Re: 1928 Oscar Levant Rhapsody in Blue
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:52 am
Levant made a recording in 1945 with Ormandy & the Philadelphia orchestra- easy to find set.
https://forum.talkingmachine.info/
Considering Gershwin died in 1937 the writer of that piece must have had an Ouija board for the interview.Ken Doyle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:50 pm I remember reading somewhere that Levant's 1945 Columbia Records recording of Rhapsody in Blue was Gershwin's favorite recording of the piece.
I also have a copy of the Frank Black / Levant version on Brunswick and like it better than the two Whiteman / Gershwin recordings.
The 1923 Lee de Forest sound film "Ben Bernie and All The Lads" has Oscar Levant on piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9BWZz1Alg
LOL The mind plays tricks as we age.gramophone-georg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:53 pmConsidering Gershwin died in 1937 the writer of that piece must have had an Ouija board for the interview.Ken Doyle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:50 pm I remember reading somewhere that Levant's 1945 Columbia Records recording of Rhapsody in Blue was Gershwin's favorite recording of the piece.
I also have a copy of the Frank Black / Levant version on Brunswick and like it better than the two Whiteman / Gershwin recordings.
The 1923 Lee de Forest sound film "Ben Bernie and All The Lads" has Oscar Levant on piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9BWZz1Alg
Don't I know that feeling. Say, what century IS this, anyway?Ken Doyle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:55 pmLOL The mind plays tricks as we age.gramophone-georg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:53 pmConsidering Gershwin died in 1937 the writer of that piece must have had an Ouija board for the interview.Ken Doyle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:50 pm I remember reading somewhere that Levant's 1945 Columbia Records recording of Rhapsody in Blue was Gershwin's favorite recording of the piece.
I also have a copy of the Frank Black / Levant version on Brunswick and like it better than the two Whiteman / Gershwin recordings.
The 1923 Lee de Forest sound film "Ben Bernie and All The Lads" has Oscar Levant on piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9BWZz1Alg
Something seems to be up at the redhotjazz site! It's all different from when I last visited. Anybody know what gives?52089 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:22 pm All I know comes from the Red Hot Jazz website, which produced this timeline of the early RIB recordings:
http://www.redhotjazz.com/rhapsody.html
Ben Bernie must have been into Ouiji boards as well. How else could his band play "Rose Marie" before Rudolf Friml wrote it?Ken Doyle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:50 pm The 1923 Lee de Forest sound film "Ben Bernie and All The Lads" has Oscar Levant on piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9BWZz1Alg