tiger rag charles dornberger and his orchestra

[djoutrage18]

@Mousepie999 i'd love to hear some of those! that would be great!

[Mousepie999]

Played at 76 bars a minute. Amazing!

[djoutrage18]

does anybody have any recordings of rust's shows they wouldn't mind sharing with me? i'm 21 and love hot dance music, and of corse missed all the shows!

[Mousepie999]

@djoutrage18 I have dozens and dozens of episodes on tape and CD. I never missed an episode of from 1980 until it was axed in late 1984.

[meaume]

Je pense que ca tourne un peu vite ! Ils jouent en si naturel ! (B)

[iandsmith]

Geofrey Smith just played it on Radio 3 Composer: D.J. LaRocca Performers: Charles Dornberger (cl & as), Max Connett, George Hall (tp), Thurlow ‘Ponzi’ Cranz (tb), C.C. Borland (cl & as), George Gammon (ts), Russ Carlson (p), Perry Dring (banjo), Bob Hill (b), Carl Skinner (d) Recorded: New York 10 May 1927

Hot Aire, Halcyon Dhal 16, 11 02’50”

[iandsmith]

Geofrey Smith just played it on Radio 3

[2ffart]

Great Tiger Rag , I remember Brian Rust's Mardi Gras when I first came upone it was in 1974 and then it was on about the same time as jazz record requests Saturday from 5pm -6 pm so i switching from radio 3 to capital radio so as not to miss anything.

why are the jazz programes so poor these days ,I bought a lot of records thanks to mardi gras anymore like me ALAN MORLAND<DREFACH,LLANELLI,WALES

[ollierosie1]

Thank you for posting this. In the 70's as a teenager, it was Brian's show on Sundays that started me off on a lifetime's love of "hot dance music and all that jazz"!

[genatzvalee]

At last I found it here!! This is easily the BEST version of Tiger Rag I have hear so far, and I've heard them plenty! It's so much fun, so fast, lively, diverse, with different instrument solos, and funny vocals ;-) Very hot!

[fatsfan70]

A belated sigh from me too - I rarely missed Brian Rust's Mardi Gras and still treasure some of the cassette recordings I made at the time. Sadly, Brian is now in a care home and has no memory of the great legacy he gave to jazz and dance music lovers. 5*

[Mousepie999]

@fatsfan70 I have to correct you. Brian was never in a care home. He died after a long illness in Jan 2011. I used to talk to him on the phone from time to time until shortly before the end. A very nice man.

[uteligger66]

Kiss me where the sun don't shine

[muscleco]

This was the theme-tune of the "Mardi Gras" radio show on Capital Radio, hosted by the famous jazz discographer Brian Rust.

[navymustang1110]

My Grandfather, Carl Skinner played drums on this recording. Thanks for posting.

[murphy150]

Thanks!! I remember the show well.

I was looking for this version. One of the best (though the Harry Reser and the Louis Armstrong versions are pretty good too!