Out On A Limb Disc #2 160BN
Continuing with the theme of sophisticated love songs, this volume transitions 10 years between some track. "A Cabin In The Pines" is followed by "Frenesi". Of note - when Ray Noble left England late in 1934, he had to leave behind his entire band, aside from his drummer Bill Harty who as his manager was exempted. His American arranger was Glenn Miller. After hearing Artie Shaw's rendition of "Frenesi", Miller's seemed slow at first, but the sonic quality of his arrangement really comes out in the hi-def transfer - there is a transition just before the trumpet solo that is quite remarkable. Arthur Todd - not to be confused with Dick Todd sings "Thanks For The Memory", accompanying himself on guitar. Both Arthur and Dick were born in 1914 Arthur William Todd in Baltimore, Maryland on 11 March 1914 - guitarist-vocalist ; Arthur Richard "Dick" Todd August 4, 1914-trumpet-vocalist was born in Alberta Canada. They both recorded for the Blubird label in Los Angeles in 1938. As you will hear, Arthur sings a very high tenor. I wondered at Dick todd's "wooden" tone - like a tenor singing under his range. Josef Schmidt the German tenor had that quality as well as Tito Schipa when they sing in their lower ranges. Arthur Todd and his wife Dotty recorded the hit version of "Chanson D'amour" in the fifties. I believe this to be the same Arthur Todd as on this disc. I have included other sides by him on my "Long Live Love" series. Arthur' guitar work flows to the next track - "A Garden In The Rain" with Willard Robison and his Deep River Orchestra. According to the http://jazz.tulane.edu/ website, the musicians in this track are ?Harry Goldfield-t/ Chester Hazlett-cl-bcl/ Matty Malneck-Kurt Dieterle-Mischa Russell or John Bowman-v/ Charles Gaylord-vla/ Snoozer Quinn-g/ Willard Robison-p/ Mike Trafficante-bb
Out On A Limb Disc #2 160BN
1-IT'S A LONESOME OLD TOWN MCKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS LOIS DEPPE VIC 22628 02/12/31 67934 TOBIAS-KISCO
SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY VAUGHN DE LEATH BR 3608 08/01/27 24083 YOUMANS
I DON'T WANT NOBODY BUT YOU ESTHER WALKER BR 3226 06/01/26 19515 LEWIS-YOUNG-BAER
WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE GEORGIE STOLL BING CROSBY DEC 3731 11/09/34 70 ROBIN-RAINGER
NIGHT AND DAY AMBROSE SAM BROWNE DEC 333 10/19/33 0 PORTER
BEGIN THE BEGUINE MILDRED BAILEY JOHN KIRBY VOC 4619 09/28/39 23987 PORTER
TWO DREAMS MET FRANCES LANGFORD - TONY MARTIN DEC F7725 09/06/40 2128 GORDON-WARREN
THERE'S A CABIN IN THE PINES RAY NOBLE AL BOWLLY HMV B6739 07/26/33 HILL
FRENESI GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA HMV BD-5678 12/13/40 58174 CHARLES-RUSSELL-DOMINGUEZ
STOMPIN AT THE SAVOY- CHICK WEBB PAR R2088 05/18/34 152740 SAMPSON
LET'S STOP THE CLOCK JIMMY DORSEY BOB EBERLY DEC 2293 12/10/39 GILLESPIE-COOTS
SMOKE RINGS MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND ORI 2724 09/23/32 12358 GIFFORD
BLUES-JAM SESSION AT VICTOR-TOMMY DORSEY-TB/BUNNY BERIGAN-T/FATS WALLER-P/ DICK MACDONOUGH-G/ GEORGE WETTLING-D VIC 25559 03/31/37 106582
EV'RY BIT OF YOU JOE HAYMES ORCHESTRA JIMMY UNDERWOOD VIC 24038 06/07/32 72655 BRYAN-YOUNG-MEYER
LITTLE BY LITTLE BERNIE CUMMINS ORCHESTRA BERNIE CUMMINS VIC 220288 08/04/29 O'KEEFE-DOLAN
DE-LOVELY WILL OSBORNE ORCHESTRA DICK AND DOROTHY RODGERS DEC 1058 11/23/36 18442 PORTER
IT SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES MILDRED BAILEY VOC 4939 06/14/39 24768 TOBIAS-STEPT
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ARTHUR TODD BB 12/10/38 1019646 ROBIN-RAINGER
A GARDEN IN THE RAIN WILLARD ROBISON ORCHESTRA COL 1772-D 03/15/29 148078 DYRENFORTH-GIBBONS
IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER JACK FULTON MEL 91998 04/09/35 17269 HART-RODGERS MISSISSIPPI
TAKES TWO TO MAKE A BARGAIN BING DEC 548 08/14/35 39854 GORDON-REVEL
THE RIVER AND ME MERLE JOHNSTON'S DETROITERS MEL 12060 12/30/30 35888 DUBIN-WARREN
SITTIN ON A LOG AND PETTIN MY DOG - SAM ROBBINS BB 5268 01/24/34 COSLOW-REBNER
I'VE MET MY WATERLOO DUKE ELLINGTON VIC 24622 04/17/34 79169 COSLOW-JOHNSTONE
YOU'RE BLASE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS JACK PLANT COL CB400 CA12285 SEIVIER-HAMILTON
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