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Dear fellow listmates,</div>
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First of all I wish you all everything fine for 2019. </div>
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Then I have a question regarding the tune: Isle Of Capri. </div>
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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) </div>
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The first recordings of Isle Of Capri were by British dancebands. That started in '34. Same year also allready USA dancebands.</div>
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The first "Jazz" recording thus far I could find was by Wingy Manone, 1935.</div>
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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) </div>
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So my question to this group:</div>
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<li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">are there any "Jazz" recordings that I should know of, between '35 - Manone and '53 - Ken Colyer? </font></li></ul>
<font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">Somehow I would like to try to find out where Colyer got the idea from, to record it.</font></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">Any help/suggestion are very much appreciated!</font></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">Kind regards,</font></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bert Brandsma</font></div>
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