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| 1. | Opening Fatal Fascination
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| 2. | Flying Home
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| 3. | When You Wish Upon a Star
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| 4. | Old Doc Yack
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| 5. | It's a Blue World
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| 6. | Say "Si Si"
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| 7. | King Calypso
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| 8. | In a Little Spanish Town
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| 9. | The Woodpecker Song
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| 10. | Closing Fatal Fascination
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| 11. | Opening Fatal Fascination
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| 12. | Cherry
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| 13. | I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest
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| 14. | Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina
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| 15. | I Went Out of My Way
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| 16. | B-I-Bi
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| 17. | Song of the Islands
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| 18. | Booglie Wooglie Piggy
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| 19. | This Little Icky Went to Town
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| 20. | Closing Fatal Fascination
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Jazz / Swing, Sweet Bands, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz
Arthur Rollini Sax (Tenor)
Artt Mendelsohn Sax (Alto)
Bill Corti Trombone
Billy Maxted Piano, Arranger
Campbell Burnap Liner Notes
Carlotta Dale Vocals
Don Ruppersberg Trombone
Felix Giobbe Sax (Baritone)
Freddie Slack Arranger, Piano
George Koenig Alto
Herbie Dell Trumpet
James Grimes Trumpet
Jimmy Emert Trombone
Jo Jo Huffman Sax (Alto)
Joe Wiedman Trumpet
Larry Molinelli Baritone
Lynn Gardner Vocals
Mahlon Clark Clarinet, Alto
Peanuts Hucko Sax (Tenor), Clarinet
Pete Mondello Sax (Tenor)
Ralph Muzillo Trumpet
Ray McKinley Drums, Vocals
Robert Wright Composer
Sam Sachelle Baritone, Sax (Tenor)
Steve Jordan Guitar
Steve Lipkins Trumpet
Terry Allen Vocals
Tom Dicarlo Trumpet
Whitney Arranger
Will Bradley Trombone
Will Bradley rose to fame in the early 1940's, but was never widely acclaimed as other jazz trombonists although he had a beautiful tone, good range and technique all of which can be heard to good effect on these two complete broadcasts, from the Famous Door in 1940 & Hotel Astor in 1941. Featured is Ray McKinley singing his goofy and often inane novelty numbers whilst creating exciting drum effects. Freddy Slack is also featured on the first broadcast as is the delightful singing voice of Carlotta Dale with Terry Allen, an impressive baritone, misgendered by the announcer on the second, giving us 60 minutes of one of best swinging big bands of the 40's.
Live in 1940-1941 collects two fine performances by the big band Will Bradley, formed with drummer/vocalist Ray McKinley. Bradley sounds wonderful leading the group through swinging numbers like "In a Little Spanish Town" and "This Little Icky Went to Town," and he really shines on "Fatal Fascination," a ballad he co-wrote with pianist Freddie Slack, which serves as the band's intro and outro to both sets. Slack's arrangements, filled with richness and class often lost in modern music, and McKinley's fluid drumming solidify Live in 1940-1941 as a magnificent document of a highly skilled band who unfortunately did not last long due to Bradley's reluctance in the spotlight. ~ Gregory McIntosh, All Music Guide
Will Bradley
Active Decades: '30s, '40s and '50s
Born: Jul 12, 1912 in Newton, NJ
Died: Jul 15, 1989 in Flemington, NJ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Sweet Bands, Swing, Trombone Jazz
Will Bradley was a soft-spoken trombonist who got famous for a few years by teaming up with Ray McKinley and forming a big band that spearheaded the boogie-woogie craze of the late '30s and early '40s. McKinley was more suited to the boogie than Bradley, who preferred sweet ballads and easygoing swing. Nevertheless, he soon found himself closely associated with song titles like "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar," "Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat," "Bounce Me, Brother, with a Solid Four," and "Fry Me, Cookie, with a Can of Lard." For Bradley, a man with classical and 20th century chamber ambitions and whose personal hero was Viennese composer Alban Berg, this was hardly the path he would have preferred. A fine trombonist whose polished tone sounded a bit like that of Tommy Dorsey, Will Bradley was greatly admired and respected by Glenn Miller, who expressed the opinion that Bradley was technically far ahead of his peers, including both Miller and Dorsey.
Wilbur Schwichtenberg was born in Newton, NJ, on July 12, 1912, and raised a few miles away in the town of Washington. After moving to New York in 1928 he performed with dance bands such as Milt Shaw's Detroiters and Red Nichols & His Five Pennies. From 1931-1934 he also worked at the CBS studios, played in the Ray Noble orchestra from 1935-1936, and then went back to steady work but relative anonymity as a studio instrumentalist until forming a big band in 1939 at the urging of booking agent Willard Alexander, who seems to have thought he could offset Schwichtenberg's persona by setting him up as co-leader with Texas-born swing drummer and wise guy McKinley, who installed Davey Tough as his own replacement with Jimmy Dorsey in order to link up with Bradley.
McKinley, whose talents included singing snappy lyrics from behind the hi-hat snare and tom-toms, felt that designating himself as leader would make hotel managers squeamish as they envisioned paying patrons unable to relax and keep the waiters busy. Better to have the handsome, well-dressed trombonist fronting the orchestra, and in order to facilitate that development his name was boiled down to Will Bradley. The band included pianist Freddie Slack (one of McKinley's bandmates from Jimmy Dorsey days, later to be replaced by Billy Maxted); tenor saxophonists Nick Caiazza, Arthur Rollini, John Van Eps, and Peanuts Hucko (famous later in life for his marvelous clarinet work); and trumpeters Lee Castle and Pete Candoli.
Vocals were by Carlotta Dale, Phyllis Myles, Lynn Gardner, Terry Allen, Larry Southern, Jimmy Valentine, guitarist Steve Jordan, or Ray McKinley, who excelled at catchy numbers like "Old Doc Yak," "Call Me a Taxi," "Scramble Two," "Let's Have Another One," "I Get a Kick Outa Corn," "Down the Road a Piece," the aforementioned monster hit "Beat Me Daddy" and further spinoffs like "Rhumboogie," "Rock-A-Bye the Boogie," and "Booglie Wooglie Piggie," after which many might have preferred the attractive instrumental "Celery Stalks at Midnight." The band (whose theme song was "Strange Cargo") swung proficiently and used a Fletcher Henderson arrangement of "Flyin' Home" in 1940 with satisfying results.
Unfortunately, the gap between what Bradley and McKinley wanted was widening, and in 1942 the drummer left to form his own band. Bradley completely reorganized his orchestra and hired in a couple of neophytes -- trumpeter Shorty Rogers and a percussionist by the name of Shelly Manne. Then one day when they were performing in Detroit the draft board nailed six bandmembers at once, mostly brass players. Bradley canceled the rest of his tour and threw in the towel. As the years passed he liked to take out the trombone and play familiar melodies for the people, but much of his time was spent composing symphonies and chamber works, cutting gem stones, and becoming a silversmith, all pastimes well suited to his personality and temperament. Will Bradley passed away in Flemington, NJ, on July 15, 1989. His son Bill Bradley, Jr. was a bop drummer who worked with guitarist Johnny Smith, pianist George Wallington, clarinetist Tony Scott, and trombonist Kai Winding. He recorded with Woody Herman in 1956.
--- arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide |
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