Well, there was a version by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1951 --
http://youtu.be/3F5hI4p5w4g
And this Louis Jordan version, from 1949 (although the video claims 1946)
-- http://youtu.be/jX_ABMcwd6o
Not sure if these are anywhere close, but they are jazz versions of the
song.
Jason
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:51 AM, James Roth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good morning and thank you for responding. I guess I didn’t explain
> clearly.
> The record was not a children's record. I simply remembered it from the
> time I was 5.
> It was my sister's record. She was 15 at the time.
> It was jazz, but I don't remember the band, only a little bit about the
> label design.
> I DO remember that I liked the music and the end sounded cool [to me].
>
> Simply put: Does anyone know a jazz version of School Days which was
> recorded in the very, early 50s?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] I'm wondering if you can help me find a certain
> 45rpm.
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>
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] I'm wondering if you can help me find a certain
> 45rpm.
> From: Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, August 28, 2012 4:28 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Offhand I can't think of any record labels for children that had a circle
> on the top of this era.It didn't look like this by any chance?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14901487@N05/3534286713/
>
> Roger
>
> That picture is for that specific record only. This one might be more
> likely because the circles are part of the label format (the pictures
> inside the circle are specific to that one record but the circles are on
> others.)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14901487@N05/3534293463/in/pool-88391541@N00/
>
> But neither of these are 45s. Indeed, is the record Ben remembers really
> a 45 rather than a 7-inch 78? 45 was a rather new format in 1951. But it
> might not be a childrens record. It might be a regular record.
>
> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] I'm wondering if you can help me find a certain
> 45rpm.
>
> try here: http://www.kiddierekordking.com/
>
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] I'm wondering if you can help me find a certain 45rpm.
>
>
> Hello All
>
> I'm wondering if you can help me find a certain 45rpm.
> When I was about 5 (1951), my sister had this jazz recording of School
> Days.
> I don't remember the name of the band, since I wasn't really aware of such
> details at 5.
> I DO remember that the label was rather colorful. It's had a circle at
> the top of it.
> It was played by a small band and, if I recall, there was a saxophone.
> The piece had a neat (cool) ending. That's how it sounded to me back then.
> The soloist played the equivalent of C-E-C-Geeeeeeeeeeeee, but it might
> have been in a different key.
> It wasn't a chord. The notes were played separately and the last note
> lasted a longer than the first three.
>
> Does that ring a bell for anyone?
> It would be a miracle.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Roth
>
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Jason Evans Groth
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