[Dixielandjazz] eddie condon

[Stan Brager]

Speaking of names, which we've done here from time to time, a Shorty Rogers
album recorded in the 1950s listed Art Salt on alto. It was, of course, Art
Pepper.

Stan
Stan Brager
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Ingle [mailto:cornet at 1010internet.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 4:42 PM
> To: Bill Haesler
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] eddie condon
> 
> Bill Haesler wrote:
> >  Robert Ringwald wrote (in part):
> >> Speaking of musicians using assumed names to record, Benny Goodman
> >> once recorded under the name of Shoeless Joe Jackson, I believe it
> >> was.  I am not good at remembering details so I could have the names
> >> wrong.  I'm sure that Bill Haesler will correct me if I am wrong.
> >
> > Dear Bob,
> > There's nothing wrong with your memory.
> > Well almost nothing.
> > <big grin>
> > It was Shoeless JOHN Jackson. And used by Goodman for his
> > participation on Mel Powell's first record date under his own name
> for
> > Milt Gabler's Commodore label on 4 February 1942.
> > 18-year-old Mel Powell had joined the Goodman orch in June 1941 as a
> > replacement for Johnny Guarnieri who had tired of touring.
> > Goodman was under contract with Columbia at the time, while Gabler
> had
> > a strong connection with Decca.
> > Herewith the session details:
> > Mel Powell And His Orchestra:
> > Billy Butterfield (t) Lou McGarity (tb) Benny Goodman [as "Shoeless"
> > John Jackson] (cl) George Berg (ts) Mel Powell (p) Al Morgan (b)
> > Kansas Fields (d)
> > New York, February 4, 1942
> >     When Did You Leave Heaven?
> >       The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
> >     Blue Skies
> >     Mood At Twilight
> > Shoeless JOE Jackson, as we all know, was the infamous baseball
> player
> > implicated in the Chicago White Sox 'scandal' in 1919.
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> >
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> 
> Speaking of nom d'plumes for musicians I add ths one. When da(Red
> Ingle)
> was rehersing his recording for Tim=Tay=Shun, the gal who was to sing
> it
> was paid off so that another singer asked if she could make the date.
> But because of a new management contract, she could not use her own
> name. So when the record was made, and it hit Billboard #1 and stayed
> there for three months, the whole world was guessing just who this
> "Cinderella G. Stump" was. Then, months later it was finally revealed
> that the singer was Jo Stafford. A lot of wagers were paid off after
> months of side bets on just who the elusive "Cinderella" was.
> 
> Later, when some DJ asked dad during an interview, just what the "G" in
> that name stood for, dad said, pure Buckeye accent and all, "Gum."
> So I'll see your Shoeless John Jackson and raise you a Cinderella Gum
> Stump! Bet 'em if you got 'em!
> Don Ingle
>