Dance of the octopus, bughouse with irving mills and teddy wilson, the night is blue, a cigarette and a silhouette, congo blues, seein red, blues in e flat, hole in the wall, knockin on wood, decca stomp, tomboy, and 1234 jump. Red norvo biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Dance of the octopus 1935 red norvo 19081999 youtube performance. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba and later the vibraphone as viable jazz instruments. Beardstown, jdisc is a tool for exploring jazz recordings, with rich information on the artists, songs, and labels, and vast legacy of lps and cds that have. Dance of the octopus bass clarinet benny goodman guitar dick mcdonough xylophone, marimba, writtenby red norvo. Feather, leonard, the new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz, bonanza books, 1965. Red norvo was an american musician, one of jazzs early vibraphonists, known as mr. His major recordings included dance of the octopus, bughouse, knockin on wood, congo blues, and hole in the wall. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Red norvos dance of the octopus xylopholks youtube. Red norvo march 31, 1908 april 6, 1999 was one of jazzs early vibraphonists, known as mr.
All the while, red norvo was bringing the mallet instruments to jazz. In his the swing era, gunther schuller rates the former the most moving and sympathetic performance of that work, including beiderbecke s own, and the latter clearly the most advanced composition of the early thirties. Red norvo made both xylophone and vibes legitimate jazz instruments, helped create the blueprint for jazz vocal arrangements, laid the foundation for cool jazz, and remained vital throughout the swing, bop, and cool movements. From the first studio recordings to his 1936 orchestra covering the period 193336 and featuring charlie. He helped establish the xylophone and later the vibraphone as viable jazz instruments. Red norvo was born in beardstown, illinois, united states. Bass clarinet benny goodman guitar dick mcdonough writtenby beiderbecke xylophone, marimba red norvo. Dance of the octopus by red norvo cd, aug1995, hep uk. Jazz history books have poorly served this master of many idioms. An 60lb giant pacific octopus lays 100,000 eggs which takes 6 months to hatch. His career began in chicago with a band called the collegians in 1925. He began his career in chicago in the 1920s, where he helped establish the xylophone, marimba and the vibraphone as viable jazz instruments. The story goes that he sold his pet pony to help pay for his first marimba. Dance of the octopus the first 26 selections that xylophonist red norvo ever led are on this essential and generous cd.
By the early 1930s red had met and married mildred bailey, with whom he often appeared and recorded. Swing he was a sideman with the early stars of jazz, led one of the most admired bands on the swing era, and catalyzed the careers of. The first 26 selections that xylophonist red norvo ever led are on this essential and generous cd. Red norvo, kenneth norville, american jazz musician and swing bandleader born march 31, 1908, beardstown, ill. In fact, the original brunswick release had norvos arrangement of beiderbeckes in a mist on the reverse side.
Red norvo born kenneth norville, march 31, 1908 april 6, 1999 was an american musician, one of jazzs early vibraphonists, known as mr. He played with many other bands, including an allmarimba band on the vaudeville circuit, and the bands of paul whiteman, benny goodman, charlie barnet, and woody herman. With his norvo swing orchestra, he performed with artist to. Listen free to red norvo dance of the octopus knockin on wood, hole in the wall and more. Red norvo dance of the octopus hep records uk 1995 00. Tuesday, march 31, 1908 tuesday, april 6, 1999 birthplace. He recorded with mildred bailey his wife, billie holiday, dinah shore and frank. Red norvo was an unusual star during the swing era, playing jazz xylophone. Ricochet duo at troy savings bank music hall november 14. Buy red norvos album titled dance of the octopus to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Red norvo the jazz world may have written off this mallet instrument pioneer, but his musical legacy speaks for itself. Red norvo wrote and recorded dance of the octopus on this date in 1933, alongside his friends benny goodman here on bass clainet, bassist artie bernstein and guitarist dick mcdonough.
Red norvo, kenneth norville, american jazz musician and swing bandleader. Buy red norvo s album titled dance of the octopus to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it. Bix beiderbecke s in a mist and norvo s own dance of the octopus, accompanied by benny goodman in a rare performance playing a bass clarinet, dick mcdonough on guitar and artie bernstein on slap bass. Ive got my love to keep me warm red norvo and his orchestra 9.
This time, kapp was out of town and norvo went ahead and recorded two early pieces of chamber jazz. Swing he was a sideman with the early stars of jazz, led one of the most admired bands on the swing era, and catalyzed the careers of musicians like charles mingus. Tuesday, november 14, we present pianist rose chancler and percussionist jane. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The essential artie shaw by artie shaw 828766923926 cd. Red also began composing both jazz and concert pieces for his instrument, including the remarkable dance of the octopus. Beiderbecke inspired red novos curious dance of the octopus from 1933. Red norvo was born kenneth norville in beardstown, illinois.
