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Hence the first record: a Jazz/Swing version of Istanbul in English. Caterina’s husband sent the tapes to all the major Radio Stations in Germany which got Caterina an audition at the Radio in Baden Baden for Jazz Band Leader Kurt Edelhagen, who after the audition claimed- he had found the most musical woman in the world.Ĭaterina declined the invitation to become the band’s singer but gladly accepted to collaborate on various projects. Successful it was, to the point that the Director of Radio Zurich invited her to a recording session where Caterina recorded a handful of songs accompanying her self on all instruments. After initial misgivings (who had ever seen a Singer/Dancer as a circus act?), Caterina gave in with the condition that if it wasn’t a success she would stop immediately. The famous Clown Grock, who was a close friend of the Valente Family, had asked Caterina to perform her act and be part of the program. In 1953 the Juggling Drummer was part of the bill of the Circus Grock Swiss Tour. p. 198.By 1952 Caterina had left the Family act, got married and toured the USO Clubs in Europe and North Africa with her Juggler/Drummer husband. "Jazz Great Ahmad Jamal Comes to Orange County".
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1996 Poinciana Composed by Nat Simon, with lyrics by Buddy Bernier And what exactly, you ask, is a Poinciana?.
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Orchestra leader Jerry Wald was a rare early aficianado of the song, and Wald's showcasing of "Poinciana" during his 1943 gig at the Hotel New Yorker has been credited with boosting its profile, "Poinciana" being recorded in 1943 by Glenn Miller with his Army Air Force Band, with three 1944 recordings of the song afforded hit status, being those by Benny Carter and His Orchestra Bing Crosby (recorded October 1, 1943) and David Rose and His Orchestra. Reportedly "Poinciana" was largely overlooked for several years being somewhat longer than a typical contemporary song. Lyrics for the song were completed in about thirty minutes by Buddy Bernier, who cited as his inspiration a postcard of a royal Poinciana tree he'd recently received from Florida. However composer Nat Simon would claim the song's tune came to him while he was dining at Manhattan Theater District restaurant Leone's, and that he jotted down a rough draft of the melody on his table's cloth which - with Leone's permission - he took home to work out the completed melody at his piano. The song has been identified as a development of a Cuban folk song entitled "La Canción del Árbol" whose title translates as "the song of the tree", the royal poinciana being a favorite Caribbean flowering plant. " Poinciana" is a song by Nat Simon with lyrics by Buddy Bernier written in 1936.