Roaring 20s: Jacques Renard & His Coconut Grove Orch., 1927

[igorschein]

The correct spelling is Stavisky.

[rogharm]

great song great arrangement. renard was the orchestra leader for helen morgan's cbs radio network show in the 1930's. i like also hollywood/la art deco. like this great peppy arrangement. the photo are g r e a t!!!!!! ROGHARM

[birdandthe]

never heard this guy before excellent !!!!! 3 cheers for u tube i want more !!!!!

[gregoryagogo]

Great little song! Lots of wonderful syncopation and love that tuba!

[Shurayuki18481]

I just love this, I have one of these old 78's that I play on my Viva-Tonal Columbia Grafanola from 1926!!!

[jd03150]

I must strongly protest the statement that Jacque Renard [Jacob Stavinski] was born in "Kiev, Russia". Although it was unfortunately long ruled from Moscow under the tsars and the Communists, it has always been Kyiv, Ukraine. [Kyiv is correct transliteration from Ukrainian.] How do I know this? I've lived in Kyiv for 15 years, married to a Kyivlanka (Kyiv girl).

[voorster]

Thank you so much, hearing this music again brings back so many memories...

[barbcard]

Great American deco, LA style.

[merrihew]

Great record. As always, great posters - the cars are very accurate too. The picture of Renard is too flattering. He was really large. There's a short clip of him in one of the videos I posted.