Fred Elizalde

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Federico "Fred" Elizalde (December 12, 1907 – January 16, 1979) was a Philippines-born Spanish classical and jazz pianist, composer, conductor, and bandleader influential in the British dance band era. Elizalde was born in Manila, Philippines. His wealthy family owned several plantations in the Philippines. At the age of only seven he entered the Madrid Royal Conservatory, winning the first prize in piano at age 14. He then studied at St. Joseph's College, London and went to study law at Stanford University in the 1920s. His musical interests prevailed and he left the university. He took composition lessons under Ernst Bloch at Stanford, and gave up law temporarily for music, leaving the school in 1926. He then embarked on a career as a jazz bandleader, leading the Stanford University Band at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles while he studied composition. He recorded with the Cinderella Roof Orchestra in 1926, then returned to England, where he entered Cambridge University in the autumn as a law student. This lasted only a year; soon after reaching England, Elizalde formed a new band, the Quinquaginta Band, which became highly successful and influential on the development of British jazz music in the late 1920s. Elizalde criticized British dance music for its Viennese qualities and sought to bring more American principles of rhythm to the British scene. He recorded with his band in 1927 under several ensemble names for Brunswick and Decca. In his run at the Savoy Hotel in L

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The Best of Fred Elizalde and his Anglo American Band 1928-1929

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100 Jazz Classics Of The '20s & '30s

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Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925 - 1955

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The Big Broadcast, Vol. 4: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s

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Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925 - 1955

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AB In London

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Birmingham Black Bottom (Original Recordings, 1926 - 1927)

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Archive Of American Popular Music 1893-1946

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That Devilin' Tune - a Jazz History, 1895-1950 Volume 2 (Disc 5)

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Legends Of Jazz

Shades of Jazz (Fred Elizalde)

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Jazz In Britain - The 20's

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