Jan Garber
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- #大乐队
- 地区
- 欧美
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by Scott YanowBilled as The Idol Of The Airwaves, Jan Garber led a big band in the 1930s that was the epitome of sweet music. His reed sections quavering saxophones (sounding as if they were overflowing with emotion that almost bordered on sarcasm) was the bands trademark and, when it came to corn, few could compete with Garber. Many of his prime periods recordings are barely listenable today, but strangely enough Garber was responsible for some worthwhile music during two periods. Garber went to the University of North Carolina and shortly after World War I. he played violin in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. In 1921 with pianist Milton Davis, he co-formed the Garber-Davis Orchestra. Chelsea Quealey and Harry Goldfield (who would eventually join Paul Whiteman) were the orchestras trumpeters. In 1924 Garber and Davis split up and the Jan Garber Orchesra during the 1924-30 period played dance music and some hot jazz. With the rise of the Depression, Garbers ensemble was struggling. After hearing the very commercial Freddie Large Orchestra in 1933, he arranged to take over the big band and adopted a very sweet sound, in the tradition of Guy Lombardo. His orchestra recorded popular recordings for Victor up to 1935 and then for Decca during the next seven years. In 1942 Jan Garber surprised his fans by switching gears and reorganizing his orchestra into a swing band; he was apparently persuaded by his 12-year old daughter!. Gray Rains arrangements transformed the orchestras sound and Liz Tilton took pleasing vocals but the recording ban of 1942-44 kept the big band from recording much and by 1945, Garber had returned to his former sweet sound. He continued working on at least a part-time basis into the mid-1970s, performing music that pleased dancers but was so commercial as to now sound very dated.
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