| Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Isham Jones Medley |
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Frank Trumbauer got his start playing in
several dance bands in the Midwest and
eventually became musical director of Jean
Goldkette's Orchestra. He led his own band at
the Acadia Ballroom in St. Louis that
featured Bix. They played together in Jean
Goldkette's Orchestra and made many highly
influential recordings together. They both
joined Adrian Rollini's short lived band and
then joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in
1927. Trumbauer stayed with Whiteman until
1932, when he left to form his own band. He
then rejoined Whiteman in 1933. In the
mid-30's he played with Charlie and Jack
Teagarden and then led his own band in
California. During World War II he left the
music business, but after the war he played
in the NBC Orchestra. As for Isham Jones, he
grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he
started his first band. In 1915 he moved to
Chicago, which remained his base through
1924. He then toured England before
reestablishing himself in New York City. The
Isham Jones band made a series of popular
gramophone records for Brunswick throughout
the 20's. Isham Jones led one of the most
popular dance bands in the 20's and 30's.
Noted musicians who played in Jones' band
included Louis Panico, Benny Goodman
(although he did not make any records during
the short time he was with them), Woody
Herman and Roy Bargy. From 1929 to 1932, his
Brunswick recordings became even more
sophisticated with often very interesting
arrangements (probably by Gordon Jenkins;
Jones was not known to have been an arranger,
but he certainly had an ear for offbeat
arrangements). During this period, Jones
started featuring violinist Eddie Stone as
one of his regular vocalists. Stone had an
unusual, almost humorous tone to his voice.
It seems that Jones was indifferent to
vocalists until he started using Frank
Sylvano and Eddie Stone starting in 1929 and
in 1932, Joe Martin. About this time, a
young Bing Crosby recorded "Sweet Georgia
Brown" with Isham's group. In 1932, Jones
signed with Victor and these records are
generally considered among the very best
arranged and performed commercial dance band
records of the Depression era. Victor's
recording technique was especially suited to
Jones' band. His Victors had an almost
symphonic sound. He stayed with Victor until
July 1934, when he signed with Decca. Jones'
recordings during this period rivaled Paul
Whiteman and other dance orchestras as
examples of the very best dance music of the
era. Jones' many compositions (he wrote the
music, Charles Newman and Gus Kahn were among
his lyricists ) included: "I'll See You in My
Dreams", "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody
Else)", "Swingin' Down The Lane", "On the
Alamo", "It Had To Be You", "What's The
Use?", "Not A Cloud In The Sky", "Spain",
"You're Just A Dream Come True", "I Wouldn't
Change You For The World", "Let That Be A
Lesson To You", "I Can't Believe It's True",
"One Little Word Led To Another", "The Wooden
Soldier And The China Doll", "I'll Never Have
To Dream Again", "Pretending You Care",
"There's Nothing Left To Do But Say Goodbye";
"You've Got Me Crying Again" "Old Lace",
"Something Seems To Tell Me", "All Mine,
Almost", "You're Welcome", "Bubbles In The
Wine" and "There Is No Greater Love". After
he left Decca, he signed with ARC and
recorded a handful of records under the
Melotone, Perfect and Banner labels from 1937
to 1938, when he retired and his orchestra
was taken over by band member Woody Herman.
The superb record presented here was made for
Columbia on April 5th, 1932. Vocals by Helen
Roland and Johnny Blake. Further personnel
included: Charles Margulis, trumpet; Bill
Rank, trombone; Izzy Friedman, clarinet and
alto saxophone; Charles Strickfaden, alto
saxophone; Frankie Trumbauer, C-melody
saxophone; Min Leibrook, bass saxophone;
Lennie Hayton, piano; Matty Malneck, violin;
Eddie Lang, guitar; Hal MacDonald, drums.
For your information: complete title of this
side states as follows: "Medley Of Isham
Jones Dance Hits - On The Alamo - Swinging
Down The Lane - I'll See You In My Dreams".
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Affichage : 1358
Durée : 298 s |
| Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Swingin' Down The Lane |
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Isham Jones led one of the finest dance bands
of the 20's and wrote several standards, such
as "It Had To Be You", "I'll See You In My
Dreams", the present "Swingin' Down the Lane"
and "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody
Else". This excellent record was made for
Brunswick on December 15th, 1930. Thanks to
the reproduction so kindly provided by
LordWham, I'm able to present in this video a
picture featuring the sheet music of this
1923 composition.
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Affichage : 1021
Durée : 176 s |
| Isham Jones Orch. - various. |
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Isham Jones and His Orch. performing 3 tunes.
The first is Why Can't This Night Go On
Forever (written by Jones) with a vocal by
Frank Sylvano, The 2nd I don't recognize and
the 3rd, of course, is an arrangement of
Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor.
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Affichage : 1619
Durée : 377 s |
| "I'll See You in My Dreams" (Isham Jones, 1924) |
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One of the greatest successes for Isham
Jones, this song was America's #1 for seven
weeks in late 1924 and early 1925. If one
were to draw up a list of popular songs
typifying the spirit of the mid-twenties this
number would emphatically make the top five.
Here's more from Wiki:
"I'll See You in My Dreams" is a popular
song.
One of the most beloved and popular songs of
its day, "I'll See You in My Dreams" was
written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus
Kahn. The song was published in 1924.
Below are its well-known lyrics:
INTRO
Though the days are long,
Twilight sings a song,
Of the happiness that used to be;
Soon my eyes will close,,
Soon I'll find repose,
And in dreams you're always near to me.''
CHORUS
I'll see you in my dreams,
Hold you in my dreams;,
Someone took you out of my arms,
Still I feel the thrill of your charms!,
Lips that once were mine,
''Tender eyes that shine,
They will light my way tonight,
I'll see you in my dreams!''
The song was chosen as the title song of the
movie of the same name, a musical biography
of Kahn. Popular recordings of it were made
by many leading artists including Marion
Harris (1924), Louis Armstrong, Pat Boone,
Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Martin,
Anita O'Day, Ezio Pinza, Jerry Lee Lewis
(1958, instrumental) and Andy Williams.
The song was recorded by Django Reinhardt and
the Quintet of the Hot Club of France and
eventually inspired Merle Travis to record it
as a guitar instrumental. Many other
guitarists including Chet Atkins and Marcel
Dadi followed in Merle's footsteps and the
piece has now become a standard guitar
showpiece.
The song was on the soundtrack for the 1940
film Kitty Foyle, which won Ginger Rogers her
only Academy Award Oscar for Best Actress in
a Leading Role. It was recorded by Mario
Lanza on his Coca-Cola Show of 1951-52 and is
available on a CD compilation mastered from
those same shows and featuring the same title
"I'll See You in My Dreams" released by
record company BMG in 1998.
The English singer Joe Brown performed a
version of the song on the ukulele as the
finale of the George Harrison tribute
concert, Concert For George, in 2002. Later
in 2003 the Portuguese metal band Moonspell
recorded a version that would serve as sound
track for the short movie I'll See You in My
Dreams of which was recorded also a music
video.
Jones leads the Ray Miller orchestra and
vocalist Frank Bessinger.
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Affichage : 2832
Durée : 174 s |
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