The big bands are back
in a new and exciting way!
JANUARY 2014
"BIG BAND NEWS"
compiled by Music Librarian CHRISTOPHER POPA
NEW COMPACT DISCS
Xavier Cugat. "The Xavier Cugat Collection 1933-1958," Acrobat ( E ) ADDCD3094.
Glenn Miller. "'Live' at The Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania New York City Jan. & Nov.
1940," Acrobat ( E ) ADDCD3102. A 2-CD set of "complete unedited radio broadcasts."
Muggsy Spanier. "Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band: 'Live' at Club Hangover, San
Francisco April/May 1953," Acrobat ( E ) ADDCD3095.
Jack Teagarden. "The Jack Teagarden Collection 1928-52," Acrobat ( E ) ADDCD3096.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitarist, b.Jan. 9, 1926. With Monroe '43 / '46-'52; Goodman '67 / '69
Reader's Digest / '70 / '71 / '72 / '73 / '74 / '75 / '77 / '79 / '80 / '81 / '85.
Nat Peck, trombonist, b.Jan. 13, 1925. With Miller AAF '43-'45.
Ray Anthony, trumpeter, b. Jan. 20, 1922. With A Donahue '40; Miller '40-'41; J Dorsey
'42. Own band '46- .
Benny Golson, tenor saxophonist, b. Jan. 25, 1929. With Gillespie '56-'58.
Dick Nash, trombonist, b.Jan. 26, 1928. With S Donahue '47; G Gray '49; Beneke '50;
May '53.
NECROLOGY
Al Lerner, 94, d.Jan. 19, 2014, prostate cancer. Pianist with James '41?-'43?, McKinley
'84 (Australian tour).
REMEMBERING YOU
Milt Jackson, b.Jan. 1, 1923. Vibraphonist with Gillespie '45-'47 / '50-'52; Herman '50;
Basie '78 (Pablo LP).
Nick Fatool, b.Jan. 2, 1915. Drummer with Goodman '39-'40; Shaw '40-'41; Crosby
'50-'52; G Gray '56 / '58 / '60 / '63 (Capitol LPs).
Frank Wess, b.Jan. 4, 1922. Saxophonist with Eckstine '46; Millinder '47; Basie '53-'64.
Marian Monroe, b.Jan. 7, 1912. Married to Vaughn Monroe from Apr. 2, 1940 until his
death on May 21, 1973. A celebration of her life will be held on the 9th of this month
at The Snug Harbor Clubhouse in Florida.
Chuck Flores, b.Jan. 5, 1935. Drummer with Herman '54-'55.
Vernon Brown, b.Jan. 6, 1907. Trombonist with Goodman '37-'40 / '44; Shaw '40-'41;
Spanier '42.
Haywood Henry, b.Jan. 7, 1919. Saxophonist with E Hawkins '36-'53; Oliver '73-'76.
Dave Schildkraut, b.Jan. 7, 1925. Saxophonist with Kenton '53-'54.
Bobby Tucker, b.Jan. 8, 1922. Pianist with Eckstine '49-'80s.
Betty Roche, b.Jan. 9, 1920. Vocalist with Ellington '43 / '52; Hines '44.
Buddy Johnson, b.Jan. 10, 1915. Leader of own band.
Bob Enevoldson, b.Jan. 11, 1920. Valve trombonist with Beneke '70s-'80s.
Jay McShann, b.Jan. 12, 1909. Pianist - leader of own band.
Trummy Young, b.Jan. 12, 1912. Trombonist - vocalist with Hines '33-'37; Lunceford
'37-'43; Goodman '45; Armstrong '52-'63.
Danny Barker, b.Jan. 13, 1909. Guitarist with Calloway '37-'46.
Quentin Jackson, b.Jan. 13, 1909. Trombonist with Redman '38-'39 / '46; Calloway
'40-'46 / '46-'48; Ellington '48-'59.
Billy Butterfield, b.Jan 14, 1917. Trumpeter with Crosby '37-'40; Shaw '40-'41;
Goodman '41; Brown '42. Leader of own band.
Jimmy Crawford, b.Jan. 14, 1910. Drummer with Lunceford '30-'43; Goodman 47;
F Henderson '50; Oliver '47 / '49 / '50 / '51 / '52 / '58 / '60 / '62; Basie '60 ("String
Along with Basie" LP).
Maxwell Davis, b.Jan. 14, 1916. Tenor saxophonist with F Henderson '49; conductor
for Crown LP tributes '58?.
Joe Muranyi, b.Jan. 14, 1928. Clarinetist with Armstrong '67-'71; Eldridge '75 ("Little
Jazz and the Jimmy Ryan All-Stars" Pablo LP); Hampton '77.
Steve Jordan, b.Jan. 15, 1919. Guitarist with Bradley '40-'42; Raeburn '45 / '47; J
Dorsey '47; Goodman '54 / '55 / '56 / '57.
Gene Krupa, b.Jan. 15, 1909. Drummer with Goodman '33-'38 / '43; T Dorsey 44.
Leader of own band.
