettait en vedette lâacteur Danny Kaye. Nichols, qui avait jouĂ© lui-mĂȘme ses propres parties de cornet dans le film, avait Ă©galement fait une apparition comme membre dâun groupe fictif appelĂ© les "Clicquot Club Eskimos". Heureusement, la complicitĂ© de Nichols avec Louis Armstrong, qui avait Ă©galement jouĂ© dans le film, avait contribuĂ© Ă contrebalancer les nombreuses erreurs historiques de la production. Par exemple, contrairement Ă ce que laissait entendre le film, Nichols nâavait jamais Ă©tĂ© chanteur.
Tentant par la suite de capitaliser sur le succĂšs du film, Nichols avait enregistrĂ© dâautres disques pour Columbia. La piĂšce-titre de son dernier album âThe Battle Hymn Of The Republicâ (1959) Ă©tait dâailleurs tirĂ©e de la trame sonore du film. Par la suite, Nichols avait continuĂ© de se produire avec les Five Pennies dans la rĂ©gion de Los Angeles.
Le film ââThe Five Penniesââ avait dĂ©crochĂ© quatre nominations au gala des Academy Award. LâĂ©pouse de Kaye, Sylvia Fine, avait composĂ© la chanson-thĂšme du film, ainsi que dâautres piĂšces apparaissant dans la production. La piĂšce "Poor Butterfly" de Nichols a Ă©tĂ© reprise dans le film de Woody Allen ââBullets Over Broadwayââ, qui a Ă©tĂ© publiĂ© en 1994. On peut Ă©galement entendre lâenregistrement du standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" dans un autre film d'Allen tournĂ© en 1999 et intitulĂ© ââSweet and Lowdown.ââ
Red Nichols a été intronisé au sein du Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame en 1986. Compositeur prolifique, Nichols a écrit ou co-écrit plusieurs piÚces, dont "Hurricane" (avec Paul Mertz), You're Breakin' Me Down" (avec Glenn Miller), "Five Pennies", "Sugar" (avec Jack Yellen, Milton Ager et Frank Crum), "Bug-A-Boo", "The Parade of the 'Pennies'", "The King Kong", "Trumpet Sobs", "Get Cannibal", "Junk Man's Blues", "Delta Roll", "Corky", "Bugler's Lament", "Nervous Charlie Stomp" (qui a été enregistrée par Fletcher Henderson), "Last Dollar", "That's No Bargain" et "Blues at Midnight".
ConsidĂ©rĂ© comme un des plus grands cornettistes Ă avoir Ă©mergĂ© dans les annĂ©es 1920, Nichols avait Ă©tĂ© longtemps sous-estimĂ©, Ă la fois en raison de sa personnalitĂ© controversĂ©e (il prĂ©parait parfois ses solos Ă lâavance) et parce que sa tonalitĂ© Ă©tait peut-ĂȘtre un peu trop influencĂ©e par le style de Bix Beiderbecke. En rĂ©alitĂ©, Nichols avait une tonalitĂ© plus cool que celle de Bix ainsi quâun style beaucoup plus rĂ©servĂ©.
Certains musiciens comme Eddie Condon nâavaient pas toujours Ă©tĂ© trĂšs tendres envers le jeu de Nichols. Le fait que les enregistrements de Nichols du dĂ©but des annĂ©es 1930 aient Ă©tĂ© mieux connus en Europe que ceux de ses compatriotes afro-amĂ©ricains nâavait guĂšre contribuĂ© Ă le faire mieux connaĂźtre aux Ătats-Unis. Certains des musiciens associĂ©s Ă Condon semblaient aussi avoir portĂ© rancune Ă Nichols de son succĂšs.
Au cours des derniĂšres annĂ©es, les disques Jazz Oracle ont publiĂ© trois coffrets de CD comprenant la quasi totalitĂ© des enregistrements de Nichols comme leader de 1926 Ă 1932. MĂȘme si Nichols avait Ă©tĂ© bien loin dâĂȘtre un innovateur de la trempe de Louis Armstrong et de Bix Beiderbecke, il nâen Ă©tait pas moins un des plus grands musiciens de lâhistoire du jazz.
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ââRed Nichols.ââ Wikipedia, 2023. ââRed Nichols.ââ All About Jazz, 2023. YANOW, Scott. ââProfiles in Jazz: Red Nichols.ââ The Syncopated Times, 1er fĂ©vrier 2018.
