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Take the great, swinging Buddy Morrow Orchestra / add the driving sound of a wild guitar
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"Big Band Guitar"
Buddy Morrow And His "Night Train" Orchestra
BUDDY MORROW
and His "NIGHT TRAIN" Orchestra
...
Take the great, swinging Buddy Morrow
Orchestra; add the driving
sound of a wild guitar; mix
well and there you have the
"scraunchy" sound. No matter
that Mr. Noah Webster forgot to
define "scraunchy" in his latest, for as you
and I both know, "scraunchy" means ...
well, it means "raunchy," but even more
so. That is to say, it's the last word in
danceville.
Buddy Morrow first discovered the
"scraunchy" beat a few months back while
playing a college prom with his big band.
Buddy, who's the kind of guy who can
never stand still musically, thought he'd
try out a new idea. The idea was this ....
Take the guitarist out of his usual slot in
the rhythm section; turn the guitar sound
way, way up and then let the man GO!
For extra emphasis, add the famous
Morrow trombone, backing up the guitar
line. What Buddy was trying to get was
the driving beat of the now familiar small
combo, set in the frame of a big band.
What happened was even more than Mr.
Morrow reckoned' on. Inside of two
minutes the dance floor looked like Times
Square on New Year's Eve. Wallflowers
emerged from their stations behind the
potted plants. The usually staid chaperones pocketed their spectacles to make a
bee-line for the dance floor. A couple of
ticket-takers recklessly abandoned their
posts; bus boys, overcome by the tapping
of their feet, set down their trays to join
in the scrimmage. Everybody danced! The
"scraunchy" beat was irresistible.
Now Buddy has captured that sound in
this album. This wonderful collection of
standards and pops features that happy,
twangy guitar that proved so magnetic in
the ballroom. So here's your chance to
join in the fun of the big beat. Just put
this record on your turntable and we defy
you not to dance!
...
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Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff; February 8, 1919 – September 27, 2010), also known as Moe Zudekoff, was an American trombonist and bandleader.
On a scholarship at age 16, Morrow studied trombone with Ernest Horatio Clarke (1865–1947) at Juilliard from October to December 1936. During the next year he began playing trombone with Sharkey Bonano's Sharks of Rhythm, an Eddie Condon group. He then worked with Eddy Duchin, Vincent Lopez, and Artie Shaw. He became known as "Buddy Morrow" in 1938 when he joined the Tommy Dorsey band. In 1939 he performed with Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra for their recording of Gershwin's Concerto in F. In 1940, Morrow joined the Tony Pastor band, but this was only a short detour on his way to replacing Ray Conniff in the Bob Crosby band. Shortly thereafter, he joined the U.S. Navy, during which he recorded with Billy Butterfield, leading a ten-piece band with three trombones, accompanying Red McKenzie singing four arrangements, including "Sweet Lorraine" and "It's the Talk of the Town".
After demobilization, Morrow joined Jimmy Dorsey's band, then went into radio freelancing as a studio musician. He began conducting sessions, which introduced him to bandleading. RCA Victor sponsored him as director of his band in 1951. The band's first hit, "Night Train" by Jimmy Forrest, was a hit in rhythm and blues.
Morrow's early 1950s records such as "Rose, Rose, I Love You" and "Night Train" appeared on the Billboard magazine charts. "Night Train" reached No. 12 in the U.K. Singles Chart in March 1953. In 1959 and 1960 Morrow's Orchestra released two albums of American television theme songs: Impact and Double Impact respectively. Morrow was a member of The Tonight Show Band.
Morrow led the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 1977 through September 24, 2010, when he appeared with the band for the final time. ... -- Wikipedia
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