70 years ago, on the 13th of June 1938, Oscar Alemán took part as a sideman in a recording session
in Paris for the Swing label. The session may have been organized by Charles Delauney, head of Disques Swing and the Hot Club du France.
The recordings were labeled as EDDIE BRUNNER ET SON ORCHESTRE and were issued on three 78 rpms, SWING SW 30 , SW 41 and SW 55.
Five tunes were recorded: IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN (mx OSW-27-1), I DOUBLE DARE YOU (mx OSW-28-1), BAGATELLE (mx OSW-29-1),
MONTMARTRE BLUES (mx OSW-30-1) and MARGIE (mx OSW-31-1, a second take was rejected).
According to available discographical info participating musicians were as follows:
Eddie Brunner (cl ts dir), Bill Coleman (tp), Alix Combelle (ts), Noël Chiboust (ts), Herman Chittison (p),
Oscar Alemán (g), Roger Grasset (b), Tommy Benford (dm). You check the online Oscar Alemán discography for further details.
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