Results for "Joe Venuti"

Barrett Deems: Deemus

by Nic Jones
June 20, 2010

Drummer Barrett Deems was a man with a pedigree, who took in stints with violinist Joe Venuti from 1937 to 1944, and a four-year run with trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the 1950s. The first years of the following decade found him keeping the musical company of trombonist Jack Teagarden. All of these affiliations are clues to ...

The Story of Jazz Guitar

by AAJ Staff
January 27, 2009

While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...

China Boy

Featuring the music of Joe Venuti
Duration: 3:49
July 28, 2007

Joe & Zoot & More

By Joe Venuti

Label: Chiaroscuro Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: I Found A New Baby; There

Original Recordings 1926 - 1931

By Joe Venuti

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 2002

Joe Venuti: Joe & Zoot & More

by C. Michael Bailey
October 4, 2002

The Sad Clown as Phoenix... Giuseppi Venuti (1903—1978) was born en route to America form Italy. He claimed Philadelphia as home, and Philadelphia claims him as a favorite son. Venuti and childhood chum Eddie Lang provided the American violin/guitar foil to European team of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Venuti and Lang made some of the ...

Never Before...Never Again

By Joe Venuti

Label:
Released: 2001
Track listing: You Know You Belong To Someone Else; Feeling Free An Easy; Almost Like Being In Love; Autumn Leaves; I Want To Be Happy; Summertime; I Remember Joe; Angelina; Interview With Tony Romano; New England In The Fall; It

Joe Venuti/Tony Romano: Never Before...Never Again

by Mark Corroto
January 1, 2001

In today’s world, getting this many Italian-Americans together in one place probably violates some racketeering laws. But back in the early 1950s, come to think of it, was probably a crime too! Violinist Joe Venuti (1903-1978) achieved lasting jazz fame for his duets with guitarist Eddie Lang in the 1920s and 1930s. He worked with Louis ...

Doin' Things

By Joe Venuti

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 1984

Hot Swing Fiddler - Radio Jazz Violin Classics

By Joe Venuti

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 1981