I absolutely love this music. I was born in 1952, so this music pre dates me by 20 years or so. I've told people before that I was born about 20 years late but I'm happy that Alex and his orchestra have revived this music! 🎻🎺
Likewise I was born in 51. Listened to my greatest generation dad, mom, uncles and aunts and their stories of this era. Best music ever and always will be. God bless the Greatest Generation and their fabulous music!!! Takes me to an era I wish I'd been born into!!!
Showed this to a friend and he said, "Why not film it in black and white?" - answer... because then it would have been mistaken for and actual 1920's recording. Love all the cheesy looks at the camera, it really gives it in a "look at this new motion picture novelty" feeling! Just brilliant.
I'm from US and have recently come to appreciate the British dance bands from this period. I'm Glenn Miller fan and found Jack hylton led the Glenn Miller band when they were in England.
I saw them last night and was so excited to hear the revival of the British Dance Bands. This track was played. It sounded like I was listening to a 78 but in digital sound. A great discovery for me and you have to see him. If you love Ambrose, Henry Hall, Roy Fox, Jack Payne and Hylton, Carroll Gibbons etc you'll not be disappointed and his band is fantastic. Well done Alex n Band..
This is such a perfection in EVERYTHING! - In clothes (even the glasses), environment, filming and of course the outstanding music performance. I think I could see this over and over again for years without getting bored…
HOT! Everyone is perfect, pretty, love the sound and style! LOVE how the girls come in and steal the show! They are so cute! Alex is a dreamy-dreamboat!
What's not to love about this? A great performance by a hot band, and the Dunlop sisters are a treat for the ears and the eyes! Keep these great videos coming!!
Braaavo !!! Maravillosa música, buenísima interpretación y....las chicas del coro traen el lindo recuerdo de hermosas mujeres, cuando la femineidad era un baluarte...encantadoras. Las mujeres no son en ningún caso menos que los hombres, pero si distintas, y que preciosa diferencia Saludos desde Santiago de Chile
Wow, I never imagined seeing a Big Band these days. Excellent work, I really love it. I would like them to receive the attention they deserve with such talent.
Incredible!! Such an awesome performance- obviously tons of hard work went into this, and it is a joy to watch and listen to. Bravo!! Those trumpets sure sound rich and warm, and, being a trumpet player, I recognize that Bach as being made in the mid-1950s at the absolute earliest. Hearing it triggered a memory of mine from back as a teenager when I was into dixieland (I know- TOTALLY different genre, but hear me out) and got an album of Louis Armstrong with The Dukes of Dixieland. Louis' signature trumpet tone was so profoundly unique and strangely compact, it didn't matter what horn he played- the tone was the same, but this album was probably with his Selmer balanced horn. But his solos sounded like they came right out of the 19-teens and '20s. In totally sobering contrast, when the trumpeter in The Dukes of Dixieland started playing it was like turning the lights on in a theater in the middle of a movie. He played what I call a Trumpet 2.0 (trumpets made with the more modern, taller profile with bigger bells- TOTALLY different sound, a shift that started in the late twenties and kept getting bigger and fuller into the thirties and forties), and that Dukes of Dixieland trumpeter's sound was so rich, full, wide, and modern, that it completely took the experience away from the vintage sound for me, every time that guy played. Your trumpets here are certainly not that far over the Trumpet 2.0 edge. But still, I wonder if the trumpets would sound less modern (full-sounding) and more authentic to this music if they were more typical of, say, 1920's ("pea shooter" era) trumpets? There's a cheap way to find out! There's a 1926/'27 Martin Handcraft Dansant trumpet, silverplate, gold wash bell, in incredible condition (I have one in regular brass that I bought 25 years ago for $250- magnificent horn) on ebay right now for less than 60 bucks!! Nab that baby, try it out in this song instead of that warm, full-toned present mid-1950s-or-later Bach Strad that's featured in the solo in this vid, and Voila: suddenly that 1920s/'30s sound bumps up a totally immediately noticeable notch! More authenticity than you already have now? Can that even BE? Could your audiences even handle that? Haha! Ya know why those old smaller-belled trumpets are so cheap? NOT because they're not well made (they're incredibly well-made, the Dansants, by hand, for example). Simple: Trumpeters today don't like the way they sound on those little-belled horns. Those authentic early 1920s models can't command a higher price because they just can't achieve the fuller, richer, modern sound of 1940s-and-later trumpets, at all. Those old ones produce a BRILLIANT sound, yes, but those poor rejected horns just sound "too much" like those 1920s/'30s bands, which is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT trumpet sound than, say, the big, warm, full tone of a Mount Vernon Bach Strad (for God's sake) from the mid- '50s or later! Uh, hello, this earlier "pea-shooter" sound that modern trumpeters are steering clear of on ebay is exactly what you're going for and what were played in those roaring 20s and 1930s bands! Saxes did not undergo that same change- I've got a jazz buddy who plays a 1920 (hell, it might even be a 1910, come to think of it) Conn tenor sax that's warm and amazing and purrs through modern jazz licks with every bit the big bowl of a tone as a modern sax. Not the case with trumpet! They were made differently! Bach, Besson and Olds were just starting to lead the way to the newer sound by the mid-20's, but the bulk of players didn't catch up to that and bring it to the sound of big bands until the WWII era. I am guessing, but probably a good guess, that most trumpet veterans in jazz bands even by 1930 were still playing their tried-and-true earlier models, and the sound of those smaller-belled trumpets really characterized the band sounds of that era. Totally, completely different sound- check it out! Hey, worth a try, right? If you do, brace yourself for the instant, seemingly inconceivable upgrade in sound authenticity of these songs, with those smaller-belled trumpets that were made back then.
