Jazz
Adrian Tei - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Art Ralston - Bassoon, Oboe, Sax (Alto)
Bill Challis - Arranger
Billy Rauch - Trombone
Bobby Hackett - Trumpet
Bruce Branson - Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Bunny Bardach - Sax (Alto)
Charlie LaVere - Piano
Clarence Hutchenrider - Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Alto)
Conn Humphries - Sax (Alto)
Corky Cornelius - Trumpet
Eugenie Baird - Vocals
Fats Daniels - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Vocals
Francis Broadwater - Sax (Tenor)
Frank Ryerson - Trumpet
Fritz Austin - Trumpet
Gene Gifford - Arranger
George Hulme - Compilation, Concept, Liner Notes
George Jean - Trombone
George Schwartz - Trumpet
George Stuyvesant - Sax (Tenor)
Glen Gray - Arranger, Clarinet, Leader, Sax (Alto)
Grady Watts - Trumpet
Gus Jean - Sax (Tenor)
Herb Ellis - Guitar
Jack Blanchette - Guitar
Jack Goldie - Sax (Tenor)
Jack Pageler - Trombone
Jackie Mills - Drums
Jerry Brooks - Trumpet
Joe Hall - Piano
Johnny Owens - Trumpet
Kenny Sargent - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Vocals
Larry Wagner - Arranger
Leonard Whitney - Arranger
Lon Doty - Sax (Tenor)
Lou Carter - Arranger, Piano
Lou Fromm - Drums
Murray McEachern - Sax (Alto), Trombone
Otto Alburn - Trombone
Pat Davis - Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Pee Wee Hunt - Trombone, Vocals
Peter Barton - Guitar
Ralph Muzillo - Trumpet
Ray Conniff - Arranger
Ray Grien - Trumpet
Red Nichols - Trumpet
Skip Nelson - Vocals
Sonny Dunham - Arranger, Trombone, Trumpet
Stanley Dennis - Bass
Tony Briglia - Drums
Walter Robertson - Trombone
William Dunmore - Trumpet
Between October 1929 and February 1946 there existed in North America a swing band known as the Casa Loma Orchestra. Beginning in 1935 it operated under the nominal leadership of saxophonist Glen Gray, a distinguished if somewhat enigmatic character with whom it has been lumped ever since. In 2007, the U.K.'s Jasmine label released Swing Tonic: 1939-1946, a 47-track anthology of selected recordings made between 1939 and 1946 by Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra, with vocals by Eugenie Baird, Skip Nelson, and trombonist Pee Wee Hunt. The Casa Loma's arrangers included Bill Challis (forever associated with Paul Whiteman and Bix Beiderbecke) and Ray Conniff (destined for a lucrative career in the easy listening market). Its ranks included trumpeters Red Nichols and Bobby Hackett and guitarist Herb Ellis. The band could swing like crazy. Proof of this exists in lively performances like "No Name Jive," "In the Mood," "Tuxedo Junction," "High Society," and a gutsy take on Sergei Rachmaninov's Prelude in C Sharp Minor.
---arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide |
