tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post319456650155724580..comments2024-01-30T02:41:03.503-05:00Comments on RADIOLA!: "I Hate Music!" June 26, 2009Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785340216295503346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-38478389141354263872009-09-21T17:27:22.453-04:002009-09-21T17:27:22.453-04:003bM,
Rest assured your opinions are most apprecia...3bM,<br /><br />Rest assured your opinions are most appreciated here! I certainly respect yours....<br /><br />I have wondered from time to time why there is such a debate about Edythe...I cannot recall such fierce debate about another Big Band singer's talents as I've seen about Ms. Wright. My experience in entering such frays has been brutal - civility dissolved, hated exchanged within & outside of the various Swing online forums....all over the relative merits of a singer who was last heard from in the 1930's.<br /><br />So, 3, enjoy all the Edythe Wright you like {and can find on CD}....<br /><br />The rumors were quite common that Mr. Dorsey enjoyed Ms. Wright on a nightly basis...I know Mrs. Tommy Dorsey was - to say the very least - NOT a fan.Nick Dragoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429083897917789140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-83272635379698784252009-09-18T23:12:39.168-04:002009-09-18T23:12:39.168-04:00nick agreed -most assuredly Edythe wright was no...nick agreed -most assuredly Edythe wright was not a major jazz vocalist but at least people are listening .have valid opinions one way or the other-of course one gets a nice bit of solo work from Mince , Freeman and Erwin and TD while listening to the Clambake 7...3button Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073860920582522530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-1770070085685311832009-09-16T11:57:52.489-04:002009-09-16T11:57:52.489-04:003Button......
No apologies needed whatsoever - I ...3Button......<br /><br />No apologies needed whatsoever - I discovered over the years there are many folks with a soft spot in their hearts for Ms. Wright....<br /><br />In the early 1990's, when I was in my second decade of hosting & producing a swing/classic jazz radio show, I presented a program featuring Tommy Dorsey. In the course of the program, I featured a set of The Clambake 7, which - since Edythe sang on virtually every one of their discs - featured her vocals.<br /><br />The phones lit up. And kept ringing....<br /><br />I forget the exact figures, but I started tracking the pro-Edythe and con-Edythe calls....about 60% were anti-Wright, but those expressing delight at hearing her on-air were especially pleased...<br /><br />My feelings, after hearing all The Clambake Seven sessions, as well as many Edythe Wright's with the full Tommy Dorsey band, remain constant: she was beautiful, she was sexy, and, by 1939, could sing a bit - but a great vocalist? Nope...<br /><br />When I posted these views on a Swing Music forum a few years ago, I ended up in a virtual fist fight with a couple of Wright devotees that grew fairly ugly...I could not believe it.<br /><br />Will Friedwald, in his superb "Jazz Singing", wrote that Edythe improved throughout the late 1930's, but was no great shakes...that was the general consensus of the many jazz musicians I've interviewed or conversed with over the past three decades.<br /><br />So...after I read your comment, I dug out a few CDs and listened again...didn't change my mind...<br />but, as The Ink Spots used to sing, "To Each His Own"...Nick Dragoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429083897917789140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-12653985524173709452009-09-14T22:43:21.723-04:002009-09-14T22:43:21.723-04:00well done andy
have a soft spot in my heart for e...well done andy<br />have a soft spot in my heart for edythe wright-w/apologies to Nick-so many recordings I havent heard in years...3button Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073860920582522530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-21889521412090074462009-06-26T16:44:08.789-04:002009-06-26T16:44:08.789-04:00Nick,
Thank you! This is another one of my "...Nick,<br /><br />Thank you! This is another one of my "getting it off my chest" shows. And I had to pick good music to make my point!<br /><br />AndyAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785340216295503346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-73274214993175308242009-06-26T14:27:38.161-04:002009-06-26T14:27:38.161-04:00Andy......
A superb playlist here!
Everything fr...Andy......<br /><br />A superb playlist here!<br /><br />Everything from Irving Kaufman to The Washboard Rhythm Kings! And, you threw in several of my all-time favs: Louis' "That Rhythm Man", Red Allen's "Patrol Wagon Blues", neat Mills Blue Rhythm Band stuff from 1931...<br /><br />Hell, I'll even forgive you for tossing in Edythe Wright {I tend to focus on the solos when it comes to the Clambake groups...}!<br /><br />As usual, Andy, an excellent job presenting fun, entertaining music that seems to completely ignored in almost every media market {it sure is here around Sacramento, California these days!}Nick Dragoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429083897917789140noreply@blogger.com