With jimmie lunceford, jimmie lunceford and his orchestra, the three brown. Whiteman, father of bandleader paul whiteman, and became proficient on. Jimmie lunceford american jazz musician britannica. The highly recommended jimmie lunceford mosaic 7 cd set of all the decca recordings made from 19341945 has a gap between 1938 and 1941 when the band recorded for columbia. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1936 release. A paul whiteman trained musician whose overly sweet style on his early 1930s recordings with the chickesaw syncopators that often featured novelty vocals and two beat dance music. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra lyrics, playlists. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Choose country france 3 germany 2 netherlands 2 uk 3 usa 10. Jimmy lunceford and his orchestra, jimmy lunceford jimmie lunceford and his orchestra 193435 restored for bluray audio featuring audio disc produced with short films by charly chaplin music. Hes in black tie and a tuxedo of white tales and black trousers. As is the norm with mosaic sets, the sound is exceptionally crisp. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra internet archive. Jimmie luncefords band differed from other great bands of the time because it.
I used to not respect the jimmie lunceford band orchestra. Top tracks jimmie lunceford and his orchestra play all. One of the most successful bandleaders of the swing era, jimmie lunceford was known for precise playing and adding an influential dose of showmanship to the proceedings. The american jazz orchestra the music of jimmie lunceford.
Find the song lyrics for jimmie lunceford and his orchestra top tracks. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra perform a swing version of edward b. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Two versions of white heat performed by jimmie lunceford and his orchestra, dating from january 26, 1934 and april 7, 1939.
Willie smith as, teddy buckner as jimmy crawford dm. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra it had to be you. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra new york, january 3, 1939 01 taint what you do oliver young 00. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra library of congress. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1937 overview. This album features the band during perhaps its greatest period, 193537. While one is grateful to have this gap partially filled and in marvellous sound quality, it is a pity that more of the missing pieces werent included. Jimmie lunceford orchestra two versions of white heat. The great jimmie lunceford and his orchestra in a short film from the year 1936. Top tracks jimmie lunceford and his orchestra youtube. Lunceford special by jimmie lunceford on amazon music.
For this classics cd, most of the jimmie lunceford orchestras earlier vocalion recordings owned by columbia are reissued. Early hot jazz bands, the hotel dance bands and the history of jazz music. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra selected favorites, vol. Rhythm is our business past perfect 1930s 1940s big band duration. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1936 plot. A talented band leader who assembled and maintained an excellent orchestra, including trumpeter and arranger sy oliver, lunceford sadly was unable to pay his players enough, and they eventually left for other ensembles, including oliver, who joined tommy dorsey in 1939. Jimmie lunceford born june 6, 1902, fulton, mississippi, usa died july 12, 1947, seaside, oregon, usa was an american jazz alto saxophonist, bandleader and arranger. Jimmie lunceford and glenn miller and artie shaw smoke gets in your eyes download. Baby, wont you please come home, what is this thing called swing, a classic rendition of aint she. The complete jimmie lunceford decca sessions swings.
Because lunceford recorded for decca for almost his entire career, the superb seven disc mosaic set the complete jimmie lunceford decca sessions provides as complete a look at an artist as youre likely to find and an essential document of the time when big bands reigned. The singing and dancing is fine, but the show is all jimmie lunceford and his great harlem express, just after their cotton club days. You cant pull the wool over my eyes by milton ager, charles newman, murray mencher mj. These were somewhat prevalent as extras to the movies playing in the 1930s. Jimmy lunceford and his orchestra discography all countries. With altoist willie smith, joe thomas on tenor and trombonist trummy young still around as.
Claypooles 1915 ragtime piece ragging the scale in this recording from june 15, 1937. Complete your jimmie lunceford and his orchestra collection. It was so bad, the musicians didnt dare to stir a limb when the movie screen came. Blues in the night 1941 movie clip jimmie lunceford. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra lunceford special. Jimmie luncefords band was one of the greatest of the swing era, though its not as well known today as some of the others from the era particularly ellington and basie among his black rivals. A new boxed set from mosaic celebrates jimmie lunceford, whose orchestra was one of the most popular dance bands during the depression. In the 1930s, swing music reigned, and the jimmie lunceford orchestra was the hottest and hippest attraction on the black dance circuits. Jimmie lunceford was born on june 6, 1902 in fulton, missouri, usa as james melvin lunceford. The jimmie lunceford big band during the swing era was widely known and other bands often imitated its showmanship and appearance. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The jimmie lunceford orchestra was at the height of its power and fame during the period covered by this classics cd. One of the great jazz show bands of the 1930s, the jimmie lunceford orchestra are featured in this wonderful 1935 film short along with the three brown jacks dance team and singerdancer myra. But by 1934, the band had developed quite a personality thanks to drumroll please practice.
Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1936 short film. Little is known about his parents, though his father was a choirmaster in. The orchestra appeared in the 1941 movie blues in the night. Jazz history biography jimmie lunceford swing music net. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra 19391940 1991, cd. Jimmie lunceford biography, albums, streaming links. Film, video jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra. Listen to your favorite songs from lunceford special by jimmie lunceford now. Jimmie lunceford orchestra collection by jimmie lunceford. Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 revolutions per minute. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra music, videos, stats. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1936 youtube.
Jigger richard whorf and the gang exhort leo jack carson to show off his chops in a dinner club being blown down by the real jimmie lunceford and his band in anatole litvaks blues in the night, 1941 view the tcmdb entry for blues in the night 1941. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra 1940, an album by jimmie lunceford on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra 1936 imdb. Jimmie luncefords band was among the few organizations of the swing era that could challenge the ellington orchestra for ensemble smoothness. Jimmy lunceford and his orchestra listen on deezer. Jimmie lunceford listen to jimmie lunceford on deezer. By 1935 the group, then called jimmie luncefords orchestra, had achieved a national reputation as one of the top black swing bands. Rhythm is our business by sammy cahn, jimmie lunceford, saul chaplin. The loss of sy oliver in august 1939 he was lured away by tommy dorsey would soon hurt the band but they were still using olivers arrangemetns in the last session. James melvin jimmie lunceford june 6, 1902 july 12, 1947 was an american jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era. Jimmie lunceford, in full james melvin lunceford, born june 6, 1902, fulton, miss. Tommy dorsey, after sy oliver joined his band in late 1939, borrowed much from the lunceford tradition. Jimmie lunceford is best known for his orchestras consistently swinging and showy live. With jimmie lunceford, jimmie lunceford and his orchestra, the three brown jacks, myra taylor.
Jimmy lunceford and his orchestra listen to jimmy lunceford and his orchestra on deezer. In hell, satan appears to tell us that rhythm is coming to life again, then were taken to a sound stage where jimmie lunceford conducts his dance orchestra. Many albums described as tributes to lunceford have been recorded including those by sy oliver, george williams, billy may, the american jazz orchestra, the jimmie lunceford legacy orchestra and others. Listen to your favorite songs from jimmie lunceford and his orchestra 1940 by jimmie lunceford now. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists. Moonlight on the ganges by chester wallace, sherman myers. Little is known about his parents, though his father was a choirmaster in warren, ohio, before the family moved to denver. Arrangertrumpeter sy olivers defection to tommy dorsey hurt but his charts were still in the books and his replacement snooky young proved to be a superior first trumpeter and soloist. Elmer crumbly, russell bowles, eddie durham, trombone. Jimmie lunceford and his orchestra jimmy lunceford and. Jimmy lunceford and his orchestra, jimmy lunceford.