[78-L] Paul Whiteman recording gaps [was Travelin' Light]

[Jeff Sultanof]

It was a one shot. Like Fred Waring, Whiteman wasn't thrilled with making
records during this period. Both felt that records were competition with
themselves; if their records were played over the radio, listeners wouldn't
tune into their shows.

Jeff Sultanof

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> On 20/03/12 06:54, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > Many thanks,  Randy...most appreciated.  Wonder who that alto sax
> is...quite
> > a fine sound and I don't know the "sound" of any of these guys listed.
> >
> > Is Pingatore credited with doubling on guitar on any other records?
> >
> > Taylor
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Randy Watts"<rew1014 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Travelin' Light
> >
> >
> > Personnel for this session from Ruppli's Capitol discography:
> >
> > Monty Kelly, Don Waddilove, Larry Neil (tp); Skip Layton, Murray
> McEachern
> > (tb); Alvy West, Danny D'Andrea, Lenny Hartman, King Guion, Tommy Mace
> > (saxes); Buddy Weed (p); Mike Pingitore (g, bjo); Art Shapiro (b); Willie
> > Rodriguez (dm); Harry Azen, Sol Blumenthal, David Bowman (strings).
> >
> > Jimmy Mundy is credited as arranger.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> ========================
> Browsing through ADBORAF I noticed that after his Decca contract ended,
> after nearly a year, Whiteman did one session for Victor (February 7,
> 1942), then moved over to Capitol. I wonder if the Victor was a
> "non-contractual" session? There was also a long recording gap between
> his Victor session of March 28, 1937 and Decca September 9, 1938.
>
>        Julian Vein
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