[78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles

[Jeff Sultanof]

Tim's idea of Raksin being there to MD for B+B is certainly a plausible one.
As far as playing clarinet, unfortunately he is no longer around to ask, but
one can't assume that just because he was orchestrating and musical
directing that he'd stopped playing professionally. Manny Albam was
originally a baritone saxophonist who became a busy arranger by 1950, but he
made a date for Ella Fitzgerald some years after he 'stopped' playing in big
bands (he may have been an arranger on the date, and somebody couldn't make
it at the last minute, who knows). Gerald Wilson also turns up as a trumpet
player on an occasional record after 1950 as well.

Jeff

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> 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>
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> 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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