Larry Kart Posted August 26, 2021 Report Posted August 26, 2021 on the tail end of Tommy Dorsey's 1941 recording of Sy Oliver's "Swingin' on Nothin,'" with Oliver and Jo Stafford on vocals? He's pretty impressive, no? Trumpet section was Ziggy Elman, Chuck Peterson, Jimmy Blake, and Al Stearns, none of them known to me as a high-note specialist. BTW, the sound on this You Tube video is rather constricted. On the 4-CD set where I ran across it, "The Jo Stafford Collection," the band virtually blows you out of the room. Quote
Larry Kart Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Posted August 26, 2021 Shavers was my first thought, but he didn't join Dorsey until 1944. Quote
JSngry Posted August 26, 2021 Report Posted August 26, 2021 Oh....pick one of these, then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey_(1937_%E2%80%93_1941) Trumpet - Al Steams, Andy Ferretti, Bunny Berigan, Charles Peterson, Charlie Spivak, Chuck Peterson, Clyde Hurley, Jimmy Blake, Joe Bauer, Lee Castaldo, Mickey Bloom, Pee Wee Erwin, Ray Linn, Tommy Dorsey, Yank Lawson, Ziggy Elman Quote
Larry Kart Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Posted August 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, JSngry said: Oh....pick one of these, then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey_(1937_%E2%80%93_1941 Trumpet - Al Steams, Andy Ferretti, Bunny Berigan, Charles Peterson, Charlie Spivak, Chuck Peterson, Clyde Hurley, Jimmy Blake, Joe Bauer, Lee Castaldo, Mickey Bloom, Pee Wee Erwin, Ray Linn, Tommy Dorsey, Yank Lawson, Ziggy Elman The personnel listing for this piece says the trumpeters are Ziggy Elman, Chuck Peterson, Jimmy Blake, and Al Stearns, and again, none of them is known to me as a high-note man, although that may just point to my lack of knowledge. From the "Net': "Peterson gradually became a master of the high register of the trumpet." Quote
JSngry Posted August 26, 2021 Report Posted August 26, 2021 Yeah, it's not like it's effortless or anything. so that's probably your guy. Trying something on the link here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey_(1937_–_1941) ok, it did not like that trailing parenthesis... Quote
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