[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

Not yet, not likely. But I'll be sending them over to Toast of New York (when I 
remember). Actually they aren't very good, sorry to say..no undiscovered Isham 
gems waiting to be unearthed. It's the later band and they're obviously 
cranking these programs out like sausages. Sausages with clams. What a 
revolting pizza that would be.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I haven't heard these Jones tracks...are they on a CD?
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
> 
> 
>> Nice enough voice..I just found it fascinating that on these particular 
>> sides
>> (which are 1938 radio transcriptions by Isham Jones) he's sounding so much 
>> like
>> Bob Crosby, and Dick Todd was just getting started at that time.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> I must come to the defense of Stuart Allen,  who made so many fine vocals
>>> with Richard Himber,  1935-39.  I always think of him as a baritone 
>>> pushing
>>> himself to sing in the tenor range...I don't think there could have been 
>>> a
>>> better vocalist for the classic Himber sound and that includes Joey Nash.
>>>
>>> There is something veddy upper-crust,  upper East Side about his
>>> style...Allen sounds like he even rehearses in a tux...great singer with
>>> great phrasing as well,  sez I.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>