[78-L] A Gathering of Giants

[David Lennick]

Interesting. I wasn't aware of this concert. Quite a few different performers 
as well, like Dinah Shore. Is Eddie Cantor involved? That's usually the case 
with something produced by Brian Gari, who is his grandson.

dl

On 11/14/2010 11:34 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> This sounds a lot like the Legends and Songwriters Concert that Original
> Cast put out in 1998.  The date is different, though.  OC says their concert
> is February 25, 1941, and given at the Shrine Auditorium for Greek Relief.
> The line-up seems similar.
>
> Here it is on Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Songwriters-Concert-1941-concert/dp/B000004CQY
> /ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1289795340&sr=8-5
>
> Sammy Jones
>
>> That's interesting, because Norbeck&  Peters asked if I still had any
>> copies of
>> it. I have one. I also have the complete unedited (and unjoined)
>> transfers I
>> made from a better copy some years later. Someone approached me about
>> reissuing
>> it but expected me to give it to them for nothing, which is not my
>> favorite way
>> of being a CD producer.
>>
>> The Music&  Arts set omitted the Hanson Symphony (mostly because of
>> time
>> restrictions but also because the performance was awful and badly
>> miked).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/14/2010 11:25 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>> September 24 marked the 70th anniversary of probably the most
>> remarkable concert in American popular music history, ASCAP's
>> "Cavalcade of American Music." Six years ago, I wrote this article on
>> this show for Music Reports, Inc.'s "Smart Licensing" newsletter - I
>> missed commemorating the anniversary two months ago, so forgive the
>> belated notice. Thought everyone might be interested in this
>> retrospective.
>>>
>>>
>>> A Gathering of Giants: The 1940 ASCAP 25th Anniversary Concert
>>>
>
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