As a 15 year old 78 RPM enthusiast and lover of 1920s, 30s and 40s jazz, though the difference of the 1940s is quite stark compared with the other two decades. This is the best I’ve seen of a re-creation band and closest I’ve seen in the modern age of a true to its time type. I’m so glad you guys exist, right now I can’t do much but when I get older I’ll have to come see you guys live! Quite clearly this is the closest I’ll ever get to being able to experience this live unless someone gets around to inventing a time machine. I was introduced to you through your bands rendition of “Stars Fell On Alabama” a quite impressive and beautiful interpretation, and I song I’ve known for a couple of years now, which on the piano sounds just stunning, here’s the video that introduced me to that tune: ua-cam.com/video/MNbzxpbQSjM/v-deo.html, I can sing, very good in the aspect of imitation of old singers. If I’m of any interest to you please do get back to me!
This is great. Being a drummer and lover of this music and vintage drums I love the vintage drum set,all correct for the era. It also looks like the musicians who are wearing glasses are even wearing 1930’s type glasses too.
Superb. I love the way in which the conductor, whilst essential to the overall entertainment value (including the trouser bottoms), is singularly irrelevant in point of control of the orchestra. And the two singers: those teeth! All in all, a very classy and attractive production.
A great opportunity to see Alex and his Orchestra outside London comes on Sunday 22nd October 2017 when they appear in concert at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea. Tickets now available at www.southendtheatres.org.uk
Brilliant - just like aural time travel?! - This must have been just how those original recording sessions really sounded but now only exist as faded, scratchy old 78s.
Have now seen this band twice - at Harrow in March, and at Alvaston last Saturday. They are terrific, and the Dunlop Sisters are fabulous. Please, please could you upload either of them singing 'Nobody Cares if I'm Blue'? Hannah's rendition was superb, and Serena's was great previously.
I always wanted to have a night club with 1920-1930s band music shows. Live dances. With drinks and steak dinners. With a strict dress code. Coats required. I can only dream. 😏
Absolutely beautiful! Love the added touches such as the Strough violin and ancient carbon microphone. (Were we really hearing that? No, am am certain it was just a prop, but appropriate nonetheless).
Good Job Alex , You Must Try Imitate Too The Ben Bernie Music .Very Well Representation ,Ben Pollack Was The Inventor Of Swing, The Swing Was Born In Chicago , Obviously Carroll Gibbons Made A Nice Job Too 93 Years Ago.
I fast swing dance and used to win contests and you guys are hot and the gals in this case are too. Thought you were a old group colorized but the sound is too good and you look like you came from then . But you are alive and keep it up. would buy an album. Great performance
It's difficult to book for the dinner dances at the Savoy. Are there any planned events with a dance floor with easy reach of London, so one would be alel to get home the same night by public transport? I mean, it is dance music.
Very very good, the playing, section work and vocals are outstanding.........but we are not hearing what we are seeing. The video has a pre recorded soundtrack which is given away by the improvised jazz breaks: it's not possible to finger sync jazz. A shame because this band is much much better than this. Whilst the sound is amazing, it's a bit too perfect really. Wouldn't it be better to see and hear the band in a live recording? Surely musicians of this calibre would be happier playing than syncing to a soundtrack?
