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Tony Rees 1975 Häns'che Weiss recording from Cambridge UK
Hi all, as I mentioned in another thread, I have a small number of "historic" Gypsy Jazz recordings I have made over the years (but fewer than I would like...). Upcoming is a freshly digitised performance of the Häns'che Weiss Quintet at Cambridge Folk Festival 1975, recorded from the audience on a budget mono cassette machine, but surprisingly listenable! I may make the same available on youtube in a while for others, but you can hear it here first (mp3 quality, if you want the wav file I can upload it somewhere). Track list (provisional titles) is:
- ??
- Autumn Leaves
- Undecided
- Fuli Tschai
- Nuages
- Russian Lullaby
- It Don't Mean A Thing
- All of Me (?)
- Bye Bye Blues (?)
Personnel (from the programme notes): Häns'che Weiss (lead guitar), Titi Winterstein (age 18) (violin), Holzmano Winterstein (rhythm guitar), Ziroli Winterstein (rhythm guitar), Hojak Merstein (bass). Any corrections/additions to the track listing welcome.
Enjoy... :)
For some reason I am having trouble attaching the file; I will post this anyway and attempt to post the file as a follow up...
Regards - Tony
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For some reason my internet is not working adequately for file transfer - will try again tomorrow :) - Tony
Here is the music (second try...)
BTW the band is introduced during "All of Me" (just listening as I write this), personnel corresponding with the list given in the programme notes reproduced above.
Tony
Hey - Thanks this is great! more please when you get time!!!
OK - now live on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0TjipJs08 for your enjoyment and that of friends...
Cheers - Tony
The Russian Lullaby sounds like it could be Le temps du muguet/ Midnight in Moscow as discussed here recently.
<i>Les Nuits de Moscou</i>
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Nuits_de_MoscouHi Bill, I have not chased down the 1955 song you suggest, but I'm pretty sure this is the well known song by Irving Berlin dating from 1927, see here (chorus starts around 1:30 in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I768Tqriz2Q . Oscar Aleman recorded a neat version in 1939, the intro of which is pretty well quoted note for note in the HCW performance, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35QvCm4BVg4 (pretty amazing when everything you want to find is now on youtube - especially older stuff!).
Yup, "Midnight in Moscow" is a different tune/song, see here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBgfMf3HZs
On a historical note, this show was my first exposure to "real" gypsy jazz, back in the seventies (not counting Stephane Grappelli with Diz Disley and Denny Wright, performing in that format from a couple of years before). One has to hand it to the festival organisers for booking this band for a folk festival, at which most attendees - myself included - would not have much clue about what they were doing in terms of either repertoire or technique!. -Tony