[78-L] William Tell

[Julian Vein]

Just got a copy of Gene Kardos's "William Tell" on Oriole 6-12-14. It's 
credited to "Andy Razaf-Leon Berry", has echoes of "Christopher 
Columbus" and the "William Tell Overture" and sounds like something 
Larry Clinton could have cobbled together (low register clarinets etc). 
The new ADBD lists two other versions played by Will Osborne and Alvino 
Ray, both recorded for transcriptions, It also lists another version by 
Ray, a two-parter for Bluebird, which it credits to Rossini.

Were the two transcription versions the Razaf-Berry "composition", or is 
this the only version on 78? It's a pretty inconsequential tune (and 
performance), I might say, and justly hasn't survived.

       Julian Vein