Ambrose - 1930's Dance Band - Limehouse Blues

[MelosAntropon]

An astonishingly sophisticated arrangement for the mid-1930's. Impressed!

[flammasherman]

Love this to bits, a fantastic swing arrangement

[AstroPingooen]

1 person can't smile.

[whenjazzwasking]

To get the top musicians of the day Bert Ambrose would pay 10 to 15 times the average wage. A millionaire in the thirties who died a pauper in 71. What a sad way to go, due to a little problem called gambling !

[wa1ufo]

Yessuh by Gory!!!!

[lunchman123]

who is the guitarist shown up close in the beginning (and at the end) any guesses?

[lunchman123]

does anyone know who played guitar on this recording?

[Pianosyncrazy]

Great Vid !!!

[SwingBandHeaven]

Great song and superb arrangement - nice to see as well as hear the band. THanks for posting this

[RheingoldxxL]

... grandios ... einfach klasse, später waren das alles Filmkomponisten.

[althejazz]

An absolute knock out - that reed section is awesome. I think the arrangement is by Sid Phillips as it has the same sort of overtones as Cotton Pickers Congregation.

[graememalam]

jack simpson on xylophone brings a smile to my face every time these boys sound amazing would love to hear this as a digital recording

[JCJasion]

Have this one on a British Decca from late 1934 - This band, like Hylton's, could kick a__ when it wanted to.

[PeteBerryman]

Corny as hell but where could you see that now? Those guys could play.

[JCJasion]

Vince Giordano's Nighthawks do 1920's and early 1930's legacy charts.

[Zenon1957]

bom demais!!!!!!!!!!

[HarborGuy]

For some reason this was a big hit in its day..

[fedtrooper]

this was one of Gertrude Lawrence's big hits on stage in the 20s. I heard her sing it years ago on an album of her songs. Would be interesting to have her audio of it on utube.

[cvwtzhaar]

Who is on Vibes?

[deejay830]

Jack Simpson

[glennmiller2005]

@cvwtzhaar xylophone

[cvwtzhaar]

@glennmiller2005 That's what I meant.

[cvwtzhaar]

great!

[HarborGuy]

I think this was popular the world over, my parents loved it.......

[peteressex]

Right at the end you catch a glimpse of Billy Amstell one of the Ambrose regulars. It looks like an interview. It would be good to see or hear that.

Billy was sitting next to Danny Polo (Billy i believe rated him amoung the best).

[deejay830]

It's from a video called "Don't Fuss Mr Ambrose" where he talks to Don Thompson

[stampada]

Danny Polo was one of the great, early jazz clarinettists. In the US he played with bands of Merrit Brunies, Ben Bernie, Jean Goldkette (along with Bix & Tram), and Arnold Johnson. From 1930-39 he lived in England and played mainly in Bert Ambrose's orchestra (possibly the finest in the world, ever). Back in the states, he was a member of Claude Thornhill's excellent group until his sudden death.

[charltonnd]

This is from the film "Soft Lights and Sweet Music", made in 1936. In order of soloists - Jack Simpson on xylophone, Danny Polo on clarinet (superb as always!), Max Goldberg on trumpet, and Lew Davis (lovely tone) on trombone. Amongst the other musicians, Ted Heath sits in the middle of the trio of trombonists and Sid Phillips (who arranged this number) is on the end of the sax section, playing baritone sax.

[HarborGuy]

Very popular at the time...an old favorite.

[mesurier]

Fantastic. More please

[jozefsterkens]

This is Ambrose in the late thirties, prefer 1928-1932 period, but sitill trilling to see the boys alive