tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68120498713250999432024-03-19T09:15:55.202+01:00Keep (it) Swinging<img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6UfOKEbo_UY/TpqV2QOWcEI/AAAAAAAAfSY/DWRe6H5jgKU/s400/blazerssectie1110-01bw.jpg" width="500" height="350"><center></center>A weblog in English and Dutch about jazz and related music, record collecting and other music projects originally created by Hans Koert.|Een webblog in het Engels en het Nederlands over jazz, jazz-verwante muziek, platen verzamelen en verrassende projecten, oorspronkelijk opgezet door Hans Koert. Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-78851533458562768652018-09-04T11:52:00.002+02:002020-02-10T10:59:39.921+01:00Time To Say Goodbye<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Before <b><span style="color: orange;">Hans Koert</span> </b>(June 1st, 1951 - September 04, 2014) passed away on this date four years ago, I had promised him to keep some of his web domain updated, more precisely <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">the keepitswinging blogspot, the oscar-aleman blogspot, the choromusic blogspot </span></i>- all three blogs I have had access to as a co-editor and regular contributor of entries from the start of this part of Hans Koert's web activity. I made an agreement with Hans' widow to publish regular updates for four years and now the time has come to say goodbye. However, Hans' work will still be accessible in the version you find at the various sites assosiated with the keepitswinging domain which also applies for the online Oscar Alemán discography.<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">The Dutch Royal Library</span></b> has saved a copy of everything accessible at Hans Koert's website and blogs, I'll quote from the message I had earlier this year:</div>
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<i>"As part of the initiative of the Royal Library (KB) to save a selection of Dutch websites for future research, we also want to archive your site and keep them for the long term. It is the website and any subdomains that are accessible via the following URL (s): </i></div>
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<i>http://keepitswinging.blogspot.nl/ http://keepswinging.blogspot.nl/ </i></div>
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<i>As a national library, the KB is legally responsible for collecting, describing and storing in the Netherlands publications, electronic or not. The KB sees it as its task to keep websites durable and kept consulted for future generations and to preserve them for loss including technological obsolescence. (-) </i><i>Therefore archive the KB websites which collections are representative of the Dutch culture, history and society on the Internet. (-) Your website will be archived and stored for this purpose durable. (-) The archive versions are to consult within our own building. They will also be made available to the general public via the KB website as soon as legally possible." </i></div>
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<i>For further information regarding the KB web archiving, please contact: </i><br />
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<i>Peter Bode, Web archiving KB </i><br />
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I thank readers and visitors of Hans Koert's webdomain for your support and I also thank Hans Koert's widow, <b><span style="color: orange;">Corrie Koert</span></b>, and his brother <b><span style="color: orange;">Peter Koert</span></b> for the opportunity to continue part of Hans' webactivity publishing new entries to keep the above mentioned blogs updated. Also a great thank you to friends and followers who have contributed with material and information published at the blogs I have had access to.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Update April 2019</span></b><br />
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The exclusion of the name of '<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Hans Koert</span></b>' as editor of the blog in the sidemenu is not a deliberate choice by the present editor (<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Jo</span></b>), but is a result of the change of policy by Blogger and Google. From April 2019 the Google+ accounts and profiles have been disabled, Hans Koert's editorial account was associated a Google+ account and this means that his name no longer is visible in the sidemenu as editor of the blog. I have tried to fix the problem, but Blogger unfortunately denies to change 'unknown' into the name of 'Hans Koert'<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>Update February 2020</b></span><br />
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Unexpectedly the Google account used by <span style="color: orange;"><b>Hans Koert</b></span> as his administrator access to the uploaded weblogs containing material from his private collection of photos and illustrations a.o. has been deleted by accident. This means that photos, illustrations and videos uploaded by Hans are no longer accessible at this and other blogs. Moreover, some blogs which only Hans have had administrator rights to handle are also no longer accessible. However, readers and visitors of the sites and blogs uploaded by Hans have an opportunity to use the <span style="color: orange;">Wayback Machine</span> (WM) facility to get access to material not visible/accessible using the normal procedure. Below I'll insert links to the latest saved version of material at WM.<br />
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The original <b><span style="color: orange;">Keep Swinging blog</span></b> is accessible from Wayback Machine by using this <b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724003013/http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2018/09/time-to-say-goodbye.html" target="_blank">link</a></span></b><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Keep(it)Swinging</span></b> weblog at Wayback Machine is accessible <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190717221103/http://keepitswinging.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a><br />
The <span style="color: orange;">Oscar Alemán blogspot</span><b> </b>at Wayback Machine is accessible <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190509135317/https://oscar-aleman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span> </a></span><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Choro Music blogspot</span></b> at Wayback Machine is accessible <b><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190510064631/https://choro-music.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a> </span></b><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Hit of the Week blogspot</span></b> at Wayback Machine is accessible <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190514194332/http://hitoftheweek.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></b></a><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Flexible Records blogspot</span></b> at Wayback Machine is accessible <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190506234058/http://flexible-records.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></b></a><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Keepitswinging Jazzlinks blogspot</span></b> at Wayback Machine is accessible <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190501055939/https://keepitswinging-jazzlinks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></b></a><br />
The <b><span style="color: orange;">Slik op de Weg blogspot </span></b>in Dutch only is accessible at Wayback Machine <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190506211626/http://slikopdeweg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></b></a><br />
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I cannot guarantee that all internal as well as external links will work in the pages listed at WM, but this is the only available option that I can present as the current editor-in-charge. I hope this helps some of the problem of missing photos and blogs on Hans' uploaded pages.<br />
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If you have comments or questions, please contact me at <b><span style="color: orange;">jrgnlarsen5@gmail.com</span></b><br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-61873672758012535192018-08-15T14:45:00.000+02:002018-08-17T08:55:45.440+02:00Dexter Payne Quintet - Jazz For All (Jazz Forró)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Some time ago I wrote a small review of clarinettist <b><a href="https://dexterpayne.com/" target="_blank">Dexter Payne's </a> </b>first CD release by his quintet entitled <b><i><a href="https://dexterpayne.com/pra-voce/" target="_blank">Pra Vocé</a></i></b> (Dexofon Records, 2014) devoted to Brazilian music rooted in choro and samba here updated in the quintet's magnificent interpretations of classics from the <i>gafieira</i> (ballroom) tradition a.o. (- the review is still accessible, <b><a href="https://keepitswinging.blogspot.com/search?q=Dexter+Payne" target="_blank">here</a></b>). Now a new CD by Dexter Payne Quintet has been released earlier this year entitled <b><a href="https://dexterpayne.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-for-all" target="_blank">Jazz For All</a></b> (Dexofon, 2018)<br />
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Dexter Payne's Quintet include <b><span style="color: orange;">Dave Willey</span></b> (accordion), <b><span style="color: orange;">Bill Kopper</span></b> (6 and 7 string guitar), <b><span style="color: orange;">Victor Mestas Perez</span> </b>(piano, Rhodes), <b><span style="color: orange;">Raoul Rossiter</span></b> (drums, percussion) besides <b><span style="color: orange;">Dexter Payne</span></b> (clarinet), and the new CD has guest performance by vocalist <b><a href="https://www.elenacamerinyoung.com/about" target="_blank">Elena Camerin Young</a> </b>in a single track. The title of the CD contains a wordplay outlined in the sub-title Jazz Forró which points to the influence of both American jazz and Brazilian <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forr%C3%B3" target="_blank">forró</a> </b></i>in the featured music at the disc.<br />
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Forró is a traditional music genre originated in Northeastern Brazil that encompasses various dance styles as well as a number of different musical beats. This music genre has gained widespread popularity in all regions of Brazil thanks to musicians like accordionist <span style="color: lime;">Luiz Gonzaga</span> and percussionist <span style="color: lime;">Jackson do Pandeiro</span>, who are considered pioneers, and modern followers like accordionists <span style="color: lime;">Dominguinhos</span> and <span style="color: lime;">Sivuca</span> and i.e. multi instrumentalist <span style="color: lime;">Hermeto Pascoal</span> a.o. - The word <i>'forró'</i> is probably a derivative of <i>forrobodó</i>, meaning "great party" or "commotion", another explanation often heard is that the word forró is a derivative of the English expression "for all" and that it originated in the early 1900s. English engineers on the Great Western Railway of Brazil near Recife would throw balls on weekends and classify them as either only for railroad personnel or for the general populace ("for all"). (info excerpted from Wikipedia)<br />
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The CD has 10 tracks, nine of them are compositions by Brazilians and one by the quintet's guitarist Bill Kopper, who penned <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Forrozinho</span></i> - a great and humorous contribution with hints to traditional Forró including an intro of triangel and accordion searching for the right key and groove before the clarinet and ensemble continue in a danceable theme and several repeated turn-around end tags. The Brazilian repertoire includes various styles, even an updated version of (part of) Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras no. 2 with lyrics by the poet Ferreira Gullar entitled <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Trenzinho do Caipira</span></i> sung by Elena Camerin Young. This was performed live by the quintet and vocalist in a concert earlier this year, inserted here to give you an impression of this modern interpretation of Villa Lobos' music<br />
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Two tracks have compositions by Brazilian multi instrumentalist Arismar do Espirito Santo, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Vestido Longo</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Dia Santo</span></i> - the first mentioned was performed by Dexter Payne Quintet in a live concert June 2017, inserted below</div>
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Two tracks have modern choro compositions by Brazilian guiar virtuoso Alessandro Penezzi, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Ao Mestre</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Sempre Que Posso</span></i> - the first mentioned was performed live by Dexter Payne Quintet in the same concert that featured vocalist Elena Camerin Young</div>
