Austrian Swing - Ernst Landl: TANZ MIT MIR (1944)

"Tanz mit mir" (i. e. "Dance with me") by Ernst Landl mit seinen Solisten. In March 1944 the Austrian section of the Deutsche Telefunken cut 7 sides in Vienna with some of the best Austrian swing musicians, including Ernst Landl (p, vibraphone), Rudy Kregcyck (cl, ts), Herbert Mytteis (violin), Vittorio Ducchini (g), Otto Simon (bass), Arthur Motta (dr).

At a time when Austria was part of an almost perished "Third Reich", a hot recording like this one had little chances to get released. Landl and his men played the very music which was deemed as the "decadent" sounds of Germany's then adversaries, particularly the USA. Hence, only the two weakest of the 7 were approved for public sale (Telefunken A 10538 with female singer Gretl Rath: Eines Schönen Tages / Seit Ich Dich Kenne). The remaining 5 were rejected. They survived in a very few test pressings only, and so did this one. Mx No. is 35037 (March 27, 1944)

Ernst Landl (1914 - 1983) was a well-trained pianist, composer and arranger. In the early 1930s he began playing with the Bobby Sax (i. e. Robert Sachs) Orchestra. Later he played with Eddie Brunner, Stephane Grapelly and Horst Winter.
After WWII, he founded the "Hot Club Vienna", a fine swing combo with Hans Koller on tenorsax. One of his best remembered own compositions is "Nesty Boogie" (1947, Elite Special ES 8120).
In the mid-1950s he quit the music business and moved to Sweden, where he died on Dec 4, 1983.

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[Sondermeldung]

Die Aufnahme entstand nach den Original TELEFUNKEN Unterlagen übrigens erst am 27/28. März 1944 und keine reguläre Bestellnummer mehr.

[Stompy23]

Diese Sondermeldung der Sondermeldung stimmt mit Sicherheit. Ich habe sofort meine eigene Österreich-Jazzdiscographie gecheckt, und da steht haargenau der 27. März 1944 als Aufnahmedatum. Das kommt davon, wenn man nur den "Lange" mal schnell zur Hand nimmt ...

[Stompy23]

Fine you like it. I should mention that violin player Herbert Mytteis formed his own band after the war. His music became gradually less jazzy then, but more distinctive from other bands ...

[hebneh]

Just goes to show that people will still listen to whatever they want, even if it's forbidden.

[chkjns]

WoW, this is great! I've playlisted music for every year back to 1900, so you can hear the evolution of pop music over 5 generations.

It's a trip back in time with just the click of your mouse, and my great thanks to all the uploaders who make it possible by including the release years ! ! ! !

[CMarkulis]

Genau so ein Titel hat mir gerade gefehlt, um meine Traurigkeit ein wenig aufzuhellen. Da kann man ja beim hören nicht ruhig sitzen bleiben! Danke.

[Jeansschwimmer]

I have a handful of Polydor labels in my collection- pressed after the war but from pre 1945 takes. The wax of the takes got stamped or inscribed "Deposit". I can only guess that they got censored and were deposited in the archives because they were either "swing" or belonged to the "Italy wave" and were banned when the "Duce" lost his power and Italy changed sides.

[znuky]

What a rare and remarkable record! "Swing Tanz" might have been officially "verboten" but it obviously didn't deter musicians from making great swing records like this one. Thank you also for all the valuable information you give - it's greatly appreciated.

[Sondermeldung]

Ja, Herr Lange ist einfach davon ausgegangen, daß 1944 bei keiner Firma mehr Aufnahmen stattfanden und hat so die späten Daten einfach über den Daumen geschätzt.

Dadurch sind leider viele Fehler bei den Aufnahmedaten bei der Jahresangaabe "1943" zu finden, namentlich bei den Firmen: Tempo, Grammophon, Telefunken, Imperial.

Differenzen von 12 Monaten sind keine Seltenheit.

[kspm01]

Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing this most remarkable rarity.