[78-L] Jack Denny ~Joseph C Smith

[Harold Aherne]

This could be the clip whereof you speak, a 1933 Vitaphone short subject:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIYPNoJKbNE
 
His orchestra does sometimes border on salon music, and the lack of brass
in the 1932-33 band is rather atypical. But I enjoy the soft, even pensive tones of
Denny's unit, particularly in "Goodnight My Love" from 13 Apr. 1932 (Vic 22983).
 
I'm an inveterate Joseph C. Smith fan. His recordings of "Smiles" and "Tulip Time",
among others, rank among my very favourite recordings, perhaps because
I find the late 10s and early 20s such an interesting time. The best of his Victor
discs might be "Rainy Day Blues" (Vic 18561, 23 Apr 1919), and I think his
"Three O'Clock in the Morning" from January 1922 might be a notch above
Whiteman's.
 
-Harold

--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
Subject: [78-L] Jack Denny ~Joseph C Smith
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 2:48 PM

Two questions.

I love sweet bands and can listen for hours to stuff which would make a  lot 
of jazz or swing fans scream in agony or from boredom (Orville Knapp, 
George Hamilton, Paul Pendarvis, etc.).  But I just can't get into Jack 
Denny...the records I've played just sound so damn dead.  I have a video 
someplace of him and the band with Paul Small singing and it's just 
horrible...Denny reminds me of some sort of Halloween vampire or something.

Does anyone have a fave or two by Denny which they could mention so I can 
give him another chance?

Also...who knows anyting about those last records in Rust by Joseph C 
Smith,  which were made in Canada?  I've never seen them but I kind of like

some of his earlier American sides...maybe a little too polite for some 
tastes.

Taylor B

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