“(I’m Afraid) You Sing That Song To Somebody Else” – Harry Reser and his Orchestra (1927)

Gosh, you know this is the first Harry Reser record I’ve posted on the channel.

With Reser, you know you’re going to get some energetic banjo playing, and at 1:13 we get the first hot banjo break – and at 1:51 we get a solo. At 2:08 a lively trumpet solo breaks through and gives us a moment of what Brian Rust would call “jazz interest”.

Not sure if that is Tommy Gott or Hymie Farberman or Bob Effros on trumpet, but those eight bars really give this record a big lift.

Recorded in New York City on August 3, 1927.
Released as Broadway 1096.

Credits:
Harry Reser – banjo, director
Red Nichols (?) – cornet
Tommy Gott, Hymie Farberman or Bob Effros (?) – trumpet
Sam Lewis – trombone
Larry Abbott – clarinet, alto sax
Bill Wirges – piano
Jimmy Johnston – bass sax
Tom Stacks – drums, vocals (as “Harry Wood”)