Harry Jacobson

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Harry Jacobson (born January 12, 1912 in Cape Town , † after 1965) was a South African jazz pianist , singer and composer working in Great Britain .

Life

Harry Jacobson played in London in the late 1920s with Len Fillis' entertainers, on whose recordings for Columbia he participated. He played with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Alfredo and was a member of Ray Noble's New Mayfair Dance Orchestra for several years . Around 1930 he recorded under his own name as “ the crooning pianist ” for Edison Bell, including the jazz standards “ Body and Soul ”, “ Ain't Misbehavin ' ” (with the B-side “Believe Me Lady”) and “ I Can 't Give You Anything but Love ”“ Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ”, as well as the song“ Diga Diga Doo ” known at the time in the version of the Duke Ellington Orchestra , the piano solo number“ It All Belongs to Me ” , "Dance of the Blue Marionettes" and "Sweeping the Clouds Away" the cover version of a song that Maurice Chevalier sang in the sound film Paramount on Parade . He recorded the EP Harry at the Local - Piano Medley of All Time Favorites (Decca LC0039) for Decca Records .

Jacobson made other recordings in the 1920s and 1930s with singer Alice Morley ("Ev'ry Time My Sweetie Passes By", Brunswick 1927), with comedian Billy Milton (Brunswick), pianist Bert Read, and singer Jack Buchanan (1931), Nat Gonella (1932), Carroll Gibbons (" Night and Day ") and Aileen Stanley (1934). In the field of jazz he was involved in 40 recording sessions between 1929 and 1934.

During World War II, Jacobson played with the rank of lieutenant in army bands. From the 1940s he worked in the film and television industry as a musician; He became known for his work on the films and television shows Room for Two (1940, directed by Maurice Elvey ), Fiddlers Three (1944, directed by Harry Watt ), The Betty Driver Show (1952) and The Arthur Haynes Show (1956), in which he also played his own compositions such as "Just for the Fun of It". He also accompanied the singers Gracie Fields , Frances Day , Aileen Cochrane , Greta Keller ( Remember Me , Decca, 1965) and Florence Desmond . Jacobson was the uncle of the child actress Sybil Jason (1927-2011).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ With the B-side Prisoner of Love , Edison Bell 1338.
  2. ↑ Edison Bell Winner 4883
  3. ↑ Edison Bell 4830
  4. ↑ Edison Bell Winner 4830
  5. ↑ Shelf Zonophone MR887
  6. ↑ With the B-side "Any Time's the Time to Fall In Love", Edison Bell 1418
  7. ↑ Ross Laird: Moanin 'Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933. 1996, p. 302.
  8. ^ Brunswick Records: Other non-US recordings and indexes, ed. by Ross Laird, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Brunswick Radio Corporation. 2001, p. 1477.
  9. ↑ Ross Laird: Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty : 1995, p. 127.
  10. ^ Columbia DB-1288
  11. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 1, 2016)
  12. ↑ Chris Way: The Big Bands Go to War . 1991, p. 260
  13. ^ Obituary for Sybil Jason in the Telegraph
personal data
SURNAME Jacobson, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town
DATE OF DEATH after 1965