[78-L] William Tell

[Dan Van Landingham]

I would have liked to have heard the Alvino Rey version as he was an acquaintence of mine and his original lead alto sax player,Skeets Herfurt,was a dear friend of mine.At one time,Skeets once sent me a Hindsight LP of some circa 1940-41 transcriptions but,as I recall,the "William Tell Overture" was not on it.That album disappeared when me sister in law sold of some 1200 LPs for $100.


From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:41 AM
Subject: [78-L] William Tell

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
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