[Dixielandjazz] Benny Carter (was The Big 18)

[Marek Boym]

I have a problem with the Proper boxes - they always contain a lot of
stuff I already have.  You know - the RCA recordings, recordings from
the '30', the Highland Swing (otherwise known as The BBC Orchestra) -
all of which I have on LP.  Being old-fashioned (and old) I still
prefer the warm sound of an analogue LP to the somewhat sterile,
albeit often cleaner, CD.
Cheers

On 19 February 2013 20:10, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Marek et al,
>
> Recording date is 20 May 1940 in NYC for Decca and the other pieces recorded
> at the session were Night Hop, Pom Pom, and Serenade to a Sarong, all
> written and arranged by Benny Carter. I've also got Night Hop and Pom Pom on
> CD, so I'll investigate those. They are all on the excellent Properbox 4 x
> CD box set "Benny Carter - The Music Master" which covers Carter's career
> from 1931 to 1952.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
> To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>
> Cc: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List"
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Benny Carter (was The Big 18)
>
>
>
>> 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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