[78-L] Victor Light Opera Jazz Band/Was this Shilkret ??

[Dnjchi at aol.com]

Sounds even better if slowed to 75 or 76, too.
 
dc
 
In a message dated 10/10/2008 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dward7 at earthlink.net writes:

what a  roaring good time was had with this take !!! 
Ive hand the record for ages  and never got past the first chorus ... never 
can tell what gems are lurking  among  the  coal....  
Was Nat Shilkret  doin VLO   at this time ?  Its been said Nat has many 
sides... maybe this is another  one of them... 
dnward 

-----Original Message-----
>From:  SUPRBATONE at aol.com
>Sent: Oct 9, 2008 3:51 AM
>To:  78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>Subject: [78-L] Victor Light Opera Jazz  Band??
>
>I just acquired a nice copy of the 12" Victor 35677 -  "Gems from 'Rainbow 
>Girl'" by the Victor Light Opera Company, c.  1918.  Imagine my surprise 
when 
>three-quarters of the way through  this pleasant and predictable side, the 
normally 
>staid Victor house  orchestra suddenly breaks into the most madly raucus 
>instrumental  "jazz" imaginable (for them), complete with raspy cornet, 
tailgate  
>trombone, wild clarinet and rat-a-tat syncopated drumming!  Such  an 
outburst is 
>the last thing I ever expected to hear on one of these  show digests, 
especially 
>from the acoustic era.  They really have  at it, too - this music just jumps 
>out at you. It is at least twice as  loud as anything else on the side. 
>
>It was no accident.   The label reads: 
>
> "Chorus, "My Rainbow Girl: - Solo, "Just You  alone" - Duet, "I'll Think of 
>You" - JAZZ ORCHESTRA (my caps), "Mister  Drummer Man" - Finale, "I'll Think 
of 
>You."    
>




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