MIKE SPECIALE ORCH.: 'A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You', rec. 17 Dec. 1925. скачать в хорошем качестве

MIKE SPECIALE ORCH.: 'A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You', rec. 17 Dec. 1925.

MIKE SPECIALE [from Wikipedia]: is known to have an organized band by mid 1921 that was based in Norfolk, Virginia, his place of residence at the time. In 1924 he was the office manager for Cosmopolitan Orchestras, Inc., Ray Miller's booking agency. By mid-1929 he was based out of New York, though touring extensively across the eastern half of the United States, and had named his musical outfit the "Crusaders." His orchestra gained significant popularity in the Coal Region. Beginning October 1924 and ending February 1929, Speciale recorded nearly one hundred sides, appearing on Apex Records, Cameo Records, Edison Records, Harmony Records, Homochord [de], Lincoln Records,, Pathé Records, Perfect Records, Regal Recordings and Romeo Records. Besides "Mike Speciale and His Orchestra", these recordings appear under the names "Carlton Terrace Orchestra", "Eldon's Dance Orchestra", "Lenox Dance Orchestra", and "Windsor Orchestra." Mistakenly, recordings also appear as "Lanin's Arcadians" and "Ben Selvin and His Orchestra". The personnel of MIKE SPECIALE AND HIS HOTEL CARLTON TERRACE ORCHESTRA, recorded at Edison's Fifth Avenue (NY) studio on 17 December 1925 is as follows: Mike Speciale - violin & director. Jesse Berkman - clarinet - soprano sax - alto sax.Unknown - tenor sax, baritone sax. Sam Rose - piano. Lou de Fabbia - banjo. Tom Speciale - brass bass. Herman Berkin - drums. Vocal by Arthur Hall. There may be an unknown second trumpet on this performance. In 1931 he made a series of electrical transcriptions for radio distribution. The Speciale orchestra was one of the first "name" orchestras to appear regularly on radio transmissions, and became known nationally through broadcasts from WEAF, WJZ, and WLW. His orchestra was also carried on the CBS radio network. His broadcast tagline was "Mike at the mike." Mike Speciale's primary instrument was the violin. His band focused on melody and dance-ability, but injected jazz flavorings into the performances. His repertoire was drawn from jazz and blues material of the period, as well themes from classical music. This size of his orchestra was larger than average, and he at times used the number of personnel in the group in the same, such as "Mike Speciale and his Fourteen Crusaders." Dance hall managers attested that Speciale's catchphrase "Everybody Dance!" was not empty advertising, based on the number of patrons actively participating on the floor. A portion of Speciale's recordings are of interest to collectors of "hot dance" and jazz music of the 1920s. The show for which this tune was intended was recorded some months before it opened in New York. Andre Charlot's British Revue of 1926 was transplanted completely for its New York opening, together with its stars - the Canadian Beatrice Lillie, the British Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan. It was the third highly successful time that an edition of Charlot's Revue had been transplanted to New York in this way - previously done for Charlot's Revue in 1924 and 1925.