Roarin' 20s: Mal Hallett & His Orchestra - My New York, 1927
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Channel: 240252 · 2014 · Music
Mal Hallett and His Orchestra – My New York, Fox Trot (I.Berlin) with Vocal chorus by Frank Marvin, Columbia 1927 (USA) NOTE: Mal HALLETT (b. 1893, Roxbury, Massachusetts - d. 1952, Boston) American jazz violinist and bandleader. Graduated at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Hallett played in France during World War I as a member of Al Moore's orchestra. Back in US, he founded his own orchestra, which performed predominantly in New England, for much of the 1920/30s. His ensemble featured a large number of sidemen who later went on to become famous, including Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden or Toots Mondello. In the big-band era Hallett was in trouble to adapt to the new style and started to loose the younger generation of his fans. He also battled alcoholism for much of his life, in addition to that, the arm injury incurred while drunk prevented him from playing violin late in life. He died in oblivion in 1952.
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