Dixie Daisies - HOTSY TOTSY TOWN - 1922-1923In the 1920s, the name "Dixie Daisies" masked a flurry of top shelf studio groups composed largely of talented New York area freelance musicians brought together by contractors like Bob Haring, Sam Lanin, and Arthur Lange to record jazz influenced dance music. They were very good records and they sold well, yet they have received scant attention in the years since. As the selections on this disc demonstrate, the Dixie Daisies records often feature

like cassation or serenade

-DE- Wacken Open Air 02

But as work began on the follow-up

These include the violinist Sandis Šteinbergs who appears in the duo Summer Dances

He was not only praised by his contemporaries but was highly respected by the next generation: his fame was immense

Dan Chimielinski Bass on 3 tracks

] On the one hand

Their personalities were profoundly incompatible

Raff/ Swiss Italian Orchestra/ Carthy - Symphony 5 Op 177: Leonore / Dame Kobold Overture

Randall Snyder

This cantata's striking feature is an aria with echo soprano and trumpet solo

The journey towards simplicity so comprehensively charted by Jeroen van Veen's discography over the past decade begins chronologically with the unique world of Erik Satie