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happy birthday, king ubu! and also a big thank you for your work on your blogspot! have a nice day! keep boppin´ marcel

great! many thanks for the link. keep boppin´ marcel

from another big band forum i heard that trumpeter zeke zarchy died today at age 93. he played trumpet in the bands of joe haymes, 1935, benny goodman, 1936, artie shaw, 1936-37, bob crosby, 1937-39, tommy dorsey, 1939, glenn miller, 1940. no more information in the moment. keep boppin´ marcel

Charlie Kennedy Dies at 81; Alto Saxophonist Played in Gene Krupa's Big Band by Jon Thurber Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2009 Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band in the 1940s, has died. He was 81. Kennedy died April 3 of pulmonary disease at his home in Ventura, according to his daughter Lorraine Sutton. The best years of Kennedy's career were the 1940s, when he played with Louis Prima's big band. His fine tenor solo can be heard on Prima's 1943 version of "The White Cliffs of Dover." He moved on to lead his own quartet before joining Krupa's big band from 1945 to 1948 and was the featured soloist on a number of recordings, including "How High the Moon," "Disc Jockey Jump" and "I Should Have Kept on Dreaming." While living in the East, Kennedy also played with a number of other leading bands, including groups led by Charlie Ventura, Flip Phillips and Chico O'Farrill. After moving to the West Coast in 1950, he played with Med Flory, Bill Holman's orchestra and, most notably, Terry Gibbs' Dream Band from 1959 to 1962. He was also an active studio musician, playing on popular movies, including "My Fair Lady" and "West Side Story." But by the early 1970s, Kennedy basically gave up his alto career for a more traditional full-time job to support his family, which by then included six children. By day he ran the shipping department at Federal Stamping in Van Nuys, but in the evenings he sometimes sat in on jazz gigs around town. He retired from Federal Stamping in 1994 and moved to Ventura in 2004 to be closer to his daughter. A native of Staten Island, N.Y., he was born Charles Sumner Kennedy on July 2, 1927. He grew up in Weehawken, N.J., and started playing clarinet at age 8. He played in school bands and orchestras and by the age of 18 had his first professional appearance when he joined Prima's band. Prima hired him right out of high school. Kennedy's wife, Ellen, died in 1980. In addition to Sutton, he is survived by his children Glen Kennedy of Woodland Hills; Joan Tiearney of Carson City, Nev.; Edward Kennedy of Simi Valley; Michael Kennedy of Canoga Park; and John Kennedy of Simi Valley. He is also survived by his sister Joan Dyer of Redondo Beach, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A celebration of his life is being planned.

yes, i received this e-mail also for years every six month or so.... sounds interesting but a little bit strange. keep boppin´ marcel

also from here and me: happy birthday, bright moments! keep boppin´ marcel

and also this year: let me be the first for this year: happy birthday and all the best! keep boppin´ marcel

save your record collection!! keep boppin´ marcel

there is also a session with herbie stewart on clarinet and tenor from june 1945 with the barney kessel´s all-stars and the wonderful dodo marmarosa on piano. i have this on the french classic 1165 "dodo marmarosa". keep boppin´ marcel

happy birthday, free for all! another trombone babe for you... keep boppin´ marcel

thanks for the link! keep boppin´ marcel

another year: happy birthday, noj!! keep boppin´ marcel

info for all artie shaw fans: the new "hep" double cd "artie shaw: the complete spotlight band 1945 broadcasts" is out now! it has the five complete unedited spotlight bands plus three tracks from a "fitch bandwagon" broadcast of nov. 7, 1945 ("s´wonderful", "night and day", "let´s walk")with his wonderful band including roy eldridge, barney kessel, ray linn, dodo marmarosa and herbie steward. in addition to the "jazz unlimited" cd from 2003 it has the following more from september 12, 1945: "if i loved you", "out of this world", "begin the beguine"(complete), "together". from september 19, 1945: "stardust", "i cover the waterfront", "just floatin´ along"(complete). from september 26, 1945: "i´m gonna love that guy", summertime", "it had to be you". from october 3, 1945: "dancing in the dark", "softly as in a morning sunrise", "out of this world". and from october 10, 1945: "i can´t get started", "grabtown grapple"(the gramercy five with the wonderful dodo marmarosa on piano [one more item in his discography!!!!]), "it might as well be spring". and although other issues both on lp and cd of the edited spotlights exist this is the only double cd that contains all the tunes. keep boppin´ marcel

info for all artie shaw fans: the new "hep" double cd "artie shaw: the complete spotlight band 1945 broadcasts" is out now! it has the five complete unedited spotlight bands plus three tracks from a "fitch bandwagon" broadcast of nov. 7, 1945 ("s´wonderful", "night and day", "let´s walk")with his wonderful band including roy eldridge, barney kessel, ray linn, dodo marmarosa and herbie steward. in addition to the "jazz unlimited" cd from 2003 it has the following more from september 12, 1945: "if i loved you", "out of this world", "begin the beguine"(complete), "together". from september 19, 1945: "stardust", "i cover the waterfront", "just floatin´ along"(complete). from september 26, 1945: "i´m gonna love that guy", summertime", "it had to be you". from october 3, 1945: "dancing in the dark", "softly as in a morning sunrise", "out of this world". and from october 10, 1945: "i can´t get started", "grabtown grapple"(the gramercy five with the wonderful dodo marmarosa on piano [one more item in his discography!!!!]), "it might as well be spring". and although other issues both on lp and cd of the edited spotlights exist this is the only double cd that contains all the tunes. keep boppin´ marcel

