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Don Azpiazu & His Havana Ciasno Orchestra – Be Careful With Those Eyes, Fox-Trot (H. Woods) with Vocal Refrain by Johnny Marvin, Victor 1930 (USA) NOTE: Don AZPIAZU (b. Justo Ángel Azpiazú in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1893 – d. in Havana, 1943) - leading Cuban orchestral director in the 1920s and 1930s. His band introduced authentic Cuban dance music and Cuban musical instruments to the USA. In the mid-1920s he performed with his Havana Casino Orchestra at the National Casino in Havana. In 1930 he traveled with his Orchestra to New York to...

Chór Czejanda - Rozszumiały się wierzby płaczące... [Weeping willows hum in the wind] Polish partisan song, Fogg-Records 1946 (Polish) NOTE: 1.The partisan song "Rozszumiały się wierzby płaczące" is now one of the most recognizable Polish patriotic songs, but its melody was written in 1912 by Russian, Vasily Agapkin as the march "Farewell to the Slavic Woman." It gained great popularity in Russia during World War I and became the informal anthem of the Whites fighting the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution. For this reason, it was...

Jack Payne & His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra – Harmonica Harry, One-Step (Baxter) with Vocal Chorus , Columbia 1930 (UK) NOTE: This piece was published in 1929 by the American composer Phil Baxter (who also composed the mega-popular hit "Piccolo Pete" that year). For some reason, Jack Payne released it in the UK as a onestep, though of course it sounds and was published as a foxtrot. Still, it's a lovely interpretation of one of the best British dance bands of the jazz era. The popularity of Jack Payne's orchestra can only be compared with the...

Statler Hotel Dance Orchestra (Vincent Lopez Band) – You Flew Away From The Nest, Fox-Trot (Kalmar-Ruby), Cameo 1924 (USA) NOTE: Statler Hotels is an innovative line of modern hotels that began in 1908. The first was the Statler Hotel in Buffalo, followed by nine more, including the gigantic Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City; five of these hotels are still operating. The interiors of the Statler hotels were an example of the elegant "Statler style", which combined Italian and English Renaissance influences. Each room had a private...

Mieczysław Fogg - Rachela, Tango (Swidler-Rald) Orkiestra Henryka Warsa, Syrena-Electro 1939 (Polish) NOTE: This is another of the famous Polish-Jewish tangos from interwar Warsaw. Other, even more famous ones are "Rebeka", "It's The Last Sunday" or "The Little Town Bełz". Mieczysław Fogg with the accompaniment of the Henryk Wars Orchestra does an extraordinary job. The only drawback is that the first two seconds of the recording have a deep scratch in the groove, I tried to reduce it not very effectively. Anyway, let's enjoy this lovely song.

Manolo Castro et son Orchestre – St. Louis Blues, Rumba (W.C. Hardy, arr. Pedro Guida) avec Refrain vocal, Disque Gramophone 1931 (French) NOTE: Manolo CASTRO was a Cuban saxophonist and orchestra leader who founded the popular Orquesta Hermanos Castro, also known as the Havana Yacht Club Orchestra, with his brothers in the early 1930s. Slideshow presents some vintage views of Havana from its heyday before Fidel.

Me And The Clock, Fox-Trot (Meskill-Mann-Wendling) with Vocal choruj by Roy Ingraham & Male Trio, Brunswick 1929 (USA) NOTE: Roy INGRAHAM (b. 1895 in Whiting, Indiana – d. 1988 in LA, Calif.) - American pianist, songwriter ("No Regrets," "Deep in the Arms of Love," "On the Sunny Side of the Rockies") and orchestra leader who performed in California and at New York's Paramount Hotel Grill from 1929 to the early 1930s. His orchestra recorded on the Brunswick label and also broadcast in New York via CBS. He often recorded as a vocalist with...

Le Beau Danube Bleu, Valse (J.Strauss) partie 1, 2 - Le Célèbre Violoniste Rode Et Ses 18 Tziganes, Pathé 1932 (France) NOTE: Alfred RODE And His Tzigane Orchestra was a gypsy dance and promenade orchestra well-known in Paris in the 1930s and performing under the name Le Célèbre Violoniste Rode Et Ses 18 Tziganes. Alfred Rode (born Alfred Spedaliere in 1905 in Torre del Greco, Naples - d. 1979 in Lisieux, France) was an Italian-born French composer, violinist, actor and film director. He probably took his French nickname from the famous...

Ted Summer’s Dance Devils (Harry Bidgood’s Dance Band) – I’m In The Market For You, Fox-Trot (Hanley-McCarthy) from the Fox Movietone “High Society Blues” [Label on this side has incorrect song title] Vocal Refrain by Sam Browne, Broadcast Twelve 1930 (UK) NOTE: Harry BIDGOOD (born London 1898, died London 1957) British jazz pianist and dance orchestra leader. He received early musical education from his father and continued it at the Royal College of Music. He began his professional career just after the First World War as a pianist with...

Mieczysław Fogg & Orkiestra Syrena-Rekord - Przytul, uściśnij, pocałuj ["Hug Me, Kiss Me, Squeeze Me...] Tango z teatru Wielka Rewia [from theatre Grand Revue show] (Krupiński-Włast) Syrena-Electro 1934 (Polish) NOTE: This truly beautiful tango is remembered in Poland to this day. The lyrics of the song, of course, tell of a farewell meeting of lovers. "Hug me, kiss me, squeeze me.... perhaps for the last time..." Appropriate lyrics for these super-hot summer days.

