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Herman Autrey |
I have always enjoyed the playing of trumpeter Herman Autrey on Fats Waller’s recordings. Fats was such a strong personality he seems to dominate the recordings to the point where Autrey and clarinettist Gene Sedric often don’t get the recognition I think they deserve. Just listen to the way Herman picks up the energy already created by Fats on Dinah. This video / recording is a little intriguing and perhaps readers can help out here? The YouTube reference says '1939' but I think that this is the Victor recording made on June 24th 1935. However, you will hear Fats shout "Swing it out then Jackson" for the reeds solo - who is 'Jackson'? The 1935 recording had Rudy Powell on clarinet and alto sax rather than Gene Sedric. Saxophonist Franz Jackson did join the Waller band at the end of the 1930s but my discography does not show him included in a recording of Dinah.
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