SAVOY ORPHEANS - BLUE EVENING BLUES - ROARING 20'S VICTROLA RADIOLA

Another peppy arrangement by this house orchestra of the Savoy Hotel in London--and the banjo gets the last note on this one! What fun it must have been to dance the night away to this music and it also must have been fun to play in this band. One must have felt a certain amount of momentum and exuberance building up during the three minutes! What always amazes me is the youth of its American-born leader, Carroll Gibbons (1903-1953), while he was leading this marvelous band! Just 21 years old at this recording!

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Music

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• SAVOY
• ORPHEANS
• BLUE
• EVENING
• BLUES
• ROARING
• 20'S
• VICTROLA
• RADIOLA
• jazz
• 78
• rpm
• HMV
• phonograph

[davidglow3]

Gibbons piano playing was so poor he had to enroll at an English music school to make improvements..In the meantime he was relegated to the third Savoy band (the bostonians) 1927 he took leadership of Orpheans

[VictrolaJazz]

@davidglow3 Thanks for all the great info! BTW, what caused Gibbons' fairly youthful death at only 50 in 1953, do you know?

[davidglow3]

@VictrolaJazz He had a very sudden and unexpected heart attack in his suite at the Savoy Hotel

[VictrolaJazz]

@davidglow3 Thanks!  Had sad, but at least how appropriate at the Savoy!

[camille885]

It sounds very American for an English recording! The banjo maybe, during 3 minutes, we are on the bank of the Mississippi!

[VictrolaJazz]

@camille885 Thanks! Well the Old South as a subject of 20's songs seems to have been as infectious in Europe as it was the America!

[VictrolaJazz]

@rordorica Thanks! Yes, he was just the right age at the right time to enjoy the 1920's and produce such good music of the time!

[rordorica]

Great happy tune, being such young and good conductor have some advantages over other bands, energetic and fun arrengements.



[VictrolaJazz]

@Edisonfans19 Thanks!  Glad you enjoyed it!

[Edisonfans19]

Very nice tune, very enjoyable!