The big bands are back
in a new and exciting way!
SEPTEMBER 2014
"BIG BAND NEWS"
compiled by Music Librarian CHRISTOPHER POPA

NEW BIG BAND CDS
Neal Hefti.  "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So
     Sad" / " Won Ton Ton," RCA / Kritzerland.  A pair of soundtrack for which Hefti
     wrote the music.
Illinois Jacquet.  "Illinois Jacquet Big Band: Live in Burghausen 1996," Squatty Roo
     Records.  A concert setting in Germany, with the selections Tickle ToeBlue Skies,
     Doggin' AroundWillow Weep for MeStompin' At the SavoyOn the Sunny Side of the
     Street, and Flying Home.
Gene Krupa.  "America's Favorite Drummer," Mr. Music MMCD-7038.  Live performances
     done between 1938-40, including I Got RhythmWire Brush StompBlue Rhythm
     FantasyCherokee, Indian Summer, and Starlit Hour.
Lawrence Welk.  "Last Date / Moon River," Sepia (E) 1268.  Two LPs made for Dot, plus
     six additional tracks (Bubbles in the Wine, ScatterbrainDonna LeeMary Lou,
     Firefly Serenade, and Josephine).

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart: Sep 20-22, Blue Note, Tokyo,
     Japan; Sep 24, Morinomiya Hall, Osaka, Japan; Sep 25, Blue Note, Nagoya, Japan;
     Sep 27, Tsuyama Bunka Hall, Okayama, Japan.
Les Elgart Orchestra directed by Russ Dorsey: Sep 14: Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
     West Orange, NJ; Sep 25, Hurst Library, Hurst, TX.
Glenn Miller Orchestra directed by Nick Hilscher: Sep 7, Center for the Arts, Grass
     Valley, CA; Sep 12-30, portion of Japan tour.

NECROLOGY
Gerald Wilson, 86, d.Sep 8, 2014, pneumonia.  Trumpeter with Lunceford '39-'42 and
     bandleader.
Sheila Tracy, 80, d.Sep 10, 2014.  Author of Bands, Booze and Broads (Edinburgh,
     Scotland: Mainstream Publishing, 1995) and Talking Swing: The British Big
     Bands (Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing, 1997) and broadcaster
     ("Big Band Swing," "Swingtime").
Jackie Cain, 86, d.Sep 15, 2004, from complications of a 2010 stroke.  Vocalist with
     Ventura '48-'49.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Stumpy Brown, b.September 1, 1925.  Trombonist - vocalist with Brown '43-'01?.
Virginia Maxey, b.September 4, 1923.  Vocalist with Barnet '43 / '48 "Red Skin Rhumba"
     [ sic ] Universal film short; Pastor '44; Elman '47.
Jonnie Miller Hoffman, b.Sept. 14, 1944.  Daughter of Glenn Miller.
Joe Temperley, b.Sept. 20, 1929.  Baritone saxophonist with Herman '67; Ellington Orch
     '75 / '81 "Sophisticated Ladies" RCA.

REMEMBERING YOU
Velma Middleton, b.Sept. 1, 1917.  Vocalist with Armstrong '42-'61 .
Joe Venuti, b.Sept. 1, 1904.  Violinist with Whiteman.  Leader of own band.
Clyde Hurley, b.Sept. 3, 1916.  Trumpeter with Pollack '37-'39; Miller '39-'40; T Dorsey
     '40-'41; Shaw '41.  
Trigger Alpert, b.September 3, 1916.  Bassist with Rey '40; Miller '40-'42; Miller AAF '43-'45.
Gerald Wilson, b.September 4, 1918. Trumpeter with Lunceford '39-'42 and bandleader.
Johnny Letman, b.Sept. 6, 1917.  Trumpeter with Slack '42; Calloway '46; Basie '51.
Sol Schlinger, b.Sept. 6, 1926.  Saxophonist with Jerome '40; Fields 41-'43; T Dorsey
     '43-'46; J Dorsey '47.
Bill Slapin, b.Sept. 6, 1929.  Saxophonist with Morrow '47; McIntyre '49; Anthony '51;
     Sauter-Finegan '55; Goodman '56; Shaw Capitol album '68.
Max Kaminsky, b.Sept. 7, 1908.  Trumpeter with T Dorsey '36 / '38; Shaw '37 / '41-'42 /
     '43; Teagarden '57 / '58-'59.
Joe Newman, b.Sept. 7, 1922.  Trumpeter with Basie '43-'46 / '52-'61 ; Jacquet '47; Kirk '56.
Cliff Leeman, b.Sept. 10, 1913.  Drummer with Shaw '36-'39; T Dorsey '39; Barnet '40-'43;
     Herman '43-'44.
Raymond Scott, b.Sept. 10, 1910.  Leader of own band '34-'60s?.
Cat Anderson, b.Sept. 12, 1916.  Trumpeter with Ellington '44-'47 / '50-'59 / '61-'71.
Joe Shulman, b.Sept. 12, 1923.  Bassist with Miller AAF '43-'45; Rich '46; Thornhill '47.
Chu Berry, b.Sept. 13, 1910.  Saxophonist with F Henderson '35-'36; Calloway '37-'41.
Mel Torme, b.Sept. 13, 1925.  Vocalist with Marx '42-'43; Shaw '46.
Bobby Nichols, b.Sept. 15, 1924.  Trumpeter with Monroe '40-'43; Miller AAF Band '43-'45;
     Beneke-Miller Orch '46-'47; T Dorsey '51-'52, Sauter-Finegan '52-'56; McKinley-Miller
     Orch '61.
Gene Roland, b.Sept. 15, 1921.  Composer-trumpeter with Kenton '44-'45; Herman '56-'58.
Sam Butera, b.Sept. 17, 1927.  Saxophonist with McKinley '47; Prima '54-'70s.
Frank Socolow, b.Sept. 18, 1923.  Tenor saxophonist with Raeburn '44; Shaw '49-'50.
Helen Ward, b.Sept. 19, 1916.  Vocalist with Goodman '34-'36; McIntyre '42-'43; James '43;
     Time-Life "Swing Era" '70.
Tommy Potter, b.Sept. 21, 1918.  Bassist with Eckstine '44-'45; Hines '52-'53; Shaw
     '53-'54.
Ray Wetzel, b.Sept. 22, 1924.  Trumpeter with Herman '43-'45; Kenton '45-'48 / '51; Barnet
     '49; T Dorsey '51.
Frank Foster, b.Sept. 23, 1928.  Tenor saxophonist with Basie '53-'64.   Leader of Basie
     Orch '86-'95.
Herb Jeffries, b.September 24, 1913.  Vocalist with Ellington '39-'42.
Garvin Bushell, b.Sept. 25, 1902.  Clarinetist with Calloway '36-'37; Webb '37-'39.
Shadow Wilson, b.Sept. 25, 1919.  Drummer with Hampton '40-'41; Hines '41-'43; Basie 
     '44-'46 / '48; Jacquet '46-'47 / ' 50 / '53-'54.
Lammar Wright, Jr., b.Sept. 28, 1927.  Trumpeter with Hampton '43-'46; Barnet '47-'48.
Carmen Leggio, b.Sept. 30, 1927.  Saxophonist with Goodman '57; Ferguson '58-59.


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