[78-L] New Mayfair violins

[simmonssomer]

Well, I've just played it and the bars played by the string section were 
just a straight forward part of the arrangement. Paul Whiteman also used his 
strings to play more than a few notes as did many (most) dance bands of the 
era. The appelation "solo" usually means an improvised segment in which only 
one instrumentalist plays. In this case it does not very well apply and 
there appears to be nothing out of the ordinary in this very typical dance 
record by the good ol' Mayfair. Just the very nice use of different sections 
to add some spice to the ensemble playing.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: [78-L] New Mayfair violins


> Listening to Vivian Ellis' "My Heart Is Saying" with The New Mayfair
> Orchestra (under Ray Noble, December 6th 1929) I'm surprised to hear what
> sounds like a violin "solo" played by more than one of the three 
> violinists
> in the orchestra (they are Eric Siday, Reg Pursglove and Jean Pougnet).
> Can anyone confirm? (The song was issued on HMV B5756 and is featured on 
> the
> Saville Records LP "Harmony Heaven - The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra" SVL
> 162.)
> And how common was it that solos were played in unison in dance music at 
> the
> time?
> BTW: It swings quite nicely.
> Kristjan
>
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