"You Were Meant For Me" & "Broadway Melody" - played by Willie Creager's Orchestra

1. You Were Meant for Me (Freed - Brown)
2. Broadway Melody (Freed - Brown)
played by
Willie Creager's Orchestra
Apex 8905-B & A
Shirley & Johnson in “American Dance Bands on Record and Film 1915 - 1942” state the following personnel:
Probably Red Nichols (cornet); 2 unknown trumpets; unknown trombone, clarinet/alto sax, clarinet, alto sax, bass sax, clarinet/tenor sax; Phil Romano (piano); unknown banjo, brass bass, and drums. Recorded New York, March 2, 1929 (one month after the film was released). Jerry White, vocal.
For some reason, Shirley & Johnson state that “Broadway Melody” was “rejected,” but clearly it wasn’t, or you wouldn’t be listening to it now. Original photos of images. Noise reduction through Vinyl Studio software.
You can read about the film from whence the music came on Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bro...

[@barbaraeffros3009]

What a sweet recording! Sure sounds like Red Nichols. Not sure whom is 2nd trumpet. Will Creager is an under appreciated band leader.

[@MatthewDLDavidson]

Thanks Barbara, yes I didn’t really know about Mr. Creager until a few years ago. It’s interesting how the sound of his band slowly changed through the 1920s. 😊