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The remaining four tracks have compositions by Moacir Santos,<span style="color: #ffe599;"> <i>Coisa No. 10</i></span>, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Coração Latino</span></i> by Antonio Mello, Dominguinhos' <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">De Leve</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Xote de Saudade</span></i> by Dom Salvador - together with the above mentioned this repertoire draws a multicolored picture of the featured music at the Jazz For All CD. The mixture of various Brazilian sources mainly rooted in different Northeastern styles with the collective term Forró and modern American jazz improvisation creates a synergy effect, where the whole constitutes more than the parts that are included. The performance of the tunes is flawless and excellent throughout, the musicians know each other in and out from years of coorperation, all involved contribute to a successfull album of great music, highly recommended. The CD is available for purchase at Bandcamp, <b><a href="https://dexterpayne.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-for-all" target="_blank">here</a> </b>or <b><a href="https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dexterpayne3" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-8926307558884340392018-07-29T00:24:00.000+02:002018-07-29T08:51:21.696+02:00Licks To Riffs At The Guitar Course - Jazz Edition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Some months ago I pointed you to a DVD based Guidebook entitled <b><a href="http://keepitswinging.blogspot.com/2018/03/from-licks-to-riffs-on-guitar.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Licks to Riffs</span></a> </b>by the Dutch guitarist <a href="http://www.tonvanbergeijk.nl/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Ton Van Bergeijk</span> </a>. This course was the first part of a scheduled two-part guitar instruction guide with focus on the blues style and how to adapt any lick to any chord changes at the guitar aiming to generate versatile riffs. Now the second part of this guide for guitarists has just been released with focus on how to continue the excersises in jazz and jazz-blues. Ton explains it further in the promotional video uploaded at You Tube<br />
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Ton stated in the video, quote: <i>”Once you’ve gone through the additional concepts in the first part of this course, you’ll be able to adapt your licks to any song you may encounter. We'll then study 9 essential licks and turn them into riffs; each on a jazz-blues and rhythm changes. We'll put them to work over two jazz Standards, using the progressions of Sunny Side of The Street and Indiana.”</i> - The used licks in this course range from a New Orleans style pianistic background a la James Booker, to licks used by horn sections in the great Riff Orchestras, to licks composed by the great Jazz guitarist George Van Eps. - Further info about the course and how to get a copy is available<span style="color: cyan;"> <a href="https://truefire.com/jazz-guitar-lessons/licks-to-riffs-guidebook/c1273" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a></span>.</div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-15046713096023626132018-07-23T13:13:00.000+02:002018-07-23T13:39:59.656+02:00Paris Gadjo Club - Swinging The Choro<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Choro</span></a></b></i> is a genuine Brazilian music genre which emerged in Rio de Janeiro during the late decades of the 19th century. Like jazz, that emerged in New Orleans from various sources and as a mixture of African, Creole and popular music of the time (i.e. ragtime) on the threshold of the 20th century, choro music originated as a local music style in Rio de Janeiro but soon spread all over Brazil with the emergence of radio networks early 1920s. One of the first choro musicians to be featured in radio live broadcast was <b><span style="color: lime;">Pixinguinha</span></b>, who together with his band Os Oito Batutas was featured in the first nation wide broadcast in 1922. The same year Pixinguinha and his band was offered an engagement in Paris, France for some months, which became a great success with the Parisian audience. Pixinguinha and his band were the first native musicians to introduce choro, maxixe and related Brazilian music outside Brazil, and Paris, France was the first location abroad where the public had a chance to experience live performance of this music. The Parisian audience has always been open minded to influence from music outside France, another notable example is the embrace of jazz as performed by <b><span style="color: orange;">Django Reinhardt</span></b>, the Belgian gypsy, who founded the European branch of hot jazz and swing. Django lived and performed in Paris most of his life and he was a success with the Parisian audience throughout his career, his legacy has since spread world wide and today Django and his gypsy style of jazz (Manouche) is more often than not associated with Paris in the 1930s and 1940s, its café culture and impromptu live music performances. This tradition is kept well alive by musicians, gypsies as well as non-gypsies (gadjos), even today. A new CD by a quartet named <b><span style="color: orange;">Paris Gadjo Club</span> </b>reflects this tradition, but instead of performing jazz standards the quartet plays music originally composed or performed by Brazilian choro musicians adding the unmistakable gypsy conception and interpretation of the music associated with Django Reinhardt and his followers. The result is most enjoyable and well worth lending your ears, I think.<br />
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The CD has 13 tracks and the repertoire is chosen among popular compositions by famous Brazilian choro musicians and composers like <b><span style="color: lime;">Jacob do Bandolim</span></b>, <b><span style="color: lime;">Ernesto Nazareth</span></b> and <b><span style="color: lime;">Pixinguinha</span></b> a.o.. The rhythm section of the quartet is in the hands of <b><span style="color: orange;">Stan Laferriìere</span></b> (rh g) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Laurent Vanhée</span></b> (b) while <b><span style="color: orange;">Pierre-Louis Cas</span></b> (cl,as) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Christophe Davot</span></b> (lead g, bj) share solo spots playing melody and improvisation. Below I'll insert a couple of examples of the featured music from live performances uploaded at YouTube, and to give you an impression of similarities and differences between choro and gypsy/gadjo swing jazz I'll also insert a couple of examples of the Brazilian original recordings which may have inspired the Paris Gadjo Club. - Here is first Jacob do Bandolim's interpretation of Ernesto Nazareth's famous tune <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Odeon</span></i><br />
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From a live performance recorded 2016, here is the same tune as played by Paris Gadjo Club<br />
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This year choro communities celebrate the centennial of Jacob do Bandolim, the famous Brazilian master of choro mandolin, who is just as popular in Rio as Django Reinhardt still is in Paris, and from Jacob's most popular LP album here is his interpretation of Juventino Maciel's choro <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Cadéncia</span></i><br />
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And here is the same tune as performed by Paris Gadjo Club in a TV live program earlier this year<br />
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If these appetizers have caught your interest, more info (-in French) is available <a href="https://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=4&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1863&option=com_virtuemart" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a>, and the CD is for purchase <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Du-Bresil-Swinging-Choro/dp/B0789TBY1V" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a><br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-4377953333506909702018-07-03T16:27:00.000+02:002018-07-04T08:49:36.436+02:00Hyena Stomp<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On June 4th 1927, <b><span style="color: orange;">Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers</span></b> recorded the 6th session for Victor in Chicago. <span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Hyena Stomp</i>, <i>Billy Goat Stomp</i>, <i>Wild Man Blues</i> </span>and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Jungle Blues</span></i> were recorded in this memorable session featuring the extraordinary vocal cotributions by <b><span style="color: orange;">Lew La Mar</span></b> imitating a laughing hyena or a stubborn goat! According to available info (<a href="http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/draftcards1.html#assdclalm" target="_blank">here</a>), Louis August La Mar (Lew La Mar) was a French Canadian, born in Quebec on 11th December 1873. He migrated to the U.S. with his parents prior to 1894. He was white — not African-American. He registered for the WWI draft on 12th September 1918. The draft card records his occupation as a Theatrical Actor for the Western Vaudeville Association, Majestic Theatre Building, Chicago, the same vaudeville group that employed Bill Johnson. On 4th June 1927 Lew La Mar joined Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers in Chicago to participate in the mentioned Victor recording session. He is featured on <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hyena Stomp</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Billy Goat Stomp</span></i>. Other members of the band include <b><span style="color: orange;">George Mitchell</span></b> (c); <b><span style="color: orange;">Gerald Reeves</span></b> (tb); <b><span style="color: orange;">Johnny Dodds</span></b> (cl); <b><span style="color: orange;">Paul “Stump” Evans</span></b> (as); <b><span style="color: orange;">Jelly Roll Morton</span></b> (p-dialogue); <b><span style="color: orange;">Bud Scott</span></b> (g); <b><span style="color: orange;">Quinn Wilson</span></b> (bb); <b><span style="color: orange;">Warren “Baby” Dodds</span> </b>(d)</div>
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The reason for setting focus on <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hyena Stomp</span></i> here is to point you to another great performance of the tune just released today on You Tube as part of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NF-ejj1Y434jiGQ5q5z8A" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Complete Morton Project </span></a> </b>initiated by pianist <b><span style="color: orange;">Andrew Oliver</span></b> and reed player <b><span style="color: orange;">David Horniblow</span> </b>(- learn more at Andrew Oliver's website, <a href="https://andrewoliver.net/blog/" target="_blank">here</a>). The project has now reached halfway through the 104 compositions by Morton, thus <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hyena Stomp</span></i> and the other tune released today, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Dixie Knows</span></i>, are milestones of this terrific and very uplifting project. The jubilee is further marked by the fact that the duo of Oliver and Horniblow is extended to a quartet with two guest performers in the performance of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hyena Stomp</span></i>, <b><span style="color: orange;">Michael McQuaid</span></b> (clarinet/alto) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Nick Ball</span></b> (laughing & drums), both members of Oliver's <b><span style="color: cyan;">Vitality Five</span></b> ensemble (- more info <a href="https://vitalityfive.com/" target="_blank">here</a> )</div>
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The second tune of the Complete Morton Project released today is as mentioned above <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Dixie Knows</span></i>, a tune Morton published and co-wrote with Mel Stitzel in 1930 but never recorded according to Oliver's notes (<a href="https://andrewoliver.net/2018/07/03/complete-morton-26-hyena-stomp-dixie-knows/" target="_blank">here</a>). I remember a version of this tune for finger style guitar played by Swedish guitarist Lasse Johansson (- you can listen to it at Spotify, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2wq711qkzJ0mPM0RNU1ngU" target="_blank">here</a> ), however, the version by Oliver and Horniblow is different and performed as a stomp in the usual duo setting of piano and clarinet. Enjoy it below and be sure to follow the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NF-ejj1Y434jiGQ5q5z8A" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Complete Morton Project</span></a></b> on You Tube every Tuesday through the remain of 2018!</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">June Night</span> </b>(<i>Just Give Me a June Night</i>) is a popular song written by <b><span style="color: orange;">Abel Baer</span></b> (music) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Cliff Friend</span> </b>(lyrics) and published in 1924. The song was a successful hit for Ted Lewis (Columbia 157-D); and Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians (Victor 19380) came with their version of the song at # 7 on the US charts.<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Cliff Edwards</span></b> (Ukulele Ike) also had a hit with <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">June Night</span></i> in 1924<br />
