Skinnay Ennis Salutes Hal Kemp

 

Got A Date With An Angel

Skinnay Ennis Salutes Hal Kemp

Arranged by Alan Ferguson

Philips Records PHM 200-002

From the back cover: About Hal Kemp – Bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, clarinetist, Hal Kemp was born March 27, 1904 in Marion, Alabama. He died tragically, in an automobile accident, at Madera, California on December 21, 1940.

Hal organized his first band at the University of North Carolina in 1923. From that date until his death he played every top hotel in the United States, from the Taft in New York City and the Palmer House in Chicago to the Adolphus in Dallas. Hal Kemp was featured, too, on a host of radio shows and he appeared in several movies. He composed both words and music to his theme "(How I'll Miss You) When Summer is Gone" and "In Dutch With The Duchess."

The unique and intensely personal style of the Hal Kemp Orchestra will live on. And this album, presented by the most authoritative Kemp Alumnus, Skinnay Ennis, is an impressive and meritorious production to perpetuate the memory of Hal Kemp's music.

About Skinnay Ennis – Personable, likable vocalist-bandleader Skinnay Ennis is far too well-know, internationally, to need any introduction.

However, very few people realized that Skinnay has been leading his own orchestra, so very successfully, for such a long time. The first Skinnay Ennis band made its appearance as long ago as 1938! Before that Skinnay was a member of the Hal Kemp Orchestra for no less than 13 years. No musician is more qualified to re-create, authentically, in modern recording techniques, the unique and distinctive Hal Kemp sound.

Got A Date With An Angel (Skinnay Ennis Theme)

A Foggy Day

You've Got Me Crying Again

Scatter-Brain

Breathles

I've Got You Under My Skin

Love For Sale

Whispers In The Dark

Rhythm Is Our Business

Cheek To Cheek

When Did You Leave Heaven

(How I Miss You) When Summer Is Gone)