Contributed by bellawoods, who comments:-
This is the Feldman Brothers band from 1944 with 10 year old Victor on drums making his recording debut.
As the included review states, these sides are mainly a showcase for young Victor's drumming and give an early indication of what was to come from this exceptionally talented musician.
Additional track 04 supplied by Jazzuk
Robert Feldman - clarinet
Monty Feldman - accordion
Unknown - piano
Vic Lewis - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Victor Feldman - drums
01 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) (2:28)
02 Cooling Off (2:28)
03 Zanzibar (2:21)
04 Drummin' Man (Krupa, Parham) (2:56)
Label: Parlophone F2050 F2070
Recorded: c. November 04 1944
Victor Feldman - First Recordings
ReplyDeleteWow, where did these come from? They are not even mentioned in Lord!
According to the Victor Feldman London discograpy here, a fourth side, "Drummin' Man", was issued together with "Sweet Georgia Brown" on Parlophone F2050. Why is it not here? Has it been available somewhere else? Considering his reputatation as "Kid Krupa", one would certainly want to hear Feldman's take on "Drummin' Man"!
Link for Victor Feldman London discography is http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/feldman.htm.
ReplyDeleteDrummin' Man is not here because we don't have it, chu. If anyone has Parlophone F2050, perhaps they would like to help us complete this item.
I should be able to provide the Drummin' Man track from a compilation cd in a few days time.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, jazzuk - thanks.
ReplyDeleteI haven't forgotten...still awaiting arrival of cd by snail-mail.
ReplyDeleteNeither had we! You are about to amaze everyone if we're in luck, particularly bellawoods.
ReplyDeleteHere's Drummin' Man
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This is the source
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Various-Artists-Swing-Music-/120866520962?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item1c2434bf82
Brand new item (free postage)...£1.27 well spent I reckon!
Well done Sherlock. How on earth did you manage to winkle this one out?
ReplyDelete....if you really want to know I googled 'victor feldman drummin' man ebay' Simples! Certainly didn't know about this compilation.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, jazzuk - much appreciated!
Amazing that a 10-year-old could play this well.
Here's a better link if you just want Drummin' Man (wav)
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I'm relaying a comment from one of the BritJazz "family" of contributors:-
ReplyDelete"Well done that man. Now just how did he find that buried away there. 2 cds of early British jazz/dance music for £1.27 too."
When I burnt the "The Young Vic" Esquire LP to CDR, I added these tracks at the start to paint a more complete picture of the young Victor Feldman, and I have therefore listened more closely to them now.
ReplyDeleteI must say that the original Gramophone review cited at the online Feldman discography linked above is far too dismissive of Victor's elder brothers Robert and Monty. They acquit themselves well, and are clearly talented too, although they seem to have chosen non-musical paths later.
Lord lists one session from 1970 with a Robert Feldman playing sax, so I suppose it could be the same guy as the clarinetist here.
The liner notes to the Esquire LP mention that Monty was also deceased by the time of its release (1987), so he cannot have gotten that old either, unfortunately.
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