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Vintage blues music carries the soulful echoes of a time when hardship and resilience harmonized through heartfelt melodies. Beautiful And Nostalgic Blues. A Great Playlist For Background Music. Timeless Jazz from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Featuring Hot Trumpet Man Nat Gonella Britains Louis Armstrong. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Great jazz entertainers, dance bands big bands of the 1930s 40s. Great jazz entertainers, dance bands big bands of the 1930s 40s. Something here to meet every mood, whether upbeat or simply nostalgic romantic ballads, swing tunes, rhythmic novelties, vocal numbers, swing specialities and period ditties. Unbeatable music. Including spirited performers who appeal to jitterbuggers and the soda fountain crowd alike.. A brilliant opening track by Johnny Mercer, tripping through to Benny Goodman, Eddie Heywood, Glenn Miller and The Mills Brothers.. The sound on GI Jive is astonishing - as clear as a modern recording, refurbished to shine as brightly as a pair of GI boots. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Lively tea dance music swirls with elegance and grace, inviting everyone to dance and reminisce.. All your favourite 'tea' themed dance and tea party music from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Played during our 1930s themed wedding meal - it fit the bill perfectly and was fantastic. Just perfect music for a retirement tea party. The most original and evocative background music at vintage events. Expertly remastered from the original recordings. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Mysterious, glamorous Marlene Dietrich was born in Berlin, and as a child studied music. She began her German film career in 1923, and in 1930 made her most successful film, 'The Blue Angel', in which she sang the classic Falling In Love Again.. Mysterious, glamorous Marlene Dietrich was born in Berlin, and as a child studied music. She began her German film career in 1923, and in 1930 made her most successful film, 'The Blue Angel', in which she sang the classic Falling In Love Again.. Bing Crosby is one of the century's greatest popular singers, who turned everything he sang into something special. Whether in jazz or slow ballads, the Crosby magic is always there, and White Christmas is no exception. The fame, even today, of Glenn Miller and his Orchestra makes it hard to believe that the band existed for only five years. Yet within that short period it became the most popular and successful dance band in the world, clocking up 40 top ten records in three years. Moonlight Serenade was the band's theme tune, recorded in April 1939.. We have one of Vera Lynn's legendary wartime recordings here, The White Cliffs Of Dover, backed by another musical great - Mantovani and his Orchestra. Till The End Of Time, from 1945, was Perry Como's first Number One and first million-seller.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Of course, to lovers of between-the-wars jazz, swing is far more than a portmanteau term for a musical style. But try to get a fan or indeed, a critic to define what they mean by swing and you tend to get a response which echoes Fats Waller's famous dictum If you have to ask, you'll never know.. What better way to open our marvellous collection of re-mastered classics from the swing era than with At The Woodchopper's Ball Woody Herman's greatest commercial and popular success features Woody's haunting blues clarinet and Neil Reid's punchy trombone with Saxie Mansfield on tenor-saxophone and trumpeter Steady Nelson.. Benny Goodman makes two appearances in our compilation and that is only fitting, given his dominant position in the swing pantheon. Christened the 'King of Swing' by his promotions people, Goodman was an incisive instrumentalist, a clarinet virtuoso who had emerged from Chicago's Jewish ghetto, made good musically and formed an excellent big band.. It was Lil Armstrong nee Hardin who set her husband Louis on the path to stardom with some astute promotional ideas. When he moved on and they divorced, Lil re-built her career as a bandleader and cut some tasty small-group records. Her tribute to the Lindy Hop a dance craze pioneered at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom spots her girlish vocal and some hot trumpet from the underrated Shirley Clay.. Louis Armstrong so much liked Swing That Music that he used it as the title for his ghosted autobiography. He made two versions of this exciting piece in 1936, the first with his own band and this with the popular Jimmy Dorsey orchestra just three months later.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Yesterdays' sound with today's expert digital remastering. Setting the perfect tone for an elegant and enjoyable gathering. Ballroom dances are noted to guide you into the tune. All the dominant dances greatest hits of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. An hour's tea dance programme already arranged for you. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

These selections are prime monuments of the Jazz Age and arguably, some of America's finest jazz performances.. he best introduction to early jazz music I have come across and features a huge variety of artists from Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke to Basie, Ellington and the splendid Muggsy Spanier.. It is no exaggeration to say that the fusion of several vital strands in American popular culture - the emergence of jazz on record and the upsurge in social dancing - brought an outpouring of individual creativity that was without precedent. As one jazz master after another came to maturity and triumphed, so others, influenced and inspired by their predecessors, followed on.. All of these giants are here - enduring legends every one Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Johnny Dodds, Duke Ellington - the alphabetical litany goes on.. The best in Twenties and Thirties hot jazz. Small groups and big bands, vocalists and instrumental stars, blues and swing, technical virtuosity and simple statements. No wonder Jelly Roll wanted more.

