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

[David Weiner]

It wasn't really a one-shot - Whiteman did three recording dates in 1942,
one for Victor and two for Capitol with the same new band; he likely would
have done more for Capitol had the recording ban not started in August.

Dave Weiner

On 3/20/12 10:08 AM, "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com> wrote:

>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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