Swing in London: Billy Thorburn Orch. -The Organ, The Dance Band and Me - Little Gypsy Of The 7 Seas

Описание: The Organ, The Dance Band and Me (Billy Thorburn's Band) - Little Gypsy Of The Seven Seas (Connor & O'Connor) Slow Fox-Trot with Vocal Refrain, Odeon ca 1938 (UK)

NOTE: Billy THORBURN was a British pianist, organist and bandleader. He was a son of a church verger and in age of 9 he became the church organist at the Holy Trinity, Kensington. As a piano and organ virtuose, he formed the unique combination of piano and pipe-organ in a dance band playing. In mid-late 1930s he led one of Britain's most successfull bands: Billy Thorburn & His Music, also appearing on labels as The Organ, The Dance Band and Me. Billy Thorburn's music was never 'hot' in a jazz sense, in fact it seldom swung in the manner of the contemporary swing music that most bands were emulating in the late 1930's. His music was straight, almost strict tempo, impeccably played. Recording engineers of the time must have seen it as a great challenge to skillfully record a pipe organ, a dance band, Billy's piano solos and a vocalist at one session. These records are a remarkable achievement and are now essential to illustrate the fact the dance band scene wasn't all jazz and star vocalists.