[Dixielandjazz] Re: Rakhmaninov's prelude (and more)

[Arnold Day]

And as a follow-up, courtesy of www.redhotjazz.com, Eckstein recorded with
the Melody Kings in Montreal in 1922 to 1924. So jazz made it North of the
border quite early and they sound quite good.

See:      http://www.redhotjazz.com/melodykings.html

He co-composed (with Billy Munro) the evergreen jazz classic "Hey. You Want
Any Cod Fish? (We Only Have Mackeral Today)." Presumably for contractual
reasons , they used the pseudonyms Ira Fish and Ura Herring.

There some pretty modern trombone playing for 1923 on 'Limehouse Blues', and
Eckstein has a pretty nice and amusing piano solo on 'Music Makes the World
Go Round.'

Cheers,
Arn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnold Day" <arnieday at optonline.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Rakhmaninov's prelude (and more)


> Dan...... a little information.
> http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/m2-1008-e.html
> Arn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:03 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Rakhmaninov's prelude (and more)
>
>
> > There was an era when it was fashionable to  arrange a classical piece
in
> > ragtime, some say. I just noted on a great 2 CD  set I have, A Century
Of
> > Ragtime, 1897--1997, there is a piece  entitled Musical Massacre
> apparently composed
> > by Mimi Blais and  performed by Willie Eckstein in 1923 in Montreal.
This
> is
> > Chopin's  Revolutionary Etude done up in ragtime, if you could believe
it,
> and
> > something's happening here. The blurb states Eckstein is "the world's
> > foremost  cinematic interpreter" (whatever that is) and that he
astounded
> all with
> > his  flawless technique and ability to create brilliant ragtime
> arrangements
> > based  upon classical themes. Anyone ever hear of this guy? He sure
plays
> damned
> > good.
> >
> > Dan (piano fingers)  Spink
> >
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