[78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles

[Jeff Sultanof]

I'd love to know the year. He worked for Chaplin in 1936, but he was not
under contract to any studio at that time AFAIK. Before that he was a studio
musician/arranger/orchestrator in NYC. I once had a thrill going through
some of the boxes found at WB when all the Broadway material was
rediscovered, and found a score of Gershwin's "By Strauss" orchestrated by
Raksin. The one time that I spoke to him on the phone, I brought this up,
and he remembered it well.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> The label of the Buck and Bubbles English Columbia  #1524 of   Lady,  Be
> Good b/w Breakfast in Harlem  gives additional label credit "with Dave
> Raksin,  clarinet."
>
> I have just learned that film composer Raksin (Laura,  Bad & The Beautiful,
> etc.) was also a multi-instrumentalist who did at one time play clarinet in
> a dance band.
>
> I am curious how/why  young Raksin might have been in London with B&B to
> make this record,  as he was already under contract with one of the studios
> to do arrangements.
>
> Anybody have any details on the circumstances of this particular recording
> session?  I do NOT need the info which is printed in the Rust
> discography...I'm looking for the background info.
>
>
>
> Thanks from
>
> Taylor
>
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