I was in a store in Philadelphia I must have been 16 and Mike Pingatore's banjo was for sale for like $200.00 . that was a lot of dough then almost 2 grand. I wish i would have had the scratch. Whitemans band is almost forgotten today but he was amazing , his orchestra did the first concert of Gershwins Rhapsoday In Blue at the Aeolion theater with Gershwin playing it was the premire performance. It was brilliant
I met a fellow with the same name some time ago, Mike Pingatore. I said I’d heard of a banjo player in the 1920’s with that name. Yes, he said, my grandfather’s brother.
Interesting banjo lore. 1920s style tenor and plectrum banjos are still pretty common in Philly today thanks to mummer string bands which use them heavily. I know some players who have Paramount banjos like Mike Pingatore seems to be playing here.
Outstanding and the best version of this song! Thanks for posting, Julian. This was one of the few recordings of his that were well-recorded. This was multi-channel mixing on film, long before the record companies added it! Indeed, film audio was overdubbed first. Note the piano pickup.
Henry Busse can be seen and heard at 1:20, with a characteristic shuffle rhythm arrangement to back him up. At 1:58 we get a look at Mike Pingitore, Whiteman's banjo player.
Mike Pingitore was with Whiteman on the very early first Victor records from 1920 and still with the orchestra continuously up into the 1940’s and still playing his banjo which had been replaced in most orchestras by a guitar years earlier.
About a year ago I met someone with the same name. I said I knew of a banjo player in the 1920's named Mike Pingitore. Yes, he replied, my grandfather!
Whiteman, unlike most other dance bands of the era, had the advantage of 3 dozen musicians in his orchestra. Rather than focusing on improvisations like other jazz musicians, he instead chose to mix the improv-reliant nature of jazz with the formal orchestration of classical music. The resuls? Performances like never seen before. From what was once considered a "bunch of jungle noises" became the icon of an era.
only ignorant idiots ever once considered anything a "bunch of jungle noises." Just because the idiots may have had social status or media jobs didn't make them accurate; in fact hindsight - as it often does - has proven them to be the ignoramus' they were.
Paul ( Pops) Whiteman is a hidden legend..love from Chicago,Illinois. It's hard to find 20's stuff.
Truly, the King of them all!
sure Mack, lol
FABULOUS Paul Whiteman! The best of them ALL!
I was in a store in Philadelphia I must have been 16 and Mike Pingatore's banjo was for sale for like $200.00 . that was a lot of dough then almost 2 grand. I wish i would have had the scratch. Whitemans band is almost forgotten today but he was amazing ,
his orchestra did the first concert of Gershwins Rhapsoday In Blue at the Aeolion theater with Gershwin playing it was the premire performance. It was brilliant
I met a fellow with the same name some time ago, Mike Pingatore. I said I’d heard of a banjo player in the 1920’s with that name. Yes, he said, my grandfather’s brother.
Interesting banjo lore. 1920s style tenor and plectrum banjos are still pretty common in Philly today thanks to mummer string bands which use them heavily. I know some players who have Paramount banjos like Mike Pingatore seems to be playing here.
Mike's banjo is in the Williams College Whiteman collection library along with one of the two mini pianos the Rhythm Boys used
Best quality sound from Whiteman. Can hear instruments clearly.
Vitaphone had good fidelity.
Thats because this is from 1947
@@Tmanaz480United Artists. Period styled arrangement by Bill Finegan.
I see the Dorsey brothers in the band
Outstanding and the best version of this song! Thanks for posting, Julian. This was one of the few recordings of his that were well-recorded. This was multi-channel mixing on film, long before the record companies added it! Indeed, film audio was overdubbed first. Note the piano pickup.
The Great Paul Whiteman!
Holy crap, that baton is massive.
I think it got bigger & bigger as Paul aged, the way noses & ears do on some people. haha
So was Cab Calloway's baton.
I just realized, wow
Strictly for show. I think he followed more than led.
Henry Busse can be seen and heard at 1:20, with a characteristic shuffle rhythm arrangement to back him up.
At 1:58 we get a look at Mike Pingitore, Whiteman's banjo player.
00:54 Tommy Dorsey on trombone. And Jack Teagarden.
@@lemokolyonJimmy Dorsey on saxophone.
@@lemokolyonI don't know who that is, but it definitely isn't Teagarden.
Mike Pingitore was with Whiteman on the very early first Victor records from 1920 and still with the orchestra continuously up into the 1940’s and still playing his banjo which had been replaced in most orchestras by a guitar years earlier.
About a year ago I met someone with the same name. I said I knew of a banjo player in the 1920's named Mike Pingitore. Yes, he replied, my grandfather!
swing it boys! great song, great arrangment, great playing! there are words, patti page sings it, so does doris day
brilliant arrangement!
Brilliant recording on film! Disc recording was waaaay behind in technology.
Bill Finegan
For being made in the 40s, the sound quality is amazing. Not sure how the orchestra was mic’d up but damn, the mix sounds incredible.
Whiteman provided well-paying jobs and security to talented musicians for a long time.
Same for Lawrence Welk. He hired terrific musicians even if his music was lamentable to many of us.
Whiteman, unlike most other dance bands of the era, had the advantage of 3 dozen musicians in his orchestra. Rather than focusing on improvisations like other jazz musicians, he instead chose to mix the improv-reliant nature of jazz with the formal orchestration of classical music. The resuls? Performances like never seen before. From what was once considered a "bunch of jungle noises" became the icon of an era.
only ignorant idiots ever once considered anything a "bunch of jungle noises." Just because the idiots may have had social status or media jobs didn't make them accurate; in fact hindsight - as it often does - has proven them to be the ignoramus' they were.
& featured instruments.
Potęga potęga potęga!!!
Paul Whiteman
& his WHITE MEN 😍
ALL Kings of Jazz 🤗
Once upon a time...
kinda the granddaddy of the big bands.
Was this ever released on Record?
Such a shame that movie producers in the 40s thought that audiences would not accept a band playing in the authentic style of the 20s.
1930s or 1940s?
Early 40s
I would guess 1947. Probably part of a Dorsey Brothers bio film.
Late 40's. The arrangement was done by Bill Finegan for the film.
Whiteman... An absolute genius!
arrangements!
@@Glinkaism1Period styled arrangement by Bill Finegan commissioned by TD.