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Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra - Unshackled/Bedouin Ska
Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra – Unshackled/Bedouin Ska
Here is an impressively authentic-sounding ska coming to us from Los Angeles, California (my home town). The Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra boast of combining Jamaica’s greatest contribution to the world and a big-band sound. They pull this combination off flawlessly, and they must have one very impressive live act if their music is anything to go by.
Martha Tilton - I’ll Walk Alone (1944)
Nat King Cole - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (1946)
Eartha Kitt riding a bicycle in New York (1952)
Photograph by Gordon Parks for “Life” magazine
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Frank Sinatra- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1963)
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)
Sammy Davis Jr and Judy Garland performing a medley of songs on the NBC broadcast of the Sammy Davis Jr Show (1966)
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1943)
Nat King Cole - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1946)
Chet Baker - I Get Along Without You Very Well (1954)
Django Reinhardt playing guitar despite only having two fully-functioning fingers on his left hand. He used the other three as a slide. (1946)
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Django Reinhardt - After You’ve Gone (1936)
