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

[Hal Vickery]

A lot of times the Goodman band plays some of these arrangements at a much
slower tempo than the Henderson band did.  (I'm thinking of things like
"Down South Camp Meeting" and "Christopher Columbus" which sound like dirges
compared to the Henderson versions.

Henderson's ensemble work went to hell after his automobile accident (I
think around 1929).  He was already not a very strict disciplinarian, and
after the accident it got even worse.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stan Brager
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:12 PM
To: Steve Barbone; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fletcher Henderson's "Wrappin It Up"

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
>
> > 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.
>
> 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)
>
> ". . . .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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