[78-L] Harry Reser on Apollo

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Mar 6 09:05:13 PST 2009


1939, in fact, recorded that year by the Boston Pops. There were a few versions 
of it in the late 40s, including Ambrose on London Red Label.

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> I always thought JAZZ LEGATO/JAZZ PIZZICATO was a Leroy Anderson 
> composition.  If that is correct it must have been one of his earliest, two 
> years before SLEIGHRIDE.
> RayK
> From: "David Lennick"
>> Interesting..I didn't know Rochester made more than one record for Apollo. 
>> I
>> have Bagel And Lox but not Boy What A Girl/Old Uncle Fud. And I have Reser 
>> on a
>> DJ label on Apollo.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>>> Here's a singles discography of Apollo.  They left out the year for your
>>> record, meaning they weren't sure.  The Dean Martin entry nearby 1088 was
>>> recorded in NYC in October 1947, if that means anything.
>>>
>>> http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/apollo.html
>>>
>>> RayK
>>> From: "Andrea Walsh"
>>>> Hiya everyone-
>>>>
>>>> I am puzzled.  I have here a purple Apollo number 1085 of "Harry Reser's
>>>> Jumping Jacks" (no "Six' in sight, funny enough) doing "Banjo Boogie" on
>>>> one
>>>> side and "Jazz Legato"/"Jazz Pizzicato" on the other.  When is this 
>>>> from?
>>>> When was it recorded and/or issued?  It's not in the settleback
>>>> discography,
>>>> my go-to page when my Rust books fail me..  Apollo is a 40's & 50's 
>>>> label,
>>>> right?  What's Reser doing on there, was he trying to stage a comeback 
>>>> or
>>>> did he record throughout the 30's, 40's and 50's and I had no idea?
>>>>
>>>> Clueless as usual---
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any input-
>>>>
>>>> Andrea
>>>> _______________________



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