Private collection of Bill Savory

[Eyeball]

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles ... /index.xml

Leaving behind a carefully labeled and well-taken-care-of legacy of his music, compositions and instrumental arrangements, Savory died in 2004. His nearly 1,000 original records, as well as audio tapes, were recovered from his estate in Falls Church, Va., his son said.

The collection includes many never-before-heard arrangements by American jazz musician Benny Goodman, who enthusiasts know as the “King of Swing.” Recordings of singer and songwriter Billie Holiday also are included in the mix, as well as historical speeches by former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Wenzel said.

“You can happen upon collections, here and there, but these are unreleased recordings,” Wenzel, 50, said, adding that most of the work was recorded before 1941, when Savory was in his late teens and early 20s. “No one knew these even existed.”

[Eyeball]

For clarification - this collection is all live broadcast material taken off the air.

Savory was the guy who recorded the BG Carnegie Hall concert and many of the live broadcasts that Goodman did in the late 30s. There should be some fabulous stuff in there.

He was married to Helen Ward, too, so lucky guy.

[Jonas]

For clarification - this collection is all live broadcast material taken off the air.

Savory was the guy who recorded the BG Carnegie Hall concert and many of the live broadcasts that Goodman did in the late 30s. There should be some fabulous stuff in there.

He was married to Helen Ward, too, so lucky guy.

It seems like some of the material eventually will be available to the public. If so, I hereby call a spot at the front of the line.

[Eyeball]

The collecting community is very excited as details begin to come to light. It will be fascinating to know what is in there. Just a pity he sat on the stuff for so long. Think of all the people who could have been enjoying it all these decades.

[straycat]

It seems like some of the material eventually will be available to the public. If so, I hereby call a spot at the front of the line.

I wonder if this article would set you drooling as much as it does myself....
Might be a good time to start saving up some pennies.

Mosaic Records in Discussions to Release Savory Collection

[penguin]

It seems like some of the material eventually will be available to the public. If so, I hereby call a spot at the front of the line.

I wonder if this article would set you drooling as much as it does myself....
Might be a good time to start saving up some pennies.

Mosaic Records in Discussions to Release Savory Collection

/drool

[Jonas]

It seems like some of the material eventually will be available to the public. If so, I hereby call a spot at the front of the line.

I wonder if this article would set you drooling as much as it does myself....
Might be a good time to start saving up some pennies.

Mosaic Records in Discussions to Release Savory Collection

/drool

I second the drooling!

[Eyeball]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =129327625

They have begun holding listening sessions at the museum.
http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

Comments from a visitor-

"first - I heard about 90 minutes of transfers up at the Museum last night - amazing stuff!

two Martin Block Jam Sessions really stand out ---

Lester, Benny, Roy, Teddy W, Benny Heller (g), Jo Jones (did I write down the bass player?) - obviously this was an amazing date, am sure this is going to go down in history as a pivotal live date by these giants... a lot already has been written about this in the various news stories, students of jazz history are going to read a lot about it in the future!

Tommy Dorsey's Clambake 7 - obviously, this is more of interest to swing specialists than more general jazz folks - but I heard about three numbers where TD & The C7 absolutely go nuts! They stretch out like crazy, really much more like a real jam session than any of the records, which really pale by comparison - Yank Lawson is one of the great trumpeters, totally under-rated, he plays a wild solo muted that makes me think he's a direct disciple of King Oliver, and Johnny Mince is also terrific, best I ever heard him (and I heard him live ... Yank too, of course...), TD himself totally wails, much freer and looser than any other performance, plays the blues nearly in a class with Teagarden.

Martha Raye doing "my heart belongs to daddy," again, much wilder than anything she recorded, a really wild arrangement (Rose?) for big band and strings, modulations, some semi-scat, the whole major-minor thingie

You can really hear why Anita O'Day always named Raye as her all-time favorite. Too bad it's too late to get this into my book!

It was pointed out to me the obvious fact that the Block jam sessions were local shows, only heard in the NY area. Amazing to think these were just local broadcasts..."

[Option]

Here is a 30 minute interview broadcast yesterday on WNYC with Loren Schoenberg and Eugene Desavouret (the son of Bill Savory).

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/ ... ecordings/

[Eyeball]

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/25/savo ... ances.html

Plus - new audio clips!

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/25/audi ... reats.html

[Balboa Chris]

OMG. Goodman's solo on Honeysuckle Rose is sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!

[Haydn]

Love the Louis Armstrong 'Sunny Side of The Street' -

http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/savory.php

[timbo]

just wanna hear more about helen ward...................!!!!!!
shes my baby.................

[straycat]

This, alas, is not looking promising...

Rare Jazz collection is in copyright 'No Man’s Land,' thanks to Congress

[dancin_hanson]

I was able to visit the National Jazz Museum in Harlem last Thursday and listened to songs from the collection for about an hour - some quite nicely restored already (particularly some energetic Benny Goodman tunes), others still with quite compromised audio quality, but fascinating nonetheless. Hopefully the legal hurdles can be overcome and the public will have access sooner than later...