[78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles

[Taylor Bowie]

Hi Jeff,

The recording date on the record in question is October 5,  1936.  I just 
can't figure how he turned up in London on a record date with two other 
Americans,  playing clarinet some years after (I assume) he'd pretty much 
stopped playing professionally.

Looking forward to hearing the thing....it should be here in a week or so.


Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles


> 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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