Great period sound, and energy. The players put so much life into the playing, with a fun arrangement which interests. Shame things deflated in later years... like a balloon losing wind.
Ragtime's baby! Who can hear this and keep still? The year my mom was born, and her mom, my grandma, could do a good buck and wing when I played this the piano when she was 7O!
Is it that I like to notice bass-clarinets [1:29] so much, because they were not quite so unusual in early jazz and have found several masters in contemporary jazz and the avantgarde but are hardly ever heard in between? Adding depth and foundation comes with the territory, yet to my ears they add shades to the color palette that _appear_ fresher than the audibly old-fashioned, we're talking 'bout a recording of almost a 100 years after all, phrasing would suggest. In this case, the freshness is further guaranteed by that deliverer of goods without an expiration date, the hegemon of hummability, Mr. Walter Donaldson.
It's amazing how prolific Donaldson was, what range he exhibited, and how unknown he is today. Irving Berlin and Harry Warren still survive in some form but Donaldson has simply vanished from memory. Was it because he didn't do a lot of Hollywood work?
Harry Warren outlived Walter Donaldson by *forty* years. Both were born in 1893, both were incredibly prolific, and both belong to that illustrious group Warren Vaché Sr. used as the title of his fabulous book "The Unsung Songwriters". While the names of Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, Hammerstein, and to a lesser extent Arlen, Mercer, Hart or Fields, are tied to successful Broadway shows and their Hollywood adaptations, *dozens* of great masters of melody and lyrics remain unknown, due to the lack of the above mentioned. In the case of Walter Donaldson it is also the fact that he hit his stride very early and that his prime were the '20s, and jazz musicians, through whose versions much material survived, tend to prefer standards from the '30s and '40s.
Though the always conversational and lack-back Gene Austin produced my favorite version of this anthemic gem, I have to concede that this treatment, too, is Ace.
I once told you about my grievance that piano master _Barry Harris_ never recorded a _Harry Barris_ songbook album. Here's another one: Why were trombonists _Abe Lincoln_ and _George Washington_ never coupled togerher, in a pre-Jay&Kai way? Their reference recording: _Abe Lincoln & George Washington Play the Lester Young Songbook._ Missed opportunities.
Professor, since this doesn't have "Electrical Process" on the label, can we assume it was an acoustic recording? The sound quality is almost too good to be an acoustic.
The music that brings a smile to my face.. Thank You.
You are most welcome!
Yes sir, this song is my baby! Love it, thanks! :^D 🎺 LP
I dedicate this snappy tune to all of the 1920s/early 1930s cartoons I've ever watched. This tune is the bee's knees!
One or the best recordings of the tune.
I cant get iver the sheer exuberant energy level of these old songs, i love it intensely!!! 👂😍👂💖
Great period sound, and energy. The players put so much life into the playing, with a fun arrangement which interests. Shame things deflated in later years... like a balloon losing wind.
Yes, funny that deflating in later years. Almost like they were Depressed or something.
Ragtime's baby! Who can hear this and keep still? The year my mom was born, and her mom, my grandma, could do a good buck and wing when I played this the piano when she was 7O!
Wonderful👍👍👍
Is it that I like to notice bass-clarinets [1:29] so much, because they were not quite so unusual in early jazz and have found several masters in contemporary jazz and the avantgarde but are hardly ever heard in between? Adding depth and foundation comes with the territory, yet to my ears they add shades to the color palette that _appear_ fresher than the audibly old-fashioned, we're talking 'bout a recording of almost a 100 years after all, phrasing would suggest. In this case, the freshness is further guaranteed by that deliverer of goods without an expiration date, the hegemon of hummability, Mr. Walter Donaldson.
It's amazing how prolific Donaldson was, what range he exhibited, and how unknown he is today. Irving Berlin and Harry Warren still survive in some form but Donaldson has simply vanished from memory. Was it because he didn't do a lot of Hollywood work?
Harry Warren outlived Walter Donaldson by *forty* years. Both were born in 1893, both were incredibly prolific, and both belong to that illustrious group Warren Vaché Sr. used as the title of his fabulous book "The Unsung Songwriters". While the names of Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, Hammerstein, and to a lesser extent Arlen, Mercer, Hart or Fields, are tied to successful Broadway shows and their Hollywood adaptations, *dozens* of great masters of melody and lyrics remain unknown, due to the lack of the above mentioned. In the case of Walter Donaldson it is also the fact that he hit his stride very early and that his prime were the '20s, and jazz musicians, through whose versions much material survived, tend to prefer standards from the '30s and '40s.
Though the always conversational and lack-back Gene Austin produced my favorite version of this anthemic gem, I have to concede that this treatment, too, is Ace.
I once told you about my grievance that piano master _Barry Harris_ never recorded a _Harry Barris_ songbook album. Here's another one: Why were trombonists _Abe Lincoln_ and _George Washington_ never coupled togerher, in a pre-Jay&Kai way? Their reference recording: _Abe Lincoln & George Washington Play the Lester Young Songbook._ Missed opportunities.
no brasil gravado como charleston,pelo balao magico
How do you master your recordings? You have so much respect for the quality of the music, I'm kinda blown away in awe and curiosity!
Lively effort . Arguably the best known musician here is trombonist Abe Lincoln .
Professor, since this doesn't have "Electrical Process" on the label, can we assume it was an acoustic recording? The sound quality is almost too good to be an acoustic.
It's electrical.