Jelly Roll Morton famously cited the "Spanish Tinge," but jazz has also been influenced by "classical" music. I'm calling this the "Classical Tinge." This began well before the term "Third Stream" was coined by Gunther Schuller in the 1950's. In fact, as soon as jazz-influenced dance bands (or dance-influenced jazz bands) began to record, we began to hear this happen. I hope you enjoy this look at some of tunes from 1920-1931 that had a Classical Tinge.
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Playlist:
Paul Whiteman Orchestra "The Japanese Sandman" (Jazz, 1920) on Victor
Paul Whiteman Orchestra "Thais" (Jazz, 1924) on Victor
Hitchs Happy Harmonists "Boneyard Shuffle" (Jazz, 1925) on Gennett
Ross Gorman And His Earl Carroll Orchestra "Rhythm of the Day" (Jazz, 1925) on Columbia
Bix Beiderbecke "Humpty Dumpty" (Jazz, 1927) on Parlophone
Fletcher Henderson "Whiteman Stomp" (Jazz, 1927) on Columbia
Bix Beiderbecke "In a Mist" (Jazz, 1927) on Okeh
Romain Baud "Flashes (By Bix)" Jazz, 2011)
Red Nicholls & His Five Pennies "Davenport Blues" (Jazz, 1927) on Victor
Carl Fenton's Orchestra "Delirium" (Jazz, 1927) on Brunswick
Carroll Dickerson and His Orchestra "Symphonic Raps" (Jazz, 1928) on Odeon
Red Nichols "Imagination" (Jazz, 1928) on Brunswick
Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra "Jubilee"(Jazz, 1928) on Parlophone
Paul Whiteman and His Orch "San" (Jazz, 1928) on Victor
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra "My Gal Sal" (Jazz, 1931) on Columbia
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies "That's No Bargain" (Jazz, 1926) on Brunswick
