1938 Tommy Dorsey - I’ll See You In My Dreams (Jack Leonard & Band, vocal)
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- Original 78 issue on Victor 26012 - I’ll See You In My Dreams (Gus Kahn-Isham Jones) by Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, vocal by Jack Leonard & the band, recorded in Hollywood, July 11, 1938
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When early 1937's "Marie" became a monster hit for the Dorsey orch, TD (and, no doubt, RCA-Victor) wanted to see if the band-chant model would again prove successful. The crew's chief arranger, Paul Weston, was placed in charge of writing the charts for these chant formula sides -- which meant he had not only to come up with the musical side, but also the clever counter lyrics, taken from popular song titles, that the musicians were to sing against Jack Leonard's vocal. As we find here, Weston's writing was incredibly clever in the way he positioned these titles in relation to the main lyric! I believe we may judge from the number of sides that adhered to the "Marie" arrangement model that the band did alright with the strategy; the cycle continued throughout the remainder of Jack Leonard's stay and even into the Sinatra years that followed! There have been many wonderful treatments of this 1924 Isham Jones gem, which remains popular today, but I would easily place this rendition in my Top Three. Both the leader's Solo-tone muted opening solo and Jack's vocal capture the wistful tone of Gus Kahn's lyric, and I consider the trumpet solo, though perhaps not conducive to calm slumber, to be one of the best from Pee Wee Erwin.
I once read that Sinatra got his phrasing from TD, at least partially. You can really hear that masterful phrasing in his opening here.
@@Telcom100 Yes, I've read that many times, too. You can definitely hear the similarity here!
What would be the others in your Top Three?
@@facundotorres9054 One would be Anita O'Day's, from '55 with the Buddy Bregman orch. The other, either Django Reinhardt's, from '39, or the Pied Pipers, from '47, with the Paul Weston orch.
Thank you for such an informative, concise history of the “chant” arrangements.
The T Dorsey ork could always make the most fantastic arrangements for the most sentiments ballads into swingers like this. This is perhaps the most aggressive isage of that "Marie" effect with the incidentals of the band simging, ive ever heard. Clever words said, but honestly more distracting and takes away more from Leonard's sincere singing.
Another great Bunny Berrigan solo...like Marie
Not Berigan (he was leading his own band), Pee Wee Erwin playa the trumpet solo here.