[78-L] For lovers of British Dance Band music

[Julian Vein]

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Personally I enjoy the British dance bands because they were different 
> to the American and German and Dutch and Swedish - they were British and 
> relied on their own musical traditions as well as the new styles from 
> over there.
> As for swing, it's OK, but most dance tunes played in the 1930-1940's 
> were not swing numbers. I'd rather listen to Carroll Gibbon's & Savoy 
> Hotel Orpheans or Kurt Hohenberger & His Orchestra playing "There's A 
> Lull In My Life" than, say, Teddy Wilson or Duke Ellington.
> Kristjan
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I agree, Kristjan, Anne Lenner made a better job of it than Ivie 
Anderson. I also enjoy Henry Hall (with Val Rosing vocals), mainly 
because he wasn't trying to ape the American bands, and the band had a 
beautiful internal balance.

      Julian Vein