New York 1930s: Jack Denny's Orch. - Goodnight Moon, 1931
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Channel: 240252 · 2014 · Music
Jack Denny & His Orchestra - Goodnight, Moon, Fox-trot (W. Donaldson), HMV (British) NOTE: I was unlucky to have found only a handful of information about American bandleader Jack Denny. The most writes about him Dismuke on his awesome website and I hope he will forgive me, that I quote it in its entirety: Jack Denny led dance bands throughout the 1920s and 1930s. He had a conventionally styled dance band during the 1920's and played at, among other places, the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Canada. In 1931 he moved to New York City and by 1932 was playing at New York's then new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The Waldorf-Astoria catered to the cream of "society" and hosted many a posh gathering. Denny, detecting the high hat nature of his clientele, developed a sweet (yet marvelous) sound with no brass section. The band did, however, have three pianos, clarinets, saxophones, strings, and possibly a french horn or oboe. His arrangements were unusually complex and even sometimes fast (for a sweet band).
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