Jalousie - Leo Reisman 's Orch., 1925

[aficionado1936]

What a great duo! The fabulous sound of Leo Reisman and his orchestra and

the unforgettably romantic tango, Jalousie.

Thanks for sharing this splendid video!

[theo4u4me41]

ABSOLUTE TREASURE !!! TANGO AT ITS PUREST !!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU

[baghend]

Wonderful, elegant and sophisticated music from a long forgotten world. It all seems so crass today - cheap, tawdry, phoney, talentless. No poetry and no soul, and with no class whatsoever.

We have lost our way.

Thanks very much for this.

Bill

[odgovori]

wundervolle Erinnerungen an den Tango Tanz!!

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jaj de jo immadom!!!

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i fill like in paradise !!!! i vas groo ap with dies music o jalusie oh oh the poison killed me hol life!!! katerina

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koszonom kati

[patrickdcyau]

Wow! Jacob Gade composed this tango in SHEET (dead) music, while Leo Reisman interpreted this beautiful tango in DANCE (live) music.

[Jotaemesg]

Extraordinary music, wonderfully played.

[TuboEspectador]

Hi,

I remember years ago as a kid finding Jalousie on a compilation LP. Forgot it, and then found it on a CD recording, "Le Charme De L' Orgue Mècanique", not a bad "performance".

Recently I began to search again for definitive performances, this one sure is great, and so is one by Fiedler and the Boston Pops. The Orchestrion is great, too.

To the experts: I know now of several great tangos composed by Non-Argentinians. Blue Tango by Leróy Anderson and this one. Any others I should find? :)

[vertxxgg]

Id keep dis record too a huge 30 cm Homocord blue...sound magnifico ..thanx¡

[pbartenev]

one of the best interpretation

[2ekan]

There is a tradition that Gade composed this to be played as accompaniment for a silent movie. He had a job as the pianoplayer in a "cinema-theatre" in Copenhagen. Moreover, it is also claimed that the inspiration for the tune was a drama from the composer`s domestic life. Tango is hardly natural to Danes, but dairyman uploaded another wonderful one with Børge Christiansen and Ilja Livschakoffs dance orchestra. But of course this is unparalelled.

[Rayk334]

Part 3

In the late 1930's and 1940's he was the

regular orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria -

in the Sert Room, the Wedgewood Room, and

the Starlight Roof and in the late 1940's

and 1950's in the Persian Room of the Plaza

Hotel. Appearing in shows there were among

others Gracie Fields, Frank Sinatra, Victor

Borge (the two of them played a historic performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue),

and many others.

[Rayk334]

Part 2

Reisman made a number of recordings in the early thirties with Fred Astaire - including the original disk of Night and Day, White Heat from The Bandwagon (along with other number's sung by both Adele and Fred Astaire. In 1928 he was selected by Noel Coward as the orchestra for his first American recordings - a disk with photographsof both, one on each side. He also introduced Eddie Duchin and Lee Wiley.

[Corrie121]

Rayk334.

Many thanks for the information. Much appreciated.

Corrie.

[jeremyyeory]

this song's lovely. we played it for our concert performance, using only guitars. and the effect's wonderful too:)

jalousie!

[Corrie121]

I am in seventh heaven listening to this. Sheer perfection!. Thanks for your info. I always believed this was composed by a Swede.

Thank you for posting this gem.

[Rayk334]

Gade was a Dane. Fiedler once played in one of Reisman's orchestras.

Reisman was famous in the late 20's

and early 30's. He holds the record for the longest run-1930's-at the Paramount theatre (featuring an appearance by Bubba Miley). He played the Strand Theatre in 1936 or '37 introducing Dinah Shore as vocalist. On radio he was the star of the Pond's Cold Cream hour,

Schaefer Beer program, and The Phillip Morris show. In 1940 he was the orchestra on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade.

[erzbet07]

What a fantastic recording! I was only familiar with the famous Arthur Fiedler recording of this melody (which is lovely) but this rendition by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (never heard of them) was super! Such lovely sound for such an early recording. Warm and rich. Thanks so much for posting this gem.

[yukwan52]

Thank you so much for posting. I finally learn who the great composer is !

[danzingtiger]

Bravo!! Excellent. Hope to dance to this music one day...that'll make my dream fulfilled!

[disco79]

This recording is actually from February 25, 1931. It was issued on Victor Orthophonic Popular Series Number 22928 and back with a song by Jack Hylton. You will notice the high quality of the recording, which was not possible in 1925, which was the year electrical recording had just been introduced to the market.

[bigcity233]

Great recording! - Leo Reisman's orchestra was one of the best of that era.

[kspm01]

Simply gorgeous this version!

[HarborGuy]

Bring it back pls.........We haven't had music for years as such.....

[dzheger]

I would have never guessed that a Scandinavian composed this famous hot Latin tango. Neat, crisp version.

[genia106]

I feel like I am in paradise listening to this exquisite tango. This tango surpasses all the others! Thank you.

[Ichkovitch]

I completely agree, Viva Denmark.

[merrihew]

Wonderful! One of the best records you've posted. And that wonderful 1920's electric Columbia sound. I've read that it was the 1st serious record to sell over a million copies in 1938 when the Boston Pops recorded it.

[JCJasion]

Glorius 1931 RCA Victor Sound.

This was recorded on Feb 25, 1931

Check it out on the Online Discographical Project - There are NO Reisman recordings of this song during his Columbia Period.

[MickeyClark69]

Victor 22928 mx 67468 recorded Feb 25,1931 Brian Rust Victor Master Book

[RickC50]

@JCJasion Correct! I have the 78 in my collection.