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The Caribbean Jazz Project
Doc Paulin's Marching Band
Recorded when Ernest "Doc" Paulin was almost seventy-four years old, this album provides a glimpse into the musical life of a New Orleans marching band. The ensemble’s blues-influenced repertoire includes traditional march tunes, spirituals, and pop standards, played with what New Orleans musicians call "lots o...
Recorded when Ernest "Doc" Paulin was almost seventy-four years old, this album provides a glimpse into the musical life of a New Orleans marching band. The ensemble’s blues-influenced repertoire includes traditional march tunes, spirituals, and pop standards, played with what New Orleans musicians call "lots of tone"with overblown horns, and of course, at high volume!
Music of Kern, Gershwin, Rogers, Youmans and Arthur Schwartz
Milton Rettenberg was the first pianist other than Gershwin himself to perform Rhapsody in blue(with Paul Whiteman’s orchestra) and, with Gershwin, debuted Concerto for F on radio. In this collection he brings together some of the early 20th century’s most beautiful popular songs from the era’s finest co...
Milton Rettenberg was the first pianist other than Gershwin himself to perform Rhapsody in blue(with Paul Whiteman’s orchestra) and, with Gershwin, debuted Concerto for F on radio. In this collection he brings together some of the early 20th century’s most beautiful popular songs from the era’s finest composers.
Phono-Cylinders, Vol. 1: Edited by and from the Collection of George A. Blacker
Play Me a Movie: Piano Music to Accompany Silent Movie Scenes
How does a storm at sea sound? A villain’s entrance? Tender, sentimental love? The silent-movie pianists at neighborhood theaters matched music to the action on the screensometimes without even having previewed the film. Abraham Lass fondly remembers and performs the repertoire he composed in the 1920s.
How does a storm at sea sound? A villain’s entrance? Tender, sentimental love? The silent-movie pianists at neighborhood theaters matched music to the action on the screensometimes without even having previewed the film. Abraham Lass fondly remembers and performs the repertoire he composed in the 1920s.