I absolutely love this music. I was born in 1952, so this music pre dates me by 20 years or so. I've told people before that I was born about 20 years late but I'm happy that Alex and his orchestra have revived this music! 🎻🎺
I'm a fan as well. Check out Max Raabe & His Palast Orchester. German, great stuff from the 20ties and 30ties (skip the modern re-interpretetions)
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Likewise I was born in 51. Listened to my greatest generation dad, mom, uncles and aunts and their stories of this era. Best music ever and always will be. God bless the Greatest Generation and their fabulous music!!!
Takes me to an era I wish I'd been born into!!!
THIS is the last word! Talk about going back in time...
Omg this is very historically accurate :) the men's hairstyle is so accurate and the gals too
Showed this to a friend and he said, "Why not film it in black and white?" - answer... because then it would have been mistaken for and actual 1920's recording. Love all the cheesy looks at the camera, it really gives it in a "look at this new motion picture novelty" feeling! Just brilliant.
I'm from US and have recently come to appreciate the British dance bands from this period. I'm Glenn Miller fan and found Jack hylton led the Glenn Miller band when they were in England.
I saw them last night and was so excited to hear the revival of the British Dance Bands. This track was played. It sounded like I was listening to a 78 but in digital sound. A great discovery for me and you have to see him. If you love Ambrose, Henry Hall, Roy Fox, Jack Payne and Hylton, Carroll Gibbons etc you'll not be disappointed and his band is fantastic. Well done Alex n Band..
I hope to see them at a future Memory Lane/Al Bowlly event in the near future! It's great to see a revival of the 30s dance bands isn't it!
"like I was listening to a 78 but in digital sound" Exactly what I thought, excellent stuff!
The Savoy Orpheans,how come those guys never got any older,beautiful music and so authentic!
LOVED IT! Damn ! They had great music in the 20's/30's
Why would you thumbs down this video? Honestly this is spectacular.
This is such a perfection in EVERYTHING!
- In clothes (even the glasses), environment, filming and of course the outstanding music performance.
I think I could see this over and over again for years without getting bored…
This is absolutely the best of the 30s re-creation bands. Congratulations on your fine work. Cheers from Texas.
HOT! Everyone is perfect, pretty, love the sound and style! LOVE how the girls come in and steal the show! They are so cute! Alex is a dreamy-dreamboat!
Alex is a dreamboat that is for sure very dreamy
perfect arrangement of Ben Pollacks Version from 1929!thank you
Lol, the conductor doing a little jig got me.
Liked the music!
he has the movement and style!joe overby atlanta ga
What's not to love about this? A great performance by a hot band, and the Dunlop sisters are a treat for the ears and the eyes! Keep these great videos coming!!
Went to see Alex and his Orchestra (with the Dunlop sisters) at Dudley Town Hall last night - a delight to dance to!
this has ACTION!joe overby atlanta ga
Braaavo !!! Maravillosa música, buenísima interpretación y....las chicas del coro traen el lindo recuerdo de hermosas mujeres, cuando la femineidad era un baluarte...encantadoras. Las mujeres no son en ningún caso menos que los hombres, pero si distintas, y que preciosa diferencia
Saludos desde Santiago de Chile
Wow, I never imagined seeing a Big Band these days. Excellent work, I really love it. I would like them to receive the attention they deserve with such talent.
like an actual time travel experience !!! ... so much fun !!! ... thank you !!!
Wow you all really nailed this. You all so talented. The costumes and styles are all spot on and the video just the right early color look
Wow! This is so awesome! Love seeing musicians performing such great music. Love it!! 🎶💕🎶💕
AWESOME BAND INDEED! GREAT SINGING, Very Well Played!
Really a pleasure ear and see Dunlop Sister. Great band y greatest soloist.
Every detail is accurate and the more I hear them at it, like it more
Absolutely marvellous splendid orchestra and vocalists
Absolutely divine music. A wonderful orchestration. RagJazzMonkey Tom
This is brilliant. Pure class.
Superb Alex! Well done ladies and gentlemen.
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!!!!
Incredible!! Such an awesome performance- obviously tons of hard work went into this, and it is a joy to watch and listen to. Bravo!!
