Paul Godwin's Jazz from Berlin, 1932

[suaveoo]

Charming side - the song is British, "Leave a Little For Me" (from the Jack Buchanan musical feature "Yes Mr. Brown"). 1933. I didn't know the tune was recorded in Germany! Buchanan's own version has accompaniment by Ray Noble's HMV studio orchestra. Bravo for posting!

[RaananVolesPianist]

Unfortunately, I bet a lot of these musicians had to leave Berlin in a hurry not too soon afterward.

[mrscambuster1001]

@RaananVolesPianist

Born Pinchas Goldfein in Sosnowiec, Poland

"But times changed in 1933 he took his last 8 Deutsch Mark and his 1713 Stradivarius violin, fled Germany and via Luxemborg to Holland. When in 1940 the Germans occupied the Netherlands, Godwin was not deported to a concentration camp because his wife as Arian, but had to work for the Nazis."

soundfountain D O T com/amb/godwin.html

[asatro66]

Very very good !!

[HeadHunter131]

the grammophon-label is the same label like the Polydor-label. the german grammophone company sold their records in abroad under the name Polydor. Polydor and Grammophon = same recordings

[muscleco]

I always look for Paul Godwin green-label Polydors, but they are so scarce! I have only found a few in 48 years of collecting 78s.

[kspm01]

Unless I'm mistaken, I guess it was since - according to what I did read - your family was from Berlin. It's perfectly normal you still have a strong connection with it.

[kspm01]

This is yet another wonderful Berlin jazz tune from what probably were the most exciting years in Berlin's history... alas where are all those lovely classy sceneries gone (like Potzdamer Platz and so many others) ! Berlin was left shattered after the war and although I have seen similar pictures many times before it's heartbreaking over and over again.

[sigft25]

I feel the same: it's heartbreaking how such an imposing city like Berlin was ruthlessly turned to rubble by mass-murderers, along other glorious places like Dresden, Potsdam, &c...

It's even more unfair when you know many buildings were not totally destroyed by the bombings but were demolished shortly afterwards, like Palast Hotel in lovely Potsdamer Platz

[Vesters1]

@sigft25 It's the germans own fault, that's for sure...

[jam454]

@sigft25 Your right the Nazis ruined Germany, but I find myself also getting a little irked at the British an Americans for bombing these beautiful civilian areas to rubble. Especially when the war was essentially already won. I think we should have used more discretion. 

[barbcard]

And now, G., I'm the one who's "almost crying."

But in a bitter-sweet way. Once again,

danke schon.

[barbcard]

A great "pick-me-up" for yet another gray afternoon. I remember walking through your mother's Berlin neighborhood and your regrets about how it had changed. A very moving experience. Danke.

[HarborGuy]

Surprising how much Berlin in l932 could have been any City USA........Too bad the war years had to destroy it all, along with many humans as well as the so called "black" music we all love and enjoy...

[merrihew]

Another great discovery. The record has a unique sound that is typical of popular records of Germany during this period. Nice pictures too. You obviously put a lot of thought and time into preparing your videos - certainly more than I do.