[Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers

[Stan Brager]

Harry;

 

That may have been the version by "The Harlem Footwarmers" (a pseudonym for
Ellington) featuring a vocal by Irving Mills (not one of the famous Mills
Brothers but Ellington's manager). The version with the Mills Brothers can
be found on a JSP CD 302 (Irving may have been in the control booth humming
to himself ;).

 

Stan 

 

From: Harry Callaghan [mailto:meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:42 AM
To: Stan Brager
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers

 

As luck might have it, that very number (from 1928) is downloadable in MP3
format at Amazon.

 

However, the last time I downloaded something from there (to send it to  Bob
Ringwald) it got lost.  I'm sure it's floating around somewhere in my PC,
but I haven't the slightest idea where.

 

HC

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Harry Callaghan
<meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:

off list

 

Better be careful there, Stan... Barbone might think that he has the
exclusive on IMHOs........although it's really hard to picture him as ever
being humble. I guess maybe he just limits himself to IMOs

 

That number with the Mills Brothers and Ellington really sounds interesting.
I guess I'll have to keep an ear out for it.

 

HC.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:

One of my favorites from this early period (the best, IMHO), is their 1932
recording of "Digga Digga Do" with Duke Ellington's orchestra. The amazing
part of this recording was how the Mills Brothers came in when the Ellington
band stopped playing and, later, the Ellington band returned when the Mills
Brothers stopped singing.

Stan
Stan Brager


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Callaghan [mailto:meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:00 AM
> To: Robert Ringwald
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers
>
> I am of course in complete agreement with Carroll as to the need for
> important re-issues such as this.
>
> But, if I may borrow a phrase from the late Mr. Jolson, "you ain't
> heard
> nuthin' yet".......until you hear some of the earliest Mills Brothers
> recordings (1930-1932) where only a guitar was heard and the brothers
> imitated other musical instruments.
>
> And, it was DEFINITELY a guitar, not a F****** lute.
>
> Tides
> HC
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com>
> wrote:
>
> > >From another email List.  Might be of interest to some members of
> DJML.
> >
> >
> > This is a wonderful and welcome release on Jasmine by the great Mills
> > Brothers.
> > >From the late fifties to the late sixties, The Mills Brothers
> recorded
> > about 20 albums
> > for the Dot label. Almost all are excellent. Very few of them have
> been
> > available
> > on CD. What a shame for they are in their mature vocal prime. This
> new 2-CD
> > set contains
> > the Dot albums Great Hits, Great Barbershop Hits and The Mills
> Brother
> > Sing.
> > All date from about 1958 to 1960. The sound is astonishingly fresh as
> > though recorded
> > recently. The individual voices of Herbert, Harry and Donald (I don't
> know
> > which
> > voice is which) are sheer perfection and dazzle me. Their awesome
> blend and
> > musicianship
> > should be required listening for today's young aspiring groups. They
> need
> > to know
> > what glorious music preceded them. The arrangements are terrific and
> this
> > is a set
> > that should not be overlooked. I can't stop listening to it. And I
> wish
> > more attention
> > would be given to important reissues like this.
> > Carroll
> >
> >
> > --Bob Ringwald
> > www.ringwald.com <http://www.ringwald.com/> 
> > Fulton Street Jazz Band
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> > 916/ 806-9551 <tel:916%2F%20806-9551>  Cell
> > Amateur (Ham) Radio K6YBV
> >
> > An Irish Man is sitting in the pub with his wife and he says, "I love
> you."
> > She asks, "Is that you or the beer talking?"
> > He replies, "It's me talking to the beer."
> >
> >
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