[78-L] Hal Kemp Orchestra 1937 Rejected Recording of 'Roustabout' - Sample Record

[Taylor Bowie]

The Kemp victor of "I Thought About You" is one of my faves...great tune, 
super chart..  brass and reeds are flawless.  Randy Brooks was playing tpt 
with the band then and I think he's on lead.     The band still sounds like 
Kemp but in a more updated style.

A year or so earlier,  they did a great coupling with more of the earlier 
sound:  Don't Worry 'Bout Me b/w What Goes Up Must Come Down.  Two Rube 
Bloom songs from some show.

Kemp always had great vocalists:  Bob Allen,  Deane Janis,  Janet 
Blair...and Skinnay Ennis,  too.

Have never understood those that put down the Kemp band as tricky or 
corny...recorded evidence says otherwise.


Taylor





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Hal Kemp Orchestra 1937 Rejected Recording of 
'Roustabout' - Sample Record


> The band was even better by the time of Kemp's death, when Lou Busch and 
> Hal
> Mooney were arranging for it, and Janet Blair was singing with it (Bob 
> Allen
> was still there as well, an underrated singer). The staccato trumpets were
> still there, but the arrangers got a rich warm ensemble sound as well. The
> band made a short for WB that is on the multi-DVD set of music shorts, and 
> I
> was pleasantly surprised when I saw it.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Mark Bardenwerper 
> <citrogsa at charter.net>wrote:
>
>> On 4/21/2011 2:29, Julian Vein wrote:
>> > ...It's not exactly an inspired performance or arrangement. Perhaps
>> that's
>> > the reason for ultimate rejection.
>> >
>>
>> It's pattern was typical for its time, and typical for Kemp with
>> staccatto muted trumpets and clarinet expressions. But we sure lost
>> great talent when he died prematurely in a car accident in late 1940.
>> His band was maligned for lack of talent. I find this unbelievable. I am
>> always impressed by the precision. Trotter's arrangements were not
>> forgiving.
>> One of my favorite sweet bands. I played "Got A Date With An Angel" on
>> my first date with Marianne, my wife.
>>
>> --
>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. #:?)
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