[Dixielandjazz] Question regarding Isle Of Capri

[Stan Brager]

Happy New Year, Bert.

Regarding "Isle Of Capri"

The "Jazz Discography V. 12" lists the following:

Wingy Malone  - Mar  8, 1935
Adrian Rollini    - Aug 19, 1936
Irving Fazola     - May  7, 1940
Ken Colyer        - Apr 19, 1953
Duke Ellington  - Apr 26, 1954

I realize the Ellington doesn't belong on this list, but he's a great
favorite of mine. I did not look beyond 1954.

Stan
Stan Brager
stanbrager at gmail.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bert [mailto:mister_bertje at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 2:47 PM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Question regarding Isle Of Capri

Dear fellow listmates,

First of all I wish you all everything fine for 2019. 

Then I have a question regarding the tune: Isle Of Capri. 

I needed some background information, learned that the composer Wilhelm
Grosz was from Austria, was an ambitious composer at first in the modern
classical music world, but then became popular song composer in England in
1934. (without a doubt he needed the money, don't we all to some extent?)
There Northern Irish Jimmy Kennedy put words to Isle Of Capri. (Italian
island not too far away from Pompei, Vulcano Vesuvius and Napoli)  

The first recordings of Isle Of Capri were by British dancebands. That
started in '34. Same year also allready USA dancebands.
The first "Jazz" recording thus far I could find was by Wingy Manone, 1935.

Then there are Danceband recordings again, until Ken Colyer, with Barber and
Sunshine made another "jazz" recording in 1953. (I hope I don't have to
explain the difference between a Jazz and danceband recording how I feel it,
at the moment) 

So my question to this group:

*	are there any "Jazz" recordings that I should know of, between '35 -
Manone and '53 - Ken Colyer? 

Somehow I would like to try to find out where Colyer got the idea from, to
record it.


Any help/suggestion are very much appreciated!


Kind regards,


Bert Brandsma