[78-L] Aaron Sachs (was Whither Manor?)

[Julian Vein]

On 07/07/11 14:36, Cary Ginell wrote:
> I have six Manor 78s and was interested in the fact that the Gillespie 5000 disc was the only one in that series. It's a historical recording, too. The first version of "Salt Peanuts" b/w "Be Bop," the first use of the term on a record.
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> After searching for 12 years, I recently found two Manor 78s (1124&  1191) by Aaron Sachs&  the Manor Re Bops, which turn out to be the first commercial recordings featuring Terry Gibbs on vibraphone. Recorded June 8, 1946. As soon as I received the discs, I sent MP3s to Terry, who expressed delight in hearing them for the first time in decades. Three of the songs (Aaron's Axe, Tiny's Con, and Sam Beeps and Bops) were written by his friend, drummer Tiny Kahn. The other (Patsy's Idea" was by pianist Gene DiNovi. Terry was nagged by the melody for "Tiny's Con," which he said was extremely close to Miles Davis' "Donna Lee," recorded for Savoy the following year. Is anyone familiar with these two enough to have an opinion about a possible shared origin? Sachs was one of the few bop clarinetists (Buddy deFranco is the main exponent) and it's odd to hear the instrument on this kind of record.
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> Incidentally, Aaron Sachs is still alive (he just turned 88 a few days ago) as is Di Novi, who is 83 (he was a teenager of 18 when he made the records for Manor). The other musicians are bassist Clyde Lombardi and drummer Tiny Kahn. Kahn died at 29 in 1953. Lombardi died in 1975.
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> Cary Ginell
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I used to have 1124, but now have the session on Xanadu LP 124 (Bebop 
Revisited, Vol.2). Sachs is more boppish here than other stuff from the 
same period (e.g. with Norvo). He usually phrases more like Lester Young 
on clarinet. "Tiny's Con" does sound like an underveloped "Donna Lee".

There were other bop-flavoured clarinetists like Hank D'Amico, Stan 
Hasselgard, Johnny Dankworth, Maurice Meunier--their style could 
probably be more accurately as "modern swing". Tony Scott's style seems 
have been modern without being bop. Not all modernists of the 40s were 
boppers: Tristano, Konitz, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Jones, Monk, etc.

       Julian Vein