Those trumpets sure sound rich and warm, and, being a trumpet player, I recognize that Bach as being made in the mid-1950s at the absolute earliest. Hearing it triggered a memory of mine from back as a teenager when I was into dixieland (I know- TOTALLY different genre, but hear me out) and got an album of Louis Armstrong with The Dukes of Dixieland. Louis' signature trumpet tone was so profoundly unique and strangely compact, it didn't matter what horn he played- the tone was the same, but this album was probably with his Selmer balanced horn. But his solos sounded like they came right out of the 19-teens and '20s. In totally sobering contrast, when the trumpeter in The Dukes of Dixieland started playing it was like turning the lights on in a theater in the middle of a movie. He played what I call a Trumpet 2.0 (trumpets made with the more modern, taller profile with bigger bells- TOTALLY different sound, a shift that started in the late twenties and kept getting bigger and fuller into the thirties and forties), and that Dukes of Dixieland trumpeter's sound was so rich, full, wide, and modern, that it completely took the experience away from the vintage sound for me, every time that guy played.
Your trumpets here are certainly not that far over the Trumpet 2.0 edge. But still, I wonder if the trumpets would sound less modern (full-sounding) and more authentic to this music if they were more typical of, say, 1920's ("pea shooter" era) trumpets?
There's a cheap way to find out!
There's a 1926/'27 Martin Handcraft Dansant trumpet, silverplate, gold wash bell, in incredible condition (I have one in regular brass that I bought 25 years ago for $250- magnificent horn) on ebay right now for less than 60 bucks!! Nab that baby, try it out in this song instead of that warm, full-toned present mid-1950s-or-later Bach Strad that's featured in the solo in this vid, and Voila: suddenly that 1920s/'30s sound bumps up a totally immediately noticeable notch! More authenticity than you already have now? Can that even BE? Could your audiences even handle that? Haha!
Ya know why those old smaller-belled trumpets are so cheap? NOT because they're not well made (they're incredibly well-made, the Dansants, by hand, for example). Simple: Trumpeters today don't like the way they sound on those little-belled horns. Those authentic early 1920s models can't command a higher price because they just can't achieve the fuller, richer, modern sound of 1940s-and-later trumpets, at all. Those old ones produce a BRILLIANT sound, yes, but those poor rejected horns just sound "too much" like those 1920s/'30s bands, which is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT trumpet sound than, say, the big, warm, full tone of a Mount Vernon Bach Strad (for God's sake) from the mid- '50s or later! Uh, hello, this earlier "pea-shooter" sound that modern trumpeters are steering clear of on ebay is exactly what you're going for and what were played in those roaring 20s and 1930s bands!
Saxes did not undergo that same change- I've got a jazz buddy who plays a 1920 (hell, it might even be a 1910, come to think of it) Conn tenor sax that's warm and amazing and purrs through modern jazz licks with every bit the big bowl of a tone as a modern sax.
Not the case with trumpet! They were made differently! Bach, Besson and Olds were just starting to lead the way to the newer sound by the mid-20's, but the bulk of players didn't catch up to that and bring it to the sound of big bands until the WWII era. I am guessing, but probably a good guess, that most trumpet veterans in jazz bands even by 1930 were still playing their tried-and-true earlier models, and the sound of those smaller-belled trumpets really characterized the band sounds of that era. Totally, completely different sound- check it out! Hey, worth a try, right? If you do, brace yourself for the instant, seemingly inconceivable upgrade in sound authenticity of these songs, with those smaller-belled trumpets that were made back then.
As a 15 year old 78 RPM enthusiast and lover of 1920s, 30s and 40s jazz, though the difference of the 1940s is quite stark compared with the other two decades. This is the best I’ve seen of a re-creation band and closest I’ve seen in the modern age of a true to its time type. I’m so glad you guys exist, right now I can’t do much but when I get older I’ll have to come see you guys live! Quite clearly this is the closest I’ll ever get to being able to experience this live unless someone gets around to inventing a time machine. I was introduced to you through your bands rendition of “Stars Fell On Alabama” a quite impressive and beautiful interpretation, and I song I’ve known for a couple of years now, which on the piano sounds just stunning, here’s the video that introduced me to that tune: ua-cam.com/video/MNbzxpbQSjM/v-deo.html, I can sing, very good in the aspect of imitation of old singers. If I’m of any interest to you please do get back to me!
This is great. Being a drummer and lover of this music and vintage drums I love the vintage drum set,all correct for the era. It also looks like the musicians who are wearing glasses are even wearing 1930’s type glasses too.
Oh my goodness!! This is going to be on loop!! Superb! The entire video. Love this music! Thanking PAX41 for sharing this. 🎶💕🎶💕 New subbie 😊
Exquisite
Superb.
I love the way in which the conductor, whilst essential to the overall entertainment value (including the trouser bottoms), is singularly irrelevant in point of control of the orchestra. And the two singers: those teeth!
All in all, a very classy and attractive production.
@@davidharwood9552 Agreed, but he *is* an essential part of the performance!
amazing! greetings from Brazil!
