[Dixielandjazz] All girl bands - was Ina Ray Hutton

[Marek Boym]

Hello,
DVD makes it mainly visual again.
But the interesting CD attached to the book "Take Off" tells a
different story.  There it's just audio, and most of it is very good.
Lots of Sweethearts of Rhythm, which could outswing most bands, except
perhaps for the best known ones.  But there are recordings by lots of
bands that are far from the level of Basie, Goodman, the Duke, Shaw or
Tommy Dorsey.  And those do not sound any better than the all-girl
bands I know (I assume there were more).
Cheers

On 10 July 2011 08:03, Anton Crouch <anton.crouch at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> The paucity of recordings by all girl bands, other than Ina Ray Hutton, is
> not too surprising - the appeal of these performances was largely visual,
> rather than aural.
>
> But there is some of material now appearing on DVD - particularly the Warner
> Bros sets. For example:
>
> Phil Spitalny & his Musical Queens on /Vitaphone cavalcade of musical
> comedy/ and Rita Rio & Her Orchestra on /Big band jazz and swing./
>
> The stand-out is Frances Carroll & the Coquettes - yes that really is the
> name of the band! Not only was Carroll gorgeous, the band could really
> swing. They were helped, in no small measure, by a drummer named Viola Smith
> who had a kit that Sonny Greer would admire and who could give Gene Krupa a
> run for his money.
>
> All the best,
> Anton
> /
>
>
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