Foxtrott aus Berlin: Michael Jary Orch. - Ja und nein! 1939

[MsCasati]

i love this !!!!!!!! <3 <3 thanks for uplifting my mood!

[mikemcgee]

i got some of the german film classics in which he did some of the music

[amrcg1]

Wunderbar!

I thought that this kind of Jazzy music was forbidden by the Drittes Reich.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@amrcg1 it was- of course. the trouble was that it is hard to define where ordinary foxtrotts and quicksteps ended and "swing" began. The "Reichsmusikkammer" took more care of controlling their members politically and discriminate against jews.

Anyway, Michael Jary's stagename tells it all- he had to "germanize" his Polish name, and he lived in fear all those years . When the military situation worsened after 41, music like this was needed to distract people and cheer them up.

[Wildekz]

Super! An ocean of enjoy!

[100lemon]

very nice song just recently discoverd german jazz and swing of the 1930's. nice dance music .

[Ronald070]

Very nice! I just bought this Odeon record last saturday in Frankfurt/Main. The recording was not made in 1939 but on the 19th of February 1940, according to The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord

[danism1]

5*****

[panzerick]

Wunderbar!!

[mdvwagner]

excelente!

[Anatomiax]

nach 69 jahren immer noch aktuell - vom thema her ^^

[Drewfan30s]

Wunderschön!

[jolelikamgr]

What is it about this song that makes me want to live!? ^_^

Naja, alles Deutsch ist ganz Super und wirklich toll!

Haben sie diese bei Max Raabe gehört? Auch Herrlichkeit!

[ruben4891]

schoen!

[19581228]

Michael Jary was born as Maximilian Michael Andreas Jarczyk in Laurahütte (Siemianowice) in Upper-Silesia, which was German then. His parents were Hugo and Anna Jarczyk. They all were Roman-Catholic and German speaking Silesians!

[kaleidoxkopio]

Gracias por esta maravillosa canción.

[jgniagara]

Yes, Michael Jary was Jewish. I've done some research. He was a Polish-Jew.

[refohtiew]

There were two brothers - Michael Jary (1906 - 1988) and Herbert Jarczyk (1913 - 1968). They came from Silesia, but I don't think that these were Jews.

[barbcard]

Brilliant answer, Grzegorz.

[genia106]

Grzegorz,

Please explain to me what a Polish Jew looks like?

[dzheger]

Some jazzy foxtrot! Why did they classified him as Jewish? Obviously he was not, according to the bio you presented. He looks Polish to me.

[moonstargirl25]

LOVE IT!

[barbcard]

Thanks for this cheerful number. How sweet of Herr Goebbels to forgive and forget Jary's "incorrect" descent. Makes me think further about the modern cliche of "politically correct."

[genia106]

This is some 'SWELL SONG"! I think this Polish Jew must have been responsible for the sale of an exorbitant amount of dancing shoes in Germany in 1939. I just love his unique name MAKSYMILIAN Jarczyk, too bad he had to change it. :((

[kspm01]

Outstanding, catchy piece! Yet another great orchestra unknown to me.