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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France ‎– Swing From Paris

 


I Got Rhythm

St. Louis Blues

Appel Direct

Honeysuckle Rose

Black and White

Limehouse Blues

Moonglow

Billets Doux

Daphne

China Boy

Night and Day

My Sweet

It Don't Mean a Thing

Sweet Georgia Brown

Swing From Paris

I've Found a New Baby

Lambeth Walk

Them There Eyes

It Was So Beautiful

Three Little Words

H.C.Q. Strut

Swing 39


Swing From Paris

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Various Artists – Columbia Country Classics / Volume 1: The Golden Age (1931-1953)

 


1 The Carter Family– Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye & Bye) 3:07

2 Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans– Great Speckled Bird 2:52

3 The Chuck Wagon Gang*– After The Sunrise 2:47

4 Gene Autry– You Are My Sunshine 2:24

5 Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers*– I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart 3:05

6 Al Dexter & His Troopers*– Pistol Packin' Mama 2:46

7 Gene Autry– Back In The Saddle Again 2:36

8 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys– New San Antonio Rose 2:34

9 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys– Time Changes Everything 2:40

10 Gene Autry– It Makes No Difference Now 2:43

11 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys– Take Me Back To Tulsa 2:39

12 Texas Ruby– Don't Let That Man Get You Down 2:31

13 Spade Cooley– Shame On You 2:52

14 Ted Daffan's Texans– Born To Lose 2:40

15 Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan– When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 2:36

16 Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys*– Wreck On The Highway 2:45

17 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels 2:47

18 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– The Tramp On The Street 2:46

19 Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys*– I Saw The Light 2:41

20 Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper With The Clinch Mountain Clan– Are You Walking And A-Talking For The Lord 2:06

21 Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys*– Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) 2:45

22 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– Poor Ellen Smith 2:40

23 Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys*– Wabash Cannonball 2:33

24 Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys*– Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 2:40

25 Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys*– Blue Moon Of Kentucky 3:05

26 The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys– The Fields Have Turned To Brown 2:32

27 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs* & The Foggy Mountain Boys– Don't Get Above Your Raisin' 2:41


Columbia Country Classics

Friday, March 11, 2022

Vintage Charleston - Great Tunes of the Charleston Era..Original Recordings 1924-1928

 

The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. Runnin' Wild ran from 29 October 1923 through 28 June 1924. The peak year for the Charleston as a dance by the public was mid-1926 to 1927.

While the Charleston as a dance probably came from the "star" or challenge dances that were all part of the African-American dance called Juba, the particular sequence of steps which appeared in Runnin' Wild were probably newly devised for popular appeal. "At first, the step started off with a simple twisting of the feet, to rhythm in a lazy sort of way (this could well be the Jay-Bird). When the dance hit Harlem, a new version was added. It became a fast kicking step, kicking the feet, both forward and backward and later done with a tap." Further changes were undoubtedly made before the dance was put on stage.

The Charleston was one of the dances from which Lindy Hop and Jazz Roots developed in the 1930s. A slightly different form of Charleston became popular in the 1930s and '40s, and is associated with Lindy Hop. In this later Charleston form, the hot jazz timing of the 1920s Charleston was adapted to suit the swing jazz music of the '30s and '40s. This style of Charleston has many common names, though the most common are Lindy Charleston, Savoy Charleston, '30s or '40s Charleston and Swing(ing) Charleston. In both '20s Charleston and Swinging Charleston, the basic step takes eight counts and is danced either alone or with a partner.

This compilation captures the sounds of the 20's craze about as well as anything. Great titles, especially by Paul Whiteman, "I'd Rather Charleston" by Fred and Adele Astaire with George Gershwin accompanying, "South Wind", by Roger Wolfe Kahn's Orchestra, a great arrangement and spirited playing, plus tracks from Jelly Roll Morton and George Olsen among others. A well remastered collection of hard-to-find recordings.

1    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Charleston
2    Nat Star & His Orchestra–    Chili Bom Bom
3    Ben Selvin & His Orchestra–    Don't Bring Lulu
4    Manhattan Dance Makers–    Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?
5    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Sweet And Low Downdon parker
6    Don Parker–    My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today
7    Roger Wolfe Kahn And His Orchestra–    Down And Out Blues
8    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)
9    Sam Lanin, Broadway Bell-Hops–    Let's Talk About My Sweetie
10    Debroy Somers–    Fascinating Rhythm
11    Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire–    I'd Rather Charleston
12    George Olsen's Music–    Lucky Day
13    Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders–    Black Bottom
14    Jan Garber And His Orchestra–    Baby Face
15    Jack Hylton And His Orchestra–    By The Tamarisk
16    Frank Raymond's Dance Orchstra–    Meadow Lark
17    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers–    The Chant
18    Jay Whidden And His Band–    Let's All Go To Mary's House
19    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    It All Depends On You
20    Irving Aaronson And His Commanders–    Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O)
21    Roger Wolfe Kahn And His Orchestra–    South Wind
22    Carroll Gibbons And The Orpheans–    The Blue Room
23    Ted Weems And His Orchestra–    Miss Annabelle Lee (Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvellous?)
24    George Olsen's Music–    Because My Baby Don't Mean "Maybe" Now
25    Savoy Havana Band–    At Sundown


 Vintage Charleston