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Savoy Orpheans - Charleston - 1925
The Savoy Orpheans is a British dance band currently led by Alex Mendham . They were resident at the Savoy Hotel , London.
The band was formed by Debroy Somers , an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were under the management of William de Mornys… On June 15, 1925, Somers conducted the Orpheans in the first British performance of George Gershwin 's Rhapsody in Blue , alongside the Savoy Havana Band and Gershwin himself on piano. The performance was broadcast live by the BBC .
The owner of the Savoy Hotel, Rupert D'Oyly , called the original Orpheans and their colleagues, "probably the best-known bands in Europe..." D'Oyly Carte's judgment was echoed by Rust, who wrote in 1971 of the original Orpheans: "their very name personifies the Dancing Twenties… and their broad versatility… made this imprint in a way that no band had done before and few have achieved since."
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina . The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called " The Charleston ," by composer/pianist James P. Johnson , which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade… The Charleston dance's peak popularity occurred from mid-1926 to 1927.
The Charleston and similar dances such as the Black Bottom , which involved "kicking up your heels," were very popular in the latter 1920s. The trend subsided after 1930, probably in part because the new fashion for floor-level sheath evening dresses, which constricted the legs, did not suit them. In a British Pathé Instructional Short of 1933, a new variation – the "Crawl Charleston" – is demonstrated by Santos Casini and Jean Mence, a very sedate dance, like a tango or waltz. It was not until dress hemlines rose toward the end of the 1930s that the Charleston is again seen in film.
A slightly different form of Charleston became popular in the 1930s and 1940s and is associated with Lindy Hop . In this later form, the hot jazz timing of the '20s Charleston was adapted to suit swing jazz music. This style of Charleston has many common names, including Lindy Charleston, Savoy Charleston, '30s or '40s Charleston and Swinging Charleston and its basic step takes eight counts and is danced either alone or with a partner. Frankie Manning and other Savoy dancers saw themselves as doing Charleston steps within the Lindy rather than dancing the Charleston itself. - more at Wikipedia
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The Savoy Orpheans is a British dance band currently led by Alex Mendham . They were resident at the Savoy Hotel , London.
The band was formed by Debroy Somers , an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were under the management of William de Mornys… On June 15, 1925, Somers conducted the Orpheans in the first British performance of George Gershwin 's Rhapsody in Blue , alongside the Savoy Havana Band and Gershwin himself on piano. The performance was broadcast live by the BBC .
The owner of the Savoy Hotel, Rupert D'Oyly , called the original Orpheans and their colleagues, "probably the best-known bands in Europe..." D'Oyly Carte's judgment was echoed by Rust, who wrote in 1971 of the original Orpheans: "their very name personifies the Dancing Twenties… and their broad versatility… made this imprint in a way that no band had done before and few have achieved since."
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina . The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called " The Charleston ," by composer/pianist James P. Johnson , which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade… The Charleston dance's peak popularity occurred from mid-1926 to 1927.
The Charleston and similar dances such as the Black Bottom , which involved "kicking up your heels," were very popular in the latter 1920s. The trend subsided after 1930, probably in part because the new fashion for floor-level sheath evening dresses, which constricted the legs, did not suit them. In a British Pathé Instructional Short of 1933, a new variation – the "Crawl Charleston" – is demonstrated by Santos Casini and Jean Mence, a very sedate dance, like a tango or waltz. It was not until dress hemlines rose toward the end of the 1930s that the Charleston is again seen in film.
A slightly different form of Charleston became popular in the 1930s and 1940s and is associated with Lindy Hop . In this later form, the hot jazz timing of the '20s Charleston was adapted to suit swing jazz music. This style of Charleston has many common names, including Lindy Charleston, Savoy Charleston, '30s or '40s Charleston and Swinging Charleston and its basic step takes eight counts and is danced either alone or with a partner. Frankie Manning and other Savoy dancers saw themselves as doing Charleston steps within the Lindy rather than dancing the Charleston itself. - more at Wikipedia
#music #jazz #tangled
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