JSngry Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 A good friend sent me a burn of this Hymie Schertzer side (ALL THE KING'S SAXES) that's a tribute to Benny Goodman. It's a "sax section w/rhythm" type date, and the section (Schertzer, Boomie Richman, Al Kilink, Sid Cooper, & Sol Schlinger) is OUTSTANDING (I'm kind of a "section geek", so don't take this as a ringing endorsement of the album for every jazz fan in the world, if you get my drift, but yeah - they're GREAT!). Plus you got your Don Lamond on drums, and he swings nicely in his own sweet way. A nice side, it is, very nice. Thing is, it was released on DISNEYLAND records! Now, I know that Pops did a Disney side on some label, and I know that Buena Vista was a Disney label (I got a 45 of Annette doing the them form "The Monkey's Uncle" w/The Beach Boys that's on Buena Vista, but that's besides the point), but all I know about Disneyland records per se is that I had a couple of Guy Williams as Zorro 45s on the label when I was a tot. That's it. So now I'm wondering - did Disneyland records release any other jazz records? "Style" of jazz doen't matter to me, just was it in any way, shape, or form, jazz? If the Firehouse Five was on Disneyland, don't bother - them I know about. But any other sessions, or info about A&R, etc., would be welcome. As always, thanks in advance! Quote
Claude Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 (edited) 1956 Ukulele Ike Sings Again LP album of dixieland jazz released by Disneyland Records. Cliff Edwards (aka "Ukulele Ike") biography Ukulele Ike Sings Again Edited June 19, 2004 by Claude Quote
brownie Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Not on Disneyland, but there were two album by Tutti Camarata released on the Buena Vista label: 'Tutti's Trumpets' and 'Tutti's Trombones'. Had the trumpets LP years ago but the jazz content was not much. Although Frank Rosolino was among the trombone players on the second album, never bothered to search that one. Quote
Claude Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Not records, but Disney Home Video released 3 "Big Bands At Disneyland" VHS tapes and Laserdiscs in the mid 80's, with Cab Calloway, Woody Herman and Lionel Hampton. Quote
JSngry Posted June 19, 2004 Author Report Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks for all the responses so far. You guys are definitely "The Go-To Bunch"! That Cliff Edwards thing looks to have potential. Any details as to personnel? FWIW, this Schertzer thing is catalog # WDL-3017. Quote
JSngry Posted June 19, 2004 Author Report Posted June 19, 2004 I can answer my own question, it seems... http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=U...l=Aamp1z8oa1yv4 AMG REVIEW: Although he had been one of the first jazz singers 30 years earlier, introduced "Singin' In the Rain," and in the late '30s had been the movie voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, Cliff Edwards (best known as "Ukelele Ike") was down on his luck by the mid-1950s. His career was temporarily revived for this recording session (which in 1998 was reissued on CD), a surprisingly successful date from 1956. Edwards, still in prime voice despite years of being an alcoholic, is joined by the "Wonderland Jazz Band," a Dixieland group connected with Disney studios and including trumpeter Don Kinch, clarinetist George Probert, pianist Marvin Ash, bassist Jess Bourgeois, drummer Nick Fatool and leader George Bruns on trombone and tuba. Edwards performs a variety of songs from the 1920s, some of which he had helped make famous (including "Singin' In the Rain," "I'll See You In My Dreams," "At Sundown," "Sunday" and "Swingin' Down the Lane"). He sounds fine in the Dixieland setting, even taking a couple of his trademark scat solos. So joyful is the music (other than a couple of brief overly sentimental stretches) that it's sad to note that this historic outing was Ukulele Ike's final recording and last hurrah before he slipped permanently into obscurity. — Scott Yanow Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Not records, but Disney Home Video released 3 "Big Bands At Disneyland" VHS tapes and Laserdiscs in the mid 80's, with Cab Calloway, Woody Herman and Lionel Hampton. I wonder if a young Free For All is on this Woody Herman date??? Paul??? Quote
Spontooneous Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Don't know any other Disneyland sides, but I can tell you all that "Disney Songs the Satchmo Way" is worth wading through just to hear the moment when Pops sings, "Bibbidi, Bobbidi, Boo, mama!" It's on Buena Vista CD-006. Quote
ghost of miles Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Man, I wish I'd known about this when I did my "Jazz Goes Disney" program a couple of months ago! Quote
