Durium Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 THE RAMBLERS In years of dance-going, I have heard and danced to the music of America's finest orchestras, but it is my opinion that your orchestra plays the most danceable musical arrangements I have ever heard. Your "presentations" are the equal of the superior arrangements of Fred Waring's orchestra, which plays fine choral arrangements but does not play dance music. ( Edward F. Kennedy, special advisor of the American Military Service in Bavaria (Germany)) in a leter to Theo Uden Masman, the leader of the band (ca. 1949) De Ramblers: Recordings from a post-war Brussels Durium Quote
EKE BBB Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 Excellent article, Hans! (as always) Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 I wonder if the way this "endorsement" that compares Masman's music to that of FRED WARING is featured prominently here is doing the band much of a favor if SWING/jazz fans are to be attracted to these reissues (Fred Waring, of all band leaders .... shudder .... ) ;) I have most of the Ramblers LPs released on the PANACHORD label quite a long time ago, and while those with U.S. guest solists stand out, quite a few other recordings on these LPs are very nice too (though these pre-war recordings do include their share of dross that really has dated pretty badly and shows the ability to swing is not something sustained that easily all the time ). Will probably get this new reissue as the track listing sounds rather original (not the umpteenth early post-war re-recording of In The Mood or Chattanooga Choo Choo etc., though yet another version of Americna patrol apparently could not be avoided ). Quote
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