Tuesday 5 May 2009

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]


Will FyffeIn 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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1 comment:

John Scarrott said...

Thanks Earl, I've enjoyed your two shows. I am a music fan of nearly 60 years. I am 61. I am a Catholic Priest - but don't hold that against me. I was born in 1948 and my first experience of music was a wind-up grammaphone and 78's which included Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, and classical records which uncluded Nelson Eddy singing 'at the Balalaika'. I am now an avid Duke Ellington collector and I love Bob Dylan and any music. I love your show and have been following your exploits on the Ellington discussion group - LYM. I have been off the site for a couple of years because of the pettiness of some of the contributors but above all the music is what matters.'
I will continue to follow your contributions. John Scarrott

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