[78-L] Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks on Fresh Air

[Bud Black]

It is not "American TV," it is American radio.

Bud

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On Nov 7, 2013, at 9:39 AM, David Sanderson <dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> On 11/6/2013 12:16 PM, victrola78s at aol.com wrote:
>> On Fresh Air with Terry Gross on NPR her special guest is Vince
>> Giordano of the Nighthawks fame. I have just heard "Sugar foot Stomp"
>> as the opener. He is speaking of Eddie Cantor now. Fresh Air is
>> repeated later at 7pm on many NPR stations. Good listening!
>> 
>> Dennis "You'd Be Surprised" Forkel
> 
> Interesting to hear, yes. Vince is especially valuable for his 
> encyclopedic knowledge of arrangers and arrangements.
> 
> The musical examples were OK, but somewhat dubious where they have tried 
> to supply current singers. Can't they find anyone who can enunciate? I 
> suspect that these people would never have been allowed to record in the 
> 1920's. But this is American TV, more or less inept as usual.
> 
> For the real thing we have recently found "Miss Fisher's Murder 
> Mysteries," a 2012 Australian series, compliments of Netflix streaming, 
> a continual source of unlikely gems. This is set in the late 1920's, 
> Melbourne, Miss Fisher the stereotypical British upper class wealthy 
> amateur detective, in her 20's, distinctly liberated, somewhat bohemian. 
> The show has its own sound track, but when someone puts on a record it's 
> the real thing, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, others 
> less well known; about half the sound track music is also from real 
> recordings. A liberating feeling, I find, to discover that someone has 
> cared enough to use the Red Hot Peppers' "Doctor Jazz."
> 
> -- 
> David Sanderson
> East Waterford Maine
> dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com
> http://www.dwsanderson.com
> 
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