Earl Okin's Gramophone Show 2

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Earl offers you a virtual tour of some of the 10,000 78rpm records on his shelves explaining a little of their history and musical importance.

[Image Right: Chaliapin listening to a 'fan' gramophone]

In so doing, he also demonstrates the influences on his own unique style of performance.

[Image Left: Will Fyffe in character]

Each of these podcasts will also contain one of Earl's own performances...as a bonus!

Featuring:

1. Persian Love Song - Rubinstein. FEODOR CHALIAPIN
2. I'm 94 Today - Fyffe. WILL FYFFE
3. Honeysuckle Rose - Waller. DJANGO REINHARDT (with Stephane Grappelly & The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
4. LA TOSCA - Puccini. E Lucevan Le Stelle. ENRICO CARUSO
5. Dusk - Ellington. DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
6. Butterflies - Okin. EARL OKIN

[Image Right: Enrico Caruso dressed the way that Earl likes to dress]

Links:
Earl's MySpace Page, offering his gig list and a few of his recent recordings...
http://www.myspace.com/earlokin

[Image Left:Duke Ellington at the piano]

The 78rpm page in Earl's own Web Site.
http://www.earlokin.com/78.html

[Image Right:Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly & the QHCF]




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