[Dixielandjazz] Haarlem Dixieland Band

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Fri Apr 20 15:34:40 PDT 2012


Thank you, Gerard.


>
>
>> A friend of mine has an LP under that title, issued on British Regal SREG
>> 2039.
>> Titles are:
>> Wastin' (St James Infirmary)
>> Near the Blues
>> In This Old Street (Closer Walk)
>> Comin' Threough theCords
>> Nobody's Girl
>> When I Grow Too Old to Dream
>> Just Look (Oh Susannah)
>> Big Delight (Turkish March)
>> Sunday
>> Up and Rising (Frere Jacques; cannot remember the English title right now)
>> Fishin' for Marlin
>> Deep Red Is the Colour of My Love
>> Swing Ding
>
>
> Nobody's Girl is a South African song called "Hier's ek weer" which means
> Here I am again.
> Big delight was made famous by Kenny Ball as "Rondo" and it's a composition
> by Mozart, not Chopin.

Just as I've written.


> The other tracks (2,4,11) are original compositions by one of the Dutch
> musicians.

Jean Bordeaux?  Doesn't sound Dutch.

 >In fact there are theree different bands on this LP, one of them
> the Down Town Jazz Band. The other two are formations specially formed for
> the occasion: taping some Muzak tracks, and were never intended to be issued
> on a commercial LP!

Actually, the record is quite good!  Could you specify who plays what?
 The Down Town Jazz Band may be well known in the Netherlands, but not
elsewhere.  As to the others - you have not even given their names!

With kind regards
>



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