The record company hep have issued three cds of red norvo recordings. Red norvo and his orchestra the red norvo orchestra a1. Norvo was born kenneth norville in beardstown, illinois. Red norvo suite is a collection of red norvo pieces arranged for percussion ensemble by william l. Dance of the octopus national jazz museum in harlem. Listen to dance of the octopus from red norvo s dance of the octopus for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. He helped to establish the xylophone, marimba and later the vibraphone as viable jazz instruments. He played marimba instead of xylophone in the second session, accompanied by benny goodman in a rare performance at bass clarinet, dick mcdonough on guitar, and artie. Among the many illustrious sidemen are future bandleaders benny goodman heard on bass clarinet during memorable versions of in a mist and dance of the octopus, jimmy dorsey, artie shaw, jack jenney, charlie barnet, and bunny berigan in addition to chu berry, teddy wilson, and gene krupa. Burton doesnt usually try to imitate anyone, although his versions of norvos hole in the wall and dance of the octopus are pretty much recreations.
Dance of the octopus, an album by red norvo on spotify. Born kenneth norville, he was one of jazz musics early vibraphonists, known as mr. This time, kapp was out of town and norvo went ahead and recorded two of the earliest, most modern pieces of chamber jazz yet recorded. Red norvo 19081999 began playing marimba professionally in 1925, making him a pioneer in the use of mallet instruments in jazz bands, and he continued performing and recording into the mid1980s, when a stroke ended his career. Joseph kenneth norville, aka red norvo, was born march 31, 1908 in beardstown. The unusual instrumentation consists of marimba, bass clarinet played by benny goodman, string bass mostly bowed, and drums. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Buy red norvos album titled dance of the octopus to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it. As would be expected from this company the transfers to cd are excellent and there is a wonderful clarity of sound.
Norvo notes the recording on the other side of this disc. In a mist by bix beiderbeckes and norvo s own dance of the octopus. Red norvo marimba, benny goodman bass clarinet, dick mcdonough guitar, artie bernstein bass. Originally published in the britannica book of the year. Red norvo, presents an especially acute challenge to jazz historians. Early jazz, swing cd red norvo dance of the octopus. Dance of the octopus in a mist by red norvo single. There had been successful meldings of the improvisation and swing of jazz with big classical forms at least as far back as red norvos 1933 dance of the octopus, but third stream caught on as a moniker and persuaded many listeners that the marriage was new.
The duke, the king and the city of jazz the new york times. Red norvo red norvo march 31, 1908 april 6, 1999 was one of jazzs early vibraphonists, known as mr. Cbc no longer distributes our dance of the octopus cd, which is unfortunate because it includes a lot of wonderful repertoire not available anywhere else. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba and later the vibraphone as. Red norvo xylophonist, vibraphonist musical innovator norvo the. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. Xylopholks march 16, 20 at the cuny graduate center elebash hall. Red norvo composed the following instrumentals during his career. Norvo destroyed a whole series of early compositions, similar to his dance of the octopus 1933, because jack kapp, the head of brunswick records, in his great business wisdom, regarded such music as meaningless rubbish and tore up norvos recording contract. Mar 01, 2017 when paul whiteman heard him play it, he got norvo a job with nbc in chicago. His recordings included dance of the octopus, bughouse, knockin on.
Norvo s career began in chicago with a band called the collegians, in 1925. Red norvo march 31, 1908 april 6, 1999 was an american jazz vibraphonist, known as mr. In january, 1989 nexus recorded a new cd for the canadian broadcasting companys musica viva label. Red norvo trio is an actor, known for screaming mimi 1958, texas carnival 1951 and varieties 1952. Along the way, the illinois native collaborated with many of the eras superstars, including. Of course, i started on the xylophone and marimba in the midtwenties, and up until then they were vaudeville instruments, clown. Apr 25, 2019 because hes a consistent and outstanding improviser, this album is a good one, but far from burtons best because of the conservatism of his playing in this context. The poet will receive 2440 prints, and octopus books will sell the 1640 from our website. The first, 1934 recordings of reds orchestra up through 1936. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. More than 1050000 cds, dvds, vinyls, games, technics, equipment and.
After he switched to vibes in 1943, norvo had a quieter yet noless fluent style than lionel hampton. Although no match for hampton popularitywise, norvo and his wife, singer mildred bailey, did become known as mr. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Apr 02, 1989 though he is very good on much of the 30s ellington he discusses, when he writes that the xylophonist and vibraphonist red norvo s dance of the octopus was clearly the most advanced. Among the many illustrious sidemen are future bandleaders benny goodman heard on bass clarinet during memorable versions of in a mist and dance. This collection includes breakfast breakdown, dance of the octopus, and knockin on wood. A truly great harpist, judy loman, joined us for two works by. The tunes were bix beiderbecke s classic, in a mist, and norvo s own dance of the octopus. May 23, 20 red norvo s dance of the octopus 1933 arr.
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