[78-L] Murray Kellner

[Taylor Bowie]

One of my fave players...I have him doing everything from country-style 
fiddle solos to leading his wonderful band on several ARC sides from 
1935...I have always assumed that this was pretty much the same band he had 
on "Let's Dance."  My two fave sides are "Clouds" and #1 is "My Heart Is An 
Open Book" which has a beautiful Kellner solo,  as well as about the 
prettiest and cleanest lead trumpet I've hear on record...would sure like to 
know who it is.  I once played it for a NY musician who suggested Russ Case, 
but I don't know his solo work to even make a guess.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 4:13 PM
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>> Lou Raderman, Y. Zayde, possibly Wladimir Silinsky (sp as in Rust), 
>> Murray
>> Kellner..okay, so FW couldn't find one good Goyishe violinist.
>>
>> dl
>
> Murray Kellner morphed into the goyishe Kel Murray when he led one of the
> three bands (others were Benny Goodman and Xavier Cugat) on the
> three hour "Let's Dance" program for  National Biscuit Co. in 1935.
> It made Goodman and Cugie stars but Kel returned to fiddling as Murray.
> The mills of the gods ground exceedingly fast that time.
> Swing was there.
>
> Al S.
>
>>
>> Thomas Stern wrote:
>>>   Does anyone know of any reason he might have been rejected? (political
>>> activity, social/ethnic/racial attitudes)
>>>   For example, I have heard that another well known band leader FW
>>> refused
>>> to hire jews, which if true would probably be grounds for rejection, but
>>> it
>>> is hearsay, I've seen nothing to substantiate the claim.
>>>   Thanks, Thomas.
>
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