'Roaring 20s: Paul Whiteman & HO - Manhattan, 1925'

02:49 Jul 4, 2022 0 0

'Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra – Manhattan, introducing: Sentimental Me And Romantic You, Medley Fox-Trot from the Musical comedy “Garrick Gaities” (Lorenz Hart – Richard Rodgers), Victor 1925 (USA)  NOTE: “Manhattan” is the evergreen piece belonging to all-time American songbook, and here it is presented in a classical interpretation by Paul Whiteman. According to the early 1920s fashion, the tune is presented as “Medley” – meaning, it contains another melody intertwined into the original score - usually into its middle section, as kind of a refrain chorus. Fortunately, as late as in 1925 such remaking was already a rarity and the original tune was usually recorded in all its glory. I like this hit a lot, ever since I first heard it sung by Ella Fitzgerald in  a much slower almost nostalgic version, when the whole outstanding charme of this melody could be fully appreciated. Yet, back in the Roaring Twenties, the magic word “Manhattan”still meant something much more than our melancholy of today: it meant the verve, the pep, the vigour, the jungle of skyscrapers climbing up into the sky, the roar of hundreds of horns of the automobiles, the noise of jazz burstling out from the bars and magazines, and of course, on sidewalks - the clatter of heels of dozens of elegant and lively New York flappers. That’s why they played it much faster.' 

Tags: usa , Dance , 1920s , record , band , jazz , Jazz Age , great gatsby , roaring twenties , 78 rpm , Orchestra , Gramophone , shellac , 1925 , paul whiteman , amerykańska , orkiestra taneczna , lata dwudzieste , płyta gramofonowa , szelak

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