Die Hamburger Jazzszene ihre Vielfalt und Lebendigkeit bringen so manchen Musikliebhaber zum Schwärmen. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg fanden sich in der Stadt an der Elbe hunderte spielhungriger Bands zusammen, für die bald auch unzählige Auftrittsorte entstanden. Der Cotton Club oder Dennis Swing Club wer kennt sie nicht? Für die Fans des Hamburger Jazz und alle, die mehr darüber erfahren möchten, entstand diese umfangreiche Kollektion. In Wort, Bild und Ton wird der Werdegang einer einmaligen Szene lebendig: von der Zeit, als die Hafenstadt in Trümmern lag, bis hin zum Sound von heute. Sie halten ein Set in Händen, das aus 18 CDs und einem 300 Seiten starken Buch besteht.
60 years of music and culture history on 18 CD's with 300 pages thick book. The Hamburg Jazz Scene - their diversity and vitality bring so many music lovers swoon . After the Second World War found themselves in the city on the Elbe hundreds of hungry bands play together , created for the soon also countless venues . The Cotton Club or Dennis ' Swing Club - who does not? For the fans of the Hamburg Jazz and all those who want to learn more about this comprehensive collection has been developed .
A compilation of important recordings by clarinettist Fud Livingston, a neglected jazzman of the 1920s and 1930s who recorded with Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols, Ben Pollack, Jimmy Dorsey and other luminaries. Extensive liner notes by Brad Kay tell the tragic but, at the same time, joyful story of Fud's life and music. Includes a previously-unreleased recording by Ben Pollack from 1924.
LP album released in 1957 arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor English (1914-1979) conducting the 'Big Ben Banjo Band', which offers a repertoire of 12 medleys of songs from the era, each composed of three passages of various melodies, which appear in 36 courts adapted recording of those songs. The band consists of instruments such as banjo, mandolin, trumpet, trombone, accordion and percussion, and knows how to offer a varied and singular sonorous spectacle with rhythms of swing, blues and waltz among others.