A Little Dance Music Recorded 1928 - 1932 CD014

The era represented by this album sits in between the Charleston era and the early thirties. The Rhythm Boys had moved from the Whiteman band to Gus Arnheim. The Hit of The Week label in 1930 was selling single sided cardboard records at 15 cents a piece - at news stands and also in 1930, the budget labels from Columbia - Harmony, Diva etc. had produced their last acoustical recording. Drummer Bernie Cummins, born in 1900 had started his first band in 1919, employing Randy Brooks, Tommy Dorsey and had managed the wolverines - Bix Beiderbecke's band. Cummins played the Biltmore Hotel and the Hotel New Yorker in New York City, the Trianon, Aragon, Blackstone and the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Palmer House in Chicago, and appeared in Dallas, Kansas City, New Orleans, Denver, San Francisco and Saint Paul, until Cummins retired in 1959. Of note, Leo Reisman, who ostensibly didn't like jazz, had Ellington trumpeter Bubber Miley in recording sessions about 1930. I am aware of two takes of Body and Soul with different arrangements, both of which were issued. I will include both of them in my Reisman anthology. Tom Gerunovitch was recording by 1928, changing his name to Gerun by 1929. From the 1931 until 1959, Gerun would be part owner of the Bal Tabarin Night Club in San Francisco ( Now known as Bimbo's 365). Born in 1900, he would have been only 18, a violinist fronting his own band. In Cincinnati, Henry Thies Hotel Sinton Orchestra had a modern sound , very smooth and sophisticated, featuring a very young Jane Froman on two sides. Previously, Thies was at the Detroit Ritz Hotel. Canadian Merle Johnston formed the Ceco Couriers including musicians Leo McConville-Mannie Klein-t/ Arnold Brilhart-cl/ Tommy Dorsey-tb/Merle Johnston-ts/Pete Pumiglio-sax/ Vic Berton-d. His smaller sax quartet featured Larry Abbott-Buddy Saffer-as/ Merle Johnston-ts/ Bobby Burns-bar . All these recordings are from the personal collection of Mickey Clark

A Little Dance Music CD014

1. IN MY HEART IT'S YOU BERNIE CUMMINS ORCHESTRA-W. CUMMINS VIC 22525 62692 07/24/30 O'FLYNN-RICH-HOFFMAN
2. I DON'T WANT TO DREAM -THE HIGH HATTERS FRANK LUTHER VIC 22533 63651 09/15/30 DORNBERGER-DRING
3. LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE GUS ARNHEIM AND HIS ORCHESTRA-BING CROSBY VIC 22580 61058 11/25/30 BERLIN
4. HERE COMES THE SUN-BERT LOWN ORCHESTRA-BILTMORE RHYTHM BOYS VIC 22541 63671 09/25/30 FREED-WOODS
5. I'M YOURS-BERT LOWN BILTMORE ORCHESTRA- BILTMORE RHYTHM BOYS VIC 22541 63670 09/25/30 HARBURG-GREEN
6. THEM THERE EYES- GUS ARNHEIM AND HIS ORCHESTRA-RHYTHM BOYS VIC 22580 61057 11/26/30 PINKARD-TRACEY-TAUBER
7. LITTLE SPANISH DANCER -HAVANA NOVELTY ORCHESTRA PAUL SMALL VIC 22602 67723 12/19/30 SEYMOUR-WAYNE 8 LITTLE WHITE LIES VINCENT LOPEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA- JACK PARKER HOW 1088 07/01/30 DONALDSON
8. TWO LOVES- CAMEL ORCHESTRA MORTON DOWNEY HOW C-2-3 03/01/32
9. THERE'S SOMEBODY NEW-HERMAN KENIN'S MULTNOMAH ORCHESTRA-VAN FLEMING VIC 21568 42064 03/05/28 JONES
10. TURN ON THE HEAT- CHARLESTON CHASERS-EVA TAYLOR COL 1989-D 149073 09/28/29 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
11. CHARMING-LEO REISMAN FRANK LUTHER VIC 22233 57560 11/29/29 GREY-STOTHART
12. LUCKY ME-LOVABLE YOU-LEO REISMAN- L.LEVIN VIC 22221 11/20/29 57519 AGER-YELLEN
13. I'VE GOT A FEELING I'M FALLING - GENE AUSTIN VIC 22033 53586 06/26/29 ROSE-LINK-WALLER
14. MY SIN- WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS- CLARE HANLON VIC 21977 51968 05/02/29 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
15. WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE- WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS TRIO VIC 21977 05/02/29 51969 BERLIN
16. I'M SORRY,DEAR-JACQUES RENARD FRANK MUNN BR 6205 37253 10/12/31 WEEKS-TOBIAS-SCOTT
17. VAGABOND LOVER-BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA- JACK PALMER? COL 1831-D 148415 05/03/29 VALLEE-ZIMMERMAN
18. IT HAPPENED IN MONTEREY- PAUL WHITEMAN-JACK FULTON COL 2163-D 49811 03/21/30 WAYNE-ROSE
19. SINCERELY I DO-TOM GERUNOVICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA- BR 4047 252 08/27/28 DAVIS-BURKE
20. MY SWEETHEART SERENADE- HENRY THIES ORCHESTRA -CHARLES DAMERON VIC 22461 62646 06/10/30 FORD-REVEL
21. WHERE THE SWEET FORGET-ME-NOTS REMEMBER MERLE JOHNSTON AND HIS CECO COURIERS COL 1968-D 148969 09/03/29 WARREN-DIXON
22. EVERY LITTLE WHILE TOM GERUNOVICH ORCHESTRA BR 4520 08/13/29 6504 MCNAMEE-ZANY
23. LITTLE BY LITTLE BERNIE CUMMINS ORCHESTRA VIC 22088 08/04/29 53985 O'KEEFE-DOLAN
24. PICCOLO PETE Vincent Lopez Tom Stacks GOODSON 151 09/01/29 3656 BAXTER

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