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| Recording » New Bing Crosby Fan: Best "early jazz" CD(s)? » 06/7/2016 12:38 am |
- newbingconvert
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Thanks so much for your recommendations, Richard! They seem very promising! I'm going to look up these recordings and see what I can hear of them online. Even if samples are not available for some of them, that doesn't necessarily mean that I won't at least consider buying them. I've already come to enjoy Bing's singing beyond any one particular musical style.
At this point, I am very curious about his early jazz work, which is why I posted a question in that direction, but even within that context, I don't have hard-and-fast preconceived ideas about what his form(s) of "jazziness" will sound like. I am interested to learn more about it though.
I should say that, at least for the near future, I am, for better or worse, restricted to solely buying CDs. I would dearly love to buy some Bing on vinyl, but several years ago, due to the expenses of repeatedly moving, I had to liquidate my turntable and record collection. It was quite a painful decision, but I had do it. Now, I live in an apartment which is simply too small to have a serious vinyl collection. As a bit of an audiophile and art lover, I do tend to prefer the sound and packaging of vintage records (in good condition) to those of many CDs, but for now, CDs will have to do.
Thanks again for the recommendations! I will post updates as I hear some of these recordings!
| Recording » New Bing Crosby Fan: Best "early jazz" CD(s)? » 05/7/2016 5:20 pm |
- newbingconvert
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Hello, all! I'm a brand-new member to the board, and I just posted over in "Member Introductions." (My name is Christopher.) As I mentioned there, I have posted a question about Bing's early material on another music message board and have, sadly, received no replies at all, so I'm going to re-post my message, with the question, here, partially as a longer sort of "introduction" of myself to the board. Here I go!
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I've long been vaguely "culturally aware" of Bing Crosby, in the way that many of my fellow Americans are today-- as a crooner and movie star of a certain era who sang "White Christmas" and was also famous for playing an affable, relatable priest in Going My Way.
However, very recently, my avid jazz fandom led me to finally stumble upon the Mosaic Records website (WOW!!), which, in turn, led to finding and listening to the samples from Bing's Mosaic box set (double WOW!!), which blew me away and have me now asking-- what is the best "jazzy" CD to start with from this great singer whom I did not even previously know as a jazz singer of any kind? Specifically, I'm looking for the very early Bing jazz material here if at all possible-- the "hot jazz" songs.
My excitement at learning about Crosby's "jazz side" is such that I've already ordered the 7-CD "1950s radio sessions" Mosaic set, and I have the 1958 Crosby-Clooney Fancy Meeting You Here on the way too. However, obviously, neither feature Bing as the young "hot jazz" singer of the 1920s and '30s. Is there an obtainable single CD, and/or perhaps, a 2 or 3-disc set (within reason-- after buying the Mosaic set, I can't currently afford to spend hundreds of dollars for anything else) which showcases this [color=#141414]side of C
| Member Introductions » New Bing fan from Maryland, U.S.A.! » 05/7/2016 5:07 pm |
- newbingconvert
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Hello, everyone! My real name is Christopher, but as both my chosen username and the subject title here testify, I am a relatively new Bing fan!
Having just recently, at the age of 43, come to understand a bit of how great the man is (and I'm sure there is much more to come in my understanding of his work), I am thrilled to have found this board for fellow fans!
I'm going to post a longer sort of "introduction" in another post elsewhere on the board, partially because a few days ago, I asked a question about Bing's early material on a very busy music message board that I frequent elsewhere, and disappointingly, even after repeated pleas for help from any Bing fans there, I received not a single reply. I'm thinking that my chances will be much better here! We shall see!
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