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Fletch

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Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, recording on Victor in 1935, an outfit I doubt anyone but Lizzie knows. The tune: a Sam Coslow trifle called A Little White Gardenia.
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For I bring a little white gardenia
As refreshing as a day in May
You may wear it if you care or toss it - away


This is a big radio orchestra, arranged like pure corn syrup, but it just has such taste that the effect is anything but elevator music. Zero processing, zero echo, and the tones of some of the instruments (especially the reeds) have been extinct for decades.
 

LizzieMaine

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Fletch said:
Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, recording on Victor in 1935, an outfit I doubt anyone but Lizzie knows. The tune: a Sam Coslow trifle called A Little White Gardenia.
3536774176_70bbeba8c1.jpg

For I bring a little white gardenia
As refreshing as a day in May
You may wear it if you care or toss it - away


This is a big radio orchestra, arranged like pure corn syrup, but it just has such taste that the effect is anything but elevator music. Zero processing, zero echo, and the tones of some of the instruments (especially the reeds) have been extinct for decades.

Paige led the house band at KHJ, Los Angeles for many years -- and was also closely identified with "Hollywood Hotel" on CBS. He can be seen onscreen in the Warner movie version of that radio show -- and looks exactly like his music sounds: glossy hair, precise moustache, tuxedo.
 

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