The outstanding characteristic of the saxophone is its uncanny ability to create an array of sounds, many of which appear to simulate the human voice. The outstanding characteristic of the saxophone is its uncanny ability to create an array of sounds, many of which appear to simulate the human voice. It can be made to laugh, to wail, to bark, to caress, to evoke the barnyard or to romanticise a pretty tune.. It is this capacity to create its own distinctive musical aura which makes the saxophone the instrument of choice for dance bands and jazz groups. Two dozen classic performances by the greatest names in saxophone jazz. Music to feast on, to enjoy and to appreciate over and over again.. Subtle Background Tracks - Ideal For Cocktail Parties. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Popular Italian American hits. Popular Italian American hits. 23 brilliantly remastered tracks. Recognisable 1950s tunes. Hits from the 1940s, 50s 60s. Well known rat pack artists and memorable tunes. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

If the Hylton unit could be described as Britain's leading showband, few would dispute Ambrose's Orchestra. Ambrose's position as the man behind the top British dance combination of the period.. If the Hylton unit could be described as Britain's leading showband, few would dispute Ambrose's Orchestra. Ambrose's position as the man behind the top British dance combination of the period.. Henry Hall's band went from strength to strength, until by 1934, over fifty per cent of all the post arriving at Broadcasting House was for Henry from his multitude of fans.. Surely the record for longevity as an active bandleader is held, perhaps forever, by the late Joe Loss. He wielded the baton for almost sixty years, from 1930 until a few months before his death in June 1990.. It wasn't only good tunes that we received from across the Atlantic. Bandleaders arrived too - Carroll Gibbons, Jack Harris, Jay Whidden and Hal Swain all found fame and fortune on this side of the water. To these must be added Roy Fox, who landed here in September 1930, fresh from leading his own orchestra at the Embassy Club in Hollywood.. We know that for those who remember this music of the time, this album will bring back happy memories. For those perhaps too young to remember, it still has the ability to set your feet tapping.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Unforgettable Cole Porter Lyrics. Unforgettable Cole Porter Lyrics. Tributes from Hollywood Broadway stars. Including the 1934 Broadway hit Anything Goes. From the 1938 show Leave It To Me Mary Martin her hit My Heart Belongs To Daddy. Captivating Frances Langford was one of the stars of 'Born To Dance'. Hear her in its classic hit Easy To Love and Rap Tap On Wood. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

20 Chilled-Out Cool Jazz Tracks. The title track is Benny Carter's Nightfall comes from a session organised by the writer Leonard Feather and made in April 1936. Animation and vitality of the best swing bands. The music swings, but there's subtlety and sophistication in these jazz performances as well.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Some of the World's Greatest and Most Popular Singing Stars of the 1930s 40s. Superbly Mastered Sound. Over An Hour Of Vintage Romance. Over 1 Hour Of Relaxing Romantic Recordings. Expertly remastered digital music. From the original recordings. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Popular 20th Century Singer Songwriters. 25 Expertly Remastered Vintage Love Songs - Crackles Hisses Reverberations All Removed. Over 1 Hour Compilation Of Relaxing Romantic Recordings. Jazz, Dance Bands Easy Listening. Legendary, Talented Singers. A Follow-Up Album To What Is This Thing Called Love. Popular 20th Century Singer Songwriters. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Born in 1904, by the age of twenty Fats was what we would nowadays call a session musician, working in radio and recording studios and theatres.. Fats Waller, the Derby-hatted mountain of jollity seated at the keyboard and spreading good cheer in all directions. The Yacht Club was a 52nd Street nightclub with no known maritime connections. Fats and the Rhythm were great favourites there, and Yacht Club Swing was the tune they played to open and close each set.. The metamorphosis into popular entertainer is said to have occurred at a party given by George Gershwin, a great lover of Harlem's piano, a style characterised by an insistent 'oom-pah' left hand pattern.. Just listen to the 'gloriously off-the-cuff' first piece, Everybody Loves My Baby, which starts off bursting with high spirits and gets hotter and hotter as first the guitar and then trumpet and clarinet join in.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Including accurate discographcal data, with studio matrix numbers, dates and identities of vocalists.

Vintage Love Songs Dance Band Music. Original Songs, Masterfully Restored. The Best Of 1930s 40s Oldies Songs and Tunes. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Cool and relaxing vibes. Brilliantly remastered tracks - original sound, today's digital quality. An ideal vintage music selection for bars, cafes, tea rooms, restaurants. Fab selection of the most popular jazz artists from the 1920s to 40s. Lo-fi Jazz Classics. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Fred was born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska on 10th May 1899. His sister Adele was the older of the two born 18th September 1896. Both displayed a notable talent for performing, and in 1906, after training in New York, they made their debut in Keyport.. Fred was born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska on 10th May 1899. His sister Adele was the older of the two born 18th September 1896. Both displayed a notable talent for performing, and in 1906, after training in New York, they made their debut in Keyport.. The Astaires came to London to repeat their Broadway success in 'For Goodness Sake' renamed 'Stop Flirting' for British audiences. A year later, their first Gershwin musical 'Lady Be Good' enjoyed huge success as did the follow up 'Funny Face'.. In 1930 Fred Astaire's path first crossed that of Ginger Rogers. When the producers were having difficulty with Ginger's number 'Embraceable You' in the show 'Girl Crazy' they called on Fred to stage it.. Fred Astaire was in London when the film 'Flying Down To Rio' opened in America. Despite their lowly billing, it was the team of Astaire and Rogers that had the critics reaching for their superlatives and the picturegoers buying tickets.. Fred Astaire's film musicals are amongst the finest films of all. Their songs are amongst the best ever written. No-one has yet sung them with the style and elegance of their first interpreter - Fred Astaire.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Including accurate discographcal data, with studio matrix numbers, dates and identities of vocalists.