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Jazz fiddler supreme, <b><span style="color: orange;">Svend Asmussen</span></b> made <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">June Night</span></i> his signature tune, the initial version of the song was recorded in 1940 by Svend Asmussen's Skandia Trio for Odeon<br />
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<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">June Night</span></i> is a great vehicle for jazz improvisation, here's a live recorded example from Swedish television 1995 featuring <b><span style="color: orange;">Svend Asmussen's Quartet</span></b></div>
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Another live jazz interpretation of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">June Night</span></i> was performed by <b><span style="color: orange;">Ralf Norton & His Varsity Ramblers</span> </b>in March 2017, inserted below to end this small presentation of a great tune</div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Hoagy Carmichael</span></b> composed <b><span style="color: lime;">One Morning in May</span></b> and <b><span style="color: orange;">Mitchell Parish</span></b> wrote the lyrics. However, Carmichael's initial version of the song had its debut at the shown Victor disc recorded October 10, 1933 as an instrumental performed by the composer at the piano featuring a swinging combo<br />
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Other artists and orchestras of the time seem to have favoured the song performed with the lyrics by Mitchell Parish changing the music into a ballad, an example is the version recorded by<b> <span style="color: orange;">Marion Harris</span></b> in April 1934<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">One Morning in May</span></b> was adopted by jazz musicians and later versions comprise both vocal and instrumenal versions of the song. Here I'll concentrate on some instrumental examples uploaded at You Tube. Firstly, <b><span style="color: orange;">Benny Carter</span></b> and his orchestra recorded a swinging version in 1958, inserted below</div>
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Jazz trumpeter <b><span style="color: orange;">Dusko Goykovich</span></b> recorded a great instrumental version of <span style="color: lime;"><b>One Morning in May</b></span> at his 2001 CD entitled In My Dreams</div>
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Another contemporary instrumental issue of <span style="color: lime;"><b>One Morning in May</b></span> was recorded by pianist <b><span style="color: orange;">Bill Charlap</span> </b>in a trio setting at his 2001 album entitled Stardust</div>
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The last example here of a contemporary instrumental version of <span style="color: lime;"><b>One Morning in May</b></span> was recorded by Swedish vibraphonist <b><span style="color: orange;">Lars Erstrand</span></b> with Finish clarinetist <b><span style="color: orange;">Antti Sarpila</span></b> in 2004 at the album entitled We've Got a Heartful of Music<br />
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This year Brazil celebrates the Centennial of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_do_Bandolim" target="_blank">Jacob do Bandolim</a></b>, the great master of choro mandolin. Some official events have already been settled and more will follow during 2018 paying homage to the musical legacy of Jacob do Bandolim. Among other musicians, who lead the legacy of Jacob further, is <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_de_Holanda" target="_blank">Hamilton de Holanda </a>. </b>Hamilton de Holanda has just released a set of 12 recordings celebrating the music of Jacob do Bandolim, issued by the Brazilian <a href="http://deckdisc.com.br/hamilton-de-holanda-hamilton-de-holanda-trio-jacob-10zz/" target="_blank">Deckdisc</a> label as digital download and in the vinil LP format<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Hamilton</span></b> is accompanied by <b><span style="color: orange;">Guto Wirtti</span></b> (acoustic bass) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Thiago da Serrinha</span></b> (percussion), and the title of the disc refers to the 10 string bandolim used by Hamilton as well as the word jazz. Hamilton explains further in the notes published at his <a href="http://www.hamiltondeholanda.com/blog/2018/04/hamilton-de-holanda-lanca-jacob-10zz-em-show-no-rio-de-janeiro/" target="_blank">blog</a>, quote <i>"I looked for a title with few letters and a direct sound that could give meaning to the conception of this work. It's Jacob's choro with a hint of jazz. Not necessarily all tracks are of this genre, but they have this way of playing, which uses a lot of improvisation and solos created at the time of recording. The name summed up the spirit of the album well" </i>- The disc has 12 tracks, ten of them featuring compositions by Jacob do Bandolim and the remaining two are a composition by Jacob's son, Sérgio Bittencourt, who wrote the tune titled <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Naquela Mesa</span></i> following Jacob's death in 1969, and Hamilton's own <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Serenata Jacarepaguá</span></i> composed in studio during recording of the disc, a homage to the location in Rio da Janeiro where Jacob lived and opened his house for the famous choro meetings which helped this music to evolve and survive during a difficult time in Brazil. The twelve recordings have all been uploaded by Deckdisc at YouTube in the audiovideo format, below I'll insert some examples to give you an impression of this great project production, which will be followed by more later this year according the info at Hamilton's blog. Hamilton uses Jacob's unique 10 stringed bandolim in all tracks, it's the first time this instrument has been recorded.<br />
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The recorded repertoire of tunes by Jaob do Bandolim comprises both well known compositions like <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Remelexo</span>, <span style="color: #ffe599;">Alvorada</span>, <span style="color: #ffe599;">Assanhado</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Mágoas</span></i>, a.o. and lesser known tunes, even some of which Jacob did not record himself (<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Saracoteando</span></i>). Here is first Hamilton de Holanda trio performing <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Alvorada</span></i><br />
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Next is a rendition of Jacob's <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Assanhado</span></i>, a tune attributed the term choro-jazz by many critics, Hamilton convincingly demonstrates inspiration from modern jazz improvisation in this recording of the tune</div>
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Another up-tempo composition by Jacob do Bandolim is <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bole-Bole</span></i>, a samba-choro first recorded on a 78 rpm by Jacob in 1951. Here is the version recorded by Hamilton de Holanda trio</div>
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As mentioned above the twelve recordings by the Hamilton de Holanda trio are the first in a series of recordings featuring the music of Jacob do Bandolim in a contemporary interpretation by one of Brazil's greatest bandolim players. You have the opportunity to listen to all tracks at YouTube, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBkeols-79w" target="_blank">here</a> or at streaming audio services like Spotify a.o. - the vinil version has not yet been released outside Brazil, I think. - To end this small presentation of the project, here is Hamilton's <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Serenata Jacarepaguá </span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: orange;">Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese </span></b></i>(August 22, 1897 – July 28, 1982), known professionally as <b><span style="color: orange;">Nick Lucas</span></b>, was the first jazz guitarist to record as a soloist. Lucas played banjo with various dance bands in the early 1920s, and in July of 1922, he made his debut recordings for Pathé with <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Picking the Guitar</span> </i>and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Teasin’ the Frets</span></i>, both guitar solos. He re-recorded both sides for Brunswick the next year (and again in 1932, electrically). Before long, he was making vocal records for Brunswick as <i><b><span style="color: orange;">the Crooning Troubadour</span></b></i> accompanied by his own guitar, sometimes with a piano or orchestra. In 1929, Lucas appeared in the talking picture <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Gold Diggers of Broadway</span></i>, introducing <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips with Me</span></i>, which he also made a hit on record. In 1930 and ’31, he recorded with his own band, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">the Crooning Troubadours</span></i>, and the following year he made some recordings for Hit of the Week. Lucas’ fame faded in the 1930s, but he continued to perform. In the 1940s he made a few Soundies, followed by some Snader Telescriptions in 1951. Lucas experienced a resurgence in popularity late 1960s after he had appeared on <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">the Tonight Show</span></i> Starring Johnny Carson in 1969, and in 1974 he performed several songs for the soundtrack of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">The Great Gatsby</span></i> movie. After enjoying a career that spanned more than half a century, Nick Lucas died of pneumonia in 1982. (excerpted info from this <a href="http://oldtimeblues.net/2017/08/22/brunswick-6049-nick-lucas-and-his-crooning-troubadours-1931/" target="_blank">source</a>)<br />
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Here I'll set focus on Nick Lucas' guitar playing and leave the singing troubadour to others (- learn more about Lucas' career at the official website, <a href="http://www.nicklucas.com/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>). As mentioned above, Lucas had his recording debut featuring two guitar solos in July, 1922. I'll insert both solos below, as they are considered the first ever recorded jazz guitar solos. <b><span style="color: orange;">Eddie Lang</span></b> may be the Father of Jazz Guitar, but <b><span style="color: orange;">Nick Lucas</span> </b>then may be the Grandfather of Jazz Guitar, as he preceded Lang as a recording guitar player with at least three years (- if you count Lang's 1925 guitar work with McKenzie's Candy Kids in <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Best Black</span></i> (Vocalion, A 14978) as his registered first jazz guitar solo). - Here is first Nick Lucas' <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Picking The Guitar</span></i> as recorded for Pathé Actuelle in July 1922<br />
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The flip-side of the 1922 Pathe Actuelle Record 020794 had Lucas' recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Teasing The Frets</span></i><br />
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Today it's hard to recognize Nick Lucas' two initial guitar solos as jazz guitar playing, nevertheless Lucas was an influental figure in the development of the plectrum guitar picking technique which helped early jazz guitar pioneers like Eddie Lang to switch from tenor banjo to the guitar. Besides recording as the singing troubadour Nick Lucas also wrote several guitar method folios that inspired other musicians to take up the plectrum guitar<br />
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A contemporary guitarist, <b><span style="color: orange;">Jake Sanders</span></b>, has arranged some of Nick Lucas' guitar pieces which were not recorded by Lucas himself, but are included in one or more of his published guitar method folios. There are four Nick Lucas arrangements included in Jake Sanders' recently issued CD album, shown below</div>
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Learn more about Jake Sanders and the shown CD <a href="https://jakesanders.bandcamp.com/album/estrellas-de-radio" target="_blank">here</a>. - To end this small review of Nick Lucas the guitar player, here is Jake Sanders' version of Lucas' <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Picking The Guitar</span></i> (- not included at the shown CD) from a live gig performance featuring Jake Sanders in a trio setting</div>
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In popular music genres such as blues, jazz or rock music, a lick is a stock pattern or phrase consisting of a short series of notes used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment. In a jazz band, a lick may be performed during an improvised solo, either during an accompanied solo chorus or during an unaccompanied solo break. Jazz licks are usually original short phrases which can be altered so they can be used over a song's changing harmonic progressions. A lick is different from the related concept of a riff, as riffs can include repeated chord progressions. Licks are more often associated with single-note melodic lines than with chord progressions. Riffs can be as simple as a tenor saxophone honking a simple, catchy rhythmic figure, or as complex as the riff-based variations in the head arrangements played by the Count Basie Orchestra. However, like riffs, licks can be the basis of an entire song. For musicians, learning a lick is usually a form of imitation. Imitating style is as important as learning the appropriate scale over a given chord. By imitating, musicians understand and analyze what others have done, allowing them to build a vocabulary of their own. (info excerpted from Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_(music)" target="_blank">here</a>)<br />
