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The song took time to catch on as a jazz standard, possibly because it was 72 measures long. When Sidney Bechet recorded it in 1947, the song was not yet a regular jazz number. [23] "Memories of You" [8] [25] [26] is a song from the musical revue Blackbirds of 1930, composed by Eubie Blake with lyrics by Andy Razaf.
It is the most recorded jazz standard of all time. [2] In the 1930s, swing jazz emerged as a dominant form in American music. Duke Ellington and his band members composed numerous swing era hits that have become standards: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932), "Sophisticated Lady" (1933) and "Caravan" (1936), among others.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Cities were crowded with workseekers. Black musicians were not allowed to play in studios or on radio. However, jazz music was resilient. While businesses, including the record industry, were down, the dance halls were packed with people dancing the jitterbug to the music of big bands, which would come to be called swing music. [1]
US Billboard 1930 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 21 total weeks 2: Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra "The Peanut Vendor" [5] Victor 22483: May 13, 1930 () September 1930 () US Billboard 1930 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 28 total weeks, [3] National Recording Registry 2005: 3: Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (voc Lewis James)
In 1930, the American musician Henry Cowell wrote in the Melos journal that jazz interpreted a mixture of African-American and Jewish elements, stating that: The fundamentals of jazz are the syncopation and rhythmic accents of the Negro. Their modernization is the work of New York Jews ... So jazz is Negro music seen through the eyes of the ...
A music group named Ejazz performed the first officially sanctioned jazz music concert in post-revolutionary Iran. [6] They produced jazz fusion, incorporating elements from the indigenous classical music. [6] Rana Farhan, an Iranian jazz and blues singer living in New York, [7] combines classical Persian poetry with modern jazz and blues. [8]
Pages in category "1930s jazz standards" ... Body and Soul (1930 song) But Not for Me (song) By Myself (1937 song) C. Caravan (Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington song)