Musical Heritage Society: MHS 827531Y (MHS 7531--MHS 7532). "An authentic all-star jazz band augmented by violins and horns playing the exact original instrumentation of the landmark 1924 program ..."--Container. Dick Hyman (Confrey and Berlin works), Ivan Davis (Gershwin work), pianos ; Maurice Peress, conductor ; other instrumentalists. Program notes by the conductor on container. Issued also as cassettes (MHC 229531X) and compact discs (MHS 11238A).
Contents:
Livery stable blues / LaRocca (2:00) -- Mama loves Papa / Baer (3:23) -- Yes, we have no bananas / Silver -- So this is Venice / Thomas (4:48) -- Whispering / Schoenberger (3:11) -- Limehouse blues / Braham (2:46) -- Linger awhile / Rose (2:44) -- Raggedy Ann / Kern (2:58) -- Kitten on the keys / Confrey (2:29) -- Three little oddities / Confrey : Romanza (1:05), Impromptu (2:01), Novelette (1:39) -- Nickel in the slot / Confrey (2:02) -- Orange blossoms in California / Berlin (1:21) -- A pretty girl is like a melody / Berlin (1:28) -- Alexander's Ragtime Band / Berlin (1:38) -- Pomp and circumstance / Elgar ; Grofé (5:19) -- Russian rose / Grofé, DeRose (3:37) -- Pale moon / Logan (3:50) -- To a wild rose / MacDowell (2:06) -- Chansonette / Friml (2:52) -- A suite of serenades / Herbert : Spanish (1:44), Chinese (2:31), Cuban (2:28), Oriental (1:39) -- Rhapsody in blue / Gershwin (16:21).
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