Swingtime ! (29) Have you met miss Jones ?

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"Have you met miss Jones?" is one of my favourite Rodgers & Hart songs. It was written for the musical comedy "I'd rater be right" in 1937. Many versions exist ranging from Frank Sinatra to Robby Williams.... The song has also been used frequently in movies (most famously in Bridget Jones's Diary).

This is a lovely version recorded by Carroll Gibbons and his orchestra. Gibbons was an American born musician who made his career primarily in Britain.
More information on Gibbons can be found here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Gibbons

The video shows women in England during the Second World War. England was the first country to draft women into service - they could either join the armed forces or work in factories.... So these video is dedicated to the many anonymous "miss Jones'"....

About the record:

Columbia (French)
DF2714 / mx. CA 17.709

1938

Record in excellent condition

This record was trasferred using the Ortofon Om78 cartridge and stylus. It was re-equalized to undo the RIAA equalization and get an acceptable 78rpm equalization

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[camille885]

C'est incroyable comme la qualité du son est bonne! Merci!

[Leotaurus1975]

@camille885 Merci Camille!

[SwingBandHeaven]

Carroll Gibbons arrangement and his piano playing is sublime - for me its the way his piano playing almost plays with the beat of the music, sometimes before and sometimes after the expected beat. Wonderful. This is THE definative version of this song

[MrSwingtime]

Ein tolles Orchester, dass ich bisher noch nicht kannte. Vielen Dank für diese Neuentdeckung. Toll in welch guter Qualität diese Platten erhalten sind. Herzlichen Dank!

[GrammophonPlatten]

Wunderbar, danke

[Deutschlandsender]

Wunderbares Orchester, wunderbare Stimme. Vielen Dank!