Interracial Jazz Recording (#52): The Big Aces (Dorseys, Redman, Thomas)

This is a pretty high-powered group of white musicians, along with Don Redman who is the composer, arranger and plays clarinet and alto sax. George Thomas of McKinney's Cotton Pickers does the vocal and plays tenor sax.

Don Redman

George Thomas

            

The Dorseys

                                                   

"Cherry" is in a medium dance tempo, with a easy, lilting quality and some nice sax soli sections. Tommy Dorsey is on trumpet and takes a brief solo. Not sure who the sax soloist is. An ID would be welcome.

The Big Aces: Tommy Dorsey, Nat Natoli (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Don Redman (cl,as,arr) Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Frank Teschemacher (cl,ts) [aka Frank Teschemacher (cl,ts) ] George Thomas (ts,vcl) Frank Signorelli (p) Carl Kress (g) Hank Stern (tu) Stan King (d,vib). New York, September 29, 1928.

• Cherry (gt vcl)- OKeh 41136, Par (E)R365, R2541, Par 65 PMC7038;
• Cherry (gt vcl)- Bluebird/Legacy 71167 [CD]

All entries are from my book “As Long as They Can Blow. Interracial Jazz Recording and Other Jive Before 1935.”