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Louis Armstrong is an American icon, the first great soloist and conceptual play-maker of the new music, an artistic innovator who became a popular entertainer, recognised everywhere in the world. Here he plays the immortal St. Louis Blues, the best-known of W. C. Handy's compositions, giving it a zesty quality, allowing his exceptional instrumental facility full reign. Louis Armstrong is an American icon, the first great soloist and conceptual play-maker of the new music, an artistic innovator who became a popular entertainer, recognised everywhere in the world. Here he plays the immortal St. Louis Blues, the best-known of W. C. Handy's compositions, giving it a zesty quality, allowing his exceptional instrumental facility full reign. The Charleston Chasers were a white recording group, Red Nichols providing the careful trumpet lead, with rubbery trombone by Miff Mole, something of a star in twenties New York.. Bix Beiderbecke, the cornetist from Davenport, Iowa, was destined for a safe middle-class professional career. Instead, he fell for the lure of jazz and was soon on his way, first in Chicago and then on to New York.. Sidewalks Of New York is by Duke Ellington's great 1940 band and reveals the 'wa-wa' trombone of Tricky Sam Nanton who achieved his effects by using a plumber's rubber plunger as a mute.. Fats Waller was a favourite with theatre and cinema audiences everywhere, who sometimes overlooked his superb keyboard skills. He was also a composer and soloist of genius. Cheatin' On Me is quite sedate, while Ain't Misbehavin' his best-known composition, with Zutty Singleton beavering away on the drums is from the film 'Stormy Weather'..

Our window on a long gone world opens with a piece by the legendary Count Basie Orchestra of the late 1930s. From the simplest of riff patterns, developed in the heady atmosphere of Kansas City jam sessions, an arrangement like Sent For You Yesterday would emerge, complete with fine solos and propulsive section work, the momentum supplied by one of the most perfect rhythm teams in all of jazz.. Our window on a long gone world opens with a piece by the legendary Count Basie Orchestra of the late 1930s. From the simplest of riff patterns, developed in the heady atmosphere of Kansas City jam sessions, an arrangement like Sent For You Yesterday would emerge, complete with fine solos and propulsive section work, the momentum supplied by one of the most perfect rhythm teams in all of jazz.. Jack Teagarden 1905-64, another Texan, was the most celebrated jazz trombonist of his day but a reluctant band leader, with little appetite for business. His playing was always relaxed, at its best in the company of his peers.. Benny Goodman's triumph at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles on August 21, 1935, marked the official start to the 'swing era'. Sidemen became the focus of unprecedented attention, much like soccer players today, and crowds gathered wherever Goodman appeared.. Louis Armstrong 1901-71, the fabulous 'Satchmo', was the single most important innovator in early jazz. By 1942, he had become a popular entertainer and a familiar presence in musical films. Immerse yourself in the golden age of jazz with The Great American Big Bands CD featuring classic 1940s big band orchestras and timeless performances by famous big band leaders. Remastered for exceptional clarity, it's a must-have for any vintage music lover.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes.. Experience the magic of 1930s vintage music with this stunning collection of American big bands. Remastered for unmatched sound quality, this CD delivers the authentic big band sound from the era's most celebrated performers.. Step back in time to the era of big band greatness with The Great American Big Bands CD. Featuring remastered tracks of famous big band leaders and American big bands, this CD offers rich sound quality and nostalgic tunes that stand the test of time.. Relive the iconic era of swing with The Great American Big Bands CD, a carefully curated compilation of the best 1940s big band orchestras. Perfect for fans of famous big band leaders, this album offers an immersive listening experience..

French 1930s jazz, influenced by the Hot Club sound of Django Reinhardt and Stphane Grappelli, radiated a unique blend of swing and Gypsy jazz, defining an era of musical innovation and sophistication.. Georges Ulmer, with his velvety voice and poignant lyrics, left an indelible mark on French chanson, notably with his enduring hit Pigalle.. Django Reinhardt's virtuosic guitar and Stphane Grappelli's enchanting violin harmonized seamlessly, creating the iconic sound of the Hot Club of France and revolutionizing the world of jazz.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..

Brilliantly remastered tracks, compiled by Past Perfect Vintage Music. The World's Greatest Big Bands, Expertly Remastered. The greatest band orchestras in full flight. Famous jazz bands. Combines the authenticity of the original sound with the clarity of today's digital quality.. The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes..