His and Hers

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This 1950s recording pairs the electrifying accordionist Charles Magnante with the smoldering vocalist LaVergne Smith. Accompanied lightly by banjo, Magnante's virtuosic set ranges from "Twelfth Street Rag" and the tango "La cu cumparsita" to Chopin's "Minute Waltz." Smith's set of smoky vocal and piano duos recalls the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans' French Quarter and includes classics such as "Lover Man" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right."
Artist: Charles Magnante and Laverne Smith
Released: 1954
Record Company: Cook Records

The Mosque Theater: Reginald Foort at the Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer

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One of the most recorded organists in history, Reginald Foort performs sentimental favorites from the 1950s on the legendary Wurlitzer at the Mosque Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. "Mood Indigo," "Blue Moon" and "Laura" recall the era.
Artist: Reginald Foort
Released: 1956
Record Company: Cook Records

Burlesque Uncensored

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Saucy comedy sketches and bawdy music meant to accompany chorus line routines and stripteases to put you in the mood are what's to be found here. This hilarious recording bills itself as "a bare-faced documentary" exploring the burlesque performance genre and accompanying exotica.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1954
Record Company: Cook Records

The New Clavichord

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One early morning, way past midnight, Pianist Red Camp engaged himself in a one-person jam session...on a clavichord. The delicate, 14th century instrument is more likely to be associated with C.P.E. Bach than with the often atonal free improvisation heard here, but this is compelling music and musicianship.
Artist: Red Camp
Released: 1957
Record Company: Cook Records

The King of Organs

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The New York Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzer truly deserves its distinction as "the king of organs." Besides the standard well-equipped battery of stops (flutes, clarinets, diapasons, strings, celesta, reed chorus, French horns, brass trumpets, vox-humanas), this incomparable machine is outfitted with an enormous percussion ensemble, including piano, a giant carillon, orchestral chimes, marimba harps, multiple xylophones, glockenspiel, snare drums and an entire octave of tuned tympani. Needless to say, this extraordinary array, played by Bill Floyd, offers ample possibilities for orchestrating popular tunes of the 1950s.
Artist: Bill Floyd
Released: 1957
Record Company: Cook Records

Songs from the Garden of Love

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British composer H. Jefferson-Jones, with the Playboys and Orchestra, found his calling in "doing something for grandfather and grandmother." This is a set of gentle romantic ballads from the 1950s that reflect "the [then-] contemporary British attitude toward romance."
Artist: Jefferson-Jones Orchestra
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Record Company: Cook Records

Italian Moon

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Steve Merrick joins the Jefferson-Jones Orchestra to croon twelve love songs from the pops, including "I Left Her in Capri" and "Tu Seu per Me."
Artist: Steve Merrick
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Record Company: Cook Records

Camp Has a Ball

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The scene: a late-nite party in Laredo, Texas; Plaza Hotel. The players: foremost, legendary jazz pianist Red Camp, with sidekick trumpeter Dude Skiles; in the background, close friends of the musicians. The sound: swinging blues, boogie-woogie, funky piano-dominated jazz; some accents with trumpet and vocals. Rehearsal: none, impromptu take. Result: addictive listening.
Artist: Red Camp
Released: 1954
Record Company: Cook Records

Pipe Organ in the Mosque

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One of the most recorded organists in history, Reginald Foort performs classical favorites such as Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Offenbach's Orpheus Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee" on the legendary Wurlitzer at the Mosque Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. This unequivocal organ is fully orchestrated, equipped with vast ranks for strings, winds and percussion. (See also COOK01059 The Mosque Theatre: Reginald Foort at the Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer and COOK10523 Percussion and Pedal: Pipe Organ in the Mosque, Vol. 2.)
Artist: Michael Cheshire (Reginald Foort)
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Record Company: Cook Records

Percussion and Pedal: Pipe Organ in the Mosque, Vol. 2

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Celebrated organist Reginald Foort continues his expert demonstration of the Mosque Theatre's legendary Wurlitzer (Richmond, Virginia) with his own improvisations and compositions ("Dust Storm" and "The Clock Factory") as well as classical hits (Ponchielli's Finale, "Dance of the Hours" and Verdi's "Anvil Chorus"). This unequivocal organ is fully orchestrated, equipped with vast ranks for strings, winds and percussion. (See also COOK01059 The Mosque Theatre: Reginald Foort at the Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer and COOK10501 Pipe Organ in the Mosque, Vol. 1.)
Artist: Reginald Foort
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Record Company: Cook Records

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