[78-L] Good post from fnarf

[Julian Vein]

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Al,
  For years he would point out at Institute of Jazz Studies
> Roundtable presentations that we could not get a full picture of the black
> bands because much of what they played on the job, even during the times of
> their greatest popularity, was music that the labels wouldn't allow them to
> record. The fact that even Benny Goodman had waltzes in his book proves the
> point. There was always someone who would request a waltz somewhere, and
> bandleaders were expected to comply.

> Jeff Sultanof
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Having said that, are there any broadcasts where Goodman played a waltz? 
Perhaps he only played them in country dance halls (the most likely 
places they would have been performed) which weren't connected to the 
airwaves.

I for one am glad that we don't have a full picture of what black bands 
played!

      Julian Vein