All recordings are from the original source material
and digitally re-mastered to reduce surface noise.

Jane Green (1897-1931)

Jane Green was a popular singer and Broadway actress in the 1920s.
Born Martha Jane Greene in 1897 in Kentucky, Jane was the youngest of four children.
In 1916 Jane met Jimmy Blyler who was already a successful songwriter.
The team of Green and Blyler took off performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
Ziegfeld signed the duo for the Broadway shows "9 O'clock Revue" and "Midnight Frolic".
Jane and Jimmy were married in 1918.
 

Jane's recording career started in 1920 with a recording of "Wild Romantic Blues".
The next year Jane appears in Eddie Cantor's "The Midnight Rounder's of 1921" performing the song "If I Knew".
In 1923 Jane is back on Broadway in the musical revue "Nifties of 1923" shown at the Fulton Theatre.
Tragically Jimmy Blyler fell ill and died in 1924.
Later that year Jane teamed up with Isham Jones and his orchestra.
A two-year love affair ensued resulting in Jones' composition of "My Castle In Spain" written especially for Jane.

Jane traveled to London in 1925 and performed at the Piccadilly Hotel and the Kit Kat Club.
In the mid-1920's she was at her performance and popularity peek.
She appears with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra.
In 1927 she married pianist Ron Wilson.
Also that year Jane was seriously injured in New York City when the taxi she was riding in struck a streetcar.
Jane's nose had been broken and this affected her vocals.
On August 28, 1931 Jane died at the young age of 34 in her Berkeley apartment.
Later obituaries note that she died of a paralytic stroke.

This CD includes her major recorded output made at the height of her recording career.
These recordings show her vibrant and exciting singing style that as very popular.
There is a creative jazz improvisation interjected in her song lyrics that was unique.