Oddities 1
July 28, 2020 #1980
Unusual recordings either because a band strays from the type of music that is usually associated with it or because it's deliberately comical. Charlie Barnet makes fun of so-called sweet bands. The Duke has fun with Prokofieff's "Peter and the Wolf." Glenn Miller makes you wait three minutes before the introduction to a waltz finally ends.
Playlist
- Bugle call rag
- Mills Brothers
- That’s not cricket
- Tommy Dorsey
- The wrong idea
- Charlie Barnet
- Am I dreaming? (Edythe Wright)
- Tommy Dorsey
- Am I dreaming? (Bud Freeman)
- Tommy Dorsey
- My dear
- Jan Garber
- Bourbon Street parade
- Jan Garber
- E-bob-o-lee-bop
- Spike Jones
- In the mood cha cha
- Billy May
- Stardust bossa nova
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Moon over Miami
- Dean Hudson
- Moon over Miami (other band impressions)
- Dean Hudson
- Pretty and the wolf
- Duke Ellington
- Restringing the pearls
- Jerry Gray
- I’m looking for a guy who plays alto and baritone, doubles on clarinet and wears a size 37 suit
- Ozzie Nelson
- Introduction to a waltz
- Glenn Miller
- Fry me, cookie with a can of lard
- Will Bradley
- Celery stalks at midnight
- Les Brown