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Swing in Stockholm 1941: Svend Asmussen - Le premier rendez vous

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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music

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Svend Asmussen & his Quintett – Le premier rendez-vous, Slow-Fox from the film „Le premier rendez-vous” (R.Silviano – L.Poterat), Sonora 1941 (Sweden)

NOTE: I devote this clip to one of the most unusual artistic experiences I had in my life, which was my visit to the dreamy and somewhat creepy underground city in Stockholm (calling it just a “tube” would be profane).  The constant art exhibiton takes place along the maze of the subway tunnels, drilled in the solid rock – on which ages ago, the city of Stockholm was erected. Just look at those exquisite photographs and judge by yourselves – is there anything similar in the world?  I think, this short journey through the underground kingdom of Swedish art, goes well with the recording of the old French hit sung by Svend Asmussen – a Danish jazz violinist and singer who started his career in Copenhagen and Sweden in the end of the 1930s and quickly became for many decades one of the icons of Scandinavian jazz of the swing- and post-swing era.  See also the flip side of this lovely record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYJw-CM50OQ  I also recommend you the version of this song performed by the little known French singer Jacqueline Moreau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03ed8wW6dE

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