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So many words to announce a new course by Dutch master guitarist, <b><a href="http://www.tonvanbergeijk.nl/" target="_blank">Ton Van Bergeijk</a>,</b> who has just released a DVD based guidebook entitled <b><span style="color: orange;">Licks to Riffs</span> </b>with focus on the blues style and how to adapt any lick to any chord changes at the guitar. Ton explains the project more precisely in the video below<br />
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In the video Ton stated, quote: ”<i>I've always found that licks played on other instruments are a great source of inspiration for guitarists. Pianists like Jimmy Yancey or James Booker are at the top of my personal list. For stronger riffs, I look at the great riff orchestras: Count Basie, Al Cooper, and then there's T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Allen Toussaint…musical sources for “riff-spiration” is virtually endless. (-) Of course, we can translate the lick to guitar, and then play the lick exactly as it was played, over the same chord or chord changes. But if we change just one or more notes, we can create new licks that can be used over other chords and chord changes. I’ll show you how to do that in this Licks To Riffs Guidebook</i>.”</div>
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According to the inserted video and further info at the <a href="https://truefire.com/blues-guitar-lessons/licks-to-riffs-guidebook/c1237" target="_blank">website</a> offering the course for purchase, Ton has organized the course into two sections. In the first section, you’ll learn how to make a lick fit over the three chords in a standard blues progression. Ton will show you how to "barbershop" a lick and turn it into a riff. Then, he'll demonstrate how easy it is to make changes to that lick for a jazzier blues. In the second section, Ton will teach a selection of his own favorite licks that he has transformed into versatile riffs. Learning how to get the most of any lick is the key objective of this course to generate “riff-spiration” for other guitarists. - More info about the DVD course and how to purchase a copy, <a href="https://truefire.com/blues-guitar-lessons/licks-to-riffs-guidebook/c1237" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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</span>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-83533314267850244182018-02-24T14:50:00.000+01:002018-02-24T14:50:23.863+01:00Lammy Bruyns Combo - Swing Musette & Chansons, Live CD<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Lammy Bruyns</span></b> is an acknowledged accordionist in Holland known for her virtuosity in the Parisian Musette music as well as for her singing. About five years ago Lammy met <b><span style="color: orange;">Georg Lankester</span></b>, guitarist in the gypsy-swing style, who had published a book about Django Reinhardt’s influence on the Musette-rhythm. During their first meeting Lammy, Georg and some friends spontaneously played a bit together and then Lammy suggested to form a combo. <b><span style="color: orange;">The Lammy Bruyns Combo</span></b> is a quartet consisting of <b><span style="color: orange;">Lammy Bruyns</span></b> (accordion and vocal), <b><span style="color: orange;">Georg Lankester</span></b> ((solo) guitar), <b><span style="color: orange;">Arthur Siero</span></b> (guitar) and <b><span style="color: orange;">Jan Miedendorp de Bie</span></b> (double bass). The repertoire of this quartet includes original Musette waltzes, (music in which Lammy is an expert) - and all these backed up in a highly swinging rhythm like it was played in the 1930s and 1940s' Paris. Moreover some American popular songs are added as well as famous French chansons and own compositions.<br />
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In October 2017 the combo gave a concert in the Northern part of Holland which was recorded for an enthousiastic audience. From this concert a selection of the recordings was chosen in order to present a variety of the repertoire by the Lammy Bruyns Combo in a just released CD, shown above. The CD includes original French Musette waltzes, some ballads as well as examples of Django swing from the 1930s and 1940s. Tracklist: <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Style Musette / September Song / Indifférence / It had to be you / Vous et Moi / Lady be Good / Ma première Guitare / Mr. Sandman / Pour Jo / Chez Jacquet / You made me love you / Les yeux noirs</span></i>. - A couple of audio clippings from the CD are inserted in the video below<br />
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Next to live performances in Holland – starting from 2017 – the Combo also gives concerts in Germany.</div>
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The music of the <b><span style="color: orange;">Lammy Bruyns Combo</span></b> with a French touch will bring listeners back to the Parisian cabarets of the 1930s and 1940s and certainly invites to dancing as well as a cozy atmosphere in good company.</div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Hans Koert</span></b>, who passed away in September 2014, was a passionated jazz collector and the author of the <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hit of the Week and Durium Discography</span></b>.<br />
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This entry is to inform you that Hans Koert's collection and archives of the HoW/Flexible Records now have been handed over to the files of the <b><span style="color: orange;">Doctor Jazz Foundation</span></b> in The Netherlands.<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-28827276080832302972018-02-13T16:44:00.000+01:002018-02-26T18:06:13.457+01:00Spanish Swat - Morton's Music Revitalized In A Duo Setting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Jelly Roll Morton</span></b> emphazised the importance of the '<i>Spanish tinge</i>' as an inevitable ingredient in jazz referring to the influence of the habanera and the Caribbean tango in the rhythm pattern of compositions worthy of the term jazz. Morton's solo piano renditions of compositions of his own like i.e. '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">New Orleans Joys</span></i>', '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Mamanita</span></i>', '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Creepy Feeling</span></i>' and not least the perhaps best know example: '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">The Crave</span></i>' are all elaborated pieces of music which demonstrate his conception of the Spanish tinge. The legendary 1938 Library of Congress recordings contain some examples which Morton did not record commercially, among them '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Spanish Swat</span></i>' in focus here to announce a great contemporary project initiated by pianist <b><span style="color: orange;">Andrew Oliver</span></b> and reed player <b><span style="color: orange;">David Horniblow.</span></b> The duo has started a project to play all of Morton's compositions in a duo setting and record the performance in a video format to be uploaded at You Tube; here's the duo's rendition of Morton's '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Spanish Swat</span></i>' - from the latest update of the project uploaded earlier today<br />
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As mentioned, the duo intends to play and record all of Morton's compositions in this setting - the project estimates to have two new compositions uploaded every week this year. You can read more about the project at Andrew Oliver's <a href="https://andrewoliver.net/blog/" target="_blank">website</a>, and subscribe to the videos at the You Tube channel devoted to the project,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NF-ejj1Y434jiGQ5q5z8A" target="_blank"> here</a>. Up till now 12 videos have already been uploaded - and what a thrill to have free access to these contemporary renditions of Morton's music, revitalized by two great musicians. Do not hesitate to subscribe to the video channel and learn more about the duo at Andrew Oliver's <a href="https://andrewoliver.net/" target="_blank">website</a>. </div>
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I'll insert another example of the duo's fine video performance to end this, here's <b><span style="color: orange;">Andrew Oliver</span></b> and <b><span style="color: orange;">David Horniblow's</span></b> rendition of Morton's '<i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Mamanita</span></i>'</div>
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A couple of years ago, while preparing an <a href="http://keepitswinging.blogspot.dk/search/label/Les%20guitares%20magiques" target="_blank">article</a> on <b><span style="color: cyan;">Les Loups</span></b> and the duo's recording of the tango <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Guitarra que llora</span></i>, I had the good fortune to discover a contemporary version of the tune uploaded at YouTube, which convincingly recreated the original 1928 recording by <b><span style="color: cyan;">Gastón Bueno Lobo</span></b> and <b><span style="color: cyan;">Oscar Alemán</span></b>. The recorded performance of this re-take of <i>Guitarra que llora</i> was made by a Belgian trio named <b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span> </b>and I still count this performance as a magical exsample of music played by very skilled musicians who know and respect their roots. The video performance is certainly good enough to have a reprise here<br />
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The video was published February 2015 and the trio consisted of <b><span style="color: orange;">Raf Timmermans</span></b> playing conventional guitar, <b><span style="color: orange;">René Stock</span></b> on double bass and <b><span style="color: orange;">Gijs Hollebosch</span></b> playing lap steel guitar. The trio had uploaded a couple more videos featuring Hawaiian inspired music, which confirmed my impression of a talented ensemble. I subscribed to the video channel of LGM and recently discovered another re-take of a Les Loups recording by Raf Timmermans and Gijs Hollebosch inserted below</div>
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This performance by <b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span></b> of the waltz <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Ramona</span></i> excellently recreates <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWKZjqaaiQk" target="_blank">the 1928 version</a> of the tune by <b><span style="color: cyan;">Les Loups</span></b> and made me wish for more. Fortunately, there is more music by Les Guitares Magiques available. In the notes with the Ramona video published October last year it is stated that the debut CD by the ensemble has been issued. I found it available at the <a href="https://lesguitaresmagiques.com/" target="_blank">website</a> of Les Guitares Magiques, and here is the tracklist of featured music at the disc</div>
