”That jazz” is referring to a miracle in music that happened in the beginning of 1900s when people from a big variation of ethnical and cultural background inspired each other to play in a new fashion. Luckily all this coincided with the development of new inventions like the phonograph recordings, photography and film so that it became in part documented and still can be enjoyed today. In my early teens I happened to be exposed to ”that jazz” and it struck a string deep within me that has kept vibrating ever since.
Paul Bocciolone Strandberg
Upcoming events:
Konsert på Bykrogen i Hjärup – 20 november 2024
Musikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul, tisdag 20 november 2024 kl. 14:00, på Bykrogen, Centrumstigen 4, 245 62 Hjärup (…) view eventMusikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul, tisdag 20 november 2024 kl. 14:00, på Bykrogen, Centrumstigen 4, 245 62 Hjärup
Konsert i Staffanstorp – 9 december 2024
Musikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul. Måndag 9 december kl. 14:00 på Trivselpunkten, Pilegården, Torget 7 245 31 Staffanstorp (…) view eventMusikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul. Måndag 9 december kl. 14:00 på Trivselpunkten, Pilegården, Torget 7 245 31 Staffanstorp
NEW Series: From the Studio and From the Record Shelves
Today’s Tune:
From the Record Shelves #320
It Was So Beautiful
CD JSP Records JSPCD 344
Sometime around the shift of millenniums, the sound engineer Ted Kendall made new and good transfers of Django Reinhardt recordings for the British label JSP. Here we have volume four in the series containing, among others, a session from September 1935 with, besides Django on solo guitar, his brother Joseph Reinhardt and Pierre Ferret on rhythm guitar, and Tony Rovira on string bass. Stephane Grappelly played violin as usual, and because the session was made for Decca while the Quintette was still on contract with Ultraphone, the records were issued under his name.
I have chosen a tune written by Harry Barris, simply because it’s beautiful.
Radioprogram (Swedish):
Radio Swingtime 100 – 1 november 2002
MY PRETTY GIRL – Nu är vi framme vid det näst sista avsnittet i denna unika radioprogramserie. Vi gläds åt livaktig jazz från New Orleans med Oliver Naylor och Halfway House Orchestra, vi njuter av Fletcher Hendersons fina orkester med arrangemang av (…) lyssna på radioprogramlyssna på Radio Swingtime 100
Latest CD:
New Sensational CD with Narcisse Jazz Band
Melodious jazz inspired by the irresistible sound and pulse of the 1920’s. Buy at $10.00 (+shipping) (…) view the CDMore about Narcisse CD
New Paul and His Gang CD:
Paul and His Gang – new CD Live in USA and Canada
Paul and his Gang was founded in Malmoe, Sweden by Paul Bocciolone Strandberg in 1990. At the most prestigious jazz festival for “old style jazz” in Breda, Holland they won the first prize in 1992. Their genuine interpretations of early jazz created an interest also in the US where (…) view the CDMore about Paul and His Gang CD Live in USA and Canada
Also Available:
“Remembering” CD
I’m proud to present a new double-CD in co-operation with jazzarkivet. The production is a retrospective collection of recordings and presents two of my most successful bands, Scaniazz (CD 1) and The Absalon Orchestra (CD 2), covering the period from 1975 until 1988 (…) continue readingRemembering CD