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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

0135 Beryl Davis [Various] Var MP3 6(18.26)












Contributed by Chauncey

A small selection from recordings made in London to illustrate the early work of Beryl Davis.
The last track was also searched out separately and comes from a 78 so is quite scratchy.

George Shearing - piano
Django Reinhardt - guitar
Joseph Reinhardt - guitar
Eugene Vees - guitar
Joe Nussbaum - bass
Emmanuel Soudieus - bass
Dave Fullerton - drums
Stephane Grappelli - violin
Beryl Davis - vocals
Geraldo Orchestra

01 Undecided
02 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
03 Star Eyes
04 Heavenly Music
05 Every Night About This Time
06 Skylark

Label: Decca 180.024 and F8375
Recorded: August 25 1939 October 06 1943
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11 comments:

  1. bluebird2 February 2011 at 19:17

    Beryl was born in the UK in 1923 and sang professionally when she just 14.
    She worked with the Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France in 1939 (twice) and later sang with Oscar Rabin, Geraldo and the Squadronnaires before emigrating to the USA in 1947. The picture at the top of the post was taken in 1947 in New York and shows her being interviewed by Tommy Dorsey. Mary Lou Williams, amongst others, looks on.
    She had a very successful career in the USA based in California and is still singing at the age of 88.
    You can see and hear some of her more recent performances on YouTube.

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    1. bventure30 May 2012 at 12:38

      Have been listening to this beautiful music, previously unknown to me. This caused me to investigate what else might be available (there are a few CDs on Amazon). I also looked up Wikipedia, which tells me that "On October 28, 2011, Davis died in Los Angeles from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at age 87". Very sadly, then, she is not still singing at the age of 88. I really wish she was.

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    2. BritJazz31 May 2012 at 13:45

      bventure - thanks for letting us know - sad indeed.

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  2. Anonymous2 February 2011 at 19:28

    Joe Nussbaum - bass


    Thanks for upload!!!!

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  3. yewsta2 February 2011 at 21:25

    Thanks for the introduction, Chauncy - never heard Beryl before.

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  4. BritJazz2 February 2011 at 21:28

    bluebird and Anonymous - hard at work and making me feel superfluous but thank you both for the info. Post amended for bass player (I did look a bit).

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  5. Anonymous2 February 2011 at 21:33

    Nice feel to songs - must look into her work some more. Good for you, Chauncy my man.

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  6. Anonymous26 February 2011 at 20:14

    thank you britjazz wonderfull
    all these music of Beryl
    sunbop

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  7. Anonymous3 April 2011 at 22:50

    Hi
    Thank you very much for your music
    P

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  8. Eusabius31 May 2011 at 23:00

    Thanks Chauncy. Fantastic!

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  9. Rodney10 June 2015 at 12:16

    https://cjoint.net/?g59ai49kgu

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