Bing Crosby Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Studio #80 – Rhythm King – This particular “King” was immortalized through recordings by such icons as Bing Crosby with “The Rhythm Boys” and “Bix and his Gang”. It has a good major/minor feel and the verse and chorus goes very well together. In all a tune that should be played more often (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #78 – Fool Me Some More – Hearing a recording with the young Bing Crosby, when he had left Paul Whiteman and had a short engagement with Gus Arnheim’s orchestra on the West Coast, inspired me. I sing this lovely tune that I never heard by someone else and play some clarinet and cornet (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #77 – A Blues Serenade – This nice, little 16-bar melody is quite haunting and has a fitting title. In an early Vitaphone short, we can see Jimmy Lytell as he performs it on clarinet with The Capitolians. It’s written by Mitchell Parish in collaboration with pianist Frank Signorelli (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #76 – I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain – Inspiration for this song came first and foremost from a recording by Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys, where they incorporate it with Mississippi Mud. Later I found a favorite also in an excellent recording by Adrian Rollini (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #67 – Love Me Tonight – I like this romantic tune; I like to listen to it with Bing Crosby and Frank Trumbauer, but it’s not too bad either to sing and play it. Victor Young composed it, and Bing and Ned Washington made up the lyrics: “Oh, what a night for sweethearts, Stars in the sky above (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #241 – Without a Song – In December 1969, Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008) was in Europe, as this live recording proves. That year on July 21, I came home from work, and some relatives had gathered to celebrate my 20th birthday. They were in front of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #23 – These Foolish Things – I don’t think that this song needs to be as sad as it happens to sound in my present version. Apart from classic versions by Bing Crosby, Al Bowly, and Billie Holiday, my best memory of the tune is from the film Daddy Longlegs (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #226 – Love Me Tonight – In football, they say that the player who is the victim in the situation resulting in a penalty kick should not be given the task of striking it. If it happens, he is too excited and is prone to miss it. A similar thing could be said (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #216 – ’Taint So, Honey, ’Taint So – It was raining like mad, but I was out on my bike. I had a very important business to take care of, which was buying a record. When I came to Leif Anderson he opened the door wearing his bathrobe. Leif was (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #11 – The Spell of the Blues – I have liked this tune ever since I, as a teenager, heard it in a recording by the Dorsey Brothers, featuring the great Bing Crosby on vocal. I play it as a cornet duet, one muted and one open, with clarinet. Then I added (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #204 – Dinah – The Jean Goldkette Orchestra is known mostly for the classic recordings it made when Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer were featured jazz soloists in 1926-27. How did the band sound prior to that? In January -26 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #201 – Memories of You – Even if I often delve into more obscure things, I now and then have to play a Louis Armstrong record just to set things straight. Like many other successful artists in the US, he and his managers could choose to (…) read more and listenread more and listen