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JAZZ GRAMOPHONE RECORDS 117
the exquisite and extremely intimate recordings of "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady", "Tattooed Bride" and "Solitude" on Columbia 33 SX 1022 of recent years.
Between the Golden Era peak of 1929 and the beginning of what is known as the "revivalist era" in 1938, small band jazz under the guise of Dixieland, Chicago, or any other name, had gone underground. The mammoth white big bands led by men like Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet and Benny Goodman were attracting major attention in what became known eventually as "The Swing Age". In the Red Nichols' Five Pennies recordings of the late 'twenties can be found so many of these later bandleaders, and we can regard the numerous Nichols recordings, especially of the last few years around 1929 and 1930, as the breeding ground for this slick, neon-lighted big band music. Examples are "After You've Gone" and "Sheik of Araby" (Brunswick 01104).
There are so many examples of the polished swing music which swept teenagers of the 'thirties and 'forties off their feet. But if only for sheer musical merit (when so much swing music was utterly devoid of it) I would recommend the fantastic Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concerts (Phillips BBL 7000/1).
The musicians who filled out these great orchestras got rid of their musical frustration amidst so much emptiness by joining their fellows in late night 'jam' |
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