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

[V.C. Brunswick]

Belle Baker
1. Poor Little Butterfly
2. There Must Be A Silver Lining

[video=youtube;dOoFMzGFn5M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoFMzGFn5M[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ray Starita and the Piccadilly Revels Dance Band -- Mary, What Are You Waiting For? (1928)

[video=youtube;iJG_gswyzT0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJG_gswyzT0[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

The great Ethel Waters, I have her bio "I Touched a Sparrow" an old edition, I haven't read it yet

Ethel Waters, My Handy Man

[video=youtube;QCY50FKFyiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCY50FKFyiQ&feature=related[/video]

Down In My Soul
[video=youtube;YVtFmwQrkZs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVtFmwQrkZs&feature=related[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ethel Waters -- Sweet Man (1925)
originally released with My Handy Man on flip side.

[video=youtube;61jR9b2RdHc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jR9b2RdHc[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

^^^^^

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap THE BEST of the three from Ethel Waters so far Sir! thankl youuuuuu :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[HadleyH]

"Sweet Man" what an amazing tune my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the best of the best of 20s .... that's what the 20s were all about! every dance band worth it's name played "Sweet Man" one time or another!

Another fantastic version by Harry Reser (1925)

[video=youtube;_1w5Rm_7UOE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1w5Rm_7UOE[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Smith Ballew and his Orchestra -- Miss You (1929)

[video=youtube;FIjo-s8TmGM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjo-s8TmGM[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ray Starita and the Piccadilly Revels Dance Band -- Persian Rosebud (1927)

[video=youtube;enH16hFNMQw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enH16hFNMQw[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

I can not even begin to tell how much I adore this song! For me, this is late 1920s sweet perfection- lyrics and music!!:music::music::music:

Roger Wolfe Kahn Orch.- Don't Ever Leave Me, 1929

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

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Helen Kane -- I Have To Have You (1929)
accompanied by Leonard Joy and the Victor Orchestra

[video=youtube;8-OyI_2gwMc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OyI_2gwMc[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

1936 Jack Hylton Orch

[video=youtube;QiObTxUX36w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiObTxUX36w[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Debroy Somers and his Band -- Selections from "That's A Good Girl" (1928)
1. Fancy Our Meeting
2. Sweet So And So
3. Tell Me Why
4. The One I'm Looking For
5. Chirp Chirp
6. Fancy Our Meeting (reprise)

[video=youtube;YV7kFSxE4WE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV7kFSxE4WE[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

Mezz Mezzrowwwwwwwwwwwwwww never get tired of this!!!!!

over and over my dears yes over and over................

[video=youtube;KL8bG1gzm34]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL8bG1gzm34&feature=related[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Art Landry and his Orchestra -- I'm Walking Around In Circles (1926)

[video=youtube;0I4T45RQiOs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I4T45RQiOs[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

[video=youtube;Xd7KWG9-lJs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd7KWG9-lJs[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Erhard Bauschke Tanzorchester -- Cocktail (1938)

[video=youtube;-nCBR_92EII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCBR_92EII[/video]

 

[Shangas]

All this beautiful continental jazz.

Was jazz/big-band/swing really banned during the Nazi era in Europe? How heavily did the Nazis crack down on that kind of stuff?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

All this beautiful continental jazz.

Was jazz/big-band/swing really banned during the Nazi era in Europe? How heavily did the Nazis crack down on that kind of stuff?

Even though the Nazis were no fans of jazz and swing, I think it was generally tolerated (at least the homegrown variety) on some level because it did fit into their "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength through Joy) approach to pacifying the German masses. Even they realized that trying to interfere in the small pleasures in life was not a battle they wanted to fight. On a side note this was such an important policy cornerstone that well into the war, in the interest of morale, Hitler ordered the continued production of consumer goods despite the fact that the industrial capability was desperately needed for war production.

The Nazis did have quite a battle of popular opinion (especially among the German soldiers) when they banned the iconic Lili Marleen that they were eventually forced to lift the ban. Though "degenerate" American and English jazz and swing was an entirely different story.

At the same time a great many bandleaders and musicians such as Marek Weber (highlighted in Hadley's post) and Paul Godwin (born Pinchas Goldfein) were Jewish and were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power. Marek Weber came to the US and enjoyed a career on the radio before eventually retiring to a dairy farm in Illinois (he died in 1964). Paul Godwin went to Holland and had gone into hiding during the German occupation and had fortunately survived the war. The members of another famous jazz band, Weintraub's Syncopaters -- they were the band heard in the movie The Blue Angel -- were mostly Jewish. They had settled in Australia and sadly, at the outbreak of the war in 1939, were interned as enemy aliens right alongside genuine Nazis! Others such as Fred Bird (Felix Lehmann) weren't so lucky and died in Auschwitz in 1942.

...okay, back to the music:

Gloria Tanz-Orchester (Paul Godwin) -- Ich Steh Im Schnee Und Wart Auf Dich (1931)
(I Wait For You In The Snow)

[video=youtube;BgDOo6HykFA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgDOo6HykFA[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Weintraub's Syncopators -- Die Kleinen Mädchen Mit Dem Treuen Blick (circa 1930)
(The Little Girl With The Faithful Glance)

[video=youtube;zB7Nq8dBasg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB7Nq8dBasg[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

Bing's brother , Bob Crosby 1939 enjoy everybody


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