[Dixielandjazz] Re: The New Dan Levinson CD is Here!

[Robert S. Ringwald]

 Forwarded from Dan Levinson:

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From: <LOUPGAROUS at aol.com>
To: <LOUPGAROUS at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:57 AM
Subject: The New Dan Levinson CD is Here!



Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of my  latest CD on the _Stomp
Off_ (http://stompoffrecords.com)  label:

Dan Levinson and his Canary  Cottage Dance Orchestra
CRINOLINE DAYS




Click on the following link to a page on my  website with a printable order
form:

_http://www.danlevinson.com/orderform.htm_
(http://www.danlevinson.com/orderform.htm)

You may also pay by credit card or with foreign  currency by using my
_PayPal_ (https://www.paypal.com)  account:  _loupgarous at aol.com_
(mailto:loupgarous at aol.com)

A full year in the making, "Crinoline Days" is  a collection of dance 
numbers
played in the unique manner of the long  forgotten _Frisco Jazz Band_
(http://www.redhotjazz.com/frisco.html) , who in 1917 recorded the  first 
"jazz"
records to be issued on the Edison label, featuring  C-melody saxophone 
virtuoso
Rudy Wiedoeft.  Despite the Frisco Jazz Band's  name, the music they played 
is
really a hybrid of ragtime and jazz, a  style we of the "in" crowd like to
call "rag-a-jazz."

Acclaimed author/musician/songwriter _Ian  Whitcomb_
(http://www.picklehead.com/ian.html)  has provided some informative liner 
notes,  supplemented by
contributions from Frisco Jazz Band authority Doug  Caldwell and myself. 
I'm
surrounded by a stellar group of  musicians - _Jenny  Scheinman_
(http://jennyscheinman.com)  on violin, _David Sager_ 
(http://davidsager.com)  on  trombone,
John Gill on banjo, Conal Fowkes on piano, and Kevin Dorn on  drums. 
"Crinoline
Days" also includes four-part barbershop harmony  vocals by the Blue Amberol
Quartette - Larry Bomback, Eddie Holt, Brad  Verebay, and Neal Siegal -
featured on  six numbers.


Rather than being a re-creation, "Crinoline Days"  features new arrangements
of popular songs from the early 1900s,  including spirited fox-trots, brisk
one-steps, and dreamy, sentimental  ballads.  Here's a list of the tunes 
(some
of these are medleys, which  explains how we fit so many songs on the CD):

SMILE, SMILE, SMILE (Pack Up Your Troubles in Your  Old Kit Bag)
PRETTY BABY
JUST LIKE A BUTTERFLY (That’s Caught in the  Rain)
FLOATIN’ DOWN TO COTTON TOWN
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
LET IT RAIN, LET  IT POUR (I’ll Be in Virginia in the Morning)
MY CASTLE IN SPAIN
ROSES OF  PICARDY
GOOD-BYE BROADWAY, HELLO FRANCE!
UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE
IDA!  SWEET AS APPLE CIDER
SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON
NELLIE KELLY, I LOVE  YOU
IT’S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY
I WANT A GIRL (Just Like the Girl that Married Dear  Old Dad)
SCHUBERT’S “SERENADE”
SERENADE BLUES
DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING  PALMS
MEMORIES
AT THE BALL, THAT’S ALL
IF I HAD MY WAY
A RING TO THE  NAME OF ROSIE
OLD MAN SUNSHINE (Little Boy Bluebird)
MY SUNNY  TENNESSEE
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME
CANARY COTTAGE
IT’S ALWAYS  ORANGE DAY IN CALIFORNIA
JAZZIN’ THE BLUES AWAY
SOME SUNNY  DAY
CRINOLINE DAYS

This particular CD required a tremendous amount of  research and 
preparation,
but I am truly proud of the results.  I hope you  will enjoy listening to it
as much as we enjoyed making it.

Dan Levinson
_www.danlevinson.com_ (http://www.danlevinson.com)