Chinatown, My Chinatown
Chinatown, My Chinatown is a pop song by William Jerome (text) and Jean Schwartz ( music), written in 1906 and published in 1910. He became the evergreens and jazz standards.
Features of the song
Jerome and Schwartz used in Chinatown, My Chinatown reminiscent of Chinese music they softcover in the European harmonies, especially in the introduction, but also in the verses. The piece is inspired by ragtime; it is built march similar, but written in song form AB and includes 32 bars.
Reception history
1914, the song in the revue Up and Down Broadway WC Fields was used; for 1915 reported the billboard, which some Vaudeville had the pieces in the repertoire. Already in the early Dixieland Jazz found the piece numerous performers; it has a function as a flag -waver, that is, " As fast and thrilling opening piece. " Gunther Schuller pointed to the extraordinary pace at which the big bands of the 1930s, Chinatown played. John Nesbitt arranging such a recording of the orchestra of Fletcher Henderson in 1930 1931 Louis Armstrong interpreted the title.; " To the grandiose, climbing into extraordinary heights trumpet include persistent accompanying riffs of the orchestra of Luis Russell. " Other outstanding versions come from Lionel Hampton ( as China Stomp 1937), Tommy Dorsey, the Casa Loma Orchestra ( 1934) and Jack Teagarden (1944). Chinatown was also recorded by Al Jolson and Chris Connor. More versions derived from The Hi- Lo's ( A Musical Thrill, 2006) and Carl Mann ( on the LP 14 Unissued Sides. )
Related songs
The musical backbone of Chinatown has been repeatedly used as a starting point for other songs; this applies to Louis Armstrong Struttin 'with Some Barbeque as well as for Space Man by Lionel Hampton and Jess Stacy and Sax No End of Francy Boland.
Use in the film
The song was used repeatedly in films; first in Max Fleischer's animated film of the same name from the year 1929. 1987 Woody Allen picked the song for his Radio Days. Furthermore, he found in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven and in the video game Illusion Softworks ' 2002 use.