[Dixielandjazz] FW: Spud Murphy's Book

[Robert Newman]

Yo, Dude -- I have his orange and blue arranging book copyrighted 1937 by 
Robbins Music and called Spud Murphy's Swing Arranging Method.    It has 47 
pages and cost all of one dollar.

On the back cover is a Robbins Music ad for two more arranging methods --  
Frank Skinner's New Method for Orchestra Scoring and Arranging for the 
Modern Dance Orchestra by Arthur Lange.    The Skinner book was two bucks 
and the Lange book five bucks.    Pretty pricey for 1937 considering that 
gasoline was 25 cents a gallon and Pepsi Cola was a nickel for twelve full 
ounces -- and that's a lot.     And Deccas and BlueBirds were 35 cents and 
Victors were 75 cents.   And stock dance band arrangements were 75 cents.

Bob Newman


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Hull" <charlie at easysounds.com>
To: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
Cc: "dixieland jazz mail list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] FW: Spud Murphy


> Spud Murphy was my first Arranging instructor, only he didn't know it.
>
> When I was very young (several weeks ago) I bought his dixieland 
> arrangements, transposed the horn parts to concert on a single staff, and 
> studied his chord structures and voicings.
>
> They were nice, tasty charts; a lot simpler than the stuff he did for the 
> big bands.
>
> Charlie Hull
>
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