[78-L] William Tell

[David Lennick]

Can't remember if it's on the Living Era CD I did.

dl

On 7/16/2011 8:51 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> 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.
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> 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