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At the CD <b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span></b> feature <b><span style="color: orange;">Raf Timmermans</span></b> playing National steel, acoustic guitar, mandolin, slack key and ukulele, <b><span style="color: orange;">Gijs Hollebosch</span></b> playing Hawaiian steel guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele and tiple and further <b><span style="color: orange;">Mathias Moors</span> </b>playing double bass.<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span></b> invited some guests to perform and record together at the CD, they are: <b><span style="color: orange;">Jan De Smet</span></b> featuring vocal and ukulele on track 3, <b><span style="color: orange;">Maarten Flamand</span></b> (acoustic guitar) on track 4 and 10, <b><span style="color: orange;">Frederik Goossens</span> </b>(ukulele) on track 5, 6 and 9, <b><span style="color: orange;">Johnny Joris</span></b> (vocal, banjo) on track 8, <b><span style="color: orange;">Esther Lybeert</span> </b>(vocal) on track 13 and <b><span style="color: orange;">Guido Belcanto</span></b> (vocal) on track 15. The repertoire is a mixed bag of tunes and songs, many of them associated with the Hawaiian hype that swept the world in the first decades of the previous century such as the arrangements of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Singing The Blues</span></i> (track 5) and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Wringin' and Twistin' </span></i>(track 10) (in the Sol Hoopii style), <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Ghost Dance</span> </i>(a strange lap steel exercise originally recorded by the Truett & George Hawaiian duo), the <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Kohala march medley</span></i> (track 6), three tunes from the Les Loups repertoire (besides <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Ramona</span></i> in track 7, you have <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">La Porteña es una Papa</span></i> in track 11 and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Criollita</span></i> in track 12), Kostas Bézos' <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">The False Kisses of Women</span></i> in track 4, two songs associated with Gino Bordin: the French chanson <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">J'écoute la Guitare</span> </i>(with vocal by Esther Lybeert in track 13) and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Serenade Bleu</span></i> (track 16). Singing is also featured in <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Het Bibbelebomse Eiland</span></i> in track 3 (- a kind of <i>On The Beach at Waikiki</i> sung in Dutch by Jan de Smet), <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Ramona</span></i> with vocal by Guido Belcanto and Dutch lyrics in track 15, and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Caroline</span></i> with English lyrics sung by Johnny Joris in track 8. Further there are two examples of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack-key_guitar" target="_blank"><i>slack key </i>guitar</a> playing in track 9 and 14. The arrangements of the featured music at the CD are great, all involved in the project have provided excellent performance and the CD certainly invites to repeated listening. Recommended, definitely! - The CD is available for purchase at the website of <b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span></b>, more info with examples in streaming audio <a href="https://lesguitaresmagiques.com/home" target="_blank">here</a>, and it is also available from <b><i><span style="color: lime;">Grass Skirt Records</span></i></b>, more info <a href="http://www.grassskirt.co.uk/6.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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To end this small review, I'll insert another video of a live performance by <b><span style="color: orange;">Les Guitares Magiques</span></b>, here playing <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Singing The Blues</span> </i></div>
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I wish readers of the keep(it)swinging blog <b><span style="color: orange;">a Happy New Year 2018</span></b> and thank you for your interest and support in 2017. The blog and related blogs under the keepitswinging.domain will be discontinued in 2018 due to personal matters. However, a fixed date according this step has not yet been scheduled, I'll announce more precisely later. Till then, keep coming back to keep updated. Thank you for your understanding.</div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Irving Berlin</span></b> composed <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_Is_Ended_(but_the_Melody_Lingers_On)" target="_blank">The Song Is Ended</a> </b>in 1927. In 1938, <b><span style="color: orange;">Louis Armstrong</span></b> and <b><span style="color: orange;">the Mills Brothers</span> </b>recorded my favorite version, inserted below from YouTube to end this</div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-1779482304800505242017-12-12T10:42:00.002+01:002017-12-12T13:41:06.813+01:00The Ferret Brothers - Guitarists In Django's Shadow (3)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Georg Lankester</span></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: lime;">Georg Lankester</span></span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> tells the story of the <b><span style="color: orange;">Ferret brothers</span></b> – contemporary Gypsy guitarists of <b><span style="color: orange;">Django Reinhardt</span></b>. The story is in three
parts, below follows <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">part three</span></i></b>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The
first part is available <a href="http://keepitswinging.blogspot.dk/2017/11/the-ferret-brothers-guitarists-in.html" target="_blank">here</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the second
part is published <a href="http://keepitswinging.blogspot.dk/2017/11/the-ferret-brothers-guitarists-in_27.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: orange;">Jean
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<b><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Jean
“Matelo” Ferret (1918 – 1989)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">After
his elder brothers - in 1938 - had left home, <b><span style="color: orange;">Matelo</span></b> stayed a bit upset behind, but not for long. The next year
he also left his parents and went to Paris in order to play for living. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">His
first engagement was in the little orchestra of the ‘father of the Musette’ </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Emile Vacher</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">. Not long afterwards he
played with accordionist </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Guérino</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
(like his brothers and Django many years before). Guérino was quite succesful
with his group called </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">La Boîte à Matelots</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A
year later, Matelo switched from banjo to guitar and -</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">as we know from many recordings – he became
an exceptional guitarist in the Gypsy- and Musette style. </span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">In
Paris he often could be seen with Django playing in various combinations and in
1935 he joined <b><span style="color: orange;">Michel Warlop</span></b>, the
great violinist who died so early;
Matelo also recorded with jazz accordionist <b><span style="color: orange;">Louis Richardet</span></b>. Remarkable is that Matelo also acompanied <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Edith
Piaf </span></i></b>in her very first recordings back in 1936. So the guitarist was
now a popular musician. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">But also
the Jazz was gradually quite important in the Parisian entertainment scene. Thanks
to the activities of the Hot Club de France leaders, great American jazz musicians
were invited to France such as the saxophonists <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Coleman Hawkins</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Benny
Carter</span></b>, as well as violinist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Eddie
South</span></b>. They gave concerts and recorded also with French musicians. Matelo
was often asked, just like clarinettist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hubert
Rostaing</span></b> and, of course, <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Django
Reinhardt</span></b>. And Matelo…he stayed in the same hotels as Django and also
joined the popular gypsy orchestra <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Casanova</span></i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">At
the beginning of the war Matelo formed part of Ekyan’s <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Swingtette</span></i></b> which, in
1941, made some interesting records.Two years after that he formed his own
sextet which included two guitars, clarinet, vibes, bass and drums. His music
was inspired by <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Benny Goodman</span></i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Later,
in 1944, recordings of this original line-up followed, but all the same Matelo
was</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">more known becuase of the <i>Swingtette</i> and his gypsy waltzes in which he was outstanding. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Again
he performed - somewhat later - with Richardet, Viseur and Murena,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">the best swing accordion players of those
years. Moreover he played the best waltzes of </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Gusti Malha</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> and </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Matteo Carcassi</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">After
the war – in 1947 – Matelo joined Django’s <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hot
Club Quintet</span></b> as can be heard in the records <i>R-Vingt-Six</i>, <i>How high the
moon</i>, <i>Lover man</i>, <i>Blue Lou</i> and <i>Blues</i>.
Then there is some silence, but in the Fifties he recorded a few times for the
EMI label. However, by then the Jazz had changed and so had the taste of the
audience. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Because
Matelo preferred gypsy music and in order to higlight the early compositions of
Django, he decided in 1959</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">to go to the
studio with a trio and record the four titles </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Montagne-ste.Geneviève</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gagoug, </i><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Chez Jacquet</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> and </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Choti</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">, all real gems of gypsy waltzes.</span></div>
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next year he joined the orchestra of <b><span style="color: orange;">Jo
Privat</span></b> who produced the album <b><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Manouche Partie</span></i></b> as an homage to
Django – these recordings were also filmed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Jo Privat feat. Matelot Ferret_Manouche Partie (1960)</span></td></tr>
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very interesting to see Matelo playing and enjoying the music. The album was
later handed to Naguine (Django’s widow) and is certainly one of the favourites
in my collection.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Matelo’s
intrest in Jazz gradually faded and he retired a bit in favour of his two sons,
</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Helios</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> and </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Boulou</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> (the latter considered a prodigy)..Especially Boulou played
with lots of famous musicians alll over the world. The two brothers often had
duet sessions, sometimes joined by their father.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><b><span style="color: orange;">Matelo</span></b>
appeared – not long before his death – at the Django Festival of Samois. He
died in Paris in 1989 as the last of the three legendary Ferret brothers. He
can be considered the best interpreter of Gypsy Waltzes the world has ever
known.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Finally
a few words on musicians around the Ferrets who also performed with them. Fist
of all guitarist <b><span style="color: orange;">Challain Ferret</span></b>
(their cousin) who is less known. He was
present in the beginning within the Trio Ferret of 1938/39, as well as in a few
recordings with Gus Viseur.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Then
guitarist <b><span style="color: orange;">Jacques Montagne</span></b> (member
of the Malha family) should be mentioned since he sometimes played with Sarane
and much later was present in the <i>Manouche Partie</i> sessions of Jo Privat where
he accompanied Matelo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Finally
we have guitarist <span style="color: orange;"><b>Maurice Ferré</b> </span>from Rouen. He used to play duets with <b><span style="color: orange;">Joseph Bouville</span></b> (who also was a
guitarist) at the end of last century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hot Club’ Records</span> </span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">(of Norway) issued cd’s
dedicated to “Baro” and “Matelo” in the eighties of last century. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">And the
French company <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Frémeaux</span></b> offers a cd-box
which includes 3 cds on the Ferret brothers and an info-booklet. </span></div>
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The second
son of the Ferret family became the one who made far more jazz recordings than
both his brothers, in total over 50 tracks. This is rather astonishing since he
was hardly considered an established guitarist.<br />
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attracted <b><span style="color: orange;">Sarane</span></b> right from the
start and, once in Paris, he rather soon played with violinist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Michel Warlop</span></b> as well as with the
accordionists <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Gus Viseur</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Tony Murena</span></b>, all great improvisers. <o:p></o:p></span>So like his
elder brother – Sarane was active in the <i>Musette</i> scene and recorded with
accordionists thereby playing in the Django style. But he could also often be
seen in Russian cabarets which were popular among the many Russians who had
come to the French capital. This kind of
gypsy music also attracted West-European tourists. Great musicians in those
places then were cymbalum player <i>Nitra
Codolban</i> and violinist <i>Jean Gulesco</i>.
