Foxtrott aus Berlin: Michael Jary Orch. - Ja und nein! 1939

Michael JARY (Maksymilian Michał Jarczyk) was born in 1906 to the Polish family in Siemianowice Śląskie(Upper Silesia, Poland -- the territory occupied by Germany until the Ist WW). After completing his education in the Conservatory in Katowice, he was employed as a second conductor in the Theatre Orchestra in Nysa (Neisse), but he gave up his job to continue education in the elitary Musikhochschule in Berlin. He studied composition under direction of Franz Schreker, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schönberg and Igor Strawinsky. But soon after his diploma concert, in February 1933 the young composer was classified as „a Polish Jew" and his works were banned.

Under a pseudonim Michael Jary he started the new life, as a pianist performing in the clubs and a composer of popular hits. One of his songs the vedette of the Third Reich, Hilde Hildebrandt included into her repertoire. For Michał Jarczyk it meant the beginning of the great career.
As the leader of Michael Jary Tanz-Orchester he recorded thousands of sides. He was a label name for Odeon, where he recorded with the most famous film stars and singers: Rudi Schuricke, Zarah Leander and dozens of others. His enormous popularity as well as environment of the leading personae in the cultural life of the Third Reich, made the Propaganda Minister Goebbels „forget" about his „incorrect" descent. He died in 1988 in München.

Recording: Michael Jary Tanz-Orchester, Refraingesang: Rudi Schuricke -- Ja und Nein! (Franz Grothe) Foxtrott from the Beniamino Gigli - movie „Der singende Tor" , Odeon 1939

Category:

Music

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• Third
• Reich
• UFA
• film
• industry
• Rudi
• Schuricke
• Kirsten
• Heiberg
• dance
• orchestra
• 1930s
• 1940s
• Germany
• Berlin

[Jeansschwimmer]

@amrcg1 it was- of course. the trouble was that it is hard to define where ordinary foxtrotts and quicksteps ended and "swing" began. The "Reichsmusikkammer" took more care of controlling their members politically and discriminate against jews.

Anyway, Michael Jary's stagename tells it all- he had to "germanize" his Polish name, and he lived in fear all those years . When the military situation worsened after 41, music like this was needed to distract people and cheer them up.

[MsCasati]

i love this !!!!!!!! <3 <3 thanks for uplifting my mood!

[mikemcgee]

i got some of the german film classics in which he did some of the music

[amrcg1]

Wunderbar!

I thought that this kind of Jazzy music was forbidden by the Drittes Reich.

[Wildekz]

Super! An ocean of enjoy!

[100lemon]

very nice song just recently discoverd german jazz and swing of the 1930's. nice dance music .

[Ronald070]

Very nice! I just bought this Odeon record last saturday in Frankfurt/Main. The recording was not made in 1939 but on the 19th of February 1940, according to The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord

[danism1]

5*****

[panzerick]

Wunderbar!!

[mdvwagner]

excelente!