1930's and 1940's music for those who enjoy it

[Rhetoric Camel]

I enjoy some swing jazz big band music from the 30's and 40's so I'm just posting some at random... feel free to throw in some of this type of music if you're into it.

YouTube - COUNT BASIE Swingin' the Blues, 1941 HOT big band swing jazz

YouTube - Count Basie Orchestra - One O' Clock Jump

YouTube - Sammy Davis & Count Basie

I wish this stuff would come back in full swing (no pun intended)

YouTube - Sammy Davis & Count Basie

YouTube - SAMMY DAVIS JR & COUNT BASIE - WORK SONG

 

[JustKryssi]

I got to go to a WWII USO re-enactment on an old battleship last year and we all dressed up in period costume. They had soldiers and a jazz band. So dreamy...

This is my favorite song from that era:

YouTube - Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

Another fave:
YouTube - Benny Goodman -Sing Sing Sing

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

This song is from the 70's but I'm going to post it here anyway, has that old sound to

Wiki Article "Prisencolinensinainciusol" [prizɛnkɔlɪnsɪnɛnʧʲuzəl] is a song composed by Adriano Celentano, and performed by Celentano and his wife, singer/actress-turned-record producer Claudia Mori. A very popular performance of the song, broadcasted by RAI, shows Celentano with showgirl Raffaella Carrà, who is dancing and lyp-synching to Mori's vocals. It was first released as a single on November 3, 1972, and later on his album Nostalrock. The lyrics are pure gibberish, often described as sounding like American English as heard by a non–English-speaker

In an interview, Celentano explains that the song is about "incommunicability" because in modern times people are not able to communicate to each other anymore. He added the only word we need is prisencolinensinainciusol, which is supposed to stand for "universal love".
Celentano's rationale for the song was that, after releasing albums about ecology and social issues, "having just recorded an album of songs that meant something, I wanted to do something that meant nothing".

YouTube - Prisencolinensinainciusol

 

[JustKryssi]

^^^That was really interesting!

This one is from the 90's but in the same vein of updating an old style:

YouTube - US 3 - Cantaloop

 

[JustKryssi]

And another from the 90's:

YouTube - Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)...

 

[Surf Monkey]

Awesome. I love pre and post war Jazz. I got so into it at one point that I taught myself basic trumpet a few years ago.

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

Awesome. I love pre and post war Jazz. I got so into it at one point that I taught myself basic trumpet a few years ago.

That is awesome, I'd love to play in a band that does that style of music... hell I'd love to just be able to play like that.

I remember long car rides with my grandpa as I was a kid, he always had it on the big band radio station, good ol' AM radio. There would be old classical music, along with swing jazz. Listening to it all now is amazing and brings back some great old memories.

As I figured though this topic isn't very popular, it's a shame really. I'd love to be introduced to more of this style of music... preferably from that time period, not new reintroductions to it... although they're always nice to hear to.