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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:46:09 -0400
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tex Benecke - obit
bag@hubris.net wrote:
>I am sure Lou will send out something about this, but Tex Benecke has died.
May 31, 2000
Tex Beneke, 86, a Leader of Glenn Miller's Band
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 30 -- Tex Beneke, a singer and saxophone player who took over the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death in World War II, died today at a nursing home in Costa Mesa, Calif. He was 86.
Mr. Beneke joined the Miller orchestra in 1938, and his sunny Southern voice helped make hits of Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree."
When Miller broke up the band in 1942 to join the military, Mr. Beneke played with other bands before joining the Navy in World War II. Although he played in the Navy Band, he never played in Miller's Air Force orchestra.
Miller was killed in December 1944 after his plane disappeared on a flight from England to France.
In 1946, his widow asked Mr. Beneke to take the Glenn Miller Orchestra back on the road. Under Mr. Beneke's direction, the band flourished.
Postwar audiences went wild for the reconstituted group, which scored a string of Top 10 records.
But the band's manager and producer insisted that Mr. Beneke keep the sounds as faithful to Miller's pre-war work as possible, with no experiments. The frustrated band leader broke with Miller's estate and formed his own band.
A year later, Mr. Beneke billed the performance as Tex Beneke and His Orchestra: Playing the Music Made Famous by Glenn Miller. He released his own album, "Shooting Star," in 1948 on the Magic Records label.
He still played the great hits of Glenn Miller, but he also laid down fresh sounds and followed his own musical instincts.
Born Gordon Beneke in Fort Worth on Feb. 12, 1914, he earned the nickname Tex early on. Later, fellow band members also called him Tex.
Mr. Beneke began his big-band career with the Ben Young Orchestra in 1935 and played with it until 1937. In 1938, he joined Miller as a sideman, earning $52.50 a week.
He appeared in films like "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941) and "Orchestra Wives" (1942) that helped propel him to the top of the polls in Downbeat and Metronome magazines.
Mr. Beneke worked consistently through the 1960's, appearing on "Cavalcade of Big Bands" on television. Through the 1970's and 1980's, he continued to play his own music in a style closely resembling the Miller orchestra.
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:51:18 -0400
From: "m.ace" <ecam@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jack
I have to say amen to Brother Jimmy's testifyin'. Jack can drive you up the
wall, and he has his occasional irrational episodes, but he's been on (and
sometimes off) this list since at least '95, and he's given a whole
helluvva (make that HELLUVVA) lot to it over the years. I found last week's
turd throwing at his departing back to be sadly cheesy.
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:02:10 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) the 3 beats head out of denver torwards d.f.
In a message dated 05/31/00 8:36:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
hagar@mindspring.net writes:
<< even if she turns out to be Raoul
Mitgang from Helena, Montana, >>
that was Lyman, don't get your stories confused!
tb
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:04:56 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) the 3 beats head out of denver torwards d.f.
In a message dated 05/31/00 8:36:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
hagar@mindspring.net writes:
<< I wonder if Eartha Kitt got flack for her accent...
>>
i have a freind who went to Austrailia ONCE for a month and ever since, she
has that Austrailian accent! i want to tell her "you ain't from australia!
your are from Pensacola FL!"
btw, eartha kitt's real name is Ahtrea Ttik. the first "t" is silent.
tb
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:07:55 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) the 3 beats head out to Xtabay
In a message dated 05/31/00 12:12:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rgrandia@xtabay.com writes:
<< Rock on with your bad selves.
Ron >>
and what about the racist thing? everybody knows that all this music, no
matter how exotic, is white folk music. it is our excuse for not having
rhythm.
there, that should get you talking!
tb
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:16:16 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jack
In a message dated 05/31/00 12:15:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
chuckmk@yahoo.com writes:
<< When I go back to the archives I am amazed at how much useful
insightful info Jack contributed to the list. >>
chuck and i are good friends, so i (think) i can say this.
i had an organic chemistry teacher in college that was a freakin' genius, but
he was an asshole and i did not like him.
and unlike some, he did not show up about every 9 months or so, only to piss
me off yet again.
hope that was not too straight forward.
i would rather deal with a mild lack of information than put up with the
antics of someone who is more out to boast sales.
tb
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:00:36 -0700
From: "paul thomas" <hepcatpaul@mailcity.com>
Subject: (exotica) Mo' Modern Jazz
Hello!
I've been buying several Northern Soul cd comps produced by Kent recently and one arrived yesterday that is so cool I had to pass it along to the list.
'Mo' Modern Jazz' is the third part of a series (ongoing?) which I picked out of the Hepcat Records catalogue (http://www.hepcatrecords.com) simply because I liked the cover! Some times that works and some times it doesn't ... but this cd lives up to the cover. Twenty three tracks and not a dud to be found.
It isn't strictly Northern Soul. There's two tracks by Count Basie from his 'Atomic Basie' days, Ella Fitzgerald singing 'Get Ready', Andy Williams doing a credible job on 'House of Bamboo' and funky, blow-your-top covers of 'I Heard It Throught the Grapevine', 'Light My Fire' and 'Fever'. There's funky grooves, simmering Hammond organs, tenor sax blow outs and singers about to loose their minds. It's incredible!
Definitely worth checking out!
~~Paul~~
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:53:51 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <hagar@mindspring.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mo' Modern Jazz
> 'Mo' Modern Jazz' is the third part of a series (ongoing?) which I
> picked out of the Hepcat Records catalogue (http://www.hepcatrecords.com)
> simply because I liked the cover! Some times that works and some times it
> doesn't ... but this cd lives up to the cover. Twenty three tracks and
> not a dud to be found.
It is indeed part of a series: Mod Jazz, Mo' Mod Jazz, Even Mo' Mod
Jazz. All of the volumes are great. If you like one then you will like
the other two. Those folks at Kent/Ace have good taste. A buddy of mine
got me interested in the series and it's great. All based on white folk music.
Just kidding, Bob.
Brian Phillips
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:58:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <chuckmk@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) The World Shopping With SPACE PONCH
The World Shopping With Space Ponch" by Space Ponch (Molkai 2000, licenced from
Flavor of Sound)
Keeping up the sound of shibuya-kei, Space Ponch have released my favorite "new"
release of the year. Mix a touch of Fantastic Plastic, Nino Rota on Juliet of the
Spirits, the Dumbo soundtrack, carousel music, and warner brothers cartoon music
and use vocoders and synths to reach a new zany height in j-pop. This tops
Yukari's "New Years Fresh" for zani hijinks and is almost as varied a ride as
Fantastic Platic Machines "Luxury" One of the songs felt like "powerhouse"
The synths imitate organs and carousel sounds while a vocoder is on top of it.
Without the vocals you get a space age 1890's feel to the music. The melodies even
seem turn of the century.
One song, the title song, is a pure ambient space romp that is not representative
of the rest of the album. Many of the songs have a moog feel and the same wild
zane that moog releases of the late 60s early 70s had. Generally the melodies are
there strong and catchy. Theres a bonus space age bachelor pad stereo bouncing
imaging going on to add to add to the whole effect.
