Sol Yaged • It Might As Well Be Swing

 

Biography
by Chris Kelsey
Yaged is one of Benny Goodman's most-devoted disciples, so well-versed in Goodman's style that he was hired as technical advisor to Steve Allen for the 1956 film The Benny Goodman Story. Yaged took up clarinet as an adolescent after hearing Goodman's 1935 National Biscuit Company broadcasts. He studied for many years with a member of the New York Philharmonic and was offered a chair with the Buffalo Philharmonic, which he declined. He instead embraced jazz, playing at New York clubs like Jimmy Ryan's and the Swing Club in the '40s. Yaged served in the Army during World War II; he worked widely as a sideman before and after the war, notably with Phil Napoleon's Memphis Five. Some of the famous names on his resumé include Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen, and Jack Teagarden. From the mid-'50s, Yaged mostly led his own bands. Over the next several decades, he became a fixture in such New York nightclubs as the Metropole, Jimmy Weston's, and the Gaslight. By the late '90s, Yaged was fronting a band called the Felix Swing Band, led by keyboardist Felix Endico. A successful society orchestra based in New York's Westchester County (just north of N.Y.C.), the group's repertoire features arrangements made famous by Goodman, Artie Shaw, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, and Count Basie, among others.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sol-yaged-mn0001170942/biography

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Biografía
por Chris Kelsey
Yaged es uno de los discípulos más devotos de Benny Goodman, tan versado en el estilo de éste que fue contratado como asesor técnico de Steve Allen para la película de 1956 The Benny Goodman Story. Yaged empezó a tocar el clarinete de adolescente tras escuchar las emisiones de la National Biscuit Company de 1935 de Goodman. Estudió durante muchos años con un miembro de la Filarmónica de Nueva York y le ofrecieron una plaza en la Filarmónica de Búfalo, que rechazó. En su lugar, se dedicó al jazz, tocando en clubes neoyorquinos como el Jimmy Ryan's y el Swing Club en los años 40. Yaged sirvió en el ejército durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial; trabajó mucho como músico de acompañamiento antes y después de la guerra, especialmente con los Memphis Five de Phil Napoleon. Algunos de los nombres famosos que figuran en su currículum son Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen y Jack Teagarden. A partir de mediados de los años 50, Yaged dirigió principalmente sus propias bandas. Durante las siguientes décadas, se convirtió en un fijo en clubes nocturnos de Nueva York como el Metropole, Jimmy Weston's y el Gaslight. A finales de los 90, Yaged dirigía una banda llamada Felix Swing Band, dirigida por el teclista Felix Endico. Una exitosa orquesta de sociedad con sede en el condado neoyorquino de Westchester (justo al norte de Nueva York), el repertorio del grupo incluye arreglos que se hicieron famosos por Goodman, Artie Shaw, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines y Count Basie, entre otros.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sol-yaged-mn0001170942/biography

Tracklist:
1. Yacht Club Swing (6:22)
2. Easy Living (2:44)
3. Love Me or Leave Me (4:54)
4. I'll Never Be the Same (3:27)
5. It Might as Well Be Swing (6:04)
6. Auf Wiedersehen My Dear (3:17)
7. Lulu's Back in Town (2:45)
8. After You've Gone (7:23)

Release: 2018
Label: Pine Hill Records
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Band

 

 

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