Gonna post some dime store titles this coming week for a friend.
This one has been posted online before – but at 78 rpm it seemed off-pitch to my ears. This one is a Mosiello original composition – probably sold directly to the label – so no sheet music exists to get a key reference from.
Had to increase speed to about 80.5 rpm – or drop down to 76.5 rpm for it to lock into a pitch. The higher speed sounded more correct – but see what you think. I could be wrong. I was pitching to Mosiello’s initial trumpet phrase starting around 0:06.
All of that technical esoterica out of the way – we’ve got ourselves a jaunty tune by what is often called the Grey Gull Studio Band. A pleasant number with the added interest that it contains both a violin AND an accordion solo. At 1:29 an alto sax solo by Andy Sannella feels like a chase scene and – I nearly forgot to mention – a lovely cameo xylophone solo by George Hamilton Green. All in all – a lovely arrangement by Mosiello and crew with some very elegant “chamber jazz” moments.
Recorded in New York City circa May-June, 1929.
Released as Madison 5063 and Van Dyke 914.
Credits:
Mike Mosiello – trumpet, songwriter
Charlie Butterfield or Tommy Dorsey – trombone
Andy Sannella – clarinet, alto sax
Al Duffy (?) – violin
Frank Banta – piano
Charlie Magnante – accordion
John Cali (?) – banjo
George Hamilton Green, Joe Green – drums, xylophone