Jack Berger & His Hotel Astor Orchestra – As Time Goes By, Fox-Trot (Hupfeld) with Vocal chorus, Melotone 1932 (USA) NOTE: Jack BERGER is another of the jazz age bandleaders whose name may be familiar to some 78 rpm record collectors, but who is lergely fogotten. Pianist and dance bandleader Jack Berger was born Leonard Berger in 1898 in Manhattan, as the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia. His first appearance as an orchestra leader at the Astor Hotel was in 1930, where he replaced the orchestra of Joe Moss (Meyer Davis' unit). Berger's...

Bob Causer & His Cornellians – Wonder Bar (Dubin-Warren) Fox-Trot from „Wonder Bar”, Vocal chorus by Dick Robertson, Perfect 1934 (USA) NOTE: Bob CAUSER – American drummer and leader of a dance band operating in Ithaca, New York. Some sources claim that the name "Bob Causer" is merely a pseudonym used by many other dance bands in the Jazz Age. However, other authors in more extensive research give us an interesting history of Bob Causer's artistic activities as a bandleader, drummer and hotel manager who formed his own dance band to play in...

Roaring 1920s: Jimmy Joy & His Orchestra – From Monday On, Fox-Trot (Barris-Crosby) with Vocal chorus by Orville Andrews, Brunswick 1928 (USA) NOTE: James Monte Maloney (1902 - 1962) - American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and dance bandleader known professionally as JIMMY JOY, famous for his ability to play two clarinets simultaneously. Jimmy Joy's orchestra never ranked among the top bands of the swing era, but gained fame as a popular regional band in Texas. Jimmy formed his band in the mid-1920s on the campus of the University of...

Zbigniew Rawicz – Morze [The Sea] Tango from Operetta „Panna Wodna” [The Water Maiden] (Tekst & muz. Jerzy Lawina –Świętochowski), Muza 1948 (Polish) NOTE: The Polish pre-war operetta "Panna Wodna" [The Water Maiden] whose biggest hit is the tango "Morze," was composed by Jerzy Lawina-Świętochowski just before the outbreak of World War 2 and pre-premiered in Warsaw on August 2, 1939. The play was a great success, despite the middle of the vacation season and the growing war atmosphere in Poland. However, the premiere scheduled after the...

Richard Tauber – Schöner Gigolo, Tango (Casucci-Brammer) u. Dajos Béla Künstler-Orchester, Odeon 1929 (Germany) NOTE: Here’s one more fabulous performance of the old European pop-song performed by exquisite artistic duet – the world famous Austrian tenor Ruchard Tauber accompanied by Dajos Béla Orchestra - one of the best German dance bands of the Roaring Twenties. See some more renditions of those two artists performing together, presented in this channel: „Sonny Boy” https://youtu.be/8htGcRb_PL8 , „Es gibt eine Frau die Dich niemals...

Harry Archer & His Orchestra - There Ain’t No Maybe In My Baby’s Eyes, Fox-Trot (Kahn, Egan – Donaldson) with Vocal Chorus, Brunswick 1926 (USA) NOTE: Harry Archer (born 1888 in Creston, Iowa - died 1960 in New York) is an American pianist, composer and dance orchestra leader. His band is best remembered for its hot jazzy dance recordings for Brunswick records through 1928. He is also known as the author of the hit songs and orchestration with Paul Whiteman's orchestra for the 1923/24 Broadway play "Little Jesse James."

Alfredo & His Band – Do Something, Fox-Trot from the Movie „Syncopation” (Bud Green – Sam H. Stept) with Vocal Chorus, Radio Edison Bell (UK 1930) NOTE:”Alfredo” was a British bandleader and violinist Alfred Gill who recorded in London under the name Alfredo And His Band, Alfredo's Band, Alfredo's Electron Band, Alfredo's New Princes Orchestra. In 1931 he formed a new dance band based on the tango repertoire and consisting of genuine Romanies. It was called Alfredo & His Gypsy Orchestra and gained considerable popularity in UK during the...

Ola Obarska & Orkiestra ”Odeon” - Na przedmieściu domek mały [A Small House In The Suburb] Walc (Suchocki / Nel) Odeon (Polish) Originally recorded by Odeon or Columbia in 1934; re-pressed by Odeon in 1945 NOTE: The first recording of this song by Ola Obarska in 1934 has not survived, and it is likely that she made it at Columbia's Warsaw branch, which closed down shortly thereafter (it could not withstand the competition of Syrena-Electro, whose records were much cheaper). The matrixes were sold off by Columbia to Warsaw's Odeon label,...

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra – The Kinkajou, Fox-Trot from the Film „Rio Rita” (McCarthy-Tierney), HMV 1929 (UK) NOTE: British band leader Jack Hylton - the king of the 1920s and 1930s Golden Era of British big bands, has already been posted many times on this and other channels. So I won't repeat myself, but just enjoy listening!

Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra – A New Kind Of Man (With a New Kind Of Love For Me) Fox-Trot (Clare-Flotow) Brunswick 1924 (USA) NOTE: Abe LYMAN (born Abraham Limon in 1897 in Chicago, Illinois - died 1957 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American jazz drummer and conductor of dance bands, most active on the West Coast, who led several orchestras from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the age of 14, Lyman played as a drummer in cinema bands in the Chicago area, until his brother Mike prompted him to move to the West Coast. In the early 1920s,...