[Dixielandjazz] That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 08:03:01 PDT 2007


Any idea why I cannot get proper reception on redhotjazz?  It takes
ages to downloead and then either stumbles, or is so noisy as to be
impossible to listen!
Cheers

On 24/10/2007, Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Fun record, Richard. Thanks for posting it.
>
> Below is the same song about a year later with the story below. (source Red
> Hot Jazz Archives)
>
> "Marion Harris a rising star of vaudeville and musical theatre joined the
> Jazz fad on July 18th, 1917 with her version of the tune "When I Hear That
> Jazz Band Play". The song was another "instructional" record similar to
> Collins' and Harlan's "That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland". The lyrics of
> the song attempt to explain what Jazz is and how you were supposed to behave
> when you've heard some Jazz. The song was the closing number of Ziegfeld's
> Midnight Frolic in 1917. Some Jazz historians consider Marion Harris to be
> the first female Jazz singer to record. She continued to perform and record
> Jazz and Blues tunes throughout her career."
>
> http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/misc/thatfunnyjasband.ram
>
>
> To hear some of the early "jazz" records on the Red Hot site, go to to the
> below URL, read and click on the yellow highlighted bands etc.
>
> http://www.redhotjazz.com/jazz1917.html
>
> Also, listmates can surf the Red Hot site for Marion Harris and decide for
> themrselves whether or not she was the first female jazz singer to record.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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