[78-L] The Russins Are Coming!
Taylor Bowie
bowiebks at isomedia.com
Fri Aug 28 11:45:20 PDT 2009
Hey Randy,
I just have to chime in to agree with you about the Russin solo on Waitin'
For the Evenin' Mail...my #1 fave of all those Nichols Brunswicks...not only
a great solo from Babe Russin but also one from brother Jack on piano and a
very edgy and tight solo from Red as well. No beefs about the Scat Davis
vocal either...I think it's his best on record. Hoo boy, it's a record I
love to play cranked to high volume!
Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Skretvedt" <forwardintothepast at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy 100th, Prez!
>I agree with Julian that Babe Russin was a very advanced tenor sax player
>for his time. Last Sunday, on my "Forward Into the Past" show (shameless
>self-promotion: http://www.geocities.com/forwardintothepast/), I played Red
>Nichols' disc of "Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail," replete with vocal by
>Johnny "Scat" Davis. Toward the end, there's a very intriguing tenor solo
>by Russin--it reminded me of Bix or Pee Wee Russell or the Boswell Sisters,
>all of whom were skilled at creating very unusual variations on the theme.
> All the best--
> Randy Skretvedt
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