Midnight in Moscow

[hovercrafthooligan]

I need two tickets to Moscow

[yamua99]

i wannt to dance. this song make me happy :)

[TRYLIKTO]

The original- /watch?v=npDkZuqrqcA&feature=r­elated

[onlyonelucy]

who is playing this? there are over 200 on iTunes but I can't seem to find this one. who is the artist, please?

[onlyonelucy]

I absloutely love this song.  They played it at Natalie Wood's funeral, being that she was 100% Russian :)

[upsilon054]

I remember this song from 1962. This is a rather saucier version of the song that played on the easy listening station my parents used to listen to.

I do love this song!

[FromA2mee]

This for some reason reminds me of the starwars Cantina song:)

[67rml]

This is just totally cool! I had always thought that it was some American mock-up of Russian music.

[RoyFive]

Is the version from the original Washington Square LP available? I really like that one because of the banjo intro.

[TheEldoradoKid]

I own the vinyl on this one! handed down from the old man who bought it back around '64. Ah yessss Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. I actually got to hear this played by a real band of Gypsies at a restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic about 10 years ago, very haunting in that setting with those Gypsies on violins playing it into the evening!

[TFABMN]

This was the first version of MIM I ever heard but the Village Stompers' version is much better.

[fcpolitimisoara]

My favourite part was the one with the trumpet.

[WhitefroSnowman]

transcribed the trumpet part, bought a Humes & Berg cup mute and learnt to play it! thank you so much for putting this arrangement up! :D

[auzatmagne]

@maxypaxy13

The group which composed this song is called: "The Village Stompers". Find it in Wikipedia. You will find all the titles and the famous « Washington Square » which stayed for a long time at the top of the US box-office in 1963.

Pam2Pau

[treadhead105]

@auzatmagne THANK YOU! I actually found this while looking for Washington Square but I couldn't

remember the name of the group OR the song lol I "thought" there was some connection to MIM though.

:)

[AbuAvital]

@auzatmagne wikipedia must have changed the article because now credit is given to Russians

[hol9672]

my father remembered this song, as "moszkvai éjszakák"... :) very groovy

[thetitanicisdead]

why does this sound like something you would here in a movie when a black mafia car full of mafia was driving by in 1930's chicago or new york city

[Lyrictheac]

It makes me think of the Casino Night Zone in Sonic. :)

[Musikanttikin]

Yllättäviä helmiä netin avaruudessa :)

[TheMegaKeio]

im going to russia with my band will be playing this song :))) so excited i love this song

[JimRaynor903]

I'm attempting to play the guitar for this!

=)))))))))

[bouwbaas]

I love this song

[alshouse]

Wow, this is better than Washington Square :)

[MrsScrubsFreak]

ich spiel das lied grad auf saxophon & flipp beinahe aus. wie geht dieses bekloppte fis ? :) trotzdem: daumen hoch für dieses tolle lied!

[bobzani]

wonder what they call this in Russia...?

[zryjmizdupy]

@bobzani in russian its Подмосковные вечера

[MegaPacman5]

this would be awsome to play in jazz band:)

[SavageRick]

@maxypaxy13 Is this the Village Stompers playing?

[INDIPENDENZA1]

@SavageRick Yes it is.

[caseyjoanz]

Right after this came out in 1961, David Rose put out 'The Stripper'. That' when I started saxophone lessons. (my friends HATED this stuff!)

[TheHardcase]

I remember first hearing this song in a film entitled "Breakfast in Bed." Sometime around 1963.

[topknotchsteez98]

The Cold War , Soviet communist and jazz. Ah, the good old days.

[slolove06]

It is Al Caiola, I wudnt listen to the good music I listen now Im 26 if my parents wudnt have shared this with me when I was 12

[lovinnia]

so much better than Acker Bilk's one

[Communismcomrade]

This is epic.

[pytonplace]

guys, u've got to be kiding.. it's "podmoskovnye vechera" -- moscow suberbia nights..

composed by Solovyov-Sedoy and Matusovsky

[verbaud]

Love songs in minor keys. Very Yiddish, very Eastern European. The sound of the poor having fun.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

This IS better than Kenny's version - far more "pep" and life.... if you were a South Park fan, you might say "Those bastards - they killed Kenny".....!

[xgi36]

Wonderful ! Thank you for posting.

[garywrightny]

"Stillness in the grove not a rustling sound softly shines the moon clear & bright

Dear if you could know how I treasure so this most beautiful moscow night. (x=repeat this 2nd line)

Blazingly the brook like a silvery stream ripples in the light of the moon

& the song of far fades as in a dream in this night that will end too soon (x)

Promise me my love as the dawn appears & the darkness turns into light

That you'll cherish dear thru the passing years this most beautiful Moscow night. (x)

[MrFilipovic]

This is awesome !!!

[rsrtaipoo]

lovely... do check out the other version in my playlist "jazzmen"

[graycloud057]

Most excellent music!

[TimelordR]

Very nice piece, tovarisch!

[CAXAniya2]

Yea Al Caiola's version is ...... the best

[pempinpemp]

one of the best jazz songs ive heard!

[romantic2543]

Have ALWAYS adored this song, thank you for posting it. Can't help but snap your fingers. :)

[elizabethlove96]

i know how to play it in fluteee!!

[masterj345]

klesmer meets the kremlin

[INDIPENDENZA1]

Splendid ! I like The Village Stompers !!

[simnebrael]

I keep coming back to listen to this - absolutely fantastic! thanks again for posting and taking the time to reply to me :-)

[Lemurrific]

Learning this song on guitar and loving it. ;D

[MrKidneypie]

Truly a righteous tune. Loved it since '64.

[auctionmusic]

coolie!

[dewbunny110362]

thanks for posting

[ladomiroff]

This tune just killing me. O my god how wonderful

[jack11686]

Little vodka playing dis tune --- Looking good be good on a cold winters night in Moscow, O-Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa From the midnight on!!!!!!!!

[crwlddotorg]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[primogennaio]

Love the song, never tire of hearing it. But it seldom comes on the radio.

[Mike6E]

This sounds like it should be form the 1920'a. I absolutely love this song - thanks so much for posting.

[waswerewent]

Really!, i love him! Is my guitar player favorite. And "Apache" is a really good song of him (him version of this song).

Thanks for answer!!!

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[simnebrael]

It is all good whoever is playing - I love to hear this tune in the traditional way but when it is played Dixieland it is really great

[waswerewent]

yes and but i love too the vesion of Kenny and his jazzmen is spectacular too!!!!Q

thanks for answer!!!!

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[waswerewent]

and who play this song???

is really good, i thought than teh version of kenny and his jazzmen was better but i was wrong

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