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[Answered] The Grabtown Grapple, Artie Shaw

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 am
by CiscoGS
Hello,

Anyone can give me the name of this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTmK7_IOA0

best thanks!

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:58 am
by Haydn
I don't recognise that - nice track though. The 'sound' is familiar. It's a small group and I'm guessing it's 1940s or 1950s.

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:11 am
by J-h:n
"The Grabtown Grapple" by Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five with Roy Eldridge on trumpet, recorded in 1945. It's an original tune, named for Ava Gardner's birthplace.

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:07 am
by CiscoGS
Thanks a lot!!