[78-L] TWO Vocalists/One Band!

[Taylor Bowie]

Hey Earl,

I agree with Julian about Humes...I don't even like her vocals with 
Basie...esp. Blame It On My Last Affair.  A great song,  but not that 
version.  There is a superb Richard Himber Victor with a Stuart Allen vocal 
and gorgeous clarinet solos from Hank d'Amico...yow,  that one is a hit.

Plus I was actually thinking of bands with two great singers who recorded 
commercially...so far as I know there is just that one live track of Billie 
with Basie,  right?

When I was in Eddie Condon's one night in 1978 listening to Buddy Tate's 
little group (with Haywood Henry and others) the very elegant Miss Humes and 
her party bustled into the place...and just tore the place up with "I Can't 
Believe That You're In Love With Me" and then headed for the door.  I was 
lucky to be there...that was the same night that a nice fellow asked me if I 
would mind  share my table with some musicians,  who turned out to be Seiji 
Ozawa and some other guys from the Boston Symphony...a good time was had by 
all,  certainly including me!

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] TWO Vocalists/One Band!


> Spats wrote:
>> Hi Taylor!
>>
>> Toward the end of the 30s, the Count Basie Band had Billie Holiday
>> and Helen Humes are their two singers! ;-)
>>
>> Pretty impressive, I think! ;-)
>>
>> Earl.
> =============
> I like them both, except Helen Humes. At that time her efforts were
> pretty weak compared with her later r&b work.
>
>      Julian Vein
>
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