Looking for some good suggestions, post here what and who you think we should check out!
Looking for some good suggestions, post here what and who you think we should check out!
Ivie Anderson:
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Coleman Hawkins. While he generally played in the Swing era, his style and innovation presaged the bebop era without actually belonging to it.
Best jazz tenor until Coltrane, IMO.
Paul Whiteman,
Benny Goodman.
Ray Noble.
Jack Hylton.
Ben Selvin.
What kind of music are you after? Lively dance music? Hot jazz? Or the more relaxing kinda nightclub jazz? Swing dance-tunes?
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Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Kay Kyser, Jack Teagarden, Ben Webster, Charlie Christian, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson, and many many more.
A few who haven't been mentioned yet, in no particular order: Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, Bix Beiderbecke, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong.
And to the suggestion of Ray Noble above, I'd add his collaborator, Al Bowlly. The man who wrote the book on crooning - literally.
http://www.albowlly.com/2.html
"That's the worst of beer. When it's finished, there's none left."
"I'm afraid I don't like your manner Mr Marlowe!"
"Yeah, I've had complaints about it, but it keeps getting worse."
"There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make."
Al Bowlly is one of my absolute favourite vocalists, up there with Sinatra. I suppose I've committed a horrific faux-pas by not mentioning his name in association with Noble's, but I always reckoned that the two men collaborated so often that it wasn't necessary!
He's a wonderful singer and I love his music.
...Where did you get that hat, where did you get that tile? Isn't it a nobby one and just the proper style! I should like to have one just the same as that. Whereever I go they'd shout "hello, where did you get that hat?..."
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Oh no, I never meant to imply that!Originally Posted by Shangas
But yes, a haunting, natural voice. It's sad that he isn't as well known now as he should be, but he does seem to have a strong cult following. It's surprising how many movies his music pops up in. In fact I think I was introduced to his singing through Stanley Kubrick's use of the song 'Midnight with the Stars and You', in The Shining.
"That's the worst of beer. When it's finished, there's none left."
"I'm afraid I don't like your manner Mr Marlowe!"
"Yeah, I've had complaints about it, but it keeps getting worse."
"There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make."
A few come to mind: Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Lonnie Johnson, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith, Ed Cuffee, Claude Jones and Fats Waller. A onetime or another they all played with McKinney's Cotton Pickers.
Not to hijack, but I've been wanting to try on some 1920s hot jazz - the kind that is often mistaken for ragtime. Is it the same/related to Dixieland?
-Dave
All hat, no Packard.
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