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  10. First vocalese recording

    in Discography

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    it seems that bix beiderbecke is the first one who was first used for a "vocalese" recording! his famouse solo on the frankie trumbauer recording of "singing the blues" from 1927. two years later trumbauer recorded with bee palmer:

    i´m shocked!!!!!!!!!

    and here is the second one! from 1934 also "singing the blues" by marion harris:

    that´s amazing, isn´t it???

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  14. Hazy Osterwald, RIP

    in Artists

    Posted

    Actually, if you just want to listen into some of his jazzier stuff first and get to make the rounds at fleamarkets and garage sales, try to get hold of the record Marcel mentioned above ...

    i have a wonderful ep on "opera-europäischer phonoclub" with his sextet (recordings from 1954) with tracks like "st. louis blues", "bach goes to town", "undecided", "star dust" and "cherokee".

    ... which actually is a 10" LP with 8 tracks including the 5 that Marcel mentions (I am not aware of an EP but it may have existed). The Swiss pressing more accessible to you is on the ExLibris label.

    The German Opera (record club) label pressing isn't extremely rare so maybe the ExLibris one isn't either?

    The 4-CD box I mentioned offers a wider variety, of course.

    right, big beat steve, it´s not an ep, it´s a 10" lp with the tracks i´ve mentioned plus "six kicks", "headache" and "jump easy". called "the hazy osterwald show" and the nr. is 3401 (aufnahme des grammoclub ex libris zürich).

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  15. Hazy Osterwald, RIP

    in Artists

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    Marcel, as for Hazy going "commercial", let's not be mistaken. His band had more swinging musicianship to offer than most other bands that went from swing jazz to more mainstream pop fare at that time.

    If you can, check out his "Classic Collection 1951-1964" 4-CD box set (Strictly Jazz 6260052). There are not only (strongly) "jazz-flavored" tracks in there but also some amazing straight-ahead jazz, 1963/64 versions of tunes such as Milestones, Freddie Freeloader, I Remember Clifford and Sack O'Woe. I think it's fair to say he and his musicians tried to keep their jazz chops intact, even if as a side business only.

    that´s true, he was more into the jazz"field" as for example hans "james" last or ernst mosch :) i have a wonderful ep on "opera-europäischer phonoclub" with his sextet (recordings from 1954) with tracks like "st. louis blues", "bach goes to town", "undecided", "star dust" and "cherokee".

    i think they are also on the cd-box you´ve mentioned. when i speak of "commercial" i was refering to the link in the first post where they mentioned the "kriminal-tango" and other "pop" and "novelty-tunes". and they are of high quality, of course!

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  16. Hazy Osterwald, RIP

    in Artists

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    he was maybe one of the last musicians who played with charlie parker (1949 paris). before he get "commercial" he made good jazz records (for example "perdido" from 1949 with flavio ambrosetti, ernst höllerhagen, toots thielemans, francis cuppieters, sonny lang and gil cuppini). i saw him a few years ago here live in concert. he was full of energy and you don´t saw his illness of parkinson (maybe because he was playing the vibes.....)

    sorry bad joke. but i was amazed that he played jazz (swing) and not his commercial hit tunes. rip hazy!

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  18. Charlie Parker Records 30CD set

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    coming back to bird at the rockland palace: the first issue of the complete concert (it was not a club date but a large dance hall) was in 1996 by jazz classic records. all performances are with correctly issued for the first time, running at propper pitch & correct key. it was done by doug pomeroy. they used the two known different sources and put them together. so we have a "true" stereo version of bird playing "lester leaps in"! i don´t know if this 2 cd set is still on the market.

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  21. Beatles Cartoons

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    oh, shit. here in germany it´s not possible to see this clips on youtube. they say it´s not avaiable because it contains music that is not paid from youtube to the gema. (the "german music control company"). has something to do with copyright.

    keep boppin´

    marcel

    If you want to fool any site into thinking you're in the U.S., use Hotspot Shield, a free VPN download that will assign an IP address somewhere in Pennsylvania. I use it all the time when I'm traveling to access Pandora, Netflix, etc.

    thanks will try it maybe.

    keep boppin´

    marcel

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