[Dixielandjazz] Bunny Film Clip -- plus Rich band members

[Stan Brager]

Don;

Thanks for the info about Adrian Rollini and Hank Wayland.

I sent this clip to a friend whose father was drummer Sammy Weiss. Sammy
played with many of the big bands, Mickey Katz, and a host of small groups
as well. He was much in demand when he moved to Los Angeles in the '40s. You
may have known him. My friend said that it was his father at age 25.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ingle" <dingle at nomadinter.net>
To: "dixieland jazz mailing list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "JOHN
FARRELL" <stridepiano at btinternet.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bunny Film Clip -- plus Rich band members


> The film clip you mention is one I have from some years ago on a
> Blackhawk Films release on CD.
> It was Jerry Collona, and in the sax section is Adrian Rollini.
>
> When Bunny put his band together for recording, the bass player was Hank
> Wayland who worked for several years with my dad's Natural Seven,
> includuing their tour of Great Britain in 1951. Hank was on Can't Get
> Started, Prisonere's Song, etc. This was a 12" 78 for the extra length
> of recording time. He was on all the sides that were done with that band
> -- which played more for the recordings than for audiences. Short lived
> as a band, it still had the top NY musicos aboard. Bunny's increasing
> alcoholism and failure to perform well in the dates booked  soon got out
> and the band just could not get bookings to sustain it. A tragic human
> flaw that took its toll on another player with the same initials -- Bix
> Beiderbecke..
>
> Though Bunny seemed more influenced by Louis, he knew and admired Bix -- 
> and his recording of In A Mist was his tribute to Bix a half decade
> after Bix passed.
>
> Hank Wayland was a terrific bass player, and a real character. He was a
> large part of the Red Ingle comedy routines, but always the solid
> bassist. I worked onthe band for over a year when Hank was aboard and
> the tales of the Berigan band, and also the Bob Chester band of that
> time are good memories of Wayland (who worked with that band as well in
> the mid-to-late
> 30's.
>
> Hey - this proved to be a neat thread to follow. I hope I contributed to
> it -- beats the hell out of the recent rounds of rants. So join in, you
> with other information so we can all learn more about the subjects at
hand.
> Don (snowless - finally -- in North Michigan) Ingle
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