All-Star Trio Explained

All-Star Trio
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Alias:All Star Trio
Genre:Pop music
Years Active:1918–1923
Associated Acts:Paul Whiteman

The All-Star Trio or All Star Trio was a musical ensemble consisting of George Hamilton Green on the xylophone along with Frank Banta or Victor Arden[1] on the piano and F. Wheeler Wadsworth on the saxophone.[2] It was among the most popular musical outfits of the very early Jazz Age. Their music was promoted as "dance music".[3]

History

The group began recording in 1918.[4] In 1920 they toured in support of the Aeolian Vocalion company.[5] Their popularity was such that their recordings were released overseas by His Master's Voice in their French catalog.[6] The trio made additional recordings for Brunswick Records,[7] Edison Records,[8] Lyric Records[9] Okeh Records,[10] and Pathé Records.[11] However, they are most associated with the Victor Records label, and are prominently featured in Victor advertising of the era. Joel Whitburn, in his chart recreations, estimates that the Trio had the equivalent of 6 top-20 hits between 1919 and 1921, including "I'll Say She Does", "I Want a Daddy Who Will Rock Me to Sleep", "Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now", "You'd Be Surprised", "Swanee", and "Moonbeams", all for Victor.[12]

Style

Recorded performances are usually performed in March-style, played "straight" through the first strain, and then the second strain would include improvisation, increased rhythmic values, and often a melodic tempo speeding of up to four-times the original timing.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rust, Brian . 1974 . The Dance Bands . Arlington House . 23 . 9780870002724 . registration .
  2. Book: Becker, Bob . 2000 . Modern Improvising and Application of Ideas to Melody (introduction) . Hal Leonard Corporation . 2 . 9780634055508 .
  3. Book: Gracyk . Tim. Hoffman. Frank W.. 1997 . The encyclopedia of popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925. Tim Gracyk . 1885 .
  4. Book: Hoffman . Frank. Cooper . B. Lee. Gracyk . Tim . 2012 . Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 . Routledge . 149 . 9781136592294 .
  5. News: Talking Machine Stars to Give Concerts Here. October 10, 1920. The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. .
  6. Book: Kelly, Alan . 1990 . His Master's Voice: The French Catalogue : a Complete Numerical Catalogue of French Gramophone Recordings Made from 1898 to 1929 in France and Elsewhere by the Gramophone Company Ltd . ABC-CLIO . 467 . 9780313273339.
  7. Book: Laird, Ross . 2001 . Brunswick Records: Other non-U.S. recordings and indexes . Greenwood Publishing Group . 1669 . 9780313318696.
  8. Book: Steffen, David J. . 2005 . From Edison to Marconi: The First Thirty Years of Recorded Music . McFarland . 197 . 9780786451562.
  9. Book: Brooks, Tim . 2004 . Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919 . University of Illinois Press. 435 . 9780252090639.
  10. Book: Laird . Ross. Rust . Brian A. L. . Rust . Brian . 2004 . Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 706 . 9780313311420.
  11. News: . Week's Phonograph Records . Cleveland Plain Dealer . Cleveland, OH . June 20, 1920. 63.
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . Pop Memories 1890-1954 . 1986 . Record Research, Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0-89820-083-0 . 22 .

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