Jerry Wald, b.Jan. 15, 1919. Clarinetist - leader of own band.
Ivie Anderson, b.Jan. 16, 1904. Vocalist with Ellington '31-'42.
Sandy Block, b.Jan. 16, 1917. Bassist with Rey '40-'41; T Dorsey '43-'47 / '50; Wald
'44; Oliver '51 / '58; Armstrong '51 / '53 / '57.
Big Sid Catlett, drummer, b.Jan. 17, 1910. With Carter '32; F Henderson '36; Wilson
'36; Redman '36-'38; Armstrong '38-'41 / '47 - '49; Goodman '41.
Vido Musso, b.Jan. 17, 1913. Tenor saxophonist with Goodman '36-'37 / '39 / '41-'42;
Krupa '38; James '40-'41; Herman '42-'43; T Dorsey '45; Kenton '45-'46 / '47.
Tommy Reynolds, b.Jan. 17, 1917. Clarinetist - leader of own band.
Ray Sims, trombonist, b.Jan. 18, 1921. With Goodman '47; Brown '47-'57; James
'57-'69.
Bubber Miley, b.Jan. 19, 1903. Trumpeter with Ellington '24-'29.
Billy Maxted, b.Jan. 21, 1917. Pianist with Nichols '37-'40; Bradley '41-'42.
Teddy McRae, b.Jan. 22, 1908. Tenor saxophonist with Webb '36-'39; Calloway '41-'42;
Armstrong '44. Composer of Back Bay Shuffle and Traffic Jam with Artie Shaw.
Juan Tizol, b.Jan. 22, 1900. Trombonist - composer with Ellington '29-'44 / '51-'53 /
'60 / '61; James '44-'51 / '53-'57.
Scoops Carry, b.Jan. 23, 1915. Saxophonist with F Henderson '36; Eldridge '37; H
Henderson '39; Hines '40-'48.
Teddy Napoleon, b.Jan. 23, 1914. Pianist with Krupa '44-'58 [ on and off ].
Avery Parrish, b.Jan. 24, 1917. Pianist with E Hawkins '34-'41.
Truck Parham, b.Jan. 25, 1913. Bassist with Eldridge '37-'38?; Hines '40-'42; Lunceford
'44-'47; Spanier '50-'55; Bellson '57-'59.
Skitch Henderson, b.Jan. 27, 1918. Pianist with Shaw '40.
Hot Lips Page, b.Jan. 27, 1908. Trumpeter with Shaw '41-'42.
Milt Raskin, b.Jan. 27, 1916. Pianist with Krupa '38-'39 / '41-'42; Powell '39-'40; Rey
'40; T Dorsey '42-'44; Shaw '46 (Musicraft); Auld '52.
Arnold Ross, b.Jan. 29, 1921. Pianist with Jenney '39; Monroe '40-'42; James '44-'47;
Crosby '54-'56 (TV show); Jones '57 / '58 / '59.
Ed [ "Eddie" ] Shaughnessy, b.Jan. 29, 1929. Drummer with Byrne '48; Ventura '48-'50;
Millinder '51-52.
Roy Eldridge, b.Jan. 30, 1911. Trumpeter with F Henderson '35-'36; Krupa '41-'43 / '49;
Shaw '44-'45; Goodman '50. Leader of own band.
Bernie Leighton, b.Jan. 30, 1921. Pianist with Scott '40; Goodman '40; Shaw ('53
"Speak to Me of Love" Decca LP; '68 "Artie Shaw Recreates His Great '38 Band"
Capitol LP).
Bobby Hackett, b.Jan. 31, 1915. Trumpeter-cornetist-guitarist with Heidt '39-'40 / '41;
Miller '41-'42; G Gray '44-'47; Goodman '62-'63; McKinley-Miller Orch '65 ("Glenn
Miller Time" Epic LP); DeFranco-Miller Orch '72 (Columbia House); Morrow-
Miller Orch '74 (NBC-TV "Today" show). Leader of own band.
IN-PRINT AND / OR ONLINE
"Bunny Berigan: Still Swingin' & Jumpin' at the Mills Music Library," University of
Wisconsin-Madison Libraries News & Events / library.wisc.edu/news, Jan. 14, 2014.
THE YEAR AHEAD: SNEEK PEEK
One of the most promising of big band CDs scheduled for release shortly pairs the two LPs that Sauter-Finegan did for United Artists, recorded in 1960 and 1961, respectively. They are brilliant stereo recordings and will be accompanied by full documentation and colorful artwork.
Finally we will reach the last volume of the 1946-47 AFRS Benny Goodman shows issued by Sounds of YesterYear. The ending volume will be a 2-CD set.
Of course, there'll be other big band CDs in the next eleven months... Miller, et al.
Also due out in 2014 is the bio-discography Bobby Hackett: His Life and Music, written by the Bert Whyatt (who died last April) and George Hulme.
Meanwhile, it's rumored that a famous venue where big bands at one time performed, The Roseland Ballroom in New York City, is planning to close soon. If true, it would be a loss.
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