Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
The Coon -Sanders Original Nighthawks Orchestra (short The Nighthawks ) was an American jazz and dance band of the 1920s and 1930 's.
Band History
The Coon -Sanders Original Nighthawks Orchestra was the first band in the style of Kansas City Jazz, which gained national attention, as their performances were broadcast on the radio; at the same time she was also one of the first bands that benefited from the possibilities of radio. The band was founded in 1919 as "The Coon -Sanders Novelty Orchestra" by drummer Carleton Coon and pianist Joe Sanders.
Coon (1894-1932) grew up in Lexington (Missouri ); Sanders (1894-1965) was born in Kansas. A first radio broadcast was in 1921 at the instigation of an urban newspaper. The appearance of her orchestra in Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, where they had a longer commitment, was first transmitted in 1922 in the sending Midwestern radio station WDAF program. In 1923, the saxophonist Orville Knapp in the band. Since the program has been transferred between the nighttime 23.30 und 1.00 clock, they received the nickname Nighthawks. Soon the first radio fan club was created; In 1924 it had 37,000 members Nighthawks Club. The fans were asked to send their song requests by letter, telephone or telegram. This success led to a Western Union ticker tape between Sanders' piano and Coon Drum dropped and telegrams could be acknowledged during the radio recordings. Their song " Nighthawk Blues" contained the lines: "Tune right in on the radio / grave a telegram and say, Hello. '"
1924 left the band in Kansas City for a three-month commitment to the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago. In the same year, the orchestra finally moved to Chicago when she, the first contractor they had a record deal with the new Music Corporation of America. 1926 came the Nighthawks in the Blackhawk Hotel in Chicago. At that time, played in the band alongside Sanders and Coon trumpeters Joe Rich Olson and Bob Pope, the trombonist Rex Downing, the saxophonist Harold Thiell, Joe Thiell and Floyd Estep, Russ Stout, ( banjo and guitar) and the tuba player "pop" Estep. In the following years, the Nighthawks occurred every winter in Blackhawk, the daily performances each night were sent from the radio station WGN, otherwise they went nationwide on successful tours. Meanwhile, they were known throughout the country, their records published by Victor Records.
Later, the band went to New York City to perform there eleven months at the Hotel New Yorker; the radio recordings were then transferred from CBS. At the height of their popularity the band members had identical Cord automobiles, each in a different color, with the band and the owner on the roof of the name. This phase ended in 1932 but abupt, as Carleton Coon died due to a jaw infection on May 3.
Joe Sanders took over the management of the band under the name " Joe Sanders Original Nighthawkers "; though it in August 1936 with his version of the standard These Foolish Things ( Remind Me of You ) still managed a hit (# 17), but left the audience's attention after, and during the Depression era sparked Sanders the orchestra. In 1935, he founded his own group that existed until the early 40s, after which he worked mainly as a studio musician. Health problems ended his career, he died in May 1965 in Kansas City.
Disco printing specifications
- Nighthawk Blues ( Broadway)