Quintones-anyone know anything about this

[BERIGAN]

Never heard of them before, but had a jazz station on my TV (Satellite) and heard a song that was on some obscure sounding jazz compilation cd...went to allmusic(Yea, got on briefly!) and they mentioned nothing about them, just the name...

HELP!.

[brownie]

Berigan, the only Quintones I am familiar with is the vocal group that recorded two sides with a small unit from the Duke Ellington band in June 1939. The unit was led by Barney Bigard and included Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, Bigard, Harry Carney, the Duke, Fred Guy, Billy Talor and Sonny Greer.

The Tom Lord discography lists also a September 1939 with a Buck Ram group that included Buck Clayton, George Koenig, Walter Page and Jo Jones.

And then again a February 194O session with a group that included Buck Clayton again, Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins.

Some of those tracks from that third session were included in the Chronogical Classics Benny Carter 1939-1940 disc.

[BERIGAN]

Berigan, the only Quintones I am familiar with is the vocal group that recorded two sides with a small unit from the Duke Ellington band in June 1939. The unit was led by Barney Bigard and included Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, Bigard, Harry Carney, the Duke, Fred Guy, Billy Talor and Sonny Greer.

The Tom Lord discography lists also a September 1939 with a Buck Ram group that included Buck Clayton, George Koenig, Walter Page and Jo Jones.

And then again a February 194O session with a group that included Buck Clayton again, Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins.

Some of those tracks from that third session were included in the Chronogical Classics Benny Carter 1939-1940 disc.

Well, they sounded pretty darn good for a girl group not called the Boswell sisters....One sounded a bit like Mildred Bailey to me! Didn't record much eh? Too bad. Thanks for the 411! (Information)

[FrancoisD]

The Quintones also recorded two sides with Charlie Barnet : "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By" (Bluebird B-11202) and "Wasn't It You?" (Bluebird B-11223) available on LP only in Volume 6 of "The Complete Charlie Barnet" (RCA AXM2 5590). A photo reproduced on the liner of this album shows they were four men and a girl.

Edited July 15, 2004 by FrancoisD

[BERIGAN]

The Quintones also recorded two sides with Charlie Barnet : "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By" (Bluebird B-11202) and "Wasn't It You?" (Bluebird B-11223) available on LP only in Volume 6 of "The Complete Charlie Barnet" (RCA AXM2 5590). A photo reproduced on the liner of this album shows they were four men and a girl.

Thanks for the info! I wish I had paid a bit more attention to the song while it was playing, they seemed better than most vocal groups of the era, just assumed there would be more sides than this handful!!!!