Frankie Carle & His Orchestra 1947

Some nice piano playing from Frankie Carle on this vintage 1947 clip.
Frankie Carle (March 25, 1903--March 7, 2001) was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard", He started out working with a number of mainstream dance bands. He received attention when he joined Horace Heidt's band, later becoming co-leader of the band.
He left Heidt's band in 1944 to form his own. His daughter, Marjorie Hughes, was the lead female singer. Carle had several major hits in the 1940s and early 1950s, including his theme song, "Sunrise Serenade" and "Oh! What It Seemed To Be!" His band disbanded after 1955 and he performed mainly as a soloist thereafter. Carle died of natural causes in Mesa, Arizona in 2001 at the age of 98.

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[AlucardxSabrina]

I am 82 yrs. old & never had the pleasure of hearing him live. What a thrill that would have been. I was born in Prov., R.I. & this talent of Frankie Carle makes me ever so proud. I wish I could have seen hin live!

[callmeBe]

I really hate the sweet bands, but once in awhile a group like Carl or S. Kay would come out with some reasonably fine material. A very nice and tasteful arrangement here! Of note for me is how the arranger voiced the brass-as there are only 3 trpts and 3 bones--so not a lot of room for "color" added notes to a chord. You tend to pick them up by fairly close spacing with trbn1 to trpt 3 and keeping to tutti sections for any brass sting. The swing bands of the middle 30's did lived off that.

[cvwtzhaar]

Wonderful!