A fantastic laminated recording which has absolutely no surface noise - allowing the full joy of this band to be heard! This song is also notable for being a Benny Carter arrangement - Benny was in the UK at the time and did some work for Hall.
THE BBC DANCE ORCHESTRA, DIRECTED BY HENRY HALL
Henry Hall, dir: Billy Smith, Freddy Mann, Charles Price, t / Freddy Welsh, Eric Tann, Tony Thorpe, tb / Burton Gillis, Freddy Williams, cl, as / Eddie Cromar, cl, as, bar, vn / Jack Halsall, cl, ts, f / Dan Donovan, bar / Cyril Harling, bar, vn / Joseph Hitchenor, Eric Cuthbertson, vn, vl / Bert Powell, Sydney Williams, vn / Stuart Knassen, vc / Bert Read, p / George Dickinson, g / Theo Farrar, sb / George Elrick, d, v / Benny Carter, a.
London, January 23, 1937
THE BBC DANCE ORCHESTRA, DIRECTED BY HENRY HALL
Henry Hall, dir: Billy Smith, Freddy Mann, Charles Price, t / Freddy Welsh, Eric Tann, Tony Thorpe, tb / Burton Gillis, Freddy Williams, cl, as / Eddie Cromar, cl, as, bar, vn / Jack Halsall, cl, ts, f / Dan Donovan, bar / Cyril Harling, bar, vn / Joseph Hitchenor, Eric Cuthbertson, vn, vl / Bert Powell, Sydney Williams, vn / Stuart Knassen, vc / Bert Read, p / George Dickinson, g / Theo Farrar, sb / George Elrick, d, v / Benny Carter, a.
London, January 23, 1937
- Category
- Jazz

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