1938 Ray Noble - Cherokee (the first recorded version) video free download

A year before Billy May’s famous arrangement for the Charlie Barnet band turned this tune into a favorite vehicle for jazz improvisation, “Cherokee” was introduced by its composer Noble as the first of five-movements in his “Indian Suite,” which later included “Comanche War Dance” “Iroquois” “Seminole” and “Sioux Sue.” See also the flipside “By The Waters Of Minnetonka.”

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Brunswick 8247 - Cherokee (Noble) by Ray Noble & his Orchestra, recorded October 11, 1938 (label scan courtesy of The Rick Colom Collection)

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