Harry James & Jerry Lewis Dec 10, 1958

Harry James and his Orchestra appear on the short-lived Jerry Lewis Show on Dec 10, 1958.
John Audino on lead trumpet, Ray Sims on trombone, Willie Smith on alto, and Jackie Mills on drums.

[@paradiddlemcflam7167]

Is it just me or is it insane that you can hear Harry above three orchestras. Maybe there was a mike overhead, but it still seems pretty crazy.

[@ChuckParDueMusic]

I've never heard any trumpet player as powerful as Harry.

[@fernmann7]

Doc S in his prime came close. Huge sound.

[@darrellmfume4020]

@@fernmann7 I forgot all about Doc. how could I forget him, with all those crazy looking clothes he would wear on the tonight show 5 nights a week. LOL but a GREAT Trumpet player, nonetheless.

[@darrellmfume4020]

@@fernmann7 I forgot all about Doc. how could I forget him, with all those crazy looking clothes he would wear on the tonight show 5 nights a week. LOL but a GREAT Trumpet player, nonetheless.

[@captaintor7920]

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[@ChuckParDueMusic]

You can't purchase them, that's why I post them here.

[@trallfraz]

Hey, that's Bob Edmonson (of the TJB) on lead bone.

[@justask7676]

At approx. 6:43 the lead bone player looks at his watch. Must have had another gig after this.

[@bizyz]

here i thought all alog that the harry james band had 4 trumpeters plus harry but i see only 3 here. who is the drummer here in this clip,tony nicola?

[@ChuckParDueMusic]

Harry carried three trumpets from 1957-59. Jackie Mills is the drummer.

[@djangorheinhardt]

Was looking to see who was the drummer but you answered before I asked !Any idea who the guitar chair is?

[@ChuckParDueMusic]

Dave Koonce on guitar

[@djangorheinhardt]

@@ChuckParDueMusic wow! Thanks ever so for the quick response.He is not a name I know but I will look him up.I try and play jazz and swing band guitar so I am really interested in the personnel of these great bands.

[@ChuckParDueMusic]

@@djangorheinhardt my good friend Terry Rosen replaced Koonce in 1959.

[@djangorheinhardt]

@@ChuckParDueMusic I go on Jazz guitar worksop/ festivals here in the UK in a place called Wrexham ( actually in Wales ) Many American guitarists have come and it was great seeing them play and even chatting to them at their leisure Some names you might know,Howard Alden, Bucky Pizzerelli ( sadly RIP ) Cory Christianson,Mundelle Lowe ( again RIP ) Jack Wilkins,Ned Boyson,Martin Taylor ,Bass player Chuck Burghoffer,Bobby Broome and the late great Al Viola graced us with his presence for a week.Mundelle Lowe was accompanied by his wife Betty Bennett whom I chatted to quite amiably and I thought what a down to earth lady who knew about music.Then several months later I saw a programme on TV about Andree Previn and low and behold there was Betty,his first and who also was the girl singer with Benny Goodman,and yet she was so down to earth and modest.That is what struck me about all these virtuosos ,that they were so ordinary and polite and modest.The only blot on the music scape was an English guitarist who was so arrogant he left Wrexham with about 62 jazz guitarists,professional and otherwise, who could willingly have throttled him.He played in a UK " trio " but now lives in America and usually plays duets with great players like Larry Carlton etc.They always say " if you cannot say anything good at all about someone ,then you should say nothing at all.... and 62 jazz guitarists will say nothing at all! "

[@djangorheinhardt]

This damn predictive text,Betty Bennett was the first wife of Andree Previn !!

[@bizyz]

harry james was a serious gambler and he may have gone with 3 trumpeters for awhile to save on payroll.who was his piano player that was with james for so long in the 60s into the 70s?

[@ChuckParDueMusic]

Jack Perciful

[@aldinsmore3675]

Jerry Lewis was sickening

[@johnmcilroy6874]

Jackie Mills was one of the great drummers, worked in the heyday of the Hollywood studio orchestras of the 50's and 60's. Jerry Lewis was a horrible " performer". Harry had few peers on trumpet.

[@VoodooDewey69]

I think of Jerry actually got serious he might be able to play the trumpet a little bit

[@darrellmfume4020]

Darrol, I was thinking the same. looking at this, I think Jerry had some potential.