From these artists the young Sarane learned a lot. Because he
also met<b> <span style="color: #ffe599;">Django</span></b>, he became even more interested in jazz where the banjo was
replced by the guitar. Sarane was quite familiar with this instrument and he
performed with jazz accordionists such as <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Charley
Bazin</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Louis Richardet</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Viseur</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Murena</span></b> ! In 1939 his quality as a soloist was confirmed when –
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of even more importance is that, in the early Forties, Sarane formed the <b><span style="color: orange;">Swing Quintette de Paris</span></b> which gave us
many of his own compositions. More or less like Django’s new quintet, Sarane’s
formation included two clarinet players viz. <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">André Lluis</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Sylvio
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later Sarane replaced the two clarinettists by the violinist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Robert Bermosa</span></b>. A remarkable recording of this formation is
Sarane’s performance of the <i>Tiger Rag</i> with very quick runs in
his solos (like Django did in the Thirties). Also the violin player shows a
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later this ensemble is back in the studio but now with violinist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Georges Effroses</span></b>. Also Sarane’s
brothers are present in the rhythm group. Recordings show us a solo guitarist
with sometimes a lyrical way of improvising. The same can be said of the
Israelian violin player, who – in 1943 disappeared. Later it was revealed that
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formation now included guitarist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Jacques
Montagne</span></b> (member of the Malha family).Then follows a rather long gap, but
in the spring of 1947 Sarane finally made recordings again with his own group
now called <b><span style="color: orange;">Le Quintette de Paris</span></b> featuring accordionist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Gus Viseur</span></b>. And again several years
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in the late Fifties that a number of tracks of Sarane and his orchestra came
out again; the band inluded several musicians who played with Django shortly
before his death in 1953.Some names: <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Benny
Vasseur</span>, <span style="color: #ffe599;">Roger Guérin</span> </b>and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Maurice
Vander</span></b>. For me personally, the recordings are not so interesting. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">These
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name <b><span style="color: orange;">Ferret</span> </b>or Ferré does remind us of a great musical family that later
produced a prodigy called <b><i><span style="color: orange;">Boulou</span>. </i></b><o:p></o:p></span>For many
decades these gypsies (no Manouches) were living in the French town of Rouen
and not in a caravan like eg. the Reinhardt / Weiss family. Father
<b><span style="color: orange;">Gousti</span></b> and mother <b><span style="color: orange;">Douderou</span> </b>had two
daughters and three sons.This article deals with those three sons, called <b><span style="color: orange;">Pierre Joseph (“Baro”)</span>, <span style="color: orange;">Etienne (“Sarane”)</span></b>
and <b><span style="color: orange;">Pierre Jean (“Matelo”)</span></b>. Further
their cousin <b><span style="color: orange;">Renë (“Challain” Ferret)</span></b>
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lived for many decades in France although they were of Andalusian origin. We
can really speak of a musical family: Douderou was very fond of Operette and
the girls became singers. The three boys were soon familiar with string
instruments since their uncles, who used to play these, learned them the
technique. In those years the <i>banduria</i>
(a Spanish kind of mandolin) and the
banjo were popular instruments; much
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Thirties <b><span style="color: orange;">Baro</span></b> and <b><span style="color: orange;">Sarane</span> </b>left home and went to Paris; rather soon they formed
part of the world of entertainment while playing in Russian cabarets and at
balls where they accompanied accordionists. The French <i>Musette</i> which started
around 1900, had become very popular and the top accordionists preferred to be
backed up by gypsies because of their rhythm and control of string instruments
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ffe599;">The role of the banjo</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This
instrument on which the young <b><span style="color: orange;">Django
Reinhardt</span></b> was a star player, gradually became less popular for the
following reason: In 1928 Django – who was involved in a fire accident - became seriously injured. However, during his
recovery period he learned to play
guitar and developed an amazing technique and great virtuosity despite a
crippled left hand. He came back in the Parisian world of music, at first to
accompany singers, later playing with jazz musicians (e.g. saxophonist <b><span style="color: orange;">André Ekyan</span></b>). From late1934 he became
one of the star players in the Hot Club quintet next to violinist <span style="color: orange;"><b>Stéphane Grappelli</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Django’s unparallelled guitar playing made great
impression on his fellow gypsies and consequently many changed from banjo to
guitar. So the former <i>Musette</i> changed into <i>Swing Musette</i> whereby
accordionsts were backed by guitarists, one of which was <b><span style="color: orange;">Matelo</span></b>, a master in this kind of music. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Pierre 'Baro' Ferret (1937)</span></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Pierre “Baro” Ferret (1908 – 1976)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His
official name was Joseph, however, he
was usually called <b><span style="color: orange;">Baro</span></b> and later <i>Mr. Camembert</i> since he liked cheese. <o:p></o:p></span>He started
to play the Spanish <i>banduria</i>, but
then switched to banjo, very popular in the Musette. And in the Thirties he
really would become an exceptional guitarist. Already in 1931 he and <b><span style="color: orange;">Sarane</span></b> left home in order to settle in the French capital and he found work in the Musette scene and soon made recordings with the well-known accordion player <b><span style="color: orange;">Guérino</span></b> – (NOTE Django recorded with
this artist on banjo in 1928.).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-small;">Sarane (g, left) and Baro (g, right) with accordionist
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<span lang="EN-US">Baro was
such a talent that his solo playing later almost equalled that of Django.The
two guitarists respected each other and often played together, then
experimenting for fun. The musicians had, however, totally different
characters: <o:p></o:p></span>Django was
in fact a good man, Baro was not a very easy person and often he came in touch
with bad guys, sometimes even swindlers. Due to his friendship with Django, serious
problems fortunately could be avoided.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Starting
from 1935 Baro became a member of the Hot Club quintet and we can listen to his
fine rhythm in recordings from those days, e.g. as released by the French
company “Frémeaux”. <o:p></o:p></span>On top of
that I refer to his recordings of beautiful waltzes issued in 1939 by the <b><span style="color: orange;">Trio Ferret</span></b> with solos of <b><span style="color: orange;">Baro</span></b> accompanied by his brother <b><span style="color: orange;">Matelo</span></b> and <b><span style="color: orange;">Maurice Speilleux</span></b> on bass. Some titles: “<i>Ma Théo</i>”, “<i>Gin-Gin</i>” (also
known as “<i>Chez Jacquet</i>”) and the most
famous gypsy waltz composed by Gusti Malha “<i>La
valse des Niglots</i>”. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And even
before, <b><span style="color: orange;">Baro</span></b> recorded “<i>Wind & Strings</i>” with <b><span style="color: orange;">Albert Ferrari</span></b> (tenor sax), the “<i>Swing Valse</i>” and “<i>Swing Cocktail</i>” joined by <b><span style="color: orange;">Gus
Viseur</span></b> on accordion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here's an example from the recordings with Gus Viseur, <i>Swing Cocktail</i> 1938<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">In the
summer of 1940 the guitarist played with Viseur’s orchestra and provided some
beautiful solos – I can recommend those records.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After the
war he joined accordionist <b><span style="color: orange;">Jo Privat</span></b>,
who since many years was the owner of the well-known “Balajo” club. This
formation produced hits from those years as well as Reinhardt
compositions. Sometimes, when people listened they thought that it was Django
himself who played the solos !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: orange; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The Baro Ferret Ensemble (late 1940s)</span></td></tr>
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Baro formed his own group <b><span style="color: orange;">The Baro
Ferret Ensemble</span></b> and recorded several titles for the Odeon label. Those
performances include <b><span style="color: orange;">Jo Privat</span></b>,
guitarist <b><span style="color: orange;">Jacques Montagne</span></b> and <span style="color: orange;"><b>Jéremie Grand’son</b> </span>double bass. The
recordings show elements of the new American jazz form Bebop which inspired
Baro to even create Bop-Waltzes. His compositions show a great musicality and a
new approach e.g. an 6/8 jazz rhythm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">During the
Fifties he recorded again with his ensemble and a piano player; these are more
modern themes which remind us of Django’s last recording sessions. <o:p></o:p></span>At that
time <b><span style="color: orange;">Baro</span></b> owned a bar where gypsies
dropped by to play and where he often joined them. However, slowly the interest
declined and eventually he sold the bar.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Pierre 'Baro' Ferret (1908-1976)</span></td></tr>
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The guitarist died at the age of 68 years, more
or less in silence. During his career he was in fact never in the spotlights.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-66380407861620156662017-11-01T16:56:00.000+01:002018-03-06T22:25:04.530+01:00Anthony 'Bus' Etri - Legendary Big Band Swing Jazz Guitarist <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-small;">Bus Etri (1917 - 1941) </span></td></tr>
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The name and recordings of jazz guitarist <b><span style="color: orange;">Bus Etri</span></b> may only be known by a handful of jazz guitar nerds today. However, Bus Etri's contribution to big band swing jazz in the 1930s and early 1940s ought to be better known among fans of swing jazz guitar. Unfortunately, only few details about Bus Etri's biography and career are available, but here are the few facts I could find. <b><span style="color: orange;">Anthony 'Bus' Etri </span></b>was born in Manhattan, NYC, June 22, 1917 and died in a car crash in Culver City, Ca., Aug. 21, 1941. No info available about his life and musical background until his name and guitarplaying are featured with recordings by the <b><a href="http://keepitswinging.blogspot.dk/search?q=Hudson-DeLange+Orchestra" target="_blank">Hudson - DeLange Orchestra</a> </b>from 1937 - 38. When this co-lead orchestra dissolved in 1938, Bus Etri continued for some time as a member of Will Hudson's orchestra which recorded a couple of sessions for Brunswick under the name of Will Hudson and his Seven Swingsters featuring Etri on guitar. However, at some point in 1938 Bus Etri switched to <b><span style="color: orange;">Charlie Barnet</span></b>'s orchestra and was a stable member of this organisation for the remain of his shortlived career. Both as a member of the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra and Charlie Barnet's big band Bus Etri contributed with his remarkable and excellent jazz guitar playing on stage and records, below I'll insert some recorded examples that have been uploaded at You Tube.<br />
