Most jazz I don't really like. I find it boring.
BUT, old-school, New Orleans style, big band jazz I most certainly DO like. And that's where the Cangelosi Cards come in.
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| Twinkle lights + Cangelosi Cards = Retro Romance |
I heard them play live at the Telephone Bar in NYC years ago and was BLOWN AWAY. They are so much fun, and their singer Tamar Korn has the most amazing voice: high-pitched, girly, yet growly when it needs to be. They sound like they came straight outta the 1920's or '30's.
Super old-school, they are a jazz band with lindy, swing, folk, and blues influences.
So, today's GOOD SONG is "Get Some Cash For Your Trash," which you can listen to on the Down Home Radio Show website. Listen to it here: Cash For Your Trash
I also want to post some videos of theirs:
This song, Dinah, is great. And listen to that harmonica! IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A HARMONICA! It sounds like the lovechild of a harmonica and a trumpet... or something like that.
And THIS VIDEO (it's "Millenburg Joys" ) is also GREAT. Look at those dancers! What a fun time everyone is having. Both of these videos were filmed at the fabulous Glen Echo Park (in their Bumper Car Pavilion) right near me outside DC. I've been there a bunch of times, and it's a whole lotta fun. What's amazing to me is how much people LOVE to dance to them-- not just at Glen Echo, which is the whole point of going to Glen Echo, but also at places like the Telephone Bar. When I saw them there (they used to have weekly gigs there before the place closed) they played in a TINY room with no dance floor, and yet people still got up and danced up a storm. Where there's a will, there's a way...
If you want to buy their album, go here: Los Musicos Viajeros. It's fantastic!
If you like the Cangelosi Cards, you might also like some of these guys (some old, some new):
Dean Mora
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Whispering Jack Smith
Billie Holiday
Glenn Miller
Benny Goodman
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Over and out,
Anna
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