[78-L] Jan Savitt and vocalists

[Dan Van Landingham]

I also liked Savitt's shuffle style.Blowers I remember for his short stint with Bunny Berigan
from 1938.I had a Shoestring LP of Berigan's band and on "Shanghai Shuffle",he plays q-
uite well.However,when he played at a faster tempo,he had a tendency to plod.I had anot-
her Berigan LP(on Sandy Hook),that bears me out.The selection that comes to mind was
a Berigan performance of "Devil's Holiday".I don't know whatever became of him after his
stint with Berigan.His replacement was Buddy Rich late of Adrian Rollini's combo.

--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:


From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Jan Savitt and vocalists
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 6:55 PM



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <zimrec at juno.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:22 PM
Subject: [78-L] Jan Savitt and vocalists


> Taylor Bowie wrote, re Jan Savitt: "Some seem to object to his frequent 
> use of the "shuffle rhythm" but I
> don't...and I don't get tired of it either."
>
> I, too, like the Savitt band.  But drummer Johnny Blowers is one who 
> couldn't take playing the shuffle rhythm with such constancy, which, he 
> told me, is the reason that he left the band after such a short period of 
> time.
>
> Art


Russ Isaacs,  on the other hand,  had the shuffle thing down perfectly...the 
right guy for the Savitt drummer's job!

Taylor 

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