Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 30th Jun 2020

Paul Lavalle composer, arranger, clarinettist and saxophonist, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist with two recordings from NBC's 'Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' radio series. The Phantom Dancer is produced and presented by 1920s-30s singer and actor Greg Poppleton. The show has been on-air over 107.3 2SER Sydney since 1985. You can hear it online from 12:04pm AEST Tuesday 30 June at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ The finyl hour is vinyl.

USIFER

Paul Laval from 1938 and Paul Lavalle after the 1940s was the stagename of Joseph Usifer. He made one record in 1938, a sophisticated swing arrangement in the style of Raymond Scott in 1938. Lavalle won a scholarship to Juilliard and was a student of composition of Joseph Schillinger. He played in many 1930s bands, including one in Havana, Cuba. In 1933 he became an arranger and clarinetist in the NBC house orchestra. His composition Symphonic Rhumba (1939), was broadcast by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski, on December 6, 1942. On this week's Phantom Dancer you'll hear two Lavalle originals,'The Bullfrog and the Finch' and 'The Angie Wangie Blues' broadcast over NBC's Blue Network.

RADIO

Lavalle worked on The Dinah Shore Show (1939–40), The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street (1940–44), Plays for Americans (1942), Highways in Melody, The Stradivari Orchestra (1943), Strictly Business (1940), The Ted Steele Show (1942), and Dough Re Mi (1942-1943). On radio he collaborated with Victor Borge, Mario Lanza, Robert Merrill and Dinah Shore. In November 1944, his jazz composition 'Always' made it to number 29 on the top 40 charts. Paul Lavalle was selected over several applicants to become the conductor of the Band of America in 1948. They performed on the weekly radio program Cities Service Concerts on NBC Radio for eight years and almost 400 programs. Each program began with the introduction: "Forty-eight states... 48 stars... 48 men marching down the main street of everybody's hometown! Here comes the Cities Service Band of America, conducted by Paul Lavalle!"

TV

In 1949, Lavalle and the band became one of the first musical groups to appear weekly on television. On May 18, 1961, Paul Lavalle and the Greatest Band in America joined singer Kay Armen in a 30-minute episode of the ABC-TV series 'Music For a Spring Night' entitled 'Concert in the Park.' Beginning in 1964, the Band of America toured extensively and also became the official band of the 1964 New York World's Fair, an engagement that lasted into 1965. From 1967, he was instrumental in forming the 100-member All-American High School Band (by 1968 known as McDonald's All-American High School Band) which participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Tournament of Roses Parade Lavalle guest conducted many orchestras, including the ABC Symphony, CBS Symphony, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1966 he became the conductor for the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra, and he returned two years later to serve as director of music and as principal conductor until 1975. In 1981 he began conducting the Wilton, Connecticut, Chamber Orchestra. Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is Paul Lavalle's Symphonic Rhumba (1939), broadcast by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski, on December 6, 1942... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlUWKaHQ1e8

30 JUNE PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #443
107.3 2SER Tuesday 30 June 2020 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 - 5:55pm National Program: 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 - 11pm 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 - 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 - 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 - 4am 2SEA Eden Monday 3 - 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 - 4pm 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 - 7pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2MCE Bathurst / Orange / Central West NSW Wednesday 9 - 10am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 - 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Sunday 5 - 6am
Set 1	Swing and Dance Bands on 1937 Radio
Let's Dance (theme) + Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WOR Mutual New York City 21 Oct 1937
Am I Blue?	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	'Saturday Night Swing Club' WABC CBS NY 12 Jun 1937
September In The Rain + Ad + Close	Jack Hylton Orchestra (voc) Dick Mertre + Ad by 'Mrs Goodsort'	'The Rinso Review' International Broadcasting Company London Radio Normandy 26 Dec 1937
Set 2	Count Basie on 1954 - 56 Radio
One O'Clock Jump + You For Me	Count Basie Orchestra	'Treasury Bandstand' American Legion Park, Ephrata Pa WLAN ABC Lancaster Pa 2 Sep 1954
Sent For You Yesterday	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Rushing	'Fifth Anniversary of Birdland' Birdland WRCA NBC NY 16 Dec 1954
All Right OK You Win	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Joe Williams	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 9 Dec 1956
Set 3	The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street WJZ NY 1941
Open + Ida	Henry Levine Dixieland Octet	'The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC NY 30 Jun 1941
The Bullfrog and The Robin	Paul Lavalle Woodwinds	'The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC NY 30 Jun 1941
Angie Wangie Blues + Close	Paul Lavalle Woodwinds	'The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC NY 25 Aug 1941
Set 4	Jazz Radio in 1960
Intro + Love Letters	Rodolfo Alchourron Quartet	'Esto Es Jazz' LR1 Radio el Mundo, Buenos Aires 28 May 1960
Theme + Sweet and Lovely	Lee Konitz	'Jazz International' AFRTS Hollywood 16 Jun 1960
Rhythm A Ning	Thelonius Monk Quintet	'The World Jazz Series' Connie Mack Park WCAU CBS Philadelphia 3 Mar 1960
Set 5	Medium Tempo Swing On 1940s Radio
Bluebirds In The Moonlight	Dick Freeman and his Trocadero Orchestra (voc) Barbara James	Comm Rec Sydney Mar 1940
Together	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Frolics Club Miami AFRS Re-broadcast 18 Jul 1944
I Never Knew	Raymond Scott's Captivators	'Morning Music' WABC CBS NY 10 Jan 1943
Shoo Shoo Baby	Charlie Spivak Orchestra (voc) Irene Day	'One Night Stand' Century Room Commodore Hotel NY AFRS Re-broadcast 1944
Set 6	Small Groups from the Big Bands on the Radio
Sugar	Mel Powell Trio (from the Glenn Miller Orch.)	Comm Rec Paris 1945
The Sad Sack	Gramercy 5 (from the Artie Shaw Orchestra	'Spotlight Bands' Santa Ana Ca ABC Los Angeles 3 Oct 1945
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise	Benny Goodman Trio	'Camel Caravan' WABC CBS NY 3 jan 1939
Wire Brush Stomp	Gene Krupa Trio	'Spotlight Bands' Newport Rhode Island Blue Network 2 Oct 1944
Set 7	Swing From 1930s Germany
Musik! Musik! Musik!	Otto Stenzel von der Scala Berlin mit seinem Tanzorchester (voc) Wilfred Sommer	Comm Rec Berlin 7 Jun 1939
Aus Lauter Liebe	Die Goldene Sieben (voc) Peter Igelhoff	Comm Rec Berlin Jul 1937
Über die Dächer der großen Stadt	Hans Carste Orchestra (voc) Schuricke-Terzett	Comm Rec Berlin 1939
Wenn Wir Uns Einmal Wiederseh'n	Joop Carlquist und sein Hawaiian-Tanzorchester	Comm Rec Berlin 1938
Set 8	Mod Women Jazz Singers On The Air
Once In A While	Sarah Vaughan	'Jazz Club USA' Washington DC 25 Dec 1949
Just A'Sittin' And A'Rockin'	Julie Christie	'One Night Stand' Palladium Ballroom LA AFRS Re-broadcast 27 Nov 1945
Confess	Patti Page	'One Night Stand' Click, Philadelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1948
My Baby Just Cares For Me + The Lady Is A Tramp	Jaye P. Morgan	'Second Timex All-Star Jazz Show' CBS TV 30 Apr 1958