[78-L] Sunny Clapp?

[Taylor Bowie]

Not sure why but recently I've been lectured to by a lot of people on line 
about 78rpm records,   who must have their own unique set of reference books 
and maybe ears.

Someone elsewhere this evening told me that the trombonist on the "Jimmy 
McHugh's Bostonians" Harmonys is Sonny Clapp.   Silly me...I always thought 
it sounded like Jack Teagarden...esp. as the first place I heard them was on 
a Jack Teagarden LP.

A while ago I was given a good dressing-down by somebody for 
"misidentifying" the clarinet and baritone on the Ted Lews record of Glad 
Rag Doll as by Don Murray,  when it was "obvious" that it was Benny Goodman.

Someone else the other day told me that Russ Case is "featured" on trumpet 
on a lot of Hal Kemp records of the 1934-37 period.  I've looked in vain for 
anything which doesn't sound like Earl Geiger and found one 8-bar open horn 
thing on one record.  I asked the person for other examples...no reply.

I just can't help but wonder where some people come up with this 
stuff...it's like anybody's "opinion" or "feeling" about something is just 
as valid as actual research or comparison listening...


:-O