How? Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

[Bigband78]

Very Nice,Bobchai,

[saxx43]

They sound just like the records...without the scratches!

[Bobchai]

@saxx43 Glad you enjoyed this! This is one of the greatest bands in the world.

[exkanuk]

My husband and I have been attending "Dixieland" Jazz festivals since 1974 and RSJO is without a doubt....hands down....my all time favorite band. Wish you guys would play at the LA Classic

[2reeler]

Wonderful song and performance! When I saw it I didnt recognize it and thought it was a typo of Who? But now I know its from the fertile brain of Don Neely, himself. I agree, He has captured perfectly the mid thirties early swing feel of say, George Hall, or Larry Clinton bands. Thanks for sharing this RSJO treat! I love it.

Carla Normand = Dolly Dawn

One of Dons first compositions is the broken record/victrola song. Do you have that? I'd love to hear that one again.

[mst777]

Awesome...something so new sounds so old.. :)

[telsport]

I think I have stumbled onto something a cross between time warp, black hole and frightening coincidence...where the composer-author drops in to tease the poster of the epic performance and leaves him delightfully nonplussed. Cute.

Music is wonderful, comments are subtle and very music literate (I guess) and having the composer drop in to crank off a few comments is a magic touch. Gee. I am happy I was here.

Tom Loughlin Jr, Utica NY

[pili2255]

Excellent, as always!!

Gaby.

[NouveauPasse]

What a great band. Thanks for posting this. I've always been a big fan of Don Neely's band. I lead a band similar in the SouthEast called the

Nouveau-Passe Orchestra.

Great job Don!

[BiagiaRose]

Great RSJO videos! Thanks for sharing!

[Bobchai]

Thank YOU for watching, BiagiaRose!

[HRHCharlestheWank]

By jove!! Excellent I must say.

[6374112]

The reason you don't recognize "HOW?" is because I wrote it last year.

Don Neely

[Bobchai]

Don, I'm honored that you visited this, and humbled that you wrote it. It's terrific!

[apenascris]

Great, great, awesome! I enjoy a lot! Tks for posting!

[Bobchai]

Por nada, Cristina!

[mettanc]

i was born at the wrong time......thank you for this bob.

Michael

[pili2255]

Too bad you can not see them all! This is the time! But big events, I loved!

Gaby.

[tdub1941]

Oh so nice!

5 STARS!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[Bobchai]

tdub1941:

"How" does ir get any better than this?

[tdub1941]

It Don't!

[Corrie121]

This is something else! It is quite exceptional.This is an old favourite of mine and Carla Normand's rendition of it is great.

Thanks for sharing.

[Bobchai]

Corrie121: I'm very happy you enjoyed it! Interesting; I'm familiar with hundreds of songs from that era, but this was new to me. Churchill once said we are two great nations separated by a common language. I think that's also true in popular music -- even though it may be an American song, it was evidently (from your knowledge of it) more popular on your side of the pond than here. Nevertheless, I'm delighted to share this with you!

[6374112]

Hi Bobchai,

As I said above, I wrote HOW? last year.

Don Neely

[Bobchai]

6374112:  This is goosebumps stuff!

[genia106]

My Darling Bob,

This is such a great band, what a great style. I love the orchestration, that piano is wonderfu and no one is "Cooler" than the Base Player. The singer is Fabulous!

I wish I could have been there, it looks like it was a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing. :-)

[Bobchai]

genia106: I wish you could have been there, under the towering redwood trees. It was magic. I know several of the band members personally (some are on my Facebook), but I believe the bass player is Marty Eggars, whom I don't know, but is also an accomplished ragtime pianist. Drummer Steve Apple is also a pretty cool guy, we connect on Facebook. Pianist Frederick Hodges is nearly world-famous; I'll let you know the next time he is in New York -- don't miss him! He will knock your socks off.

[HarborGuy]

How, who and so on beautiful.....says it all..

[Bobchai]

HarborGuy: Thanks for the comment. This band certainly has a talent for arrangements!

[Bobchai]

After several frustrating false starts trying to upload this video, I discovered that the file size was too big for Youtube, and my prior efforts always cut off at 4:22. I had to compress this video into a MJPEG format, which meant compromising somewhat on the picture resolution, but I left the audio intact. It's still not what I hoped for, but considering that I started with an older analog camera tape, I hope it's adequate. for viewing. Be sure to use the red 'HQ' button to boost the clarity

[Bobchai]

Kittielips:

I'm glad you feel the same way. So many British dance bands of the era had this kind of "polish"

[Bobchai]

Kittielips: This sophisticated kind of jazz is known as "society band music". This is what was heard in America in San Francisco and New York, and in Britain from the tony London 'hotel bands', as at The Dorchester, and in 'smart' clubs around Mayfair. One imagines Edward, the Duke of Windsor and Noel Coward listening to this!

[Kittielips]

This has given me the 'Goosegogs' too.

Thank you.

5*****.

Jennie.