[Harp-L] : Larry Adler jazzman--Bill Haesler writes

["Norman Vickers" <nvickers1@xxxxxxx>]

To: friends on Harp-L list
From: Norman Vickers
Jazz Society of Pensacola

Dear Listmates--I am forwarding this correspondence about Larry Adler for a
list which I moderate ( Musicians and Serious Jazzfans).  Bill Haesler is an
outstanding jazz historian and washboardist in Sydney, Australia.  He gives
pertinent information about Larry Adler and his recordings in the jazz ( and
near-jazz) field.  I hope this will be of some interest to a few of you.
(Adler died in London an approximately 2002 where he had lived since
migrating from the US in '49.  This  migration related to the McCarthy
hearings of that period)

( if there is any interest, I can send copy of the previous correspondence
which generated Haesler's response.)
Thanks.
Norman




-----Original Message-----
From: Norman Vickers [mailto:nvickers1@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: Larry Adler jazzman--Bill Haesler writes

To:  Musicians and serious jazzfans
From:  Norman

Our listmate Bill Haesler jazz historian and washboardist par excellence of
Sydney, Australia gives these titles which chromatic harmonicist Larry Adler
recorded.




-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Haesler [mailto:bhaesler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:41 PM
To: Norman Vickers
Subject: Larry Adler jazzman

Dear Norman,
Thank you for forwarding the interesting comments regarding Larry Adler, who
I was fortunate to meet briefly on one of his trips to Australia late in his
life.
An extremely talented, entertaining and and witty man.
This would be an appropriate time to mention Mr Adler's forays into jazz, at
a time when our music was more closely allied to popular music.

His jazz recordings include:
.The Colonial Club Orchestra (Bob Haring Orch). July 1930 & July 1931.
.Ruth Etting (with Charlie Spivak and Eddie Lang in the group). Sept 1930.
"If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight".
.Red Pepper Sam (Billy Costello). March 1932.
.Duke Ellington orch. Playing "Sophisticated Lady" in the [April] 1934 film
'Many Happy Returns'.
.Larry Adler with a Freddy Gardner small group. London Sept 1935.  
"Solitude/Tiger Rag/St Louis Blues/Sophisticated Lady".
.Larry Adler, p/v. "Smoking Reefers/Creole Love Call/Lady Be Good/ I Gotta
Right To Sing The Blues".
.Quintet Du Hot Club De France (Django & Gappelli). Paris May 1931. 4
titles.
.John Kirby's Orchestra, For Decca in Jan 1944. 8 titles including "Blues In
The Night/Star Dust/Creole Love Call".
.Larry Adler Quartet (actually a sextet) with Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins.
May 1959.
I have some, but not all, of these.

Very kind regards,
Bill.

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Norman writes:  Thanks Bill for the excellent discography.

Do you have any information, or speculation, as to why Jerry Adler and Larry
Adler don't acknowledge each other on their respective websites?  

I'm going to forward this correspondence to the SPAH ( Society for
Preservation and Advancement of Harmonica)  sponsored e-list Harp-L for
their information and comment.

Long ago, I read Larry Adler's autobiography.  He wrote about a crossing of
the Atlantic on the Queen Mary.  Said that the diesel engines sounded a low
"D" so he practiced his chromatic with tunes in that key.


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