[Dixielandjazz] Leo Reisman

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LEO REISMAN and his Hotel Brunswick  Orchestra
Vitaphone Reel 770, March 1929

Restored about 14 years  ago, film for this short was much sought-after 
because the surviving Vitaphone  disc clearly featured African-American hot 
trumpeter James "Bubber" Miley. The  question was, how was he presented 
on-screen? Showing a mixed-race ensemble on a  cinema screen was completely 
verboten in America in the twenties and into the  Thirties. This finally-located 
mute element resolves that conundrum...Anyone who  thinks of the Leo Reisman 
band as tending to sweet and commercial will be  completely surprised by this 
film, it has true jazz. The excellent vocalist is  Paul Small.

Songs: "Moochie (Ellington), "Water of Perkiomen," "If I had  You," 
"Hyo-Mio," "Milenberg Joys," "Lonely," "Some of these  days."

http://youtu.be/KY8j8mIEWsw

Enjoy!

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