[78-L] Kitty was a cool cat

[Taylor Bowie]

Some fine Helen Forrest vocals on those Capitol versions,  including her 
"cover" of Kitty Kallen's "I'm Beginning..."

I love Forrest,  but in this case I think Kitty wins the round...what great 
swing she brings to her version!    Too bad she ended up doing rubbish like 
"Little Things Mean a Lot" in the 50s...I don't hate many records but that 
one turns my tummy.  One part of the lyric I really despise: "Say I look 
nice when I'm not."  Damn it,  that doesn't even make any sense...it should 
be "when I don't" but I guess that doesn't sound as "nicey-nice" as does the 
other.  Gag.

Poor Kitty...I'm sure she made plenty of money with that 50s stuff but I 
like to think of her in the 40s with James and J Dorsey.  The Dorsey version 
of Besame Mucho with Bob Eberle and Kitty is great.  Helen O'Connell was 
good doing those duets with Bob and she was the most beautiful swing band 
vocalist by far (so sez I)  but she wasn't as good a singer as Kitty Kallen.

Who else besides me  likes those swing band duet things where the guy sings 
the first chorus slow and then the "girl singer" comes in with the hipper 
jazzy chorus of the tune?  Krupa did it after the war with my man Buddy 
Stewart and Ms. O'Day...I really do love those sides esp. Did You Ever Get 
That Feeling in the Moonlight and Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did.

Buddy died so young and Anita lived a long time...two of my very faves.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <soundthink at aol.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM


> On seeing this thread, I pulled out James's Capitol recordings from the 
> mid-1950s, which are amazingly good. Beautiful sound, a lot of the same 
> musicians as in the earlier Columbia sides (Allen Reuss, Willie Smith, 
> Buddy Rich) and great arrangements.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
> To: 78 78 <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 8:34 am
> Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM
>
>
>
>
> ike Biel wrote:
>
>> Last night at the Jazz Bash I saw a rather unusual sight. One of the> 
>> dealers
> ad a large amount of 78s unsold, including some that were still> in about 
> a
> alf dozen boxes under the table. He bequeathed them to> Scott Wenzel of 
> Mosaic
> ecords who at first said they would be 50 cents> apiece until he looked at
> hem. In those boxes were EFHJREM -- Every> Freaking Harry James Record 
> Ever
> ade. HUNDREDS of them. MANY hundreds> of them. Including sleeves with 
> three or
> ive records in them -- all of> the same record. A few did find other 
> homes,
> ven Dan Morgenstern took> a couple of 'em. I picked up his Eli Eli, always
> ondered what that> sounded like. But when I left there were still a table 
> full
> f 'em. But> I think we can be well assured that there will not be a Harry 
> James
> ox> set coming out of Mosaic.>> Mike (I wonder if the two Black cleaning 
> guys
> re interested in Harry> James) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>>>
>
> Indeed, when the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati ejected their 
> 78
> pm collection in 1988 th
> ere was another large instance of EFHJREM. And it's a
> ity they are so prevalent, as they are really very good records, but they
> urvive in such high numbers that makes them undesirable. I also tend 
> towards
> is later LP albums from "The New James" on -- no one suspected he would 
> become
> uch an outstanding bop player; moreover he retained the same measure of
> xpressiveness and bravura that makes his early work so exceptional. I can 
> do
> ithout the string section he had in the early 40s; indeed, so could have 
> James
> s he once noted, but it was there for commercial purposes.
>
> ncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
>
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