Old Fashioned Love (The Mills Brothers)

The Mills Brothers · 1934 · Chanson de James P. Johnson, version vocale Decca

Context

Recorded for Decca on 12 September 1934, at their first session for this label. Vocal cover of a theme associated with stride piano.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Sweet Georgia Brown (The Mills Brothers) (1934)
• Rockin' Chair (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Good-bye Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• St. Louis Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• I Can't Give You Anything but Love (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Tiger Rag (The Mills Brothers) (1931)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Mills Brothers discography

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