bichos Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote
bichos Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Posted April 14, 2009 great! many thanks for the link. keep boppin´ marcel Quote
Larry Kart Posted April 14, 2009 Report Posted April 14, 2009 Zarchy plays very well on a number of Glenn Miller AAF transcriptions. That band BTW was a good deal better IMO than the earlier stateside Miller band that had all the hit records. Quote
JSngry Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 That band BTW was a good deal better IMO than the earlier stateside Miller band that had all the hit records. Oh hell yeah (as I've been not particularly insistently saying for a lot of years...)! And Johnny Desmond in that band was pretty much the equal of Sinatra of the same time. Perhaps at times even better, at least in terms of maturity of inhabiting the material, or more to the point, letting it inhabit him. It didn't last for him, but damn, while it did it was something. Quote
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