Best of worldmusic review for 2012 – May

And the winner is – Amadeus , followed by Benny and  the Mafia :-)

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Music from Austria – Deladap!

Deladap is an asutrian music project with musicians from Tschechia, Serbia , Bosnia and Herzegowina  and  Russia which combines Roma and Sinthi (Gypsi ) music  with electronic music , swing and pop music. The Name deladap is a Roma word and means in englisch “Give me the beat !”  the Homepage of Deladap  really a worldmusic group ^^Her is one of their newest songs “Crazy Swing”

 

Music from the US – Benny Goodman

“Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” is a 1936 song, written by Louis Prima and first recorded by him with the New Orleans Gang and released in March 1936 as a 78 as Brunswick 7628 (with “It’s Been So Long” as the B side). It is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. It was covered by Fletcher Henderson and most famously Benny Goodman.

The Benny Goodman’s version

When I learned Quickstep, I danced it with the rhythm of this song

Music from the US – Louis Amstrong

Louis Amstrong(1901-1971), was a great US-american jazz, swing, dixieland and traditional pop singer and trumpeter. Here’s his great classic “What A Wonderful World“:

Music from the US – Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan(1908-1975), was an US-american jazz, blues and swing pioneer from Arkansas. Here’s his nice song “Choo Choo Ch’boogie“:

This was a Music-Suggestion from Frank, thanks!

Music from the US – The New Jerk Times

The New Jerk Times are a garage, house and swing group from New York. Here’s their song “fYou’re Somebody Even If Nobody Loves You”:

Music from the US – Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald(1917-1996), was an US-american jazz and swing singer, also known as the First Lady Of Song. Here’s her wonderful song “Summertime“, from 1940, a real jazz classics, which we listened to last week in our music lesson: