Cairo Club Orchestra Play "The Broadway Melody"

Broadway Melody, is the theme tune of the 1929 picture of the same title.
Here we are playing the original '29 arrangement.
Keep an ear and an eye out for the 1918
Leedy vibraphone.
Ironically this is the very instrument
used in the SS Rawalpindi Orchestra.
The Rawalpindi..now lies at the bottom of the north Atlantic, she was converted to an armed merchantman and sunk by the German battleship Deutschland in 1939..
Michael Veitch introduces us.

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• Charles King
• Bessie love
• Micehael Veitch.

[disco79]

In 1929, ALL orchestras had String Sections. Some did away with the brass or horn sections but every damn orchestra had a string section with violins. Strings were done away with when swing became popular in 1935... that explains why this cheap imitation version sounds like swing crap.

[petermilley]

Well, I can see that the Cairo Club Orchestra will never be Big in Albania, sigh.

[HarborGuy]

BRAVO!!

[Julvico]

Very good the interpretation of this nice melody by this wonderful band

[jozefsterkens]

Thanks

[BentheDutchman]

Of course! Sorry about that. Thanks for the clarification. You've got some great stuff on there by the way. Ben

[jozefsterkens]

You must look under Covent Garden Band not orchestra

[jozefsterkens]

You must look under Covent Garden Band not orchestra

[BentheDutchman]

I just checked. He's still got the 1929 video showing. Quite a bit of fun too I must say.

[BentheDutchman]

Of course there were strings around in those days. I just didn't care for your rude generalisation.

Fletcher Henderson (without the strings in 1924) - H.Scott, L. Armstrong, E. Chambers (trumpets), C. Green (trom), D. Redman (alto sax), B. Bailey (reeds), C. Hawkins (ten sax), C. Dixon (banjo), B. Escudero (tuba), K. Marshall (drums).

[disco79]

It should go over great with swing enthusiasts who like late 1930's and 1940's music. :)

[disco79]

The only Covent Garden Orchestra video I see is from 1936 so I refer you to above, that in 1935, due to the influence of swing, strings were abandoned by many. Thank you.