[78-L] Pronunciation Question

[Taylor Bowie]

Great interview.   I love his voice...sounds like a more laid-back version 
of Arnold Stang.

How much of his piano is audible on record?   I know there are some bits on 
the pre-war Savitt records. Seems he had a trio in 1947 but I gather they 
didn't make any records.

His is the piano on the Teresa Brewer record of Music,  Music,  Music.

And this is his centenary...he was born  May 11,  1917.

Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com.invalid>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Pronunciation Question


>
> This will cinch it - I just remembered that I had a DJ-only LP of 
> answer-only interviews from Ethel Merman, Jack Pleis, Wayne King, Sammy 
> Davis Jr., Lenny Dee, and Larry Elgart. The LP is called “Fill Your Home 
> With Music” - record number is 38000 (pink label). Came out around October 
> 1955. Here is the Pleis interview, which leads off with Pleis saying his 
> own name. http://picosong.com/wnhiN
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:34 PM, Jeff Sultanof 
>> <jeffsultanof at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Pleece is correct. My mentor was his vocal contractor in New York.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:09 PM, <kil at roadrunner.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Cary.  That's the way I always heard it, growing up listening to
>>> NYC radio.
>>> RayK
>>>>
>>>> Cary Ginell wrote:
>>> I’m pretty sure it is pronounced “pleece,” to rhyme with “fleece.”
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 7:21 PM, David Lennick
>>> <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've always wondered that myself..in decades in radio I never had
>>> occasion to
>>>>> play one of his recordings. I figured it was "plees". Correctly it
>>> could be
>>>>> "plise" or if it's French it could be "Play" or "pleh" but who says
>>> names are
>>>>> ever pronounced correctly when it's easier to pick something that
>>> works?
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/13/2017 10:14 PM, kil at roadrunner.com.invalid wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyone know how to pronounce the last name of
>>> arranger/conductor/pianist Jack Pleis?
>>>>>> I just heard it pronounced differently from the way I have always
>>> thought correct.
>>>>>> Even your best recollection might help, if no one knows for sure.
>>>>>> I assume he is not off topic, although I didn't stop to check.
>>>>>> Seems to me he was married to Karen Chandler and backed her on HOLD
>>> ME THRILL ME KISS ME.
>>>>>> RayK
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