[78-L] Good post from fnarf

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Julian Vein wrote:
> 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
>   
Who was it who said, "I'll play anything as long as it puts beans on the 
table"?
Did I hear that in the Steve Allen BG movie?

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