[78-L] The Hill Darn Thing's For You

[Taylor Bowie]

Al is right...it's all in the sound...but (to return to the original record 
which started this discussion) I think the sound of the Teddy Hill record of 
Got Me Doin' Things IS a  "sweet band" sound.

In my dictionary,  a sweet band or a sweet band arrangement is not a 
pejorative description,  and the band does not have to be playing in the 
style of the more "over the top" sorts of groups like Blue Barron or Ray 
Pearl.

Something bouncy and peppy,  and even with an occasional lightly jazzy solo, 
can still qualify as a "sweet band" style performance.  Many of the Anson 
Weeks records could be described that way,  as well as those of Freddy 
Martin esp. in the 30s.  And I think that's the "category" of this 
particular record,  not that we need to put it or anything else into a 
category in order to enjoy.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Good post from fnarf


> Jeff  et al...I am aware that the black( and white) bands played waltzes 
> and
> novelty numbers...but that did not make them "sweet" bands.
>
> You see folks...it's all in the sound...not the type of songs.
>
> Al S.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Good post from fnarf
>
>
>> 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
>> ===============
>> 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
>>
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