[Dixielandjazz] Jack Jenny - was Trombone Style Change

[Stan Brager]

Ken;

Jenny had nothing to do with the stylistic change of the trombone from that
evident on recordings with Kid Ory. That change had already been adopted by
most modern (late '20s) trombonists when Jenny came on the scene in the
early '30s.

Jenny was in the later group which also included J. C. Higginbotham, Sonny
Lee, Lawrence Brown, Dicky Wells, Will Bradley and Joe Yucl among others.
Jenny wasn't under-rated as much as he was forgotten except for his solo on
Artie Shaw's "Stardust" and, possibly, his recordings with the Red Norvo and
His Swing small group recordings in 1934. "The Night Is Blue" and "Old
Fashioned Love" are excellent examples. Norvo has been quoted as saying this
about Jack Jenney, "his sound is so good, he was so fluent and he moved so
easy." These are my favorite Jenny cuts.

Many have heard Jenny play "Stardust" on recordings of his own band. At
least, one of them belong in every trombonist's collection in my mind.
However, I don't rate his band as an example of a first-rate swing band -
which is probably why his name doesn't come to mind as quickly as others.

Stan
Stan Brager

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Ingle [mailto:dingle at nomadinter.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 12:29 PM
To: Ken Mathieson
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Trombone Style Change

Ken Mathieson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Most of the prominent "smoothies" have been mentioned, but one guy, who
recorded prolifically across the period when the change was becoming
evident, was Jack Jenney, a great player and much under-rated nowadays.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
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Oh yes -- you havce to include this guy. One listen to his work on 
Shaw;s Stardust and you have to be sold.
Another one I forgot to mention -- a tad later, but faciel in both trad 
styles and smooth pop was Ted Vesley. Ted could play wonderfully in 
every style that paid money regularly, but his jazz work was 
outstanding. His small combo in L.A inthe 40's had Stand Story on 
calrinet -- another forgotten player, Bobby Higgins on Cornet, Earl 
Sturgis on Pinao and Red Cooper (one of several) on drums.Just a 
delightful band, though hard to find, since bands ski[pped all over L.A. 
from small joint to another- Few Except Pete Daily and Red Nichols ever 
seemed to hold down long stays.
Getting good again -- keep them coming. Beat watching raccoons steal the 
seed out of our bird feeders for entertainment.
Don Ingle