Free For All Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Not records, but Disney Home Video released 3 "Big Bands At Disneyland" VHS tapes and Laserdiscs in the mid 80's, with Cab Calloway, Woody Herman and Lionel Hampton. I wonder if a young Free For All is on this Woody Herman date??? Paul??? If it's the one I think it is, yes, I'm on it. I haven't heard or seen it, but I'd be curious to hear what the audio quality is like. Hmm....I don't remember getting paid for that................... Quote
The Red Menace Posted June 19, 2004 Report Posted June 19, 2004 Did Disney ever record the Beach Boyz or the Four Froshmen??? Quote
JSngry Posted June 20, 2004 Author Report Posted June 20, 2004 If the Firehouse Five was on Disneyland... They were on Good Time Jazz, of course. DOH! I would like to know who the heck got Hymie Schertzer a date on Disneyland records. though. Quote
Larry Kart Posted June 20, 2004 Report Posted June 20, 2004 Brownie -- Don't know about Buena Vista, but I'm looking right at my Disneyland copy of "Tutti's Trumpets." You're right that some of it is more than a little schamltzy, but the section work is pretty staggering, as you might expect given this personnel: Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Shorty Sherock, Mannie Klein, Ray Triscari, and Uan Rasey. Some tracks with strings, some with saxes, some with full orchestra. Quote
JSngry Posted June 20, 2004 Author Report Posted June 20, 2004 a-HA! My guess is that it was Tooted Camarillo (or whatever his name was) who got Schertzer the date. Check out his AMG BIO : A trumpet player for bands led by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, Maestro Camarata (born Salvador Tutti Camarata) made his greatest mark as an arranger. In addition to orchestrating numerous big band hits for Jimmy Dorsey, including "Green Eyes" and Tangerine," Camarata orchestrated and/or produpced historic recordings by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington. Balancing his early career with studies at the Juilliard School of Music, Camarata learned the art of orchestral conducting under Cesare Sodero of the Metropolitan Opera. In 1943, he conducted and orchestrated a recording by Jascha Heifetz. Temporarily moving to England in 1944 to work on the soundtrack of the film London Town, he signed a recording contract with the British affiliate of Decca. His first projects for the label included orchestrating and conducting a series of albums focusing on the compositions of Puccini, Verdi, Bach, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff. Accepting an invitation to start Disney Records in 1958, Camarata remained with the company for 16 years, producing more than 300 albums for the label, including the soundtracks of Snow White, Jungle Book, and It's a Small World; 35 Disney Melodies; and albums by Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills. He recorded two albums for Disney's Buena Vista label: Tutti's Trumpets in 1957 and Tutti's Trombones in 1980. Camarata also worked on an album of spiritual hymns, The Power and the Glory, that he recorded for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The album, which was released on the Celestial Visions label, was recorded with a 100-piece orchestra, a 180-voice adult choir, a children's choir, pipe organ, and antiphonal brass. So we have a seasoned vet of the Swing Era (and those are amongst my favorite JD charts, even if they are basically the same), somebody who fully appreciates good section work, and somebody in a position to get cats dates to display just that. A likely choice, I'd say! Quote
Vincent, Paris Posted June 20, 2004 Report Posted June 20, 2004 (edited) Plus you got your Don Lamond on drums, and he swings nicely in his own sweet way. A nice side, it is, very nice. Thing is, it was released on DISNEYLAND records! According to a very interesting > article < about his carrer, drummer Don Lamond spend several years working for Disney : The celebrated drummer moved to Orlando, FL, in 1972, and played with the Top Of The World Band at Disney World when it first opened and led his own big swing band since the late 1970s. In 1996, Lamond and his big band released Extraordinary! (Circle Records) featuring Terry Lamond, his wife, on vocals. Edited June 20, 2004 by Vincent, Paris Quote
P.D. Posted June 21, 2004 Report Posted June 21, 2004 Brownie -- Don't know about Buena Vista, but I'm looking right at my Disneyland copy of "Tutti's Trumpets." You're right that some of it is more than a little schamltzy, but the section work is pretty staggering, as you might expect given this personnel: Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Shorty Sherock, Mannie Klein, Ray Triscari, and Uan Rasey. Some tracks with strings, some with saxes, some with full orchestra. Just in case anyone is interested this CD came out last year Quote
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