"FADE-IN"

This recording is very unique. Each track starts with a clip of about 30 seconds or so of the the original 78 rpm recording of the original 1920's orchestra, then the CRHSO "fades in" over the top (playing the exact same arrangement), while the original orchestra fades out. In a few cases the original band, or vocalist, comes back in one or more times. The CRHSO sometimes does this fading-in "live" as well (the sound man is previously given a cassette or DAT on which short segments of the originals are pre- recorded). In fact, that's where the idea originally came from. We have had so many fans tell us over the years that the effect is so uncanny that it gave us the idea to do it on a recording.

Vocalists include: Miss Kelley Foster, Jim Jones, Ray Williams, CJ Sams, and Cheryl Chase.

Tracks: (click on the links below for a sample of each track)

1 Everybody Stomp! - Andy Preer's Cotton Club Orchestra (1925)
2 The Man From Harlem - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra (1932)
3 Shanghai Shuffle - Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1924)
4 Vine St. Drag - Missourians (1929)
5 They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk - Mae West (1933)
6 Goin' Nuts - Duke Ellington's Six Jolly Jesters + the Washboard Serenaders (1929)
7 Honolulu Baby - Laurel & Hardy (1933)
8 I'm Getting Myself Ready For You - Blanche Calloway 
9 That's My Weakness Now - Helen Kane & Nat Shilkret Orchestra (1928)
10 Nighthawk Blues - Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1924)
11 Wow Wow Blues - Roy Schoenbeck Orchestra (1923)
12 Me Minus You - Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1932)
13 I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now - Jean Goldkette Orchestra (1927)
14 Midnight With The Stars And You - Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Orchestra (1934)
15 Changes - Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1927)
16 Yiddisha Charleston - Dixie Daisies (1926)
17 Let's Misbehave - Irene Bordoni & Irving Aaronson & His Commanders (1928)
18 Don't Be Like That - Helen Kane & The Leonard Joy Orchestra (1928)
19 Wabash Blues - Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1926)
20 Variety Stomp - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra (1927)
21 Sugar Blues - Blanche Calloway & Her Joy Boys (1931)
22 Rent Party Blues - Duke Ellington (1929)

Total play time 69:10 minutes

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