[78-L] celebrity jazz fans?

[Kristjan Saag]

According to Lynn René Bayleys book "Spinning The Record" it probably 
was Caruso who convinced Victor to record the ODJB after hearing them 
play in New York. (Chapter 3).
https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/spinning-the-record/

Kristjan



On 2022-04-10 05:27, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
> April being "Jazz Appreciation Month" seems to me I should feature 
> some celebrity jazz fans and the jazz they liked on my radio show next 
> weekend. Got two hours to fill. Here are a few: The Prince of Wales in 
> the Roaring Twenties reportedly sat in with various Yank dance bands 
> at home or abroad. There's a Perry Mason episode where Perry says "I 
> like jazz from Jelly Roll Morton to." [I can't remember that part. 
> Anybody?] There's an album of Jackson Pollack's collection, again from 
> Morton to Billie Holiday. Jack Webb is said to have learned about Bix 
> and his gang while serving in WWII, and the Pete Kelly's Blues movie 
> and albums were his ideas. Bing Crosby reveals in his autobio his love 
> for Bix et al. as well as brother Bob's band, and also referenced the 
> "immortal Goodman Victor band." Eddy Arnold grew up in my town and his 
> family told me last summer that he was a big fan of Louis Armstrong. 
> Any other country stars with hot jazz in their closet? Lawrence Welk's 
> son gave an interview on PBS a number of years ago and launched a 
> surprise telling people that when he'd visit dad in his office the 
> record changer was piled with the likes of Bix and the Five Pennies. 
> Myron Floren once introduced a Dixieland scene by saying it was the 
> boss's favorite. I read somewhere that the great Caruso was an ardent 
> fan of the ODJB. Also vaguely recall a review of one of his records 
> where the writer noted that he delayed an entrance and warped a few 
> notes, and said that was the influence of the early jazz which he 
> liked. Sure wish I took notes of that stuff when it drifted passed my 
> eyes decades ago. Any other opera singers with hot jazz in their 
> closet? It's been said that Jolson was responsible for getting 
> Reisenwebber to book the ODJB in the first place. Reckon that 
> qualifies him as a fan. Woody Allen played gut bucket clarinet with 
> his own trad band. Arturo Toscanini told trombonists to listen to 
> Tommy Dorsey and he commissioned music from Duke Ellington, so he 
> seemed to be something of a fan, anyway. Judith Durham, lead singer of 
> Australia's Seekers started out singing with a trad band while in high 
> school. There's proof on youtube where she nails Cake Walkin' Babies. 
> That's a lot of trad/ODJB/Bix-era stuff, so I'd like to expand the 
> field. Anybody got any more details about any of these? More 
> suggestions, anybody? Rodger Holtin 78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII For 
> Best Results Use Victor Needles


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