"If I Had a Girl Like You" Broadway Broadcasers, dir. Sam Lanin (Cameo, 1925) Red Nichols!

Описание: Sam Lanin, dir: Hymie Farberman, t / Red Nichols c / Herb Winfield or Sammy Lewis, tb / poss. Jimmy Dorsey, as, cl / Dick Johnson or Larry Abbott, as, ss / prob. Lucien Smith, ts, cl / Tony Colluci, bj / prob. Rube Bloom or poss. Bill Krenz, p / poss. Joe Tarto, bb / Vic Berton, d.
Cameo Studios (poss. Rodin Studio Building, 200 W. 57th St)
New York, NY 19 Oct. 1925

1665-B “If I Had a Girl Like You” (Ray Henderson) Cam 815

Transferred with 3.0ML lateral stylus in Audiotechnica VMN70SP cartridge via Audiotechnica AT-LP120 Turntable. Declicked and EQ’d by Colin Hancock. Discographical Info and Research from Brian Rust’s Jazz Records and American Dance Bands, Stephen Hester, Javier Soria Laso, and Colin Hancock. Recordings and Images from the Colin Hancock Collection.

The sides cut by Sam Lanin’s Orchestra as “The Broadway Broadcasters” on Cameo Records offer an interesting mix of straight ahead dance band playing, and hot and creative arrangements. In particular, the 1925-1926 sides provide some fun, bouncy, and chugging playing with a hot rhythm section driving a persistent Fox-Trot groove–it’s easy to see why this band was so favored by dancers at the Roseland ballroom. When not playing at the Roseland, his roster of first class musicians canned consistently hot sides of consistently high quality for almost every label. In fact, he often recorded the same song for different companies using the same arrangement and the same if not similar musicians. Such is the case of “If I Had a Girl Like You,” which Lanin recorded for several companies. In addition to the Columbia and Plaza versions, Lanin cut a fantastic version for Cameo, which is probably the best version the band cut. Red Nichols’ muted solo and hot break are especially enjoyable.