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The Jolly Boys recordings

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0006

Overview

Description: Side A: Kabootar (Khatibi) ["La Paloma" by Sebastian de Iradier (c. 1860)] - Columbia G.P. 107/CO 189.
Side B: Yasseman (Fakoor) ["Solamente una vez" by Agustin Lara (1941)] - Columbia G.P. 107/CO 191.

An instrumental recording featuring Polish popular jazz band, "The Jolly Boys," exiled to Iran. The performers include Stanislaw Sperber, Sonia Vartanian, Ghanbary, F. Socolow, and Igo Krischer. The Jewish band found unexpected sanctuary in Tehran, where they had been invited to perform at the future Shah’s wedding party (in the summer of 1939), and where they continued to perform as a group until the war had ended. Although the “Jolly Boys” never made a commercial recording in Poland, the group did record several songs in Tehran. One bandmate, pianist Artur Baigelman (aka “A. Bay”), one of Henry Baigelman’s many musical siblings, did not survive the war.
Date: Recorded: approximately 1947
Format: Phonograph record; shellac; 78 rpm

Physical Details

Language: Persian
Genre/Form: Music.

Rights & Restrictions

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Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
Conditions on Use: Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Exile (Punishment) Jazz. Jewish musicians. Jews, Polish--Iran--Tehran. Songs, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Iran--Tehran. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
Geographic Name: Tehran (Iran)
Personal Name: Baigelman, Artur. Ghanbary. Krischer, Igo. Lara, Agustín, 1897-1970. Socolow, F. Sperber, Stanisław. Vartanian, Sonia. Yradier, Sebastián, 1809-1865.

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: In process
Recorded Sound Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received this disc from an anonymous donor.
Recorded Sound Notes: In 2016 the USHMM received a “Jolly Boys” collection from a relative of the group’s drummer, Igo Krischer (Accession Number: 2016.152.1); the collection includes photographs of the group in Poland and Iran, song sheets, promotional material, a several emotional letters from Krischer’s relatives trapped in Polish ghettos. For more information, refer to: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn532717
Recorded Sound Source: Anonymous donor

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:27:16
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