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March 10 and 11, 1937 the <b><span style="color: orange;">Hudson-DeLange Orchestra</span></b> recorded nine titles for the Master/Brunswick label in New York, four have guitar soli by Bus Etri - they are: <i>Stardust</i>, <i>College Widow, Bugle Call Rag </i>and <i>Wake Up And Live</i>. Personnel of the orchestra include Charles Mitchell, Howard Schaumberger, Jimmy Blake (tp), Edward Kolyer (tb), George Bohn, Gus Bivona (cl, as), Ted Duane (cl, ts), Pete Brendel (as, bar), Mark Hyams (p), Bus Etri (g), Doc Goldberg (b), Nat Pollard (dm), Ruth Gaylor (vo), Will Hudson (arr, dir), Eddie de Lange (vo, arr, dir). Below is inserted the audio videos of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Stardust</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bugle Call Rag</span> </i><br />
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From the same session, Bus Etri's guitar solo playing is also featured in <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bugle Call Rag</span> </i></div>
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The remarkable hot chord style contributions and short single string statements by Bus Etri in the two above examples are a hallmark of his guitar playing style at this point of his career, also noticed in the recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">On The Alamo</span></i> by the Hudson-DeLange orchestra from April 8, 1938</div>
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As mentioned above, in 1938 (- probably between August and November) Bus Etri switched to the big band orchestra of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Barnet" target="_blank">Charlie Barnet</a> </b>and was a mainstay with this organisation until his untimely death in August 1941. Charlie Barnet and his orchestra made a considerable number of recordings for Bluebird and further was presented in transcription sessions and various live performances during the late 1930s and early 1940s featuring Bus Etri on guitar. However, much of this material outside the studio recordings by the band is still undiscovered and hard to find, thus the number of live recordings featuring Bus Etri guitar soli contributions is unknown so far.<br />
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Among the studio recordings by Charlie Barnet's orchestra for Bluebird, the first registered solo by Etri is featured in a session recorded in NYC, Jan. 3rd, 1940 on <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Tappin' At The Tappa</span></i> - a tune by Barnet and heavily inspired by the Ellington sound. Personnel include Robert Burnet, Billy May, John Owens, Lyman Vunk (tp), Spud Murphy, Don Ruppersberg, Bill Robertson (tb), Noni Bernardi, James Lamare, Gene Kinsey (as), Charlie Barnet (as, ts, ldr), Kurt Bloom (ts), Bill Miller (p), Bus Etri (g), Phil Stevens (b), Cliff Leeman (dm).<br />
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Bus Etri's solo contribution at this recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Tappin' At The Tappa</span></i> is still played on the acoustic archtop guitar and his style of playing has not changed fundamentally compared to the mix of chords and short single string statements known from the contributions with the Hudson - DeLange Orchestra. However, two months later Bus Etri has changed to amplified/electric guitar and now a new dimension in his playing style is revealed in a session with Charlie Barnet for Bluebird on March 21, 1940. Two titles from this session have soli by Etri, they are featured in <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">A Lover's Lullaby</span></i> and <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Wanderin' Blues</span></i>. </div>
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The audio of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Wanderin' Blues</span></i> has also been uploaded at You Tube and is inserted below<br />
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Jazz critic <b>Jan Evensmo</b> writes in his solography on Bus Etri (- free available as a downloadable pdf document, <a href="http://www.jazzarcheology.com/bus-etri/" target="_blank">here</a>) about this recording of <i>Wanderin' Blues</i>, quote: <i>“Wanderin’ Blues”! Mostly played single string in the bottom register, it is a 100% original conception of the blues. Ranging from down-to-earth blue phrases to an almost Ravellian atmosphere in bars 9-10, purposefully played out of beat, the solo gives altogether the impression of a true innovator on the instrument."</i> Bus Etri's switching to the amplified/electric guitar implied a noticeable change in his playing style, now more focused on single string contribution. This may be the reason why some critics have characterized Bus Etri as 'the white Charlie Christian', a comparison also evident in the recording of<i> Flying Home</i> by the Charlie Barnet orchestra from May 8, 1940, although Etri's short solo in this take of the famous swing tune does not copy Charlie Christian, well, you may judge for yourself</div>
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Jazz critic <b><span style="color: orange;">Jan Evensmo</span></b> writes in his solography on Bus Etri (- free available as a downloadable pdf document, <a href="http://www.jazzarcheology.com/bus-etri/" target="_blank">here</a>) about this recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Wanderin' Blues</span></i>, quote: <i>“Wanderin’ Blues”! Mostly played single string in the bottom register, it is a 100% original conception of the blues. Ranging from down-to-earth blue phrases to an almost Ravellian atmosphere in bars 9-10, purposefully played out of beat, the solo gives altogether the impression of a true innovator on the instrument." </i>Bus Etri's switching to the amplified/electric guitar implied a noticeable change in his playing style, now more focused on single string contribution. This may be the reason why some critics have characterized Bus Etri as <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">'<b>the white Charlie Christian'</b></span></i>, a comparison also evident in the recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Flying Home</span></i> by the Charlie Barnet orchestra from May 8, 1940, although Etri's short solo in this take of the famous swing tune does not copy Charlie Christian, well, you may judge for yourself<br />
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Two more examples of Bus Etri's contributions on amplified/electric guitar with Charlie Barnet are inserted below to further characterize his playing style. Here is first a recording for Bluebird on Jan. 7, 1941 of Charlie Barnet's <i> <span style="color: #ffe599;">Blue Juice</span> </i></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Jan Evensmo</span></b> writes in his Bus Etri solography about Blue Juice, quote: <i>"It seems that BE had a particular knack for the blues, and he plays very well here, mixing a driving single string with strange chords, creating rather unique results, not to be mistaken for any other contemporary guitar player, nor later ones. Note how he uses several of Charlie Christian’s tricks, adapted to his own needs."</i> The same applies to the transcription recording of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Uptown Blues</span></i> from about the same time, inserted below from You Tube as the last example here of the jazz guitar playing style by the legendary <b><span style="color: orange;">Bus Etri </span></b></div>
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The above inserted photo of Bus Etri is copied from the updated solography by <b><span style="color: orange;">Jan Evensmo</span></b>, which also features another illustration in color of the guitarist. The solography by Jan Evensmo is a must for serious researchers of Bus Etri's recorded legacy and I strongly recommend you to download the <a href="http://www.jazzarcheology.com/bus-etri/" target="_blank">pdf </a>, if you like to have a detailed outline of registered soli contributions by this excellent guitarist.<br />
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</span>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-53007268340157096002017-10-17T22:53:00.000+02:002017-10-17T22:53:51.394+02:00Bye Bye Blues - A Popular Standard<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><i><span style="color: orange;">Bye Bye Blues</span></i></b> is a popular standard tune performed by numerous artists and bands. It was written by <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Fred Hamm</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Dave Bennett</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bert Lown</span></b>, and <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Chauncey Gray</span></b> and published in 1925. <b><span style="color: orange;">Fred Hamm and his orchestra</span> </b>recorded the initial version of the song for Victor in May 1925 as one of the label's first electrically processed recordings<br />
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<b>Fred Hamm and his Orchestra</b> were a dance band from Chicago that was managed by Edgar Benson of Benson Orchestra fame. Hamm's Orchestra performed at the Marigold Garden in Chicago from 1923 to 1925. In 1925 Fred Hamm took over the leadership of the Benson Orchestra and recorded some sides for Victor that year. Fred Hamm recorded again in 1929 under the name of Fred Hamm and his Collegians (info from Red Hot Jazz Archive).<br />
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In July 1930 Bert Lown (co-writer of the song) recorded <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bye Bye Blues</span> </i>for both Columbia and Hit of the Week as <b><span style="color: orange;">Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra</span></b>, below is inserted the Columbia 2258-D version recorded July 21 1930 in NYC<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra</span></b> recorded their version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bye Bye Blues</span> </i>for Okeh September 8, 1930 in New York, vocal refrain by Smith Ballew<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Cab Calloway and his orchestra</span></b> recorded a great big band swing version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bye Bye Blues</span></i> in 1940 featuring solos by Chu Berry (ts), Dizzy Gillespie (tp) and Tyree Glenn (vib)<br />
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In April 1946 <b><span style="color: orange;">Benny Carter</span></b> (as) recorded a swinging version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bye Bye Blues</span></i> with Arnold Ross (p), Allan Reuss (g), Artie Bernstein (b) and Nick Fatool (d) for Keynote in Los Angeles<br />
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The last version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Bye Bye Blues</span></i> to be presented here was recorded by the <b><span style="color: orange;">Stan Getz Quartet</span></b> in 1957 for the HMV album titled The Soft Swing. Personnel include Stan Getz (ts), Mose Allison (p), Addison Farmer (b) and Jerry Segal (d)<br />
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</span>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-71936742429075223162017-10-10T14:58:00.000+02:002017-10-11T07:14:28.204+02:00The Swing Ukulele By Gerald Ross Revisited <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><a href="http://geraldross.com/" target="_blank">Gerald Ross</a> </b>is a multi-instrumentalist mastering various string instruments like guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, mandolin - and ukulele. With a musical background as selftaught he has had a career playing professionally since 1970. In later years, he has successfully focused on the ukulele as a solo voice applying excellent fingerstyle technique in his playing the small instrument and by adding a repertoire of popular music, jazz and swing in his own well elaborated arrangements. Mr. Ross has released six self produced CDs on his own Uke Tone label devoted to the ukulele (- more info, <a href="http://geraldross.com/feature-type/discography/" target="_blank">here</a>). I was thrilled to find and explore his appropriately titled <b><span style="color: cyan;">Swing Ukulele</span></b> CD some years ago and I wrote a small review, <a href="http://keepswinging.blogspot.dk/search?q=Swing+Ukulele+by+Gerald+Ross" target="_blank">here</a>. Just recently I found Gerald Ross' latest release on Spotify and like to point you to this CD here<br />
