During the Jazz age of the mid-1920s, the dance band leader as personality came into vogue with Paul Whiteman, Art Hickman and George Olsen at the forefront of the trend. Their music was closely tied to that of the stage with lots of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein in their repertoires. This song was recorded in … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sax-O-Phun” by George Olsen And His Music
Big Band
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Beware Brother Beware” by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Some stone cold advice from Mr. Jordan and company waxed back in 1946. That's Wild Bill Davis on the piano and, of course, Jordan himself on the vocals and the alto saxophone. When it came to big band, jump blues, jazz and boogie woogie, Jordan was top of the heap ranking just behind Duke Ellington and Count Basie in popularity back in the day. His releases regularly topped the … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Beware Brother Beware” by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Trees" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
I first came into contact with this song in a rendition by Alfalfa on "The Little Rascals." This version hails from 1930 by the Chicago sweet band led by Isham Jones. Jones was a cold taskmaster of a bandleader which is kind of at odds with the sweet music he made with his group. At one time or another, Jones' orchestra featured such greats as Woody Herman and Benny Goodman. … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Trees" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
Boogi3D On Location
Uncle Marty here with our 549th serving of The 3D RadioActivity, as we continue our deep dive Summertime Seconds adventure where we'll be visiting BOOGIE on Location. No matter if you are in or out of the country, on the water, climbing that mountain or moving stairs, we've got you covered. We have presented a variety of BOOGIE views of late, so it is appropriate that … [Read more...] about Boogi3D On Location
3D Boogie’n Blue
Uncle Marty here with you as The 3D RadioActivity reaches adventure 548 as we serve up BOOGIE in Blue, a dozen tasty treats for the ears to get the body twitching with pleasure down to the toes! We have plenty more to go across the virtual turntables on our Summer of BOOGIE, that could revolve around people, places or who knows what! If you think you know, then tell me … [Read more...] about 3D Boogie’n Blue