[78-L] Earl Hines' "Skylark"

[Jeff Sultanof]

Cary,

I asked Budd specifically about Skylark as I love the arrangement. Johnson
pointed to himself. That's all I can tell you. I can also tell you that in
my conversations with Budd, he was like Benny Carter as he never took
credit for something if he wasn't absolutely sure.

Johnson was the type of arranger (again like Carter) who could write very
generically. Both were believers in giving a leader something in the
leader's style. However, I'm sure you know that Johnson was also musical
director at least some of the time during his tenure in Eckstine's big
band. Frank Foster told me that Budd was one of the great underrated
musicians in jazz who did much more than he is known for.

If you picked his brain, he was an encyclopedia of the times he was on the
scene. He told me he was writing an autobiography, but he never even
started it as far as I know. That's a real pity. He didn't want someone
else to do it and make all the money.

Jeff S.

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

> The information I have says Robert Crowder did the "Skylark" arrangement,
> but Johnson makes a lot of sense as well.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Cary
> On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>
> > I agree with you on Carey.
> >
> > And yes, the arrangement is by Johnson. I asked him about this when I was
> > his student assistant when he taught one semester at Queens College. He
> > told me he wrote all of the arrangements for Eckstine. I'll bet he wrote
> > the arrangements of anything currently uncredited during that period for
> > Hines.
> >
> > Jeff Sultanof
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> My money is on Carey (the one with the "e" in his name).  He was a very
> >> able
> >> member of the fantastic little band of Roy Eldridge and I seem to recall
> >> reading that he was able to double on most anything.
> >>
> >> Is it a Budd Johnson arrangement?  I don't have it but I'd sure like to
> >> hear
> >> it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Taylor
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> >> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:55 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Earl Hines' "Skylark"
> >>
> >>
> >>> But seriously, folks, does anyone know? It was most likely one of the
> >>> saxophonists at the session, which included  Leroy Harris, Scoops
> Carey,
> >>> William Randall, Budd Johnson, and Robert Crowder.
> >>>
> >>> Cary Ginell
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 25, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Flute?
> >>>> That's the bird.
> >>>> Kristjan
> >>>> --
> >>>> On 2012-08-25 19:49, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >>>>> Does anyone know who plays the flute obbligato on Earl Hines' 1942
> >>>>> Bluebird recording of "Skylark," featuring Billy Eckstine? It's not
> >>>>> indicated in Rust.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cary Ginell
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