[Dixielandjazz] FW: South To a Warmer Place on Riverwalk Jazz

[Hal Vickery]

I've heard "Mama Will Bark," and I can see why Sinatra would go to his grave hating Miller for that abomination.  That had to be the nadir of Sinatra's recording career.  It came at the same time as his movie career was faltering, and on radio he was playing "Rocky Fortune" in a pretty mediocre weekly series.  

The good news is that not long after that, Sinatra made "From Here to Eternity," went to Capitol records, and resurrected his career.

Hal Vickery



> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:24:30 -0500
> From: meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] South To a Warmer Place on Riverwalk Jazz
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> Mart:
> 
> As i was saying just recently to Bill Haeslar in an off-list conversation,
> when it came to the Wilder album, another all-instrumental album when he
> switched to Capitol, as well as being credited with being conductor on
> albums for Peggy Lee and Dean Martin (both Capitol) and Sylvia Sims
> (Reprise)unless you were actually there, it's doubtful there would be any
> real way of knowing.
> 
> With the vast appreciation I have always had for what he contributed to us
> all, I would prefer to think that he actually did the conducting and let him
> have yet another feather in his bonnet.
> 
> I have heard that he supposedly went to his grave hating Mitch Miller
> because as Columbia A&R man, he forced Frank to record "Mama Will Bark" with
> Dagmar, who was briefly a late-night TV sensation famous for her rather
> large breasts. (which you couldn't hear on the record)
> 
> Tides,
> HC
> 
> 
> On 7/22/10, macjazz <macjazz at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > One of the all time great albums.  I've often wondered while listening to
> > it, if Sinatra truly conducted it or just fronted it.  I would be interested
> > in the answer if any one knows.
> >
> > Mart
> >
> > Martin D. McKay (Designated listen)(and major Alec Wilder fan)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Callaghan" <
> > meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
> > To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
> > Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] South To a Warmer Place on Riverwalk Jazz
> >
> >
> >
> > And during the period that he was under contract with Columbia Records,
> >> Frank
> >> Sinatra even recorded an album "FS Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder"
> >>
> >> My guess would be that he probably utilized the orchestra of Axel Stordahl
> >> (but if I'm
> >> wrong I know who'll be the first to correct me)
> >>
> >> Tides,
> >> HC
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/22/10, Donald Mopsick <dmopsick at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Alec Wilder was a great composer of popular song and chamber music
> >>> ("I'll Be Around," "While We're Young"). Here is "South To a Warmer
> >>> Place" (Lyric by Loonis McGlohan) as a duet with Catherine Russell and
> >>> Dick Hyman, excerpted from the latest Riverwalk Jazz concert recording
> >>> in San Antonio last May. Maybe some of you Wilder mavens can tell me
> >>> when it was composed?
> >>>
> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igD-W9PzSt8
> >>>
> >>> mopo
> >>>
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