[Dixielandjazz] Name This Band & Vocalist, Please

[Charles Suhor]

Bill, we should have known you'd have the answers. A footnote--the internet I.D.'d Levine as the leader of a group called the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, which had an NBC radio show. I used to hear the program and found the group bland. I had a 78 rpm of the group backing up a Lena Horne on "Aunt Hagar's Blues." It was a pretty wooden performance all around, less swinging than the nice "When My Sugar" Soundie. I don't know the rest of the players but suspect they were heard to better advantage elsewhere,.

Charlie

On Jul 22, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:
> 
> Dear Dick and Greg,
> All three songs are contained on a Canadian Linda Keene CD (Hunter Music HM 205) in my collection.
> And all three are mentioned as from Soundies featuring the Henry Levine Band.
> Made in January 1942. The personnel given on the CD is: Clarinet- A Evans  Sax- R Adler  Trumpet- H Levine  Trombone- A Philburn  Guitar- T Colicci  Piano- M Janarro  Drums- N Levine  Bass- H Patent  Vocal- Linda Keene
> The same band that recorded for Victor in New York on 2 February 1942
> 
> Linda Keene Acc By Henry Levine And His Strictly From Dixie Jazz Band. 
> Linda Keene (vcl) acc by : Henry "Hot Lips" Levine (t,ldr) Al Philburn (tb) Alfie Evans (cl) Rudolph Adler (ts) Mario Janarro (p) Tony Colucci (g) Harry Patent (b) Nat Levine (d) 
> 071758-1    Embraceable you (lk vcl)  	Vic 27829
> 071759-1    Mound Bayou (lk vcl)        	Vi 27832
> 071760-1    Somebody loves me (lk vcl)  	Vi 27831
> [Also on the Hunter Music CD.]
> Kind regards,
> Bill
> 
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