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After You've Gone By Joe Venuti From the album Presenting Joe Venuti Added to Discover Weekly playlist by Unknown User on March 11, 2024 at 12:00AM Listen on Spotify https://ift.tt/1valkiu
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Song of the Day: Eddie Lang, "Perfect"
Salvatore Massaro, better known as jazz guitarist Eddie Lang, was born on this day in 1902. Lang is considered the âFather of Jazz Guitar,â and he and violinist Joe Venuti made a number of classic jazz records in the 1920âs. He also played with Bix Biederbecke, Frank Signorelli, Louis Armstrong, and Lonnie Johnson (with whom he sometimes recorded as Blind Willie McDuff), among others. He andâŠ
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Spirit de Milan, ecco gli appuntamenti della settimana. Domenica ultimo Hot Jazz Club
Spirit de Milan, ecco gli appuntamenti della settimana. Domenica ultimo Hot Jazz Club. Nuovi appuntamenti allo Spirit de Milan, la cattedrale in cui si incontrano la cultura swing e la passione per la bellezza e la tradizione, alla riscoperta del fascino di Milano e della "milanesitĂ ", all'insegna della musica dal vivo, della buona cucina, del sano divertimento e del ballo. MercoledĂŹ 7 giugno, alle 22.00 â CRISTAL, AL AIRE LIBRE con 3T TANGO ORCHESTRA. Orchestra formata nel 2011 tra Cremona e Milano che tra i componenti vanta, oltre alla classica formazione musicale, una significativa esperienza nel tango ballato. Nel repertorio arrangiamenti mutuati dalle classiche orchestre di tango (Pugliese, D'Agostino, Di Sarli, Fresedo, Biagi, Canaro ecc.) e altri scritti appositamente per il ballo. La selezione musicale Ăš di Tango Dj Giacomo Bombonato. GiovedĂŹ 8 giugno, alle 22.00 â BARBERA & CHAMPAGNE con THE CADREGAS. Il loro repertorio sconfina dai piĂč antichi stornelli milanesi di fine '800 e le goliardiche canzoni da osteria dei primi del '900 fino ad arrivare a Cochi e Renato, Strehler, Enzo Jannacci e Dario Fo, con alcuni sconfinamenti regionali. VenerdĂŹ 9 giugno, alle 22.30 â BANDIERA GIALLA con DANCE ANGELS. Trio al femminile con un repertorio interamente improntato sulla Dance che ha contaminato il mondo musicale degli anni '70 e '80, il tutto accompagnato dalle bellissime coreografie di 3 fantastiche front women. A seguire Dj Set anni 70-80-90 con Alex Biasco. Sabato 10 giugno, alle 22.30 â HOLY SWING NIGHT con JUMPING JIVE. Band con un repertorio che Ăš l'espressione piĂč autentica della swing era degli anni '30 e '40, l'alto grado di improvvisazione, ritmo ed andamento sincopato sono l'espressione di balli quali Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag sino al piĂč frenetico Boogie Woogie. A seguire Swing Dj set con Swingin' Simon. Domenica 10 giugno, alle 15.30 â ultimo appuntamento con HOT JAZZ CLUB. sul palco Claudio Nisi, storico bassotubista del jazz classico italiano, che ha suonato e registrato con i piĂč grandi nomi della storia del jazz, da Gerry Mulligan a Joe Venuti. Alle 22.00 â SPIRIT IN BLUES con THE NIGHTHAWKS. energia, carica espressiva e groove si fonderanno insieme per dare vita ad un concerto di grande intensitĂ costruito intorno al rhythm and blues, soul e al jazz.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article
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Billboard magazine published its first âThe Hit Paradeâ on January 4, 1936. The top song on the list was "Stop, Look and Listen" by Joe Venuti and his orchestra. #OnThisDay
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"Three Little Girls From N'awlins..." Pt. 2
With their first record taking off across the country via radio, the Boswells were quickly becoming "celebrities" on the level of movie stars. More records and more radio shows, some sponsorships by Fleischman's Yeast (where their father worked as a salesman), and Chesterfield cigarettes would follow.
They sold out performance halls wherever they would play, even on Broadway. In the mid-to-late '80s, when Vet Boswell was the only surviving sister, a fellow named David McCain visited her one day. He would go on to become one of Vet's closest confidantes during her last days, and would go on to set down their history via countless hours of research and talks with Vet. His liner notes for the 5-CD set of the Boswells' complete recordings are essential history and "must reads" for all interested in The Boz.
The girls would continue to record with The Dorsey Brothers and their gang of cohorts whenever they could, "whenever they were in town", as Vet put it. They would go into the studio in the wee hours, after "the boys" had played their evening gigs, so they were loose and warmed-up. The recording would go long into the night.
Their second record for Brunswick was an absolutely rocking version of "Roll on, Mississippi", backed with the song that would become synonymous with the trio: "Shout, Sister, Shout".
The introduction to "Shout, Sister" became a musical signature of sorts. It, along with "Heebie Jeebies", they would consider their "good luck tunes".
The band is HOT HOT HOT, featuring Joe Venuti (violin) and Eddie Lang (guitar) prominently.
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The above clip from 'The Big Broadcast", and the clearest version on youtube, sonically speaking. That band behind them? A very young Dorsey Brothers with their usual cohort of suspects, including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang. Truly ahead of their time.
And Maxine Andrews herself said "There would not have been an Andrews SIsters if there were not a Boswell Sisters before them. The Andrews girls got poked a little by the producer of their first record for mimicking The Boz, and it was true. Maxine was a font of info in her later years and she truly paid tribute where it was due.
Not many have. Think of ALL THE GIRL TRIOS WHO HAVE COME SINCE 1932!!!! They pretty much owe it to the Boz for pioneering the entire Genre of Girl Group Trios, straddling early 'Hot' Jazz and sheer bubblegum-pop-of-the-day effervescence, they were classically trained and did their own arranging.
See? This is what somebody who is autistic and doesn't really know it DOES...we DEEP-DIVE into ANY subject that fascinates us. I fucking made three trips to New Orleans to attend Boswell Sisters functions and conventions. I had the $, and I was fascinated.
Me, the old hippie, who should have zero connection with the 1930s but instead learns every bit of knowledge there is to learn about who/what ever has caught my attention.
Another "little bit of History" THAT PROVES WORTHY ON MY LITTLE SCALE OF MORALITY/JUSTICE/INTEGRITY to blather about. Thank you. THere will goddamn well be more insane tangents about obscure things. You bet your sweet bippy!
https://archive.org/details/audio?tab=collection&query=Boswell+Sisters
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