Alex Hyde Farewell Blues 1925

Alex Hyde New Yorker Jazz Band-Farewell Blues-recorded in Berlin in May, 1925. This was recorded 3 years after the New Orleans Rhythm Kings version for Gennett but it sounds a lot like their recording. Alex Hyde's clarinet player is doing Rappolo's solo and the band is even doing the ensemble Wa Wa effects heard on the Rhythm Kings Gennett recording. An arrangement was probably made from the New Orleans Rhythm Kings Gennett recording since I doubt they had a printed arragement for Farewell Blues because they did head arrangements and most of the band didn't read music.

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[jonjamg]

@edgrosso Your dad Edwin (Eddie) is credited on: Sleep, Yes we have no bananas, Lovey come back, Kiss in the Dark, Somebody's wrong, I'm going south, Mama goes where papa goes, Linger awhile, Lazy, Maybe, down on the farm and Mama loves Papa. But not as clarinet but as the vocalist. Recordings made in 1924, probably May some with Vox.

[edgrosso]

My dad Eddie Grosso played in the orchestra. (S,cl) He traveled from the US to Germany. As I remember the storyit, Hyde went to Germany to make higher quality recordings than what available in the U.D.

[Bigband78]

Just uploaded this song by Waring's Pennas and saw this version.

[Stompy23]

Rare, hardly known recording, and a genuine "Made in Germany" product. Thanks for these rarities!

[fiejh]

Very interesting thanks for posting

Interesting to compare with the Benny Goodmans from the same period - particularly on the clarinet styles.