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Reginald Foresythe and his "New Music" play "The Duke Insists", composed and arranged by Foresythe along unconventional lines, using an unusual combination of instruments.
Reginald Foresythe (1907 - 1958) was well respected on both sides of the Atlantic - he worked closely with Earl Hines and also Paul Whiteman - yet he died virtually forgotten in the late 1950s, playing in Soho basement clubs to audiences who knew little about his important contribution to modern music in the 1930s.
The 'new music' of Reginald Foresythe combines elements of jazz and syncopated dance music with the type of modernistic classical music that was being advanced at the time by composers such as Arnold Bax. Foresythe was also influenced by earlier baroque composers - as can be heard in the fugue-like contrapuntal passages that are often a feature of his compositions and arranging style.
This transfer is taken from a 'blue wax' American Columbia. The original issue is British Columbia CB 744.
THE NEW MUSIC OF REGINALD FORESYTHE
Reginald Foresythe, piano, arranger, directing: two clarinets, two alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sarrusophone, bassoon, piano, string bass, drums
Recorded in London, February 9th, 1934
CA 14331-1…….The Duke Insists…….Col 3000-D
Reginald Foresythe and his "New Music" play "The Duke Insists", composed and arranged by Foresythe along unconventional lines, using an unusual combination of instruments.
Reginald Foresythe (1907 - 1958) was well respected on both sides of the Atlantic - he worked closely with Earl Hines and also Paul Whiteman - yet he died virtually forgotten in the late 1950s, playing in Soho basement clubs to audiences who knew little about his important contribution to modern music in the 1930s.
The 'new music' of Reginald Foresythe combines elements of jazz and syncopated dance music with the type of modernistic classical music that was being advanced at the time by composers such as Arnold Bax. Foresythe was also influenced by earlier baroque composers - as can be heard in the fugue-like contrapuntal passages that are often a feature of his compositions and arranging style.
This transfer is taken from a 'blue wax' American Columbia. The original issue is British Columbia CB 744.
THE NEW MUSIC OF REGINALD FORESYTHE
Reginald Foresythe, piano, arranger, directing: two clarinets, two alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sarrusophone, bassoon, piano, string bass, drums
Recorded in London, February 9th, 1934
CA 14331-1…….The Duke Insists…….Col 3000-D
