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| Roaring Twenties - Oliver Naylor's Orchestra, 1925 |
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In 1923, a pianist Oliver Naylor formed his first
band "Oliver Naylor & His Seven Aces" and in 1924
appeared in New York's famed Roseland Ballroom.
They also made their first recordings in 1924.
After leaving Roseland, their next venue was the
Knickerbocker Grill (also in New York), and in
1925 Naylor returned to Roseland as 'Oliver
Naylor's Orchestra.'
During 1924-25, he recorded as 'Naylor's Seven
Aces'. In 1925, the band also recorded some tunes
for Victor as Oliver Naylor's Orchestra.
All through the 1920's Naylor's band toured the
East Coast, without achieving national fame. Thus,
his band joined the family of great great
forgotten orchestras of the Jazz Era.
Ben Bernie's famous charleston "Sweet Georgia
Brown" is played extremely hot, with the fantastic
sense of the vigour and tempo of that crazy dance.
Recording: Oliver Naylor's Orchestra - Sweet
Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie), Victor 1924
Tags : Sweet Georgia Brown Oliver Naylor Bernie jazz hot dance band charleston 1920s shellack |
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Affichage : 31944
Durée : 171 s |
| Roaring Twenties: Irene Bordoni sings Cole Porter, 1928 |
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IRENE BORDONI (1895--1953), singer and actress.
The tiny Corsican‐born comedienne first appeared
in New York in "Broadway to Paris" (1912).
Subsequently she played in "Miss Information"
(1915) and the 1917 and 1918 editions of "Hitchy
Koo". Bordoni's heyday was in the 1920s, when she
was starred by her husband E. Ray Goetz in "As You
Were" (1920); "The French Doll" (1922), in which
she sang "Do It Again"; and "Paris" (1928), in
which she introduced Cole Porter's "Let's Do
It."(„Let's Misbehave" was dropped before New
York opening and replaced by „Let's Do It, Let's
Fall In Love"). In 1938 she played in "Great Lady"
and two years later sang Irving Berlin's "It's a
Lovely Day Tomorrow" in "Louisiana Purchase". Her
last major appearances came when she toured as
Bloody Mary in South Pacific in 1951. Bordoni also
appeared in vaudeville and occasionally in
nonmusical plays.
IRVING AARONSON began his professional career at
age 11, playing piano in silent movie houses. In
the mid-1920s he put together his own jazz band.
At first known as the ''Crusaders,'' the group
later changed its name to the ''Commanders'' and
made its first recording in 1926. The band
performed primarily in theaters and earned their
reputation as a well-trained and entertaining
outfit. Members in the late-1920s included Gene
Krupa, Artie Shaw, Claude Thornhill, Tony Pastor,
Jack Armstrong, and Chummy MacGregor, Glenn
Miller's future pianist. In 1928 the Commanders
appeared in Cole Porter's Broadway show "Paris".
Bing Crosby used the group as his backing band on
four songs he recorded from his 1934 film "She
Loves Me Not", which included the best-seller
''Love In Bloom.'' In 1952 Aaronson became a
musical supervisor for MGM studios, where he
remained until his death in 1963.
Recording: Irene Bordoni, Irving Aaronson & His
Commanders -- Let's Misbehave, from: „Paris"
(Cole Porter), Victor 1928
Tags : Irving Aaronson 1920s Let's Misbehave America hot dance band white jazz |
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Affichage : 16674
Durée : 166 s |
| The Roaring Twenties - Black Bottom, 1926 |
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Joe Candullo and His Everglades Orchestra were a
popular jazz outfit during the 1920s. Candullo
also co-authored the songs ''(I'll Build a) Dream
House,'' with Ben Blossner and Irma Holander, and
''I Wanna Go Home,'' with Jack Joyce. Candullo
also co-composed the orchestral ''Christmas
Symphony' with Phil Perry and Charles Faso Reade.
Recording: Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orch -
Black Bottom, Domino 1926
Tags : 1920s Charleston hot dance band Candullo 78s shellac |
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Affichage : 29447
Durée : 164 s |
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