[78-L] fwd: Art van Damme

[GENE JOSLIN]

How about Benny Moten's brother"Buster", who got off a great chorus on "Moten StomP" (scroll Victor)
-GJ

--- On Fri, 2/19/10, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>
> Subject: [78-L]  fwd: Art van Damme
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 10:15 AM
> Art Van Damme may have been
> influenced by Goodman but it was another 
> accordionist, Ernie Felice, who recorded with Goodman’s
> small groups 
> for Capitol. Felice then went on to recorded for Capitol
> under his own 
> name, as did Art Van Damme. I have the Capitol 78s of
> Felice with 
> Goodman and think an accordionist was the wrong choice for
> Goodman. My 
> belief is Capitol was grooming Felice to record under his
> own name once 
> he had gained enough recognition by playing with Goodman.
> Another 
> occasional practitioner of jazz accordion was pianist Pete
> Jolly.
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