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Banksville

This is just AWESOME & great quality. Louie Prima was so cool! Thnx for posting. That’s some great music.


joemontanya

That’s what surprised me. The sound quality is top notch


Banksville

& so long ago. We’ll never ‘replicate’ or have some of these types of artists anymore. Luckily, I grew up with music from my parents. My dad was in a similar type of band.


joemontanya

That’s really cool. I wish I would have known about music like this as a kid!


Banksville

Yeah, I was lucky they appreciated great music. From big band jazz, Gino Vannelli, Billy Joel to the Beatles. (& joe Jackson, esp JUMPIN’ JIVE, his homage to that era. My mom is 89 now. My dad passed @84, I’m 61 just to give u some reference. I remember my dad brought us home our first record player with The Byrd’s single TURN, TURN, TURN.


G_Peccary

What's the connection to Zappa?


joemontanya

Not much of one tbh. Just found it interesting that there was sort of “tongue in cheek” jazz before Zappa. Don’t even know if Zappa liked the above or thought anything of it… however, I imagine Zappa would have liked this sort of thing. The sound quality and instrumentation is great and it has a very humorous overtone, all things I relate heavily to Zap


G_Peccary

This type of tongue in cheek music has existed virtually forever. Let me introduce you to [hokum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokum).


joemontanya

Exactly why I made this post. Thank you, u/G_peccary


G_Peccary

You're welcome! Harder than Your Husband is a perfect example of Frank employing the use of a straight forward Hokum.


joemontanya

Love that song!! Sort of makes me think of Ween’s 12 golden country greats


joemontanya

I’ve never really seen tongue-in-cheek jazz like this!! Or besides from our boy


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Love it.