VOLUME 103 JUMP NEWSLETTER MARCH-APRIL 2006 on titles with either cities or nations. We’ve done it names we know offering performances we may not before, but some listeners who just arrived have re­ have heard before. peated that desire. JAPANESE SANDMAN, DOODLETOWNFIFERS, (Where, you may logically April 22-23, 2006 We say everyone be- ask, is Doodletown?) APRIL IN PARIS and TAKE BOBBY HACKETT- cause Bobby Hackett THE A TRAIN all suggest travel. In the second hour EVERYONE’S CORNETIST DID distinquish him the more specific city songs will be heard: MOSCOW, self playing with and ST. LOUIS, DAVENPORT, LONDON, CHICAGO, for so many top names in music. Benny Goodman, COLUMBUS and some others will be represented, , and Louis Armstrong for musically of course. This kind of approach often leads example. His solos were also a valuable musical asset to re-discovering at least some titles and artists we for some of those mood-enhancing Jackie Gleason haven’t played for a while. albums and backing such prominent singers as Frank Sinatra. At first glance it seemed as if there wouldn’t April 15-16, 2006 The years of WWII be enough diversity to feature Bobby Hackett for a full SWINGING ON A V-DISC were spirited, infec­ BBJ, but his work spanned so many styles, artists and tious times. U.S. fac­ bands it turns out to be a varied and we trust, entertain­ tories were turning out tanks, planes and munitions ing session.

April 29-30, 2006 T here’s talk about THE TIME MACHINE ‘hit’ recordings all the time. Such record­ ings seem to be based purely on their commercial viability rather than strictly musical value. The beauty of most hit recordings from the Big Band Era is the quality of the recording often matched its public ap­ peal. It was, then, a time in musical history when the public’s taste for the most part matched the musical value of the product. In this BBJ session we present two or three so-called hit recordings from each of the years generally considered to be the span of the Big Band Era, 1935 through 1945. There will be both repetition and surprises in store.

May 6-7, 2006 The idea here is to seek out ARCHIVAL MUSIC recordings not easy to find in the record stores, but those frequently talked about by Big Band fans. For the most part these will not be the oft-heard titles but instead the titles which should be heard and are not because they’re eclipsed by their frequently played more popu­ while the entertainment community contributed their lar cousins. Charlie Barnet’s POMPTON TURNPIKE talents for special recordings to be heard only by is an example, Ralph Flanagan’s MY HERO, Dick service men and woman. Although a rarity this half Jurgen ’ s RAGTIME COWBOY JOE, Charlie Spivak’s century or more later, some of these valuable examples STAR DREAMS and Kay Kyser’s PUSHIN’ SAND- of musical performances have been preserved. This are examples of some of the records not played as often program will be made up exclusively of unique V-Disc as they should be. tunes by , Stan Kenton, Lena Home with SOLOIST QUIZ ANSWERS Charlie Spivak, Fats Waller, Eddie Heywood and Randy 1-H 2-D 3-K 4-G 5-F 6-J 7-L 8-B 9-A Brooks and others. Most of us will hear artists whose 10-E 11-C 12-M

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