[78-L] Dorsey -"The Three Esquires"

[Taylor Bowie]

The Three Esquires were Jack Leonard,  Axel Stordahl and Joe Bauer...the 
were hired by TD from the Bert Block orchestra,  but they made some great 
records for Melotone  with that very underrated band in 1935,  and Leonard 
did a few solo vocals as well.  Big thumbs-up to No Other One,  Almost, 
Will Love Find A Way,  etc.  They are all good.

Some years later,  Block became an agent and he was married for many years 
until his death to the great pianist Barbara Carroll,  who still plays 
regularly in NY.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. E. Knox" <rojoknox at metroeast.org>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Original 78 rpm info? TOMMY DORSEY: DEDICATED TO 
YOU(RCA/Camden) 1964 Vinyl LP


> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>
>> ...Who Can I Turn To (either Connie Haines or Helen Forest. I'm not
>> sure)
>
> Jo Stafford. Helen Forrest didn't sing with TD. Stafford was one of
> the Pied Pipers at the time.
>
>> Sweet Sue Just You (Pied Pipers with unknown male lead)
>
> Jack Leonard and the band. This was about 14 months before The Pied
> Pipers joined TD.
>
>> Just As Though You Were Here (Frank Sinatra with the Pied Pipers)
>
> Correct.
>
>> Dedicated To You (sounds like Pied Pipers without Frank but he
>> might be on it anyway & I didn't notice)
>
> Jack Leonard. No mention of other vocalists, but if a group is
> present it would be orchestra members (Leonard and two others made up
> "The Three Esquires"). This was three years before Sinatra and The
> Pied Pipers joined TD.
>
> Doesn't RCA Camden CAS-800(e) have the proper vocalist
> identification? If not on the jacket, surely on the labels...in mice-
> type, of course...
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Joe
> --
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> courage to live by them."--Jim Davis, "Garfield" cartoonist
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