Noble Ray
Legendary Big Band Series [ CD ] |
BILLY MAYERL
Billy Mayerl, Vol. 1 (1925-1936) Court Symphony Orchestra; Jack Hylton Orchestra; Ray Noble Orchestra, with Al Bowlly & Billy Joseph Mayerl [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] Billy Mayerl was born in London and from 1926 ran his own School of Modern Syncopation in the cause of the style of piano-playing that he championed. Thanks to correspondence courses his 'teachings' spread worldwide, and he even counted the future... |
ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Bells Across the Meadow' & 'In a Persian Market']) Orchestras condusted by Albert Ketelbey, Ray Noble, Charles Prentice & Henry Geehl [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Eclipsed first by the Swing Era, then further distanced by World War II and rock-'n'-roll, the music of Ketèlbey has the distinctive, nostalgic ring of a bygone age. |
Ray Noble
Saturday Night in Central Park [ CD ] |