[78-L] Five Faves

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Wed Jan 12 19:34:51 PST 2011


From: "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com>
> To me the most (sudden) radical and influential new sounds were created 
> by:
>
I'll add another here! Oddly enough, it's Guy Lombardo; he was the first to
replace the two-beat fast-paced "jazz" of the twenties with a slower, more
"danceable" approach! Within a year or two, the "sweeter" style had
replaced "jazz" on dance records (and probably live playing as well?)...!

Steven C. Barr 



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