It's from the film "Sun Valley Serenade", released in August 1941 (~ 4 months before Pearl Harbor, to frame it into a timeline) but, since I've never seen it, for me it would be a new film 😄
Someone here was giving examples of cultural appropriation and like half of it was #Jewish#Swing musicians. Denying the influence of #klezmer on #Jazz is almost as bad as denying the influence of #blues and #ragtime... But I guess that that would be considered an embarrassment, like a problematic fave from an author's youth, or an ill-considered early collaboration...
They'll edit us out of #American cultural history just like they did from Poland to Iraq. Nu... Nothing is new under the sun.
Today in Labor History December 18, 1830: The "Swing Rioters" went on trial on this date. The rioters were agricultural laborers who fought for a minimum wage during the early decades of the 19th century. During this time, England shifted from self-sufficient, open fields to farms rented by tenant farmers. Technology, including the increasing use of threshers, and a surplus of labor, drove down wages. Farm workers in the "swing" counties of the south and east of England responded by destroying farm machinery. Hundreds were arrested, jailed and executed.
My wife Sharon and I have been taking lessons since April of last year. We’re proud of this, but we’re also having a lot of fun and that’s what’s most important.
„Es gibt Menschen in der Partei [#DieLinke], die in Fragen des #Antisemitismus eine klare Haltung haben, auf die man sich in dieser Hinsicht verlassen kann“, sagte [#AndrejHermlin]. „Aber wir haben sehr starke Kräfte, die stehen in der Tradition der deutschen Linken in Ost und West, die den Terrorismus der Araber verwechseln mit Freiheitskampf und #Israel für ein imperialistisches Projekt halten.“
for #mittwochmetalmix let's try to push boundries of what #metal really is shall we? and i know a perfect band who does that: Diablo Swing Orchestra.
do you want #jazz with your metal? maybe you like #swing ing around? perhaps you also want a bit of #classicalmusic? mayhaps you also like to sprinkle in #electronic music. well they got you covered.
i saw them live and loved their energy. if what i said sounds interesting, give them a shot! i hope you like them! (also thank you @Kitty, for hosting the event)
After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt with Stephane Grapelli, 1949 (m.youtube.com)
A late version, in postwar Rome. Earlier versions with Quintette du Hot Club here (includes vocal) and here....
Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington Orchestra with Paul Gonsalves solo, Newport Festival, 1956. (Assembled footage) (m.youtube.com)
I love swing... but for me it is always eternally leading up to that midsummer midnight moment in 1956 when Paul Gonsalves' tenor sax takes flight....
Caravan Palace - Lone Digger - 2015 (www.youtube.com)
Hey, brother, what you thinking?...