Word: gennett
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...matter of fact the story goes that when Hoagy thought up the tune, he didn't put it down on paper; therefore when a Richmond theatre band did the first recording of "Stardust" (a rare and famous Gennett record), Hoagy had to teach the men their parts by whistling them...
...trumpet player extraordinary and kingpin of jazz history, played on this record. Since a very Bixian horn is to be heard on the record and since Bix was a good friend of Carmichael's, it was thought he was in the band. This has lately been conclusively disproved and Gennett 6311 can now claim fame only as being the first recording of "Stardust" not as a repository for one of Bix's superlative solos...
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