[Magdalen] The Carnival of Swing, May 29, 1938.

[Charles Wohlers]

The Savory Collection published thus far (4 CD's) is available on Apple 
Music (iTunes). If you're an Apple Music subscriber ($10/mo) you can 
listen to it for free any time, and even save it onto your computer. It 
is great music!

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chadwohl at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 09.09.2018 12:29, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
> Described thusly by Scott Wenzel of Mosaic Records:
> 
> "Randall’s Island Carnival of Swing: 1938
> If there was ever a gig, recording session or jam session I would’ve
> loved to attend before I was born, the famous Randall’s Island
> “Carnival Of Swing”, which benefited the New York Musician’s hospital
> fund, would be close to the top of the list.  This blockbuster event
> from May 29, 1938, is considered one of the first, if not the first
> highly attended outdoor swing/jazz concert and in attendance were such
> bands as those led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stuff Smith, Chick
> Webb, Charlie Barnet, John Kirby, Bobby Hackett and many others.  The
> Savory Collection includes for the first time a chance to hear a
> snippet of the concert which was broadcast over WNEW.  Four tunes by
> the Basie band and one by Stuff Smith have survived, and are a part of
> the new Mosaic set."
> -Scott Wenzel
> 
> This link:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=HhPNvh4IE6M
> 
> ... takes you there in a brief but enjoyable way.  And it may not have
> been a perfectly (sic) "integrated" experience, but do note that white
> folk and black folk were definitely rubbing elbows.  Music's way of
> breaking down barriers should never be under-estimated.
> 
> And the Mosaic "Savory Collection" set can never be advertised enough:
> 
> New York Times (top item):  https://tinyurl.com/yas28y6k
> Mosaic itself:  
> http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=266-MD-CD
> 
> And for $99, this set by my friends at Mosaic is a bargain by any
> standard (well, by modern standards anyway).
> 
> Enjoy the "Carnival" Youtube clip, at the very least.
> 
> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
> 
> "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> "Because that's the kind of guy, I'm." -- C Reiner, "Your Show of
> Shows", skit: "From Here to Obscurity".