Joseph Anthony (Fud) Livingston (April 10, 1906 - March 25, 1957), Charleston, S.C. was a clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and arranger whose hey day was the 20's and early 30's. Listening to his arrangements from 1926-1930 was an eye opener to me. Fud uses a variety of musical devices from the jazz world and the "modernist" school of composition, resulting in arrangements that are stylistic anomalies. There were elements that were adapted into the classic "swing" big band style or were transmuted into the more bombastic "concerto for trumpet/clarinet" approach that we see in the late 1930's, However, the form itself, with its rapid juxtaposition between earthy blues/jazz and expanded harmonic conceits, largely disappeared.
Playlist:
Ben Pollack and His Californians "Red Hot"(1924) on Victor
Ben Pollack and His Californians "'Deed I Do"(1926) on Victor
Ben Pollack and His Californians "He's the Last Word" (1926) on Victor
The Charleson Chasers "Feelin No Pain" (1927) on Columbia
Miff Mole and His Little Molers "Imagination" (1927) on Okeh
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra "Humpty Dumpty" (1927) on Okeh
The Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band "Sax Appeal" (1927) on Zonophone
All Star Orchestra "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1927) on Victor
Nat Shilkret And His Orchestra "Oh Baby"(1928) on Okeh
Leonard Hayton’s Blue Four "Old Fashioned Girl (In A Gingham Gown)" (1928) on Vocalion
Joe Venuti and His New Yorkers "Doin' Things"(1928) on Okeh
Fred Elizalde and His Music "Singapore Sorrows" (1929) on Parlophone
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Choo Choo"(1930) on Columbia
Bing Crosby "I'm Through With Love"(1931) on Brunswick
Lily Pons "The Blues Danube" (1936) on RKO
Fud Livingston "Moo" (1932) on Arc
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