[78-L] Buster Bailey [was Pre-bop [was Five Faves]]

[yves francois]

Julian
will check for a mono copy @ JRM.
re: Crawford, good drummer, better ones were available in NYC 1958, could be Dance (and also George T Simon) both having a penchant for Crawford have something to do with his choice - think the Lunceford feel is rather different than the more free swinging Henderson feel. IMHO Walter Johnson would have been a better choice - could have been available (was w Tab Smith for much of the 50's) - certainly more suited for the Henderson style swing than Mr Crawford - as would have Jo Jones. Agree on the reunion LP, too many soloists - get tired listening to a string of solos - do we really need the 1934 arrangements, would of loved to hear "Chinatown My Chinatown" for instance - or "Somebody Loves Me", "Henderson Stomp" or maybe see what Hawkins would have done in 1958 on "Strangers" - a personal favourite recording of mine by the 1932 band.
 re: Waller, Waller was not as good of a singer or bandleader as Allen (but the 1929/30 Waller sides are very good jazz IMHO), even with the likes of a Cecil Scott, Chu Berry or Allen himself the records would not have been as good as Allen's, for except the more arranged titles on the big band sessions (could the terrific 1935 session really be seen as a Charlie Turner's band?) and perhaps some of the earliest sessions (Whitted, O'Brien and Coleman grace a session or two) - and listen how much better the 4 sides Sedric recorded for Vocalion without the commercial pressures ...

--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Buster Bailey [was Pre-bop [was Five Faves]]
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 4:16 AM
> ================
> Yves,
> What I would like to get again is the original mono
> version--don't know 
> why I got rid of it. Perhaps I was fixated on stereo-izing
> my collection 
> at the time? Much as I like the LP, I've never been
> entirely happy about 
> Jimmy Crawford's drummer--not forceful enough for my
> liking. Same as on 
> the Henderson Reunion on Jazztone, which also included
> Bailey & 
> Jefferson. Other things about the Jazztone was there was
> too much 
> jamming and not enough big band stuff but the arrangements
> that were 
> played weren't from my favourite Henderson period--too
> close to the 
> burgeoning Benny Goodman sound. Now, if they'd tackled "My
> Sweet Tooth 
> Says 'I Wanna' But My Wisdom Tooth Says 'No'"!
> 
> No don't apologise about Waller's men playing better away
> from the man 
> himself--I feel the same. If only Waller had utilised the
> talents that 
> were on the Red Allen Vocalions...
> 
>       Julian Vein
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