[78-L] A Backward Glantz/ Now Further to the rear.

[simmonssomer]

 Sorry... I only know from Harry Goodman and Harry Horlick.

Al S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] A Backward Glantz


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