GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRVING BERLIN & OTHERS
Fred Astaire - Fascinating Rhythm: Complete Recordings Volume 1 1923-1930 with Adele Astaire Fred Astaire, with Adele Astaire & George Gershwin [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 4/Sep/2000 ] No performer ever made dancing look easier, or worked harder at it. Suave, elegant, sophisticated, dapper... to generations, Fred Astaire was "Mr Smooth". He was also a fine dramatic actor, and the songs he introduced unfailingly became standards. |
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ, COLE PORTER & OTHERS
Night and Day - Complete Recordings Vol. 2 (1931 - 1933) Fred Astaire, with Adele Astaire [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] Frederick Austerlitz was born on l0th May, l899, in Omaha, Nebraska. When he was barely a toddler, he and his older sister Adele were enrolled in dancing school. Before he turned seven, Mrs. Austerlitz had moved the children to NewYork. |
Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, Art Landry, Leonard Joy, Whispering Jack Smith, Duke Ellington, Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians, Fred & Adele Astaire, etc
The Charleston Era [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 22/Aug/2000 ] This definitive "Charleston" album features 25 vintage recordings from 1925 - 1930. |