Summer Evening Serenade - Stanley Black

Memory

Summer Evening Serenade
Stanley Black
Gown on cover by Filcol
Garden Chair on cover by Salterini
London Records LL 1332
1956

For the back cover: Stanley Black was born in London on June 14th, 1913. His musical education began at the Matthay School Of Music, where he studied the pianoforte. After this opening skirmish he went on to work, as pianist and arranger, with various dance-bands and light orchestras, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge both of what kind of music pleased the public taste and of how the public liked it served: hot, sweet, strong, or subtle-flavored. In 1938 (as an example of his thoroughness) he paid a visit to South America to obtain a first-hand knowledge of Latin-American music, and a year later enlisted in the R.A.F. In April 1943 he stepped unobtrusively but firmly into the limelight by taking over the conductor's baton of the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, and during the following years he averaged the astounding total of six programs a week, a physical and mental strain which many dance-band conductors would not care to endure. His orchestra, with his arrangements, supplied the music ( a tremendously important ingredient in the success of a variety show) to such top-line programs as "Much Binding" sagas, "Ray's A Laugh", and scores of others. In 1947 he married the vocalist, Edna Kaye.

From Billboard - April 7, 1956: To noted BBC maestro has cut a pleasant album of mood music, reminiscent of summer evening and balmy breezes. The arrangements are eminently danceable and have showmanship and taste. Included are "Serenade To Eileen," "From Here To Eternity," "Melody Of Love," "Tango Desire," "Siciliano," etc.

Gaviotta
Serenade To Eileen
Siciliano
From Here To Eternity
Memory
Tango Desire
Starlight Serenade
Carbet de Bal
Le Grisbi
Magic Circles
Melody Of Love
Estrellita del Sur