[78-L] Trumbauer 1932 sides

[David Lennick]

(a) Still haven't seen the message to which this responds..but 78-L messages 
are turning up in any order lately.

(b) I was jokingly going to ask if the Bleyer piece was called something like 
"Business in Q" till I re-read it and lo and behold, it was! Archie wrote 
Business in a number of keys or apartments or something like that..Gene Kardos 
recorded both F and Q and other bands recorded them as well. So SOMEBODY 
thought they were worth pushing.

dl

David Weiner wrote:
> It's Trumbauer's own big band formed after he left Whiteman for awhile in
> 1932-33. 
> 
> Dave W. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:07 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: [78-L] Trumbauer 1932 sides
> 
> I recently at long last obtained a copy of Columbia 2710-D Frank Trumbauer 
> Orch. of Business in Q b/w I Think You're A Honey...another very late black 
> label/black wax issue.
> 
> I am curious if anyone knows the circumstances of these and the other sides 
> from the same late-1932 session.  Rust's personnel is a list of names 
> unknown to me,  with the exception of trombonist Joe Harris.  Who are the 
> rest of these guys?  I thought Trumbauer pretty much stuck to other Whiteman
> 
> musicians for his studio records of this era.  After listening to both 
> sides,  I wish he hadn't made this exception.
> 
> To clarify,  the record is borderline terrible...the pop tune side is a 
> stiff and wretched thing,   played with little life or distinction,  save 
> for an amusing vocal by The Foursome.   The "jazzy side" is a hideous Will 
> Hudson-esque slice of blather (written by Archie Bleyer so it's 
> Bleyerblather),  which contains some of the most obnoxious Trumbauer 
> twiddling and catterwalling I've ever heard.  I don't mind a lot of Tram's 
> novelty playing (Whiteman's Sun Spots,  Bouncing Ball,  etc.) but this is 
> just crap.
> 
> Taylor 
>