houseisland
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Rock and Roll did not suddenly appear from nowhere. Swing did not just disappear. In the post-war years of the late 1940s and the early 1950s, there was a lot of interesting music. Was Woody Herman playing Rock and Roll without guitars in Caledonia, 1945? Was Tiny Bradshaw playing Swing with Train Kept a-Rollin', 1952? Who cares? It's pretty cool whatever it is. This stuff formed much of my dad's collection of party records. Being 78s, being fragile, and having been packed from party to party, very few of my dad's hipster records survived. Fewer again survived my 4 and 5 year old hands.
Canadian guitarist/vocalist, Colin James, takes a trip to visit this music in the TV special below. It is obviously a journey of love. Room Full of Horns, a downsized Room Full of Blues, accompanies Colin as The Little Big Band. There are two CDs of this music.
Pt. 1 http://youtu.be/P0OftFOFAy4
Pt. 2 http://youtu.be/n7KUOHhdolI
Pt. 3 http://youtu.be/UucVpU2y_uM
Pt. 4 http://youtu.be/MirGK4aFBWI
Pt. 5 http://youtu.be/hUaDepB_gJQ
Canadian guitarist/vocalist, Colin James, takes a trip to visit this music in the TV special below. It is obviously a journey of love. Room Full of Horns, a downsized Room Full of Blues, accompanies Colin as The Little Big Band. There are two CDs of this music.
Pt. 1 http://youtu.be/P0OftFOFAy4
Pt. 2 http://youtu.be/n7KUOHhdolI
Pt. 3 http://youtu.be/UucVpU2y_uM
Pt. 4 http://youtu.be/MirGK4aFBWI
Pt. 5 http://youtu.be/hUaDepB_gJQ