Russian Swing (1939) - Alex. Tsfasman: JOSEPH JOSEPH

[novakauskiene]

Спасибо за музыку

[SimonaPiano]

Thank you Very Much for posting this treasure!!! I remember this type of Record from my Grandmother and my childhood! Can you tell me the name of the company of this record..The Name of the Manufacturer before "Melodiya" What's use to be the name of the Company?? Thank you Very Much!

[ade425mxy]

Amazing, Pity I coudent do the transfer/restoration, expect a LOT of hidden top end here....

[hebneh]

I would NEVER have thought such music would've been allowed in Russia in 1939! Decadent capitalist evil stuff.

I continue to be amazed at how American popular culture was so incredibly influential, especially in places that officially opposed it and tried to keep it out.

[240252]

@hebneh The tune "Joseph Joseph" is NOT American. It is old Jewish song "Yos'l Yos'l"

[hebneh]

@240252 I know that "Joseph, Joseph" is not an American song. Swing music, however, IS very definitely American. It's not the origin of the song that I referred to, it's the style of how it was performed on this record.

[alexeydk78]

@hebneh At 1939 in russia was be more freedom then now.

[BadNews88]

@hebneh Agreed, m8.. Didja ever see the movie "Swing Kids"? The story/plot sounds alot like what you opined, yes?

And thankls fer this GOOD MUSIC! Consider me a subscriber now, m8..

[rcarass1]

It's amazing how such a brutish bunch as the Stalinists could be so infatuated with music so full of life! I guess after a hard day's Purge all you can do is let your hair down and swing!

[tovarisci]

I bet Joseph Stalin liked this, they were not deported to Siberia after all ...

[psbsampaul]

1939 sounds like a fun year.

[vanyk1]

168 sec of Holy High Povew for my sole.

[BELOUR8]

Эй, Америка, ты где? За 20 лет до Глена Миллера, Луи Армстронга, Бенни

Гудмана наш Цфасман выдавал уже такие шедевры. Подожди, сейчас

врублю "Моя красавица" - вообще свалитесь. Покайтесь перед Россией и

станьте её друзьями. В противном случае вым удачи не видать...

Роберт

[algimelkiev]

@BELOUR8 Ну да, и слово "джаз" - старославянское, значит, ебххх мы Америку промеж глаз. Вот так!

[W4l5on]

@BELOUR8 Ну это Вы загнули, конечно)

[stratocat9999]

Great record, but you've got some heavy AC hum going on there! Maybe a ground loop?

[RaananVolesPianist]

@MrRobokoper

The Russian jazz players played under huge obstacles, often criticized by the communist party officials, and eventually many of them were forbidden to play jazz and/or sent to prison. Just because for a few years they were allowed to play swing doesn't mean that the musicians were somehow part and parcel of the Soviet regime.

[goshajazz]

@VChapaev if you're so fucking clever and think that jazz is not real music listen to coltrane and miles davis a kind of blue, then listen to ornette coleman and roland kirk and finally the russian great vladimir chekasin.and oh- django reinhardt, wes montgomery, charliue parker and many , many more.

[bfisht]

@VChapaev thanks alot for making fun of my great grandfather

[bfisht]

he is my great grandfathers 1st cousin.

NO JOKE! my close relative is awesome

[78rpmblog]

Don't tell me this song is named after Stalin?!?

[RaananVolesPianist]

Interesting, but sad when you think that a year or two beforehand, tens of thousands of so-called "Trotskyites" had been killed in the Russian purges.

[CMarkulis]

A wonderful record, thank you.

[jomardeho]

very much swing, very nice and traditional song of idische folk.

Tsfasman orchestra was excellent

[teebeesea]

Holy cow...who knew? Thanks for posting this one.

[100lemon]

wow