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Early Jazz: Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra - Dardanella, 1920

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Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra – Dardanella, Fox-Trot (F.Bernard, J.S.Black – F.Fisher), Edison 1920 (accoustical) USA 

NOTE: Harry Raderman (1883 -1939) American trombonist and early jazz dance bandleader. He was born to a Jewish family in UKrain e, in a small town near Kiev, his father was a Klezmer musician playing flute. When Harry was 17 his family emigrated to USA. Until 1920, when Harry established his own band billed as Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra, he performed in the Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band as a “laughing trfombonist”. In 1920 he started recording for Edison as well as Gennett, Emerson, Columbia’s budget label Harmony and Okeh under various names, including Harry Raderman’s Novelty Orch.,  the Plantation Dance Orchestra,  Raderman's Roysteres  and the Red Hotters. Within a couple of years his band became well known and Edison released new Raderman’s performances nearly every month from 1920 until 1923. His music can be characterized as early jass with some solo instrumental performances, in which the musicians often imitate the farmyard animals, or create novel sounds on their instruments, while Raderman made his trombone laugh. His band however had not made any significant artistic progress in the demanding and multi-dimensional American music market during the Roaring Twenties and in later years, Harry Raderman joined other dance bands, including Nathan Glantz, Bennie Krueger, Joseph Samuels or in the late 1920s and early 1930s he played in Ted Lewis’ Band. 
"Dardanella" is a popular song published in 1919 by Fred Fisher, who wrote the lyrics for the music written by Felix Bernard and Johnny S. Black.

"Dardanella"was a wildly popular dance hit of the early 1920s, especially when in 19190 Ben Selvin recorded its classical version for the Victor. His recordings of the tune sold a combined total of more than five million copies. Other significant versions were recorded by the Prince's Orchestra, Henry Burr or in 1960s by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstron.

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