[Dixielandjazz] Fletcher Henderson's "Wrappin It Up"

[Stan Brager]

Steve;

Many of Henderson's arrangements which Fletch provided for Benny Goodman
were written for his own band and not modified for BG. My own take on these
studio recordings is that the Goodman orchestra sounded much better than the
Henderson band. The solos, for the most part, were better on the Henderson
discs.

Stan
Stan Brager

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:35 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fletcher Henderson's "Wrappin It Up"


> > "Robert Smith" <robert.smith at tele2.no> wrote
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> > Sorry, Steve, I've just listened to "Wrappin' It Up", and it doesn't
remind
> > me of anything, except that it is a typical Fletcher Henderson
arrangement.
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> That's Ok Bob. I thought it might remind some list mates of the Benny
> Goodman rendition of "Wrappin It Up" made a few years later, after BG
wisely
> bought some arrangements, including that one, from Henderson. One of the
> critiques said, in part, about BG's version, (a tour de force)
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> ". . . .from the late '30s we hear trumpet player Ziggy Elman soloing
> strongly. "Wrappin' It Up", again arranged by Fletcher Henderson, offers
> Elman and Chicago tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman, who provides a swinging
> solo in the Lester Young mold."
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
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