April 25, 1947
http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/from-the-archives/dumbarton-oaks-concerto
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When was Stravinsky conducting "Dumbarton Oaks" recorded? That was
> originally released on Keynote and recorded at Majestic, I am pretty sure.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:03 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Nice Sonora Article
>
>
> The latest Keynote session I can find is from May 1947, and these turn out
> to be records I well know, via their Mercury 78 album set issue "Lennie
> Tristano"
>
> Lennie Tristano Trio
>
> Lennie Tristano (p), Billy Bauer (g), Bob Leininger (b)
>
> New York, May 23, 1947
>
> KH200 BLUE BOY (2:52)
>
> KH201 ATONEMENT (2:33)
>
> KH202-1 COOLIN’ OFF WITH ULANOV (2:51)
>
> KH202-2 COOLIN’ OFF WITH ULANOV (2:32) (*)
>
> Dave Lewis
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Dave, Hammond did a bunch of Keynote sessions at Majestic Studio, he talks
>> about it in his autobiography. He worked there up until the studio closed.
>> Keynote was bought by Mercury right about the time Majestic closed up, and
>> some of the Keynote titles were quickly reissued as Mercury records. The
>> reason so much Mercury work was done at Reeves in the late 78 era/early LP
>> era/dawn of tape as a master media in the US timeframe was the connection
>> of Reeves hiring my father and John Hammond taking the Mercury work there.
>> Mitch Miller was hired by Hammond, as was David Hall. In addition to all
>> of
>> Mercury's early self-produced classical content, Reeves was the recording
>> site for Norman Granz produced sessions with Charlie Parker ("With
>> Strings," which was arranged and conducted by Mitch Miller) and Machito,
>> parts of "The Jazz Scene," among others. Granz started working with my
>> father at Reeves, and they continued to work together into the 50s. Granz
>> started doing more of his recording on the west coast and at smaller NYC
>> studios later on, but he still did occasional sessions with my father up
>> to
>> the time he sold Verve to MGM. My father always singled out Hammond and
>> Granz as two people who taught him a lot about music and how sound and
>> music work together. For those interested in the history of recorded jazz,
>> and how the jazz business works within the record business, it's very
>> worthwhile to read John Hammond's autobiography "On The Record" and the
>> recent book about Normal Granz by Tad Hershorn. Hammond and Granz were
>> probably the original "frienemies," highly inter-connected, respectful of
>> each other's accomplishments but rarely able to be friendly to each other
>> because of rivalries and jealousies.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Nice Sonora Article
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>>>
>>> "Just as" they were failing is about right, as Majestic filed for
>>> bankruptcy in February 1948. Hammond was fired by Majestic in January
>>> 1947,
>>> but I'm sure by this time
>>> no one cared who was in there. I wish I knew which session this was;
>>> Hammond, of course, was subsequently hired by Mercury and maybe that's
>>> where this session
>>> ended up as well.
>>>
>>> My ARSC Journal article about Majestic is in AMP, but it is currently
>>> mis-linked.
>>>
>>> best,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Majestic's NYC studio was still operating in 1948. I know this because my
>>>
>>>> father was chief engineer there and he made recordings with John Hammond
>>>> there in 1948, shortly before moving to Reeves Sound Studios. The story
>>>> I
>>>> always heard was that he was hired by Reeves just as Majestic was
>>>> failing.
>>>> Mercury ended up buying Majestic's catalog, along with Keynote, Swan and
>>>> some other small NYC labels.
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:22 PM
>>>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Nice Sonora Article
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One post-war label definitely on my radar is Sonora, "Clear as a Bell"
>>>>
>>>> (not.) I haven't seen this before; Robert L. Campbell's study,
>>>>> published in June. Our own David Diehl helped out with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/sonora.html
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing: The Majestic label did fold at the end of 1947, not in early
>>>>> 1949. By February 1948 they were already being dissolved in the courts.
>>>>> However, they did do the same thing Sonora did; stripped the record
>>>>> label
>>>>> out of the Radio and Television interest and saved the latter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave Lewis
>>>>> Hamilton, OH
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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