[Dixielandjazz] Hank D'Amico ~ Omer Simeon ~ Wild Bill

[richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com]

Good morning Bill,
you're not only lucky with those 78s ~ it's blxxxx 28 Fahrenheit here as I type! The dog's got a contract with me to take him for a Sunday morning stroll!
 
Agree with you observations ~ the band didn't get to stretch out.  That singer (hmmm) ~ he won't worry Sinatra, or Presley for that matter.

Richard


---- Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote: 
> <richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com> wrote [in part]:
> > Also found Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band on Victor 1950, tracks that have Peanuts Hucko or Edmond Hall, and Wild Bill on them. 
> 
> Dear Richard,
> We in Australian were lucky.
> Two of those Krupa sides ("Bonaparte's Retreat/My Scandinavian Baby") were issued here as 78s in the 50s,
> We bought them because we instantly recognised our hero, Wild Bill.
> It is Peanuts Hucko on clarinet.
> 
> Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band: 
> Wild Bill Davison (c) Cutty Cutshall (tb) Peanuts Hucko (cl) Gene Schroeder (p) Ray Biondi (g) Al Hall (b) Gene Krupa (d) Bobby Scoots (vcl) 
> New York, March 26, 1950
> At The Jazz Band Ball (bs vcl)   
> I Want Gold In My Pockets (bs vcl)      
> 
> New York, April 6, 1950
> Bonaparte's Retreat (bs vcl)    
> My Scandinavian Baby (bs vcl) 
> 
> Ed Hall was on a later session as follows:
> 
> Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band: 
> Wild Bill Davison (c) Cutty Cutshall (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Ernie Caceres (bar) Joe Bushkin (p) Ray Biondi (g) Al Hall (b) Gene Krupa (d) Bobby Scoots (vcl) 
> New York, September 11, 1950
>  Walkin' The Blues (bs vcl)     
>  Panhandle Rag (bs vcl)         
>  I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles         
>  Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
> 
> All eight sides from the 1950s session came out here on a local RCA LP (VJL 1 0382).
> I do not know of any CD reissues of the above, apart from a long-deleted French Classics CD, I do not have.
> The album is available from iTunes.
> But let's put it all into perspective. Bobby Scoots is certainly no jazz singer and the band is great, but only given full rein on the two non-vocal sides. However, I still love Wild Bill on"Bonaparte's Retreat", probably because we loved it back in the daze when we wore the 78 to death.
> Here I go again! More than you needed to know.
> At least I had fun replaying the LP just now.
> Thank you for the reminder.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
> 
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