20's and 30's

[suntostars]

Does anyone happen to have any recommendations for music that is either from or emulates the sound of the early 20th century, up to and including the 20's and 30's?
I know the more obvious ones like Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey etc.

Comments

[i_am_allan]

The people you mention are Blues/Jazz type. Is that the focus of the sound you are looking for, or did you want to be more diverse?

[suntostars]

Yeah, I was looking for more diversity. Daniel found this great album of music from Baghdad from the late 20's. So, I'm looking to find as much as I can from that era.

[i_am_allan]

Well, in addition to the people already named, add Josephine Baker, and Bix Beiderbecke. But they are still in the Jazz/Blues area.

Noel Coward, for more of a Broadway sound.

Scott Joplin, the face of Ragtime.

I could go on all night about "Classical" style composers from that era. Edward MacDowell, tail of the 19th, first few years of the 20th, but definitely ahead of his 19th century foudnations. Jean Sibelius, Aaron Copland, Dmitri Shostokovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Maurice Ravel.

And I think I've got some other stuff in a variety of styles in my collection, but I'll need to dig through it to get names, and such.

[silent_and_gray]

Contact lj'er flappervamp for ideas; I'm sure she could rattle off two or twelve. She lives for this era, and arguably in it.

[silent_and_gray]

PS...Jolson, Ellington, Armstrong, Gershwin.

[suntostars]

I've got most of those, and Jimmy Durante ;) I'm hoping to come up with enough variety for about 2-3 hours of playtime without using the same artists over and over again.

[suntostars]

I don't believe I know flappervamp :(

[brian47126]

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