Nice homage to Ben Pollack, 1927. His recording of this tune was Benny Goodman's first.
These guys are awesome!!
This is absolutely great.
A great opportunity to see Alex and his Orchestra outside London comes on Sunday 22nd October 2017 when they appear in concert at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea. Tickets now available at www.southendtheatres.org.uk
I LOVE these guys! what a dream gig!! SUPERB.
(If they're not the shiniest Derbys I've ever seen, I'll eat my hat!) 🙂
Brilliant - just like aural time travel?! - This must have been just how those original recording sessions really sounded but now only exist as faded, scratchy old 78s.
great ensemble :-)
Gorgeous! ❤
You guys are invited to perform at The Overlook Hotel
Increible sonido---------- Saludos desde Buenos Aires!!!
Verdad que sí?
Me encantaría ir a unos de sus shows
Who else can imagine Al Capone listening to this back in the day
Absolutely stunning
This is so good.
Bravissimi...un caro saluto dall'Italia
¡¡¡Bravo...!!!
👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wow 🤩 love it so much
Absolutely amazing!❤
Have now seen this band twice - at Harrow in March, and at Alvaston last Saturday. They are terrific, and the Dunlop Sisters are fabulous. Please, please could you upload either of them singing 'Nobody Cares if I'm Blue'? Hannah's rendition was superb, and Serena's was great previously.
Love this
Fantastic.
Muy pero muy bueno 👏👏👏
WOW!!!
Superb
Love it
I always wanted to have a night club with 1920-1930s band music shows. Live dances. With drinks and steak dinners. With a strict dress code. Coats required. I can only dream. 😏
And no cell phones and no internet.
Very nice.... but where hides the banjo-player ?!? 😉
Beautifull!!!!! (but I can`t see the banjo player, maybe next time!)
Absolutely beautiful! Love the added touches such as the Strough violin and ancient carbon microphone.
(Were we really hearing that? No, am am certain it was just a prop, but appropriate nonetheless).
Que buena musica , bravo!!!
🌸💕😀
Love the Dunlop Sisters!!!
Good Job Alex , You Must Try Imitate Too The Ben Bernie Music .Very Well Representation ,Ben Pollack Was The Inventor Of Swing, The Swing Was Born In Chicago , Obviously Carroll Gibbons Made A Nice Job Too 93 Years Ago.
What was this recorded with or is it a film effect or something
I fast swing dance and used to win contests and you guys are hot and the gals in this case are too. Thought you were a old group colorized but the sound is too good and you look like you came from then . But you are alive and keep it up. would buy an album. Great performance
Are you sure thats not Carol Gibbons on the Sax !
He sure looks like him lol
It's difficult to book for the dinner dances at the Savoy. Are there any planned events with a dance floor with easy reach of London, so one would be alel to get home the same night by public transport? I mean, it is dance music.
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I wonder who does their arrangements
They use original manuscripts
This is my transcription.
What does the sister on the right say after the one on the left says "no, no, no, no, no"??
"Do ho oh ho dee"
Too bad it wasn't filmed during a live performance.
if i'm not wrong, this was mainly inspired by the Ben Pollack version, atleast it literally sounds like it
Just what I was gonna say!
Is this recording live during the video shoot?
THIS IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL BEN POLLOCK ORCH 1926 WITH GDMAN "BIG T AND LITTLE T" WILLIAMS SISTERS?
Max Raabe with speed.
It´s just MUSIC !!..not the nowadays tribal one
They sound amazing but I would never be able to follow that baton xD
I HEAR a banjo, I just don't SEE one.... :)
Very very good, the playing, section work and vocals are outstanding.........but we are not hearing what we are seeing. The video has a pre recorded soundtrack which is given away by the improvised jazz breaks: it's not possible to finger sync jazz. A shame because this band is much much better than this. Whilst the sound is amazing, it's a bit too perfect really. Wouldn't it be better to see and hear the band in a live recording? Surely musicians of this calibre would be happier playing than syncing to a soundtrack?
Phone fiddle.
This seems as playback to me.
I bet they have the same number of teeth
Don’t like the singing... Too smooth and popular...
but it's very similar to the original recording, by ben pollack
@@tupinijazz - didn‘t know that, thanks !
I just don‘t that kind of singing… I prefer singing like Ramon Newton (you know ?) 👍
@@LesVoixduRhythme I understand, i was just pointing out that the style did not originally come from this modern recording. greetings from brazil!
Great music, complete w period hair styles !!!!!
Absolutely stunning