[78-L] EFHJREM

[Rodger Holtin]

Indeed, James' 1942 Columbia of Prince Charming uses strings but they don't get in the way of the swing at all.  I love the way it builds all the way from the first note to the last.  It is one of my "dessert" island collection and been my radio theme for years.

Rodger

For Best Results use Victor Needles.

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--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Bill McClung <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com> wrote:


From: Bill McClung <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 9:20 AM


I too like James for his versatility.  He grew up in the circus as his
father was the musical director for circus bands.  James absorbed a lot of
styles growing up and they came through in his broadcasts and recordings. 
I don't think people born after the 40s realilze what a megastar he was.  I
like his music very much.  It seems he saw the importance of engaging his
audiences.


> [Original Message]
> From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 6/22/2009 7:22:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM
>
> George Simon went on record to protest the strings in James' band, but as
I
> said in my earlier post, some of the James sides are very beautiful. And
> Harry let his arrangers write whatever they wanted; he needed as many
> arrangements as he could get given his radio work and his live gigs, but
> above all, he loved good music of all types. Johnny Thompson wrote a
couple
> of very interesting compositions for the band, and James had a version of
> Poinciana that was positively bizarre. James even had an arrangement of
> Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk because he liked the piece. I will always
> respect him because he used his huge popularity to expose his audience to
> all types of quality music, as well as the treacly stuff that sold lots of
> records.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> >
> >
> > Indeed, when the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati ejected
their
> > 78 rpm collection in 1988 there was another large instance of EFHJREM.
And
> > it's a pity they are so prevalent, as they are really very good
records, but
> > they survive in such high numbers that makes them undesirable. I also
tend
> > towards his later LP albums from "The New James" on -- no one suspected
he
> > would become such an outstanding bop player; moreover he retained the
same
> > measure of expressiveness and bravura that makes his early work so
> > exceptional. I can do without the string section he had in the early
40s;
> > indeed, so could have James as he once noted, but it was there for
> > commercial purposes.
> >
> >
> > Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> >
> >
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