The Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
- The Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
The Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra was one of the earliest orchestras heard on radio. Broadcasts began on WJZ in Newark, New Jersey and continual throughout the 1920s as the network chain was established.On February 4, 1923, "The Washington Post" reported::The Sunday evening concert of the Waldorf-Astoria orchestra numbers, under the leadership of Joseph Knecht, will continue to be broadcast through the month of February, according to a statement made by WJZ, Newark.[ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/193165252.html?dids=193165252:193165252&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=FEB+04%2C+1923&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Broadcasts+by+Waldorf+Orchestra+to+Continue&pqatl=google "The Washington Post", February 4. 1923.] ] ] ]By 1928, the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra was heard Saturdays in the New York area on WABC and WEAF, in Washington, D.C. on WRC and was also heard in Detroit (WWJ), Boston (WEEI) and WCAE (Hartford). The music was usually on at 6pm to provide what was labeled "dinner music," and NBC broadcast it throughout the United States in the 1930s. Minus a brass section, the 1932 orchestra that Jack Denny helmed at the Waldorf-Astoria employed three pianos, clarinets, saxophones, strings and possibly a French horn or oboe. Denny and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra recorded on Victor in 1932 and appeared in the movie "Moonlight and Pretzels" in 1933.[ [http://www.oldetimecooking.com/Music/xavier_cugat.htm "Xavier Cugat: The King of the Rhumba"] ] [ [http://www.dismuke.org/how/prev6-07.html Dismuke: Jack Denny] ] [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024348/ IMDb: Moonlight and Pretzels] ] ]Denny departed when Xavier Cugat's Orchestra began creating a stir at the Waldorf-Astoria. Cugat never had a contract with the Waldorf-Astoria, but his band reigned supreme there for 16 years. He began with a salary of $500 per week which escalated to $7,000 per week plus a percentage of the door.References
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* [http://www.dismuke.net/musicfiles/howmusic/nightjackdenny.ram "Night," Jack Denny and the Waldorf Astoria Orchestra with Frank Luther vocal]
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