Cornell Smelser, "Rhapsody in Blue," jazz accordion & banjo (1929) – USC MIRC скачать в хорошем качестве

Cornell Smelser, "Rhapsody in Blue," jazz accordion & banjo (1929) – USC MIRC

Excerpted from Fox Movietone News Story 4-342 "Adagio dancers--outtakes" Filmed November 29, 1929 on top of the Chanin Building in New York City. The original film is preserved and made available with permission from the University of South Caroline MIRC: Moving Image Research Collections Full clip and documentation here: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/co... Cornell Smelser was a jazz accordionist and session-musician in 1920s and 30s New York. This is a short clip of him and a banjo player rehearsing a fragment of "Rhapsody in Blue." George Gershwin is said to have granted Cornell special permission to play "Rhapsody" after they met in an elevator. The accordionist played and recorded with Jean Goldkette, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, and many others. He recorded his most well-known composition, "Accordion Joe" a number of times, including once with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. (Did Ellington make more recordings with accordionists?) Any help identifying the banjo player (who unfortunately interrupts the performance) would be most welcome. Cornell (he legally adopted this stage name) caught tuberculosis and ended his career when he could no longer play the heavy accordion in about 1932. He kept the jeweled "Cornell" nameplate featured on the instrument in this film (it is in the possession of his family today), and reportedly sold his finest accordion to his friend Fred Astaire (who played). Cornell then travelled back to his birthplace in Hungary before recovering from his illness and moving to California, where he lived until his death in 1993. He had many friends in the entertainment world, but didn't play accordion again. The earlier parts of the full, 9 minute film consist of shots of an acrobatic 1920s dance group rehearsing on a stage built at the edge of the skyscraper's roof. (It looks scary and chilly.) The musicians are heard throughout the soundtrack playing more fragments of "Rhapsody in Blue", but not visible except for this isolated shot at the end. The dance company in the longer video features the Russian dancer Natacha Natova (Nattova). There's more videos of her athletic performances online, and much more information about her on Roy Bauer's entertaining blog, "My Natacha Nattova obsession." http://natachanattova.blogspot.com