Latest Release
- 22 SEPT 2023
- 15 Songs
- Pop Radio, Vol. 8 · 2001
- Lazy Rhythm · 2005
- 1930s Memories · 2004
- Best of the British Dance Bands · 1994
- Mahogany Hall Stomp (Music for Every Mood) · 1937
- Fabulous British Dance Bands: Rox Fox & His Orchestra "Lets Face the Music & Dance" · 2017
- Introducing Nat Gonella · 1999
- Mirage Jazz · 2020
- Top 105 Classics - The Very Best of Nat Gonella · 2019
- Black Coffee - Single · 2018
- 2015
Singles & EPs
About Nat Gonella
Inspired by Louis Armstrong, Nat Gonella in the 1930s could be considered the Wingy Manone or Louis Prima of England. He started off playing in the jazz-oriented dance bands of Billy Cotton, Roy Fox, Ray Noble, and Lew Stone from 1929 to 1934 before leading his own band, the Georgians, named thus because his version of "Georgia on My Mind" was popular. Although he visited and played in the U.S. in 1939, Gonella chose to stay in England where he made many records during 1932-1942, a few in the mid-'40s, and then became less prominent. In 1958, he formed the New Georgia Jazz Band (which recorded frequently during the next three years) and he remained an active and popular figure into the late '70s, dying in 1998. Nat Gonella's recordings are worth investigating by swing and Dixieland fans. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- London, England
- BORN
- 7 mars 1908
- GENRE
- Jazz