Music Is The Most Beautiful Language In The World: Yiddisher Jazz In London’s East End 1920s To 1950sVarious Artists

• Max Bacon – Beigels
• Johnny Franks and his Kosher Ragtimers – Mahzel
• Ambrose & His Orchestra – Selection Of Hebrew Dances
• Johnny Franks and his Kosher Ragtimers – Wilhemina
• Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band – A Brivella Der Mama
• Baker And Willie With Orch. – A Day in the Lane
• Stanley Laudan – Yiddisher Samba
• Johnny Franks And His Kosher Ragtimers – Tzena
• Mendel & His Mishpoche Band – A Kosher Fox-Trot Medley (Petticoat Lane)
• Stanley Laudan – Rock'n'Roll Kozatsky

• 1. Max Bacon – Beigels
• 2. Johnny Franks and his Kosher Ragtimers – Mahzel
• 3. Ambrose & His Orchestra – Selection Of Hebrew Dances
• 4. Johnny Franks and his Kosher Ragtimers – Wilhemina
• 5. Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band – A Brivella Der Mama
• 6. Baker And Willie With Orch. – A Day in the Lane
• 7. Stanley Laudan – Yiddisher Samba
• 8. Johnny Franks And His Kosher Ragtimers – Tzena
• 9. Mendel & His Mishpoche Band – A Kosher Fox-Trot Medley (Petticoat Lane)
• 10. Stanley Laudan – Rock'n'Roll Kozatsky
• 11. Maurice Winnick & his Sweet Music – Bei Mir Biste Schon
• 12. The Plaza Band – Petticoat Lane
• 13. Rita Marlowe – Why Be Angry Sweetheart
• 14. Oscar Grasso – Return To Me
• 15. Leo Fuld With Wardour Singers – Hebrew Chant
• 16. Chaim Towber & Johnny Franks Orchestra – Whitechapel
• 17. Chaim Towber & Johnny Franks Orchestra – Festival Of Britain

JWM Records launch with the selection Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World. A vibrant soundtrack to the Cockney Jewish experience, starting when the swinging hot dance bands were still all the rage, and the Yiddish language was spoken on the streets of Whitechapel, in London’s East End. For some, music or acting was a potential way out of the poverty experienced by these first and second generation refugees.

Sounds from long-forgotten 78 rpm discs only recently unearthed, reveal a host of recording artists, united here for the first time.