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In 1928 in jazz:[1]

Standards

  • "Basin Street Blues"[2][3][4] is a blues song written by Spencer Williams and introduced by Louis Armstrong. Trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden recorded the song several times, first in 1929 with the Louisiana Rhythm Kings. Teagarden's 1931 recording with The Charleston Chasers, led by Benny Goodman, popularized the song. An additional verse was later added by Teagarden and Glenn Miller, who also claimed to have written the lyrics for the chorus.[5]
  • "Crazy Rhythm"[6] is a show tune composed by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Here's Howe by Ben Bernie, who also made a successful vocal recording.[7] Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra recorded it the same year with vocalist Franklyn Baur. The song has inspired the names of several albums, jazz groups, organizations and nightclubs.[8]
  • "Creole Love Call"[9][10] is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington, James "Bubber" Miley and Rudy Jackson.[11] It was based on the melody of "Camp Meeting Blues" by Joe "King" Oliver.[12] Ellington's recording is known for the wordless vocal performance by Adelaide Hall.[11][13] The tune is also known as "Creole Love Song".[9]
  • "If I Had You" is a popular ballad by Irving King (a pseudonym for James Campbell and Reginald Connelly) and Ted Shapiro. It was popularized in Britain by Al Bowlly with Fred Elizalde and His Orchestra, and shortly thereafter by Rudy Vallée in the United States. It was marketed as "the favorite fox-trot of the Prince of Wales". The first jazz recording was made in 1941 by Benny Goodman's sextet. Art Blakey recorded a memorable ballad version with saxophonist Lou Donaldson in 1954.[14]
  • "Lover, Come Back to Me"[15] is a show tune from the Broadway show The New Moon, composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Paul Whiteman, the Arden-Ohman Orchestra and Rudy Vallée all recorded hit versions in 1929 while the musical was running. Billie Holiday performed the song on several records, first in 1944.[16] Nat King Cole revived the song in 1953.[17] A part of the composition was based on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Barcarolle.[16][17]
  • "Mack The Knife" is a song from The Threepenny Opera, composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. Originally called "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" in German, the song was translated into English by Marc Blitzstein in 1954. The first jazz recording was made by Sidney Bechet in 1954 under the title "La Complainte de Mackie". Louis Armstrong's 1955 version established the song's popularity in the jazz world.[18] It is also known as "The Ballad of Mack the Knife".[18]
  • "Nagasaki"[19] is a jazz song composed by Harry Warren with lyrics by Mort Dixon. It was first recorded by Friar's Society Orchestra.[20] The Ipana Troubadors made a hit recording in 1928.[21] The most famous jazz versions were recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936 and 1947.[21] Fletcher Henderson played it in 1934 in the Harlem Opera House as the "national anthem of Harlem".[22]
  • "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise"[2][23] is a song from the Broadway show The New Moon, composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The first jazz recording was made by Artie Shaw in 1938.[24] The tune was a regular number in the Modern Jazz Quartet's repertoire; it was already considered a standard when the group recorded their first rendition in 1952.[25][26]
  • "Sweet Lorraine"[27] is a song composed by Cliff Burwell with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Teddy Wilson's version was the first to make the pop charts in 1935.[28] The song is closely associated with Nat King Cole, who recorded it in 1940 and several times afterwards.[28] According to a common story, Cole's singing career started in 1938 when a drunk customer insisted on the pianist singing "Sweet Lorraine" during a show.[28][29]


References

  1. ^ "History of Jazz Time Line: 1928". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference The Real Vocal Book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Real Book, Volume II, p. 37
  4. ^ Listed in The New Real Book, Volume I
  5. ^ "Basin Street Blues". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Real Jazz Book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Jasen 2002, p. 41
  8. ^ "Crazy Rhythm". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  9. ^ a b "The Creole Love Call". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  10. ^ The Real Book, Volume III, p. 88
  11. ^ a b Cipolla & Hunsberger 2006, p. 82
  12. ^ Lawrence 2001, p. 112
  13. ^ Schuller 1986, p. 330
  14. ^ "If I Had You". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  15. ^ The Real Book, Volume III, p. 258
  16. ^ a b "Lover, Come Back to Me". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  17. ^ a b Hischak 2007, p. 168
  18. ^ a b "Mack The Knife". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  19. ^ "Nagasaki". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  20. ^ Jasen 2002, pp. 143–144
  21. ^ a b Corliss, Richard (5 October 2001). "That Old Feeling: We Need Harry Warren". Time. Time.
  22. ^ Magee 2005, p. 182
  23. ^ The Real Book, Volume II, p. 355
  24. ^ "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  25. ^ Gioia, Ted. "The Modern Jazz Quartet: Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise". Jazz.com. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  26. ^ Giddins 2004, p. 129
  27. ^ The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 369
  28. ^ a b c "Sweet Lorraine". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  29. ^ "Nat "King" Cole at All About Jazz". Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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