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6 days ago · Art Hickman not only led an early jazz band, but was a key influence on the musicians in Fate Marable’s Orchestra that played on a riverboat and included Armstrong at one point. Paul Whiteman had a major hit with “Wang Wang Blues,” which also became part of the Marable band’s repertoire.
Oct 1, 2024 · Great American Songbook. The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined canon of significant 20th-century American jazz standards, popular songs, and show tunes.
Oct 1, 2024 · Gozzo was a member of the NBC Hollywood staff orchestra at the time of his death on October 8, 1964. He died at the age of 42 of a heart attack. He played with Isham Jones (1938) and Red Norvo (1940), then performed and recorded with Bob Chester (1941) and Claude Thornhill (1941-2).
4 days ago · Along with Paul Whiteman's crew, Isham Jones' orchestra was deemed to be one of the finest dance bands around during the 1920s. During that period he had a few Number One hits most notably "Wabash Blues" for six weeks in 1921 and "I'll See You in My Dreams" for seven weeks in 1925.
3 days ago · Performer: Winds of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Album: Marsche und Blasmusik ; Suite: Finale Composer: Francois Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) Performer: Winds of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Album: Marsche und Blasmusik ; On the Alamo (1922) Composer: Isham Jones (music, 1894-1956) & Gus Kahn (lyrics, 1886-1941) Performer: BBC Big Band Orchestra
Sep 26, 2024 · WEFT Sessions is LIVE local music on WEFT 90.1 FM. every Monday from 10-11pm. Hear more local music on Local 901 from 11pm-midnight. Watch and Listen to recent WEFT Sessions shows on Urbana Public Television cable access and on the UTPV6 YouTube channel and UTPV6's YouTube playlist. Host: Todd Hunter.
Oct 2, 2024 · Not much is known about what is possibly the earliest recording of “Me and the Man in the Moon,” credited to a dance band named The Ambassadors with Frank Sylvano, a popular silk-voiced crooner who also performed with the Frank Isham Orchestra.
