[78-L] Why Hot Feet?

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 4/14/2019 8:15 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> Most of you know that I am a Lou Breese completist. Right now, there are
> a few interesting records on Ebay, one a Perfect with split sides, one
> Specht's Who Knows and the other by Willard Robinson  and the other a
> Viva Tonal of Specht's Hot Feet/Roll Up The Carpets.
>
> The Viva is heard on CD's and the Perfect, well, I don't think I have
> ever heard it. Bidding on the Viva is active even though it comes from
> Japan with  hefty shipping fee.
>
> Is it just because its a Viva or is there something special about this
> one? Even though it is pretty jazzy, it's pretty much an ensemble with
> only short, unimpressive solos, some clarinet and a few Phil Wall piano
> solos. Notably absent are Lou Calabrese and Sylvester Ahola. I would
> consider this record to be transitional, between Specht's roaring
> twenties hits and his depression-era decline.
>
Discography shows Calabrese on these sides, but if he was playing, he 
was not taking even the slightest lead, which perhaps could be 
attributed either to a subtle change in the band's style or his absence. 
I do know that when Paul was conductor at the Capital Theater, Ahola had 
already left and Lou jumped ship for a brief stint with the Capitolians. 
He then headed for Minnesota.

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Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.
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