[78-L] MATILDA

[yves francois]

Cary et sll
I was wondering of the song "Matilda" itself, I know of the Andrew Sisters and Louis Jordan (including one with Ella) doing Calypsos, or, even earlier, people like Jack Sneed (using Billy Kyle, Charlie Shavers, Joe Guy et all), or Sam Manning recording a jazzy semi calypso jazz music in the 30's and earlier. Thanks, I guess I should have stated that Paul Bascomb's quote was the first non calypso artist to record "Matilda", still wonder if he was indeed the first non Calypso artist to record "Matilda".
all the best and a very happy new year(and I really like the song Rum and Coca Cola, there is, even to this day, music from Trinidad speaking about the virtues of drinking rum, even in 2009, check youtube and be amused)
Yves


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, soundthink at aol.com <soundthink at aol.com> wrote:

> From: soundthink at aol.com <soundthink at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] MATILDA
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 10:53 AM
> What about the Andrews Sisters' version of "Rum
> & Coca Cola?"
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> 
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> From: yves francois <aprestitine at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 4:56 pm
> Subject: Re: [78-L] MATILDA
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>   ... another "Matilda' query, wasn't it Paul
> Bascomb's orchestra (on States, a 
> subsidiary of United) who did the first version by a non
> calypso artist (rec 
> March 1952, NOT reissued on Delmark's "Bad
> Bascomb" LP and CD). Are there any 
> others before Belafonte's in 1953 or Paul's in 1952
> that are NOT by a calypso 
> artist, Paul always claimed he was the first that was not
> by a Calypso artist 
> (Belafonte is NOT a Calypso singer, but a very fine
> vocalist IMHO, and yes, I 
> prefer the 1955 version, but then Tony Scott with a band
> including Bud Shank, 
> Jim Hall, Ted Nash, Si Zentner and the remarkable Jimmy
> Giuffre - who is also on 
> the Yves Montand USA live concert Lp with Jim Hall BTW -
> wish there was a jam 
> session on it), just wondering
> Yves Francois  
> 
> 
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