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...Songs of the North in the War Between the States; Songs of the South in the War Between the States; Songs of Old New York (Frank Luther and Zora Layman, with the Century Quartet; Decca: 8 sides each...
Inasmuch as I originally copyrighted the version as sung by the Andrews Sisters on the Decca record and later turned it over to Exclusive Music, I believe you may be interested in knowing of several of the numerous complications about the song...
...Jesse Stacy piano solos. While they're not too easy to read, they're worth the try . . . To see just how much influence Louis Armstrong did exert on jazz, catch the opening bars in Erskine Hawkins' "Swing Out," his theme song . . . Art Tatum's piano on "Tea For Two" (Decca) while not real swing, is interesting enough technically to make listening...
...Trots-of-the-Month, a tuneful bumper crop, were topped by Hang Your Hfcart On a Hickory Limb (Bing Crosby; Decca), Shoemaker's Holiday (Jimmie Lunceford; Vocalion), Sing, My Heart (Will Osborne; Decca...
Heard the new Casa Loma (Decca) album and it was well worth it. With the exception of Murray McEachern, trombone-sax man recently acquired from Benny Goodman, the band doesn't play much swing. But it does play a great deal of the ensemble work that made it famous as a dance outfit and for excellent commercial. Catch Louis Armstrong's duet with PeeWee Hunt for the difference between someone that phrases and one that just sings . . . Also heard the Victor Herbert album, and while it isn't swing, it is swell melodic stuff--recorded perfectly and done in admirable...