Music in the Streets: Tony Schwartz

Folkways Records FD-5581

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Calypso, Bluegrass, Gospel, Religious
[Tracklist]
Side I, Part I: Street Musician (13:31)
A1.1 Untitled (Street Saxophone): Unknown Artist
A1.2 Untitled (Glass Bowls): Unknown Artist
A1.3 Bongo Boys: Unknown Artist
A1.4 The Carnegie Hall Fiddler: Guisseppi Ravita
A1.5 Untitled (Guitar): Rev. Gary Davis
A1.6 Untitled (Time Square Accordion): Unknown Artist
A1.7 Moondog: Moondog
Side I, Part II: Washington Square (12:22)
A2.1 Untitled (Banjo And Bass): Unknown Artist
A2.2 Rambling Around: The Kosoy Twins
A2.3 King Edward: Ralph Rinzler, The Kosoy Twins
A2.4 When The Saints Go Marching In: Unknown Artist
A2.5 Met A Little Gipsy: John Gibbons
A2.6 Deep Blue Sea: Jane Soyer
A2.7 Another Man Done Gone: Fred Gerlach
Side II, Part I: Religious Music (7:24)
B1.1 Untitled (Church Bells): Unknown Artist
B1.2 Untitled (Salvation Army Group): Unknown Artist
B1.3 Untitled (Salvation Army Christmas Band): Unknown Artist
B1.4 Untitled (Puerto Rican Street Gospel Group): Unknown Artist
B1.5 Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Church Unknown Artist
Side II, Part II: Street Festival (9:05)
B2.1 Untitled (Jazz Group): Unknown Artist
B2.2 Untitled (Band): Unknown Artist
B2.3 Untitled (Parade): Unknown Artist
B2.4 Untitled (Song): Unknown Artist
Side II, Part III: Parades (6:15)
B3.1 Untitled (Montage Of City Parades): Unknown Artist
[Credits]
Artist and Producer: Tony Schwartz, Cover Artwork: Don Freeman
[Notes]
From the streets of New York City comes a medley of musical styles that represents the cultural and musical diversity of the Big Apple. Recorded between the spring of 1950 and fall of 1957 by famed sound archivist Tony Schwartz, Music in the Streets attests to the view that music is a matter of "necessity inclination". The selections here include not only that of street performers and musicians but also of street festivals, parades, and religious groups. Liner notes include photographs of street musicians in New York City, an introduction by Schwartz, and track notes.