[78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles

[Taylor Bowie]

I think Tim and Jeff's speculations are probably right.  I know Raksin wrote 
an autobio which he'd finished at the time of his passing,  but I don't 
think it's been published.

Thanks to all from

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Raksin w/ Buck and Bubbles


> 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>
>> 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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