[Dixielandjazz] Paul Whiteman

[Marek Boym]

Andy Secrest sounded a lot like Bix.
A long time (over 40 years) ago I sent a British friend a recording of a
Whiteman number taped off Columbia's "Original Sounds of the Twenties,"
since  Iwanted to see whether he, a real expert, would know who was
playing.  His reply was "Bix, of course."  Had he known it was a Columbia
rather than RCA record, he would not have made that mistake - he was very
knowledgeable about such things (much more than yours truly).
Cheers


On 14 August 2013 00:15, Hal Vickery <hvickery_80 at msn.com> wrote:

> As I recall, the "Wake Up Bix" story made it's way into Ken Burns's "Jazz."
> Hal Vickery
>
> > From: nvickers1 at cox.net
> > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:04:02 -0500
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Paul Whiteman
> > CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> > To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> >
> > To:  DJML
> >
> > From:  Norman Vickers , Jazz Society of Pensacola
> >
> >
> >
> > Since Paul Whiteman films have been recently discussed on DJML, I
>  thought
> > I'd give a "plug" for Don Rayno's definitive two-volume work on Paul
> > Whiteman.
> >
> > The first volume  Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music  (1890-1930)
>  773
> > pages,  was published by Scarecrow Press.  Volume 2, 1930-1967,
> published in
> > 2009, 864 pages.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rayno, a retired nuclear scientist, spent 30 years researching this.  In
> > addition to Whiteman's story, essentially told chronologically, there are
> > brief biographical sketches of the orchestra personnel, most of whom are
> > dead now, of course.  I spoke to Rayno on several occasions in reviewing
> his
> > books.  This, obviously, was a quest for him.  In his spare time he would
> > contact the musicians and interview them in person or by telephone.
>  Rayno
> > spent vacation times researching  at Amherst, Mass. where Whiteman
> donated
> > his archives to Williams College.
> >
> >
> >
> > My review of the second volume is posted on the website of the Jazz
> Society
> > of Pensacola  www.jazzpensacola.com  When the home page comes up, click,
> > News, and then reviews.  The review of the  earlier volume is available
> on
> > special request.    I asked Rayno about his research and what he'd hoped
> to
> > find, but didn't.  He replied that the financial records  had been
> > destroyed.  One page had been retrieved ( I'd seen it in another book)
> which
> > showed that arranger Ferde Grofe' was highest paid.
> >
> > Second highest paid was vocalist Bing Crosby.  Rayno also recounts a
> story
> > I'd heard from guitarist and Bix historian, Rich Johnson.  On the music
> for
> > trumpeter Andy Secrest is a handwritten notation,  "Wake up Bix!"
>  (Secrest
> > was the soloist when Bix was not available to perform).
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for "listening."
> >
> >
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> >
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