Roaring 20s: Paul Biese & His Orch. - Never Again, 1924
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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music
Paul Biese & His Orchestra – Never Again, Shimmy/Fox Trot (Kahn-Jones), Victor 1924 (USA; accoustical recording) NOTE: Paul BIESE – American tenor saxophonist, leader of the popular dance band in the early 1920s. His band included several renowned musicians, such as trombonist Lloyd Barber, pianist Arnold Johnson or Ralph Williams on banjo. Biese’s band was active mainly in the Chicagoan fashionable venues such as Edgewater Beach Hotel or Marigold Gardens. He occasionally played also in New York, where he attracted attention of the Victor recording company. Similarily to his Chicago contemporary Isham Jones, Paul Biese did not shun experimentation and tried out different instrumental registers for varied effects. Therefore, he managed to gain ferocious effect and color in his arrangements and instrumentation, achieving a typically Chicagoan blend of melody and rhythm. His music was much more than just a commercial band, it had his own voice and can be easily classified as early jazz. A big man, who at times pushed 400 lbs, Biese did not enjoy good health and died in 1925 in age of 38, following an unspecified operation.
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