[Trombone-l] Looking for Stardust

[Stan Brager]

Hi, Tim;

I'm curious if you're talking about the solo which Jenny played with Artie Shaw or Jenny's solo for his own band? Both have their strong points although I'm partial to the Shaw version. I find myself losing interest with the length of the Jenny band version.

Thanks;

Stan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: t.stone at att.net [mailto:t.stone at att.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:21 PM
> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Looking for Stardust
> 
> Hi List,
> I'm looking for a very special arrangement for the old standard,
> "Stardust."  As trombone players, we're all familiar, or should be,
> with Jack Jenny's famous solo on the tune. Back in the 1966, I was
> given a copy of an arrangement of the tune done by a famouse band
> leader named Ken Hanna. He was then a teacher at Claude and Norma
> Lakey's C & D Music in Sepulveda, CA. It was a wonderful big band
> ballad where Hanna transcribed Jenny's solo note for note, voiced for
> four trombones and then put the soli in the middle of a beautiful book-
> end setting. I made a copy of it for my book, and one for the jazz
> library of our local community college. I sold my book, with this chat
> in it, in 1968 to a trombone player named Dave Rice. Now, some 41 years
> later, the chart has disappeared from the jazz library of the community
> college, and Dave is nowhere to be found. So, I'm wondering if this
> beautiful arrangement has somehow made its way out of Southern
> California and into the hands of some of our List members. If so, how I
> might I be able to get a copy of it, and if not, what guidance could
> all of you give me on how to find it.
> Thanks All,
> Tim Stone
> In B-Flat, F & D