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"The Columbia House Bands: Ben Selvin, Vol. 2" (03/10/1998) Pop Vocal Selvin, Ben, Old MastersPersonnel includes: Ben Selvin (leader, vocals, violin); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Don Howard, Eva Taylor, Smith Ballew, Paul Small (vocals); Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey (alto saxophone, clarinet); Manny Klein, Tommy Gott (trumpet); Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Irving Brodsky (piano); Carl Kress, Tony Colluci (guitar); Stan King (drums). Recorded between 1929 & 1931. Includes liner notes by Randy Skretvedt. Digitally remastered by George Morrow (Echo Productions, Hayward, California). Personnel: Ben Selvin (violin); Eva Taylor, Eddie Walters, Helen Rowland, Irving Kaufman, Joe Mooney, Smith Ballew, The Knickerbockers (vocals); Tommy Fellini, Dick McDonough, Tony Colucci, Carl Kress (guitar, banjo); Larry Abbott, Louis Martin, Merle Johnston, Lucien Smith, Jimmy Dorsey, Andy Sannella, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Adrian Rollini (baritone saxophone); Leo McConville, Bob Effros, Mike Mosiello, Tommy Gott, Fred Farrar (trumpet); Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey (tuba); Moran, Irving Brodsky, Rube Bloom, Arthur Schutt (piano); Stan King (drums). Liner Note Author: Randy Skretvedt. Recording information: New York, NY (12/09/1929-02/27/1931). During the early years of the Depression, bandleader Ben Selvin (who was very prolific in general during a 15-year period) led an enormous quantity of jazz-influenced dance band recording dates. The TOM label's second Ben Selvin CD is, if anything, even better than their first. There are short spots on some selections for clarinetist Benny Goodman, trombonist (and, in one case, scat singer) Jack Teagarden, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, and trumpeters Leo McConville and Manny Klein, plus vocals from Eddie Walters, Irving Kaufman, Smith Ballew and Helen Rowland, among others. Although the jazz aspects of the music are not dominant, the arrangements swing well for the period, the singing is tolerable, and the 23 selections bring back the atmosphere of the times. Among the better selections are "The Free and Easy," "'Tain't No Sin," "Thank Your Father," "I'm In the Market for You" and "Cheerful Little Earful." This hot dance band style has often been overlooked in jazz history books, so it is good that at least some of the countless performances of Ben Selvin's ensembles have been made available to today's listeners. ~ Scott Yanow

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"The Columbia House Bands: Ben Selvin, Vol. 1" (n/a) Pop Vocal Selvin, Ben, Old MastersIncludes liner notes by Rob Bamberger. Digitally remastered by George Morrow (Echo Productions, Hayward, California). During 1919-42, Ben Selvin led more sessions than anyone else, resulting in around 5,000 titles. His busiest period was probably the 1929-33 Depression years, during which he contracted a series of melodic dance band records that featured songs rather than distinctive soloists. Clarinetist Benny Goodman was a regular, if anonymous, member in Selvin's orchestras, as were (to a lesser degree) trombonist Tommy Dorsey and altoist/clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey. This CD reissue from the late 1990s has some of the highlights from Selvin's huge output of 1931-32 (one number is from 1930) with OK vocals from Dick Robertson, Paul Small, Helen Rowland, Eddie Walters, Orlando Roberson (who would become a member of Claude Hopkins' Orchestra), the Wallace Trio, Jack Miller, the Rollickers and even (on "You Can Make My Life a Bed of Roses") Kate Smith. The jazz content is mostly fairly light on these dance band numbers, usually a half-chorus after the vocal, but the ensembles are clean and (for the period) swinging. ~ Scott Yanow

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