[78-L] two or three questions about Gershwin/Shilkret American in Paris

[Jeff Sultanof]

I know that for many years, Warner Bros. not only rented the music, but
rented the set of taxi horns, as we shipped them to Schirmer when they took
over the rental business.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:25 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> In the Memorial Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, believe it or not somebody
> used
> a klaxon horn. (And if you need persuading, I still have a case of CDs of
> that
> concert.)
>
> dl
>
> On 7/2/2011 8:01 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> > Those taxi horns were the ones that Gershwin obtained. The Shilkret
> > recording was too important not to have them. Gershwin was at the
> recording
> > session and played the celeste part.
> >
> > No idea who the trumpet player is. Doesn't RCA have a personnel listing?
> >
> > Jeff Sultanof
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rodger Holtin<rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
>  wrote:
> >
> >>   on the Gershwin/Shilkret recording of American In Paris - Feb 4 1929
> >> Victor 35964
> >>
> >> 1-Can someone identify the trumpet soloist(s) (the bluesy part beginning
> >> with part three and the "hot" sequence that opens side four)
> >> 2-in the taxi horn sequence, those sure sound like authentic taxi horns
> -
> >> any documentation that these are the ones George brought home with him?
> >>
> >> Rodger
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
> >>
> >>
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