[Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers

[Harry Callaghan]

Stan:

That is of course entitely possible but I'm not about to invest 89-cents to
download it until I can find the MP3 File that I dowloaded for Bob R. coupla
months ago.

There's cheap, and then there's me, although they're probably really pretty
much synonymous.

Harry
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:

>  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
> > > Fulton Street Jazz Band
> > > 530/ 642-9551 Office
> > > 916/ 806-9551 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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