Thanks so much for this post, but the photos do NOT match the actual soloists in the following cases: Tex Beneke takes the 4 bar tenor sax break near the beginning, not Hawkins. It is (famously) J.C. Higginbotham on the trombone solo (unmistakable!), not Tommy Dorsey, who deferred to Higgy as he had to Teagarden in 1939. Coleman Hawkins has the longer tenor sax solo and Toots Mondello, not Benny Carter, is the alto sax soloist. After Cootie Williams' plunger trumpet solo, it is Ziggy Elman before Harry James. I remember some old-timers stating that, to them, Harry's final, lower noted solo "cut" Ziggy's more higher range effort. Not sure if I agree, just two different approaches, both valid.
Nice and crisp. What a collection of players.
Love.
Beautiful!😎
Thanks so much for this post, but the photos do NOT match the actual soloists in the following cases: Tex Beneke takes the 4 bar tenor sax break near the beginning, not Hawkins. It is (famously) J.C. Higginbotham on the trombone solo (unmistakable!), not Tommy Dorsey, who deferred to Higgy as he had to Teagarden in 1939. Coleman Hawkins has the longer tenor sax solo and Toots Mondello, not Benny Carter, is the alto sax soloist. After Cootie Williams' plunger trumpet solo, it is Ziggy Elman before Harry James. I remember some old-timers stating that, to them, Harry's final, lower noted solo "cut" Ziggy's more higher range effort. Not sure if I agree, just two different approaches, both valid.
Brilliant, thanks for sharing another fantastic video. You're a star x
Heavy hitters on a classic swinger
Swing was very much a living breathing thing when this was recorded.
the tenor sax solo after Harry's solo was by Tex Beneke. Not Coleman Hawkins.
Harry James had to be playing first trumpet here.