[78-L] Sunny Clapp?

[Jeff Sultanof]

Taylor,

I sympathize. As you know, I have been editing and restoring vintage big
band music for many years, taken from original sources (handwritten scores
and parts, most one of a kind). I constantly get arguments from those who
newly transcribe this music from recordings even though the original music
the musicians played is available; they claim that in many cases the
musicians didn't necessarily play what is on the parts, which is nonsense
in most cases. They also want to publish the exact bass lines as played on
the commercial recording (even though the parts only have chord changes),
and want the players to play the originally improvised solos exactly. This
is one of the reasons why many people don't go to concerts where this music
is played. I'm not talking about "In the Mood" or "A String of Pearls"
here, I'm talking about classic Ellington.

Jeff Sultanof


On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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