what? no jackie & roy?? keep boppin´ marcel

the tune "jump awhile" from the cozy cole session june 14, 1944 is also issued as "jam session at savoy" and "jump street" on some re-issues. foots thomas was also present on the following small-group vocal recordings:(according to the w.bruyninckx vocal discography): una mae carlisle: new york, october 20, 1944 una mae carlisle, voc,p, doc cheatham,tp, trummy young,tb, walter thomas,ts, + others the rest of my life----------------beacon 7174, harlequin hq2002 i speak so much about you------beacon 7173, harlequin hq2002 he´s the best little yank to me--beacon 7173, harlequin hq2002 there are also recordings with don redman (1943) for v-disc and ear bostic (1945) for allegro but this are larger ensembles and so they are not listed here. keep boppin´ marcel

walter "foots" thomas: one of my favourite swing ensembles, especially the sessions for joe davis with hawkins and webster! here´s another one: not exactly mid 40´s: but bruyninckx gives this one, too: new york, 1947 hilton jefferson-as donald sitterly-as anthony "buddy" saffer-as walter thomas-ts l´ana hyams-ts j... barshark-bar everett barksdale-g bill pemberton-b + others londonderry air--------------------------mary howard records 126 just like that-----------------------------mary howard records 126 i don´t know nothing about this session. keep boppin´ marcel

bouncin´ with bartok, the incomplete works of richard twardzik by jack chambers. (but only a few pages per day when i go to bed and that´s normaly so late that i can read only a little bit before my eyes close automatically.... so it will take a long time to finish this very interesting book) keep boppin´ marcel

Hep 3-CD set does not contains broadcasts. These are studio recordings, mostly for RCA Victor. hep 3-cd set h a s three broadcasts with artie shaw: 25.september 1944: lady be good and artie´s blues from jubilee show #98 and from 15 march 1945 with his gramercy five: i was doing all right and you took advantage of me from bing crosby´s kraft music hall (with the wonderful dodo marmarosa on piano - great music!!!) the rest is his rca victor and a privat session from 13/14. november 1945 issued on musicraft that concluded to an end for shaw as recording artist for rca victor because the record company claimed he had been recording for a another label in violation of his exclusive contract. shaw refuted this, claiming the sides had been cut at his own expense. a great cd-set as always on the hep label. keep boppin´ marcel

that must be the track "bass-ically speaking". a studio recording with billy taylor at the piano from the same period. or do you mean the unissued tracks with the cbc all-stars? recommendable is the book "cool blues, charlie parker in canada 1953" by mark miller (nightwood editions, london, ontario 1989). very intersting! keep boppin´ marcel

finally, here is a soundie with the very young buddy stewart together with claude thornhill from 1942: count me in. enjoy: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=reENOGiCrG4 keep boppin´ marcel

to help you a little bit, here is a complete online discography of the wonderful jubilee sessions: http://home.swipnet.se/dooji/jubilee.htm keep boppin´ marcel

here it is: http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/searc...-stampede_music keep boppin´ marcel

go back in time and look for wayman carver!! from the 30´s with spike hughes and chick webb. keep boppin´ marcel

Exactly!! (On both counts! ) This character that Durium (who I hope does NOT have these reservations towards Slim & Slam and Slim & Bam etc.) quotes fails to realize one MAJOR aspect: Those 78 rpms were NOT intended to be listened to in one single series of 16 LP tracks or, what's worse under these circumstances, 24 CD tracks one after another. They were self-contained miniatures to be "consumed" and taken in one pair (A and B-sides) at a time. The same holds true for a LOT of early (pre-war) blues records, for example, that might otherwise sound fairly repetitive on first listening too if you just looked at the superficial structure and instrumentation of the songs and listened to a huge bunch of them in one uninterrupted row. It seems, though, that today's CD and Mp3 completist listening habits prevent the listeners more and more from grasping the essence of the music of some 60 or 70 years ago - at least as long as they don't really open up their ears and minds and listen to the music individually and on its own terms. Remember this was a LONG time before all those LP-size "concept" albums came along. Besides, a point could be made for a lot of hard bop (on LP) tunes sounding like all alike blowing to all those who don't take the time to get into the finer points of the music. Not to mention other more modern jazz or rock styles and their musical output ... That aside, Slim & Slam rule (and Slim with post-Slam Bam too )! And as for the music being all alike, that character quoted by Durium who said that clearly hasn't done his homework. If he had listened e.g. to the live recordings of basically the same repertoire by Slim & Bam released on the Hep label he'd see how that music was worked with and elaborated on when the musicians stretched out on stage. well written!! keep boppin´ marcel