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The CD has fourteen tracks and the repertoire is a mixed bag of Swing, Jazz, Pop, a.o. including Gerald Ross' arrangements of Ellington & Strayhorn's <i>Take The 'A' Train</i>, Gershwin's <i>Sweet And Lowdown</i> and the Swing-Era standard <i>Rose Room</i>. Further there are Latin pieces like <i>You Belong To My Heart/Solamente Una Vez</i> and <i>Wave</i> by Jobim, and you also have great arrangements and performance of popular tunes like <i>Under Paris Skies</i>, <i>September Song</i>, <i>Sugar</i>, <i>All Of Me</i> a.o.. About the repertoire Gerald Ross writes in the sleeve notes, quote: <i>"It's all music to me. Whether it's labeled Swing, Jazz, Pop, Latin, or Folk ... the styles all feature a memorable melody and a strong rhythmic pulse that have filled the airwaves and dance floors for years. Yes, there are distinct differences between them which are well-documented by music historians and theorists. But to me, their similarities far outweigh their differences."</i> - This attitude to the chosen tunes at the disc makes it a homogeneous product of a creative mind and a very skilled musician, who knows his sources and how to present the music in an appealing form which meets the listener immediately. I highly recommend the CD to anyone with an open ear for great music performance and enjoable tunes evoking good vibrations and bright memories of a time when a musical theme was immediately recognizable and easily digestible. The CD is available for purchase at Gerald Ross' website, <a href="http://geraldross.com/feature/absolute-uke/#lightbox[94]/1/" target="_blank">here</a>. - Below some examples of music featured at the CD from uploaded videos at YouTube. Here is first Gerald Ross' version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Take The 'A' Train</span> </i><br />
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Next, a great version of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">You Belong To My Heart/Solamente Una Vez</span> </i></div>
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Finally to end this small review, here's Gerald Ross' rendition of <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">All Of Me </span></i></div>
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More videos featuring Gerald Ross at his You Tube Channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9m4SFE54hXEEGSmy9DLp-w" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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</span>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-68328533907871698312017-09-28T20:46:00.002+02:002022-10-08T17:15:35.170+02:00The Jazz Guitar Of Mary Osborne<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Osborne" target="_blank">Mary Osborne</a> </b>(1921-1992) was an American jazz guitarist, who is almost forgotten today but should be ranked among the best of the 1940s pioneers of the electric jazz guitar. - Osborne was born in Minot, North Dakota. She learned violin as a child and could also play guitar and bass by age 15. She heard <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Charlie Christian</span></b> play in Al Trent's band at a stop in Bismarck, North Dakota; Christian became one of her most prominent influences. She went on to tour with Buddy Rogers, Dick Stabile, Terry Shand, Joe Venuti, and Russ Morgan, and recorded with Mary Lou Williams, Beryl Booker, Coleman Hawkins, Mercer Ellington, Ethel Waters, Wynonie Harris a.o.. - Below I'll insert some examples of Mary Osborne's excellent playing which have been uploaded at You Tube.<br />
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Mary Osborne had recorded her own <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Blues In Mary's Flat </span></i>together with Stuff Smith in 1944, two years later she recorded it again with her own trio for the Signature label. The trio has Sanford Gold on piano, Mary Osborne on electric guitar and Frenchy Couette double bass.</div>
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Mary Osborne was featured with pianist <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars</span></b> in a session for Continental recorded February 1946 in New York. The quintet include Mary Lou Williams (p), Mary Osborne (el g), Bea Taylor (b), Marjorie Hyams (d) and Bridget O'Flynn (vib). The session was produced by Leonard Feather, here is the quintet's version of Feather's tune titled <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">D.D.T. </span></i><br />
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At the same session was recorded a version of the well known <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">He's Funny That Way</span></i>, where Mary Osborne also gets a chance to add her pleasant vocal to the music</div>
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The day after the Mary Lou Williams recording session, Mary Osborne was featured with <span style="color: #ffe599;"><b>Coleman Hawkins And His 52Nd Street All Stars</b> </span>in four sides recorded for Victor in New York. The All Stars ensemble is an octet and include Charlie Shavers (tp), Pete Brown (as), Coleman Hawkins, Allen Eager (ts), Jimmy Jones (p), Mary Osborne (el g), Al McKibbon (b) and Shelly Manne (d). One of the recorded tunes titled <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Spotlite</span></i> has Mary Osborne in the spotlight contributing great solo playing<br />
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To end this small portratit of a great jazz guitarist, here's a saved live recording on TV from 1958 - audio and video quality is not the best, however, the music is excellent. The tune played is <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">I Surrender Dear </span></i></div>
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</span>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04293553084929723585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812049871325099943.post-76750830510161973012017-09-14T12:52:00.000+02:002017-09-14T12:52:09.412+02:00The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet - Live in Berlin, 1975<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In the spring of 1973 <b><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ruby-braff-mn0000357057/biography" target="_blank">Ruby Braff</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://theartofsoundgallery.com/site/musicians/george-barnes/" target="_blank">George Barnes</a> </b>had started a new group. They rehearsed once a week and it became a very special little quartet. They increased their number of weekly rehearsals to get ready for a concert at Carnegie Hall for the opening night of the New York Newport Jazz Festival. They became the highpoint of that festival. The group stayed together until some time in 1975 when Braff had a fall out with George Barnes.<br />
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George Barnes and Ruby Braff recorded five albums under their own name and a Rodgers & Hart tribute with Tony Bennett. The quartet toured the U.S. and Europe, collecting fans and receiving accolades from the press. But an increasing acrimony between the co-leaders took its toll on George’s health, and the quartet split up after their 1975 European tour.<br />
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From the 1975 European tour video recordings of the quartet's live concert in Berlin have been saved and uploaded at YouTube. Below I'll insert some examples from this concert in remembrance of a truly magnificent mainstream jazz quartet. - Here is first the quartet's version of the well known standard <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Sugar</span></i><br />
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Next, here is the quartet's version of Gershwin's <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Liza</span> </i></div>
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Another Gershwin tune, <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Summertime</span></i>, also had a reading at the concert</div>
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It's George Barnes who plays the guitar solo parts, while his instrument colleague, Wayne Wright, takes care of a solid rhythm accompaniment togeter with double bass player Michael Moore, here the quartet plays the tune <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">But not for me </span></i><br />
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Ruby Braff on cornet and double bass player Michael Moore have great interplay in the interpretation of Ellington's <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">In my Solitude</span> </i><br />
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The last video recording from the 1975 Berlin concert featuring <b><span style="color: orange;">the Ruby Braff - George Barnes quartet</span></b> to be inserted here has the quartet's version of Gershwin's <i><span style="color: #ffe599;">They can't take that away from me</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">This week it has been three years since the founder of the Keep(it)swinging weblog and associated website and blogs, </span><b><span style="color: orange;">Hans Koert </span></b><span style="color: #ffe599;">(June 1st, 1951 - September 4, 2014), passed away all too soon. Before it was too late I promised Hans to continue his blogs, our friendship was too valuable to ignore our mutual engagement in the music we both shared our passion for. Thus, I have tried to follow in the footsteps of Hans in fields of the music we both liked. Our first and mutual project was to collect all available info on the legacy of </span><b><span style="color: cyan;">Oscar Alemán</span></b>. <span style="color: #ffe599;">Hans succeeded in finishing</span><b><a href="http://people.zeelandnet.nl/koerthchkz/start.htm" target="_blank"> <span style="color: cyan;">the online Oscar Alemán Discography</span></a></b><span style="color: #ffe599;"> in time for the Oscar Alemán Centennial in February 2009. I assisted in collecting info and further published entries at the Oscar Alemán weblog documenting our research. In remembrance of this co-work and a great friendship, I'll post the latest entry from the Oscar Alemán weblog below to expose some info here at the keep(it)swinging blog as well on a famous 1920s tune recorded by Les Loups - Alemán's first musical partnership - in 1928:</span> <b><span style="color: orange;">Ramona</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Ramona</i> is a 1928 song, with lyrics written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne. It was created as the title song for the 1928 adventure film-romance Ramona (based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Ramona</i> was recorded in 1928 for promotional appearances with Dolores del Río (star of the film) but not featured in the film itself. The film Ramona was the first United Artists film with a synchronized score, but was not a talking picture.</span> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_del_R%C3%ADo" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Dolores del Río</span></a> </b><span style="color: #ffe599;">was a Mexican actress, who was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with a career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s. - Here is <i>Ramona</i> by Dolores del Rio (1928)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">On record <i>Ramona</i> was a popular hit, usually performed as a romantic ballad, sometimes with a Latin inflection by "Whispering" Jack Smith and, in an idiosyncratic arrangement recorded on January 4th 1928, by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. The Paul Whiteman version, Victor 21214-A, featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet and vocal by Austin Young and Jack Fulton, was no. 1 for 3 weeks on the Billboard charts in 1928.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Other popular artists of the time such as Gene Austin and Ruth Etting a.o. also recorded <i>Ramona</i> and had hits with their versions, and outside the USA the song became popular thanks to the film. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Les Loups</span></b> <span style="color: #ffe599;">recorded their instrumental version of <i>Ramona</i> in Buenos Aires on August 30 1928 (- some sources have September 3rd or 24) for Victor, released at Victor 80950 (mx BAVE-44280-1) inserted below</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Unfortunately, audio quality in the inserted video is rather noisy, but the music by Les Loups is as always delicate and well performed using the well known formula with Gastón on the hawaiian steel guitar and Oscar providing rhythm support on the conventional guitar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Ramona</i> remained popular with the public for a long time, a young generation of pop musicians in the 1960s revitalized the orignal waltz version of the song' in an upbeat version similar to rock'n'roll. The shown duo named The Blue Diamonds (a Dutch-Indonesian duo) became famous in 1960 with their version of the song, which reached the American Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 in 1960. It sold over 250,000 copies in the Netherlands (the first record to ever do so) and over one million copies in Germany by 1961.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Perhaps as a consequence of the success of <i>Ramona</i> in an upbeat arrangement, </span><b><span style="color: cyan;">Oscar Alemán</span></b> <span style="color: #ffe599;">also featured the song this way in his live appearances with</span> <b><span style="color: cyan;">Los Cinco Caballeros</span></b> <span style="color: #ffe599;">during the 1960s. An example of a live performance of <i>Ramona</i> by Alemán and the Cinco Caballeros from a radio appearance at Radio el Mundo in 1965 has been saved and is inserted below to end this</span></div>
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