[78-L] "Larry Wagner Orchestra"

[Taylor Bowie]

Yeah,  the tune is crappy and just smells of  "Let's see if we can write a 
stupid novelty instrumental and have it sell."

The other side is very good,  and both sides have one Hell of a t-bone 
section,  as Al pointed out.

Of course since I'm so smart I didn't even think to look in Rust...I'm like 
the weatherman who won't look out the window to see if it's raining.

Thanks for the info.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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> What an awful, banal little tune. It should have, and did, sink without a
> trace. No idea when it was stillborn. (good trombone section though!)
> But...Wagner was a CBS staff arranger and made four Victor sides in '37
> using Dave Barbour (g) Adrian Rollini and Claude Thornhill among others.
> (See Rust "Jazz Records")
> He also made a few charts in 1938 for Casa Loma.
>
> Al Simmons
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:46 PM
> Subject: [78-L] "Larry Wagner Orchestra"
>
>
>>I just found a copy of this thing...I've never heard of the label or the
>> orchestra.  The label on the flip side ("Don't Cry") lists soloists
>> including Billy Butterfield,  Ernie Caceres,  Al Caiola and Freddy
>> Ohms...all busy in the  NY studios around 1948-50 or so when I assume 
>> this
>> was recorded.
>>
>> BTW the recording sound is excellent...very clean and the solos on 
>> "Don't
>> Cry" are perfectly miked.   The trombone section is so smooth and blended
>> that it almost sounds like the same guy overdubbed playing all the parts.
>>
>> Anybody know anything about Larry Wagner,  this record,  or this label?
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZxYxNx2Ijc
>>
>> BTW composer credits on both sides read "Wagner-Eaton-Shuman."
>>
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
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