[78-L] Victor Light Opera Jazz Band/Not Shilkret!

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In a message dated 10/10/2008 2:38:56 PM, Dnjchi at aol.com 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 
>>

Indeed - As a matter o' fact, listening to Vi 35677 again, this "jazz" is 
also totally "punk" - the energy is unbelievable.  It seems to look forward to 
the Sex Pistols as much as the ODJB (Nick La Rocca meets Sid Vicious)! The 
Victor orchestra sure never made any records like this on their own.  

Nat Shilkret was involved with Victor from 1914, but - according to NS 
himself - only in the "foreign" department until the '20s.  Doesn't anyone have hard 
info about this session?  

According to the Internet Broadway Data Base, "Rainbow Girl" ran from April 
1st, 1918 to sometime in August, for an impressive total of 160 performances.   
This VLOC side was likely done early in the run, in April of '18 - VERY early 
in the game for anything like "jazz" on Broadway!  "Mister Drummer Man" - the 
number played by the "Jazz Orchestra" - was a vocal duet in the actual show.  
 There was also a number called "Alimony Blues" and another called "Soon 
We'll All Be Seen Upon the Screen." - very up-to-the-minute stuff for mid-World 
War One.   

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