In The Mood
THE Old Man
curiosity I checked on a mp3 downloading site for Glenn Miller. At
that particular time there were 362 tunes by the GM band. Of those
362 "In The Mood" had 98 mp3 files listed. I almost went cross eyed
from counting them so I didn't count the others but "American Patrol",
"String Of Pearls" "Little Brown Jug" and "St. Louis Blues March" were
some others that popped up often. Now, if there is a lag in
conversation at the next Christmas party you will be armed with some
great info. :-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL.
dd
Ruben
two* movies from 1942 and 1943 where you can actually see Glenn Miller
himself in action. He looked so proud when they played Moonlight Serenade.
And he had every reason to do so! How I love this music...! Must have 20+
cd's of him. And yes the songs you metioned are on each one of them ..
(* the other one is "Orchestra Wives" of course)
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Robert DeSavage
<dontspam_...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
>Just watched "Sun valley Serenade" again last saturday. This is one of the
>two* movies from 1942 and 1943 where you can actually see Glenn Miller
>himself in action. He looked so proud when they played Moonlight Serenade.
>And he had every reason to do so! How I love this music...! Must have 20+
>cd's of him. And yes the songs you metioned are on each one of them ..
>
>(* the other one is "Orchestra Wives" of course)
>
Also of note is Bobby Hackett is seen on the bandstand. However, he
was not playing cornet (or trumpet in the Miller band), but playing
guitar. Odd??? No, because he was a guitarist and violinist before he
took up trumpet and cornet and played them as his primary instruments.
I don't know how extensively he played trumpet with Miller; but from
what I gather, he was the band's guitarist during his tenure. Of
course one of his most famous solos on trumpet was in 'String Of
Pearls'. BTW - shortly before Hackett's death, one of his pianists was
Dave McKenna. While they sounded great on recordings, it was something
else to hear them in person.
BOB
Ruben
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Did you hear them in person?
Robert DeSavage
Yes, a long time ago (summer of 1962) at a hotel lounge on Cape Cod.
Also in the quartet was Vinnie Burke on bass and Joe Mosca (spelling?)
on drums. Talked to Hackett for a brief time. Quite a thrill for me, a
high school student at the time.
Catzz66
>Also in the quartet was Vinnie Burke on bass and Joe Mosca (spelling?)
>on drums. Talked to Hackett for a brief time. Quite a thrill for me, a
>high school student at the time.
Sometimes I wish we could turn back the clock. I remember as a college student
hearing Blood Sweat and Tears live during a time when the Beatles were still
going strong in pop music. That would have been during the Lew Soloff tenure
with the band. Maybe we should start a thread about great live performances we
have heard. Now people seem to generally be more affluent than I was then, but
back in the 60s going to a live concert of your favorite artist was a very BIG
DEAL. =]
Robert DeSavage
For sure the late 60s were great days. My last year in the Navy was
spent in the Newport Naval Base Band. Our band room was walking
distance to where the Jazz Festival was held. Not only did I (and the
rest of the band) go to and hear some GREAT bands and musicians, quite
a few of the musicians performing at the Festival dropped in to the
band room to visit during the day. Had some crazy times. What made it
even all the better was the fact that it was around July 4th, 1968 and
I was a short timer getting out of the Navy the next month. If the
walls could only talk!
Being from a town close to Boston, when I met my wife to be, we'd
spend many a date night at the Jazz Workshop / Pall's Mall, Lenny's On
The Turnpike, and a little known place in Milford Mass called the
Crystal Room. The Crystal Room was a regular destination for the big
name bands that were in the area. A great alto sax player from Milford
named Boots Massulli (spelling) who at one time was on the Kenton and
Herman bands was behind this. It was a rather small room, but the
bride and I were able to get seated. We heard Herman, James, among
others. Talk about a mind blowing experience!
At the J.W / P.M. (they were in the same building on Boylston Street
in Boston) we saw the smaller groups and dudes like Canonball, Latteef
(spelling), Bill Evans, AND Miles among others too numerous to
list!!!! You name them and we saw them.
And Lenny's was a legend unto itself. Heard Rich, Basie, Woody,
usually sitting at a table some 10 feet away from the bandstand. I
remember when Basie's band was there, the bass player broke a string.
He didn't miss a beat since while he was playing on the remaining 3
strings, another guy from the band was restringing the busted one.
I'm nearly 60 now, but back then it was a good era to be in my middle
20s. Most all of them that I mentioned are gone now. Had I been any
much younger, I would have missed most of them as they all popped off
around the same time (give or take).
Affluent???? I had a good paying job but spent a whole shit load of my
money at these places. Do I regret it??? No way, Jose'
Robert DeSavage
<alle...@comcast.net//nospam> wrote:
>
>Being from a town close to Boston, when I met my wife to be, we'd
>spend many a date night at the Jazz Workshop / Pall's Mall, Lenny's On
>The Turnpike, and a little known place in Milford Mass called the
>Crystal Room. The Crystal Room was a regular destination for the big
>name bands that were in the area. A great alto sax player from Milford
>named Boots Massulli (spelling) who at one time was on the Kenton and
>Herman bands was behind this. It was a rather small room, but the
>bride and I were able to get seated. We heard Herman, James, among
>others. Talk about a mind blowing experience!
Speaking of Milford, almost across the street from the Crystal Room
was none other than Al Cass' shop. It was in an old duplex store front
building which he shared with an appliance repair shop (remember those
before disposable everything came into being?). After I got out of
high school I spent a day with Al being 'fitted' for trumpet and
flugel mouthpieces. It was a grueling experience where I was blowing
my brains out for over nine hours until we found the right
combination. Al was a gruff man, but had a heart of gold. He was a
pretty fair trumpet player too. As I recall, he played a LeBlanc.
However, he was a better machinist than he was a horn player. I did
pretty well with the mouthpieces I bought. At the time, both cost me
around $150 which was big bucks then. Unfortunately, they were stolen
when I was in the Navy School of Music. After the session with Al, we
were both frazzled, so we shared a bottle of whiskey. Got stinking
drunk and on the way home I got pulled over in Walpole (my town)
center. Since I knew the cop, he didn't tab me. I had to leave the car
there and then and the cop drove me home. Better I had gotten pinched
since when my dad greeted me at the door, he wasn't none too happy
since I was driving his car. Believe it or not - I reformed thanx to a
size 12 shoe run up my ass. 8-)
Dave Lee
>high school I spent a day with Al being 'fitted' for trumpet and
>flugel mouthpieces.
I have spoken to a close friend of Al's son, Steve. They are trying to get the
ability to sell the oil under his name, Steve Cass UltraFast oil.