| John Flower.
Moonlight Serenade. A Bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band.
New Rochelle, NY, 1972. S.108-109;129 Chummy MacGregor, p, Glenn Miller Band Hal McIntyre, as, Glenn Miller Band |
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| Das Erskine Hawkins
Orchester von links: Avery Parrish, p; Erskine Hawkins, ld, tp; Leemie Stanfield, b; James Morrison, dr; u.a. |
| "By far the most successful of those
simple riff recordings was »Tuxedo Junction,« which sold 115,000
copies in the first week. The band had heard Erskine Hawkins play the tune on
the night the two bands played at the Savoy Ballroom, and Glenn had noted the
crowd's reaction. The Hawkins band had recorded the tune the previous summer,
but only the most hip had dug the record, and apparently non of the influential
Millerians were among them. According to Chummy Mac Gregor, Hal McIntyre had
obtained a lead sheet from one of the saxists in Erskine's band and Jerry Gray
had brought in a simple sketch of the tune to one of those early-morning
rehearsals. The guys liked playing it and they began contributing their own
ideas, so what eventually emerged was a conglomerate creation, known in
musicians' parlance as a »head arrangement.«" George T. Simon. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York 1974, S.204 Jerry Gray arranger, Glenn Miller Band |
| Erskine Hawkins in den Fünfzigern |
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