[78-L] Pete Daily’s Dixieland Band

[Rodger Holtin]

Pete Daily’s Dixieland Band

Last weekend I picked up a copy of Capitol 805 by Pete Daily’s
Dixieland Band.

Master 1505=Daily Rag; 1507=Big Bass Horn Blues.  Somebody else thoughtfully posted it on the
internet here:

http://www.discogs.com/Pete-Dailys-Dixieland-Band-Daily-Rag-Big-Bass-Horn-Blues/release/3080437

Had I known to look for it instead of finding it in a pile,
I could have saved myself 99¢.  C’est la
vie, but I’ve certainly enjoyed it, so it was worth it.  And, it was such a timely find with the
recent discussion of Pete Kelly’s Blues. 


I have two questions about this disc; one mechanical, one
musical.

 

The musical question: 
Wiki says he was Jack Webb’s inspiration for his trumpeter-hero part in
Pete Kelly’s Blues.  According to Feather’s
New Encyclopedia of Jazz (1960), Pete was primarily a cornet player, but played
baritone and tuba in high school. Rust’s Jazz Records (1986) shows him on a 1930
session playing cornet and bass sax.  The
tuba on the solo side sure sounds like a trumpet player using a tuba, whereas
the tuba on the other side sure has all the robust sound lacking on the solo
side, leading me to conclude that Pete traded chairs with the tuba guy for the
solo side.  Can somebody confirm/deny/correct,
or provide personnel for this session?



Rodger



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