1926 Cerknica – Chypsle Jazz
Orkester cerkniške družine Turšič smo že spoznali, za ta post sem prihranil manj znani podatek, da so bili tudi eden prvih, če ne celo prvi slovenski jazz band.
Svoj šramel so ustanovili že leta 1925, torej v obdobju, ko je nova glasbena zvrst, imenovana jazz, ravno dobivala lastne prepoznavne oblike, podedovane iz bluesa, ragtima in gostilniške glasbe New Orleansa.
Hkrati so iz istih osnov nastajale plesne oblike, kot boogie-woogie, foxtrot, one-step in drugi, ki so na novo postavile pravila družabnega plesa. Ta ni bil več zapet, vnaprej določen red figur, temveč ritmično razgiban in igriv – ojoj, za tiste čase celo malo nedostojen – splet gibanja in romantike. Ni čudno, da so bili nekateri plesi ponekod celo prepovedani**.
In vse to je bil – jazz.
Ko je postala popularna glasba velik posel, so jo razširjali in prodajali z dnevnimi izdajami notnih zapisov.
Note so hitro potovale čez Atlantik in oživele pod prsti pianistov, ki so spremljali neme filme v kinodvoranah po Evropi ali zabavali goste po kavarnah in plesnih salah. Glasbeniki so se učili eden od drugega. S standardizacijo gramofonskih plošč, uveljavljanjem radia in pojavom zvočnega filma, so se poti zabavne glasbe široko odprle.
Tako je najbrž prišla tudi do nas. Je note s seboj prinesel kasnejši član skupine Popek, ko se je vrnil iz Amerike? So poslušali plošče z gramofona v Žumrovem hotelu? Kdo bi vedel.
Mima je bila vodja orkestra. Poleg violine je igrala tudi klavir, kitaro, citre, harmoniko in harfo. Znala je igrati po notah in leta 1928 je nastopila tudi na radiu. Janez je igral na diatonično harmoniko. Maks in France (na sliki) sta igrala na bobne.
Lojze je bil violinist. Šarmantnega mladeniča smo na tem blogu že videli. Oblečen je zelo usklajeno in okusno – res šik!
Najpomembnejše podrobnosti najdemo na prednji opni velikega bobna. Pomen in izvor imena Chypsle Jazz ostaja velika uganka. Še bolj zanimiva je ilustracija, ki prikazuje tri temnopolte glasbenike: bobnarja, saksofonista in pianista. Tako dobro so postavljeni, da ne more biti nobenega dvoma o zvrsti glasbe: igrajo jass!
Sodobniki: Jazzing Orchestra iz Houstona, 1921So imeli kaj takega v svojem programu tudi Chypsle Jazz?
** Slovenski narod, 31.5.1921: Madžarsko notranje ministrstvo namerava izdati prepoved vseh modernih amerikanskih plesov, kakor so to »Jazz«, »Foxtrott« in »Onestep«. Vsi ti plesi bodo prepovedani po vseh javnih lokalih.
Slovarček:
- jass: prvotna oblika za besedo džez (jazz)
- plesna sala: plesna dvorana, prostor namenjen družabnim plesom
- ragtime: stil glasbe, 1897 – 1918, značilen močno sinkopiran (“raztrgan”, rag) ritem, znani klavirski virtuozi (Scott Joplin), eden od predhodnikov jazza
- šik: elegantno, čedno
- šramel: vrsta ansambla, običajno kvartet z dvema violinama, harmoniko in kitaro, zelo popularen na začetku 20. stoletja
Viri:
- Ilustracija Alabama Slide: Wikipedia.
- Fotografija Jazzing Orchestra King & Carter, Wikimedia Commons.
Kraj: Cerknica
Datum: 1926
Avtor: neznan
Zbirka: Breda Sikkens
Skenirano: 12. 11. 2001 (bojans)
Oblika: fotografija
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Cerknica je glasbeno zelo zanimiva, pa naj bo v preteklosti ali v sedanjem času. V prvi polovici 20. st. je skoraj vsako gasilsko društvo imelo tudi glasbeno sekcijo (godbo ali pevski zbor).
Pričujoči zapis dokazuje kako razvita je bila in je Cerknica na glasbenem področju. Lahko bi bili bolj ponosni na dosežke naših rojakov. “Cerknica (malo) mesto glasbe”.
Bojan hvala za zelo zanimiv zapis.
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Po zaslugi cerkniške družine Turšič, ki naj bi bila eden prvih, če ne celo prvi slovenski jazz band lahko smatramo Cerknico kot slovenski New Orleans.
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What a fabulous post !
All along I have only assocated polkas and watzes with Slovenia.
Lojze is seriouly trendy in that suit, but I am not sure about that hair style.
I have noticed that “high” hairstyle is common in many other photos. I wonder is it the desired look?
Maria C Australia
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The hair style was high fashion those days. Lojze was very proud of his hair. I remember that his wife very often mentioned how beautiful he was.
About the music that they have played, my father wrote: We played every Sunday and on weddings for free. We were picked up with horses and we were brought home. We also got food and drinks. The tango and English waltz were new and young people were fond of them, they asked them to play them and to learn dancing.
They also went on music competitions. Once they even have beaten Slavko Avsenik.
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Hvala lepa Breda,
I think Lojze’s wife was right, he looked very stylish in his 1920s clorhing and the way he posed for the photograph.
Were they from an affluent or middle class family ? I imagine it would be expensive to learn how to play and to buy these musical instruments.
Did they ever record their jazz performance ?
A wondeful story of travelling to the villages on Sunday. I can imagine how excited the young people were… I remember my father told me that every Sunday the villagers got together and danced and danced.
I wonder did they ever play in the villages of family…. Zerovnica or Iga vas ?
Maria C (Australia)
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In the new book of J.Kebe: “Cerkniško jezero in ljudje ob njem” on the page 605:
there is a photo of this group made in Grahovo. On the picture are also people from Žerovnica. Photo was taken in 1931.
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Yes, Maria,
they have played everywhere. The rule was that they have been picked up with horses and they had to be brought back to Cerknica after the party. My father said in the boek Toku je blu na Cerkniskem, that they have played on Rakeke, Planina, Grahovo, Zerovnica en Ivanje Selo. They have not recorded their performances.
The family was, I gues, middle class. The father and the sons were painters and they had a lot of work all over the county. In the winter, when there was not a season for painting, they moved to Split. They have earned enough money to support the whole familly. They all lived together in a big house called Tabor.
The instruments were not new, but they had a lot of them. Mima for example played violine, zither, harp and acorrdion. Only Lojze have had e few music lessons, then Mima was teaching him and also the others. She was talented and she did not need any lessons. Later she became a teacher of accordion in Koper.
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Fotografija je objavljena tudi v knjigi Občina Cerknica, etnološka topografija Slovenskega etničnega ozemlja – 20. stoletje, avtorja Ralfa Čeplaka, Ljubljana 1990, na strani 144.
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Zanimivo, kako napredna je bila cerkniška glasbena scena. Navdušen sem tudi nad frizurami, ki so res neverjetne.
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