Joe Venuti's All Star Orchestra, Eddie Lang, Jack Teagarden - Beale Street Blues (1931)

Giuseppe (Joe) Venuti (Sept.16,1903 - Aug.14,1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.

Venuti claimed to have been born aboard a ship as his parents emigrated from Italy, though many believe he was simply born in Philadelphia. Later in life he said that he was born in Italy in 1896 and that he came to the U.S. in 1906. Considered the father of jazz violin, he pioneered the use of string instruments in jazz along with the guitarist Eddie Lang, a childhood friend of his.

Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti made many recordings, as leader and as featured soloist. He worked with Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bing Crosby, Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, the Boswell Sisters and most of the other important white jazz and semi-jazz figures of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Venuti and Lang recorded a series of milestone jazz records for the OKeh label during the 1920s. However, following Lang's early death in 1933, his career began to wane, though he continued performing through the 1930s. He was also a strong early influence on western swing players like Jesse Ashlock, not to mention the fact that Lang and Venuti were the primary influences of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

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Eddie Lang (Oct.25,1902 - March 26,1933) was an American jazz guitarist, considered by many to be the Father of the Jazz Guitar, the finest jazz guitarist of his era, and to be the greatest rhythm player of all time

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Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (Aug.20,1905 Vernon/Texas, USA - Jan.15,1964 New Orleans/Louisiana).

He widened the scope of the trombone, both in technique and in lyrical quality. Among the many landmarks of the jazz scene is one that seems destined to last forever.


Joe Venuti's All Star Orchestra, Eddie Lang, Jack Teagarden - Beale Street Blues (1931)

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[mrspriscillakat]

EXCELLENT !! Thank you

[busessuck1]

beale street must've been great back in the day... apparently modern day beale st is nothing but hip hop

[wesrace1]

I've always maintained that Jack Teagarden was the finest white Bluesman that The Great State of Texas Ever Produced. Here Tis!

[shuquil73]

This version of the song can't be beat

[sirjuandabicho]

Maravilloso, muchisimas gracias.

[dgtxdutch]

Sing on Big T! One of the BEST Texas ever produced

[asemenovsky]

почему так мало просмотров такой замечательной вещи?

[Corrie121]

Brilliant post.

Thank you for sharing.