[Dixielandjazz] Dudley Fosdick addendum

[David Richoux]

Thanks Don!

A quick Goggle search turns up these "Mellophonium oddities:"

DON ELLIOTT - MELLOPHONE. Vinyl LP. Bethlehem BCP 12. Mono,
Featuring DON ELLIOTT, Bill Byers, Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Howie  
Reich, Hal McKusick, Milt Hinton, Mel Zelnick.
Tracks: Spring Is Here; S'Posin'; With The Wind & Rain In Your Hair;  
Summer Setting; Fascinatin' Rhythm; Almost Like Being In Love; The  
Lamp Is Low; My Reverie; Mellophone Mambo. 1955.

http://www.truveo.com/Stan-Kenton-Maria/id/1952787519  featuring a  
Mellophone section (not exactly OKOM) - this version of the horn was  
designed by Conn and Kenton!

And have you ever heard of a variant on the Alto Horn called the  
Altonium? It looks like a standard Eb bell front Alto but is slightly  
smaller bore. It was built in the key of F /Eb in the mid 20th  
Century  Apparently it is in the Trombonium Family (Never heard of it  
until just now. I will have to look closer at those www.horn-u- 
copia.net pages...)

The things one finds on The Internets!

Dave Richoux

On Aug 17, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Don Ingle wrote:

> Dave - and other lurkers:
> RE: Dudley Fosdick.
> Dudley also spent a few years with the Ted Weems band at the same  
> time my dad was with it. In fact on one take, "That's What I Like  
> About You, there is a chorus of swapped eighth bar solos, with the  
> bridge played, ala Venuti-Lang trio with Red Ingle on violin,  
> guitarist Cliff Covert, and Joe " Country" Washburn on bass. Dudley  
> was also on several other Weems sides ca. 1933-34  before he went  
> to Lombardo. He also worked with Hoagy Carmichael. He had a  
> brother, Gene Fosdick, who was an excellent tenor sax man and band  
> leader. Both were from Indiana, and a good reference is found in  
> Duncan Scheidt's excellent book, "The Jazz State of Indiana." Much  
> good jazz history well presented here, and great photos.
> Don Ingle