[Dixielandjazz] Benny Carter (was The Big 18)

[Marek Boym]

Hello Ken,
When was it recorded?  I don't seem to have it, at least - not on LP.
Cheers


>
> Benny's arrangement is first class, as you might expect, and very redolent
> of the prevailing musical styles, while the band is a cracker, with a great
> trumpet solo by Benny's favourite trumpeter, Bill Coleman. The full line-up
> was: Bill Coleman, Shad Collins, Russell Smith (tp), Sandy Williams, Milton
> Robinson (tb), Carl Frye, George Dorsey (as), Stafford Simon, Sammy Davis
> (ts), Sonny White (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Hayes Alvis (b), Keg Purnell
> (d). It's just the perfect piece for playing at a Swing Dance Society gig,
> so I feel another chart coming on!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing
> List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:33 AM
> Subject: Benny Carter (was The Big 18)
>
>
> Ken Mathieson wrote [in part] to Marek:
>
>> ...Okay for Baby...associated with Benny Carter? Indeed it was. Benny
>> wrote and arranged it for a recording by his orchestra for Decca on May 20,
>> 1940... and according to the discography in the biography of Benny Carter by
>> Berger, Berger & Patrick, it was also recorded by Les Brown and others. It
>> was also in the repertoire of Les Brown, but the discography doesn't mention
>> whether Brown ever recorded it.
>
>
> Dear Ken and Marek,
> This is all I could find for OK For Baby/Okay For Baby by Les Brown:
>
> Les Brown And His Orchestra:
> Bob Higgins, Paul Montgomery, Bob Scarda, Randy Brooks (tp) Kenny Meisel,
> Dick Noel (tb) Stumpy Brown (b-tb,vcl) Les Brown (cl,as,arr) Steve Madrick,
> Hal McKusick (cl,as) Butch Stone (cl,as,bar,vcl) Ted Nash (ts) Eddie Scherr
> (sop,ts,bar) Billy Rowland (p) Teddy Walters (g) Bob Leininger (b) Dick
> Shanahan (d).
> Spotlight bands broadcast #278, U.S. army base, Miami, Fl, August 10, 1943
>    O.K. for baby    Fanfare 30-130
>
> plus
>
> V Disc session, Army Camp Hospital, New Jersey, late July
>    Okay for baby   V Disc 305(Army), 85 (Navy)
> also on Joyce JRCDRG1011 [CD].
>
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
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