Continental, Casa Loma Orchestra, Music CD

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Continental


1	Who's Sorry Now? 2:34
2	I May Be Wrong 2:22
3	Should I? 2:46
4	The Continental 3:20
5	Ballin' the Jack 2:06
6	Song of the Islands 3:20
7	Night and Day 3:30
8	Can't We Be Friends? 2:41
9	The Blue Room 3:03
10	The Man I Love 3:07
11	Sunny Disposish 2:26
12	Dixieland Band 2:40
13	Basin Street Blues 3:46
14	Linger Awhile 2:54
15	Chinatown, My Chinatown 2:34
16	Blue Again 2:06

Biography

Editorial Reviews

This 1995 Hindsight CD has a previously unreleased set of radio transcriptions by the 1935 Casa Loma Orchestra. At the time, the band's key members included clarinetist Clarence Hutchenrider, trumpeters Sonny Dunham and Grady Watts and Bill Rausch, and Pee Wee Hunt on trombones. Although Gene Gifford had recently departed, all 16 arrangements are his, including reworkings of such numbers as "Who's Sorry Now," "Should I," "Blue Room" and "Chinatown, My Chinatown." There are only two vocals on the set (one apiece by Kenny Sargent and Pee Wee Hunt) so the emphasis is very much on the jazz side of this important, if underrated, early swing band. A good sampling of the Casa Loma's music from the period even if the CD (at just 43 minutes) is rather brief. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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1	Who's Sorry Now? 2:34
2	I May Be Wrong 2:22
3	Should I? 2:46
4	The Continental 3:20
5	Ballin' the Jack 2:06
6	Song of the Islands 3:20
7	Night and Day 3:30
8	Can't We Be Friends? 2:41
9	The Blue Room 3:03
10	The Man I Love 3:07
11	Sunny Disposish 2:26
12	Dixieland Band 2:40
13	Basin Street Blues 3:46
14	Linger Awhile 2:54
15	Chinatown, My Chinatown 2:34
16	Blue Again 2:06

All Music Guide

This 1995 Hindsight CD has a previously unreleased set of radio transcriptions by the 1935 Casa Loma Orchestra. At the time, the band's key members included clarinetist Clarence Hutchenrider, trumpeters Sonny Dunham and Grady Watts and Bill Rausch, and Pee Wee Hunt on trombones. Although Gene Gifford had recently departed, all 16 arrangements are his, including reworkings of such numbers as "Who's Sorry Now," "Should I," "Blue Room" and "Chinatown, My Chinatown." There are only two vocals on the set (one apiece by Kenny Sargent and Pee Wee Hunt) so the emphasis is very much on the jazz side of this important, if underrated, early swing band. A good sampling of the Casa Loma's music from the period even if the CD (at just 43 minutes) is rather brief. Scott Yanow

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 08/29/1995
Label: HINDSIGHT RECORDS
Catalog No.: 261
UPC: 014921026124
Sales Rank: 132,733

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Casa Loma Orchestra		Primary Artist, Track Performer
Glen Gray		Leader, Alto Saxophone
Pee Wee Hunt		Trombone, Vocals
Tony Briglia		Drums
Howard Hall		Piano
Kenny Sargent		Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Pat Davis		Tenor Saxophone
Clarence Hutchenrider		Clarinet
Art Ralston		English Horn, Oboe, Alto Saxophone
William Rausch		Trombone
Sonny Dunham		Trumpet
Grady Watts		Trumpet
Frank Zullo		Trumpet

Technical Credits
Pete Kline		Producer
Fred Hall		Liner Notes
Tom Gramuglia		Executive Producer
John Jungklaus		Remixing