Joe Venuti - Violin Jazz 1927-1934

Giuseppe (Joe) Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and violinist. Venuti claimed to have been born aboard a ship as his parents emigrated from Italy, though many believe he was simply born in Philadelphia. Later in life he said that he was born in Italy in 1896 and that he came to the U.S. in 1906. Being white and being a violinist were two strikes against him and he was not going to let it be known he was from Europe. Considered the father of jazz violin, he pioneered the use of string instruments in jazz along with the guitarist Eddie Lang, a childhood friend of his. Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti made many recordings, as leader and as featured soloist. He worked with Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bing Crosby, Jack Teagarden, the Boswell Sisters and most of the other important white jazz and semi-jazz figures of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Venuti and Lang recorded a series of milestone jazz records for the OKeh label during the 1920s. However, following Lang's early death in 1933, he began to slip off the radar, though he continued performing through the 1930s. He was also a strong early influence on western swing players like Jesse Ashlock, not to mention the fact that Lang and Venuti were the primary influences of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Read More...

Track List of Joe Venuti - Violin Jazz - 1927-1934

01 - Sensation
02 - Apple blossoms
03 - Raggin' the scale
04 - Satan's holiday
05 - Mug of Ale
06 - Hey! young fella
07 - Wild cat
08 - Wild dog
09 - Sweet Lorraine
10 - Kickin' the cat
11 - Jig saw puzzle blues
12 - Hiawatha's lullaby
13 - Four string Joe
14 - Goin' places

Joe Venuti - Violin Jazz 1927-1934

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