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Here is the second of two tracks we didn't have room
for on our collection of Art Hickman's Orchestra, The
San Francisco Sound. It was recorded on September
17, 1919, in the middle of a stretch of six straight
days the ensemble put in at the studio during their
cross-country trip to New York.
This is not the same "In the Gloaming" by Annie Fortesque
Harrison, composed in 1877 and sung by several acoustic-era
artists, such as Roger Harding and Will Oakland. Instead,
it is a waltz by Frederick Knight Logan, one that Hickman's
band recorded on the same day as their other early
waltz, "Sweet and Low." Hickman researcher Bruce Vermazen
had this to say about the track:
"In the Gloaming" is by Frederick Knight
Logan, whose
biggest hit was "Missouri Waltz." He
copies the rhythm of the latter's first strain
here at the beginning of "In the Gloaming." The
very unadventurous
arrangement again passes the lead from instrument
to instrument, but the slide
whistle, mercifully, is farther in the background.
The orchestra recorded at
least two more waltzes during the 1919 sessions,
but they were not released.
With that, our overview of the first half of Hickman's
output is complete. Be sure to check out The
San Francisco Sound and "Sweet
and Low," from the September 2004
Recording of the Month to get the rest.
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