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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Chick Webb Orch.
Author: Edgar Sampson/Benny Goodman/Chick Webb
Label: Columbia
Year: 1934
Edgar Sampson on altsax. The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, also known as The Track, was a haven for dancers, a hell for the bands, challenging each other in battle of the bands.
Covers:
Rhythm Makers Orch. [arranged by coauthor Edgar Sampson]
Judy Garland [with Bob Crosby's Orchestra]
Benny Goodman [idem]
Buddy Tate [with Milt Buckner]
Taj Mahal [on concept album Savoy, about the iconic ballroom on Lenox Ave. in Harlem, NY, where his parents first met in '38 during an evening with Chick Webb's Orchestra featuring the young Ella Fitzgerald]
Also cut by Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Glenn Miller, Ink Spots, Stan Kenton, Erroll Garner.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)