Getting Hot - Joe Venuti's Orchestra (Napoleon's Emperors)

Labelled as being by Joe Venuti's orchestra but in the Victor ledger as Napoleon's Emperors. New York, 23 May 1929. Phil Napoleon, t; Tommy Dorsey, tb; Jimmy Dorsey, cl-as; Joe Venuti, vn; Frank Signorelli, p; Eddie Lang, g; Joe Tarto, bb; Ted Napoleon, d. This is one of numerous Jimmy Dorsey recordings that were property of British reed player Billy Amstell, who met Dorsey in early 1930 in London, became friend and a great admirer. This copy was imported to the UK and sold in Levy's Music Store in Whitechapel. Levy's had an extensive stock of hot records in their British issue, topped up with these imports carrying their own over-label. They also issued a small number of imported masters on their own "Oriole" label in the 1920s and 1930s, and issued some recordings of their own at that time. In later years Levy's Sound Studio was a major producer of independent recordings such as sound effects records. Transferred from an original record in my collection.