[78-L] Birth of Rock 'n' Roll

[David Lennick]

I shall send you one. I never know if they follow up with their note writers.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> By the way, I never got my sample copy of that CD. I suppose there's no way to get one now, is there?
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
>> From: soundthink at live.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:45:04 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the Snowman
>>
>>
>> Couldn't, because the CD was programmed for me and I was only to write about what was on it.
>>
>> When I mention "The Big Band Era," I am referring to when big bands were the most popular genre of music favored by the general public. By the 1950s, that had gone bye-bye. Namby-pamby vocals by the Perry Comos of the industry ruled in the early 1950s, giving way to rock 'n' roll by the mid-50s. But big bands were long considered passe by the public by then and bands didn't monopolize the best-selling charts in the 1950s. I think the only big band hit of the 1950s was "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey. Of course there were great big bands in the '50s - I loved the Basie band that featured Neal Hefti compositions and arrangements. Terry Gibbs' Dream Band was probably the most exciting kick-ass band of them all, starting in 1959. And Quincy Jones continued with some great big band charts in the 1960s. But big band music had become niche programming by this time.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:19:49 -0500
>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the Snowman
>>>
>>> No need to duck, Cary..I was just rereading your great liner notes to the Naxos 
>>> "Birth of Rock and Roll" CD, although I don't think you credited Haley with 
>>> bringing Rocket 88 over at that time.
>>>
>>> And many big bands were still playing good music well into the fifties. Woody 
>>> Herman did some great stuff while his "Mars" label existed, the Sauter-Finegan 
>>> Orchestra proved big bands could have fun, Ellington and Basie could still draw 
>>> a crowd even though they were both treading water..
>>>
>>> dl
>>>