[78-L] EFHJREM

[David Weiner]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I love the James band as well.  I've always preferred his  version  of I'm

> Beginning To See The Light (with the cool Allen Reuss intro and coda and a

> great Kitty Kallen vocal) to the lumbering  Ellington rendition which was 
> issued around the same time...on that one the Ellington reed section just 
> sounds like an industrial strength vacuum cleaner.  It is a great song but

> the I think the James arrangement is way better than was Duke's of his own

> tune. 
> Taylor
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The Duke version sounds like a school band playing it at a safe tempo, 
so as to avoid mistakes and to impress the parents!

      Julian Vein
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I love both band versions - and there are alternate takes of both, as well -
James did the first take in NY and the second a week later in LA, if memory
serves and there are a lot of small differences between them, right from
Allan Reuss' intro.  Both are fine, though.  An alternate of the Duke turned
up on the 24-CD RCA Centennial box, and it's pretty sloppy compared to the
issued take. 

Dave W.