[78-L] Earl Gray Orchestra

[Tbroo at aol.com]

Thanks Taylor, this is helpful. I see that he does appear in Rust JR (at  
least a saxophonist by that name does) on a Thelma Terry session in New York on  
27 Sept 1928, for Col 1588-D  - "When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By" and  
"Dusky Stevedore." Sounds like a lively record.
 
Now I'm going to go back to playing the delightfully  hokey "Destruction of 
San Francisco" (Col 3490), which I just acquired  ("run for your lives!"). 
Columbia's sound certainly changed after Charlie Prince  left.
 
Tim B
 
>>Message: 11
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:21:14 -0800
From:  "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Earl Gray  Orchestra
To: "78-L Mail List" _78-l at klickitat.78online.com_ 
(mailto:78-l at klickitat.78online.com) 

Just  received an e mail from a friend of mine who has done much research on  
Seattle-area theater and dance band musicians and this is what he had to  
tell me about Earl Gray:

Earl was a very highly-regarded alto and  C-melody soloist in Seattle pit
orchs such as Hermie King's at the Palace Hip  and George Lipshultz's at the
Fifth Avenue. Led small dance bands into the  30s.

If he is on any records,  it isn't under his own name although  he might be a 
sideman with Souders,  Cole McElroy or one of the other  Seattle bands which 
did record in the late 20s.

Taylor B

-----  Original Message ----- 
From: <Tbroo at aol.com>
To:  <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:41  PM
Subject: [78-L] Earl Gray Orchestra

> Anyone know of records by  this west coast orchestra?
>

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