Sometimes you can pretty clearly identify transitional events in music history, or at least a moment when an old favorite becomes something newer. A good example occurred in 1960, when a doo-wop singing group known as the Chimes had a big hit with an updated version of an old standard, one that had been a number-one record for Tommy Dorsey years earlier. Written in 1937, "Once In a While" was a song that was a perfect choice for any orchestra that wanted to appeal to the 'sweet' side of the big band era's music lovers. It proved [...]
Frank Sinatra's up-tempo debut album for his new label has been reissued on its 50th anniversary.
The story of Blue Moon — its transition from a movie song that was rewritten several times to jazz song and then pop hit — was told in The Originals Vol. 40 , which included the first version, The Bad In Every Man, sung on film by Shirley Ross. This collection of 38 versions covers all manner of approaches. There are the early jazz interpretations, most of them with vocals (though Gene Krupa, Django Reinhardt and in 1944 the Cozy Cole Allstars do it instrumentally). Then it became something of a torchsong number in the hands of [...]
Priscilla Ahn has vocals that simply melt my heart; I love those kind of vocals. I've been playing this gem for over a year now, and it stumbled across my mind that it would be a very good idea to share it with you. At ease in both your love playlist and that soft sleepy one, this track has the grace of a pop song from a bygone era. A quick wikipedia search lead to me to find it was made famous by Frank Sinatra alongside Tommy Dorsey. Frank Sinatra always seems to be very good at taking [...]
I've probably written about this before, but I was thinking today about all the good records that have passed through my hands and moved on, maybe even ending up in platter heaven. (Which creates the question; do bad records go in the other direction?) I guess it started when I ran into a 50-year-old picture of my Dad, one in which he appears to have a record player growing out of the top of his head. I have to admit that I'm not sure I remember that particular machine - a cheap Symphonic [...]
I promised a while back to follow up the first two New York mixes with one in black & white. In the interim, the two Christmas in Black & White mixes ( here and here ) were quite popular, so I hope that this collection of songs about or set in New York, spanning 30 years, will find an audience. And I hope that some of these songs will inspire the listener to seek out more music by some of the artists who are largely forgotten now. [...]
Professor Hobart Frisbee proclaimed " Gentlemen, I am an Idiot, an absolute idiot... do you realize that since we've been cooped up here that music has changed, and changed considerably. I've been completely unaware of this situation. However, I tend to rectify it immediately... gentlemen, I'm going out... out into the world, out of this house, out to tap the major sources of this new music ." then the other men in the room, all white save one, spurt out, " boojie-woojie? " " toobie-dixie? " " jum? " " jive? " " swing? " " blues? " " rhe-bobbety-boobity-bip? [...]
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Made this mix for The Duchess right after Duke Jr. was born. The Dairy Barn was my nickname for the breastfeeding mother. Of course, while she was pregnant, I called her The Vessel . I am strange, aren't I? 1. Tommy Dorsey ∞ Opus One 2. Bing Crosby ∞ Swing On A Star 3. Jimmy Dorsey ∞ Amapola 4. Benny Goodman ∞ Tea For Two 5. Count Basie ∞ [...]
Boogie-woogie is a type of music that's a little difficult to pin down and define with precision, mostly because it's like ice cream -- it comes in a lot of different flavors, and they're all downright tasty. But I will at least try to edge into something approaching a definition. I'm not a trained musician - unless you count my clarinet lessons when I was young, and you shouldn't - so I won't use a lot of technical terms, and besides that, I don't really understand all those funny words anyhow. Boogie-woogie is all about the [...]
Boogie-woogie is a type of music that's a little difficult to pin down and define with precision, mostly because it's like ice cream - it comes in a lot of different flavors. And to continue the comparison, each flavor has its fans, but to me they're all downright tasty. Having said that, I will at least try to edge into something approaching a definition. I'm not a trained musician - unless you count my clarinet lessons when I was young, and you shouldn't - so I won't try to go into the technical terms [...]
July 17th, 2006 Well, it's been a while since our last Big Band posting, so let's try another one...but maybe we'll do a sort of combo thing, at least on the first of our two tunes. Tommy Dorsey was a virtuoso on the trombone, but was probably better known as one of the biggest of the big band leaders. His theme song, [...]
As you may have realized CybersMusic is a collaboration of 2 brothers, so we thought it fitting to say Happy Mothers Day. Our mother passed away 11 years ago, but her spirit lives on and her inspiration has always helped guide us, especially in music. Mom always encouraged our love for music. Our sister took piano lessons, my brother had his drums and guitar, and I followed with my guitar. Mom would have us play for her every chance she had. And if anyone complained about the rock and roll she was quick to [...]
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