[78-L] A Backward Glantz

[David Lennick]

Brother of Harry, who played trumpet for Mr. Toscanini?

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simmonssomer wrote:
> My goodness! I just looked in my ADBD and Glantz has 36 pages under his own 
> name. An important recording presence, one might say.(in his day)
> 
> Al Simmons
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harold Aherne" <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>
> To: <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:07 AM
> Subject: [78-L] A Backward Glantz
> 
> 
> The entry for Nathan Glantz in the Big Band Database gives his birth year as 
> "ca. 1860", which I found surprising--that would make him 8 years older than 
> Charles Prince and 17 years older than Billy Murray. Obviously it isn't 
> impossible that he was in his 60s when he made his dance band recordings, 
> it's just a little unexpected.
> 
> I did some research on my own, starting with the census records of 1900 and 
> 1910. In the latter census I found whom I believe to be the gentlemen who 
> made all those peppy sides between 1921 and 1931. He was a musician, age 31, 
> who immigrated in 1904. He was 41 in the 1920 census, which allows us to 
> narrow the window of his birth between April 1878 and January 1879. His 
> wife's name was Rebecca, and by 1930 they had 3 daughters and 2 sons, ages 
> 10 to 23.
> 
> On 19 April 1922 he appeared over WJZ on an broadcast called "Party Night", 
> organised by Okeh. Fred Hager played several dance tunes, followed by 
> standard selections from Okeh's vocal roster. Glantz was on hand for a 
> saxophone solo of "Step Along". He continued to make regular broadcasts 
> throughout the 20s. I haven't heard an enormous number of his records, but 
> those I've listened to have always been enjoyable and well-arranged.
> 
> -Harold