[78-L] Hefti arrangement

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Tue Oct 21 02:22:35 PDT 2008


I wrote:
>> Does anyone know if it was Neal Hefti who arranged "Till The End Of Time"
>> (Dec 1 1945 recording) with Woody Herman. Hefti plays trumpet solo and
>> Frances Wayne sings.

Jeff Sultanof answered:

> I believe this arrangement to be by Ralph Burns, who wrote most of the
> arrangements for Wayne when they were with Barnet as well as Herman. They
> had been friends back in Massachusetts years before Frances met Neal.

On the other hand: this is probably a 1945 arrangement (the tune became a 
hit that year and wasn't featured in Herman's repertoir earlier) and Wayne 
and Hefti got married in October 1945. "Till The End Of Time..."
Besides: it features Hefti as trumpet soloist.
So...?
Thanks, BTW, Julian and David, for additional help.
Kristjan
 




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