1919 PARAMOUNT Pietro CAPODIFERRO Cornet RUDY WIEDOEFT SAXOPHOBIA / Switzerland
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Description
A series of great JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records
Great Ragtime by Jazz Saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft on rare early 1919 Lateral Paramount:
his signature Ragtime: SAXOPHOBIA
Paramount 33071
A Rudy Wiedoeft– Saxophobia
B Pietro Capodiferro– Souvenir Of Switzerland
Notes
A: Saxophone solo
B: Cornet solo
Paramount 33071 15.10.1919
Pietro Capodiferro (October 13, 1882 – May 10, 1953) was an American trumpeter, cornetist and recording artist. He was the principal trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1912 to 1919.
Pietro Capodiferro was born in Acquaviva, Bari, Italy on October 13, 1882, the son of Vito Antonio Capodiferro (1854-1925) and Nunziata Maria Giandomenico (1858-19??).[1] Pietro and his father emigrated to the United States in 1898 while his mother and siblings emigrated in 1900. They settled in Manhattan, New York.
Performance career
Pietro Capodiferro began his musical career as trumpeter with the Twenty-Second Regiment Band.[1] In 1902 he was principal trumpet with the New York Symphony Society Orchestra, succeeding Albert Bode. In 1906 he was trumpeter with the Manhattan Opera House, a competitor of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 1912 he became principal trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, succeeding Jacob Hagar. He remained in that position through 1919,[2] eventually leaving due to an illness.[3] After his tenure there, he became director of the orchestra of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company.
In 1914, he was listed as a member of Nahan Franko's band.[1] In 1920, he became principal trumpet with the New Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Bodanzky. From 1920-1926 he was principal trumpet with The Capital Theater.[1] In the late 1920's he was principal trumpet with the Roxy Symphony Orchestra. During the late 1920's and early 1930's he was a New York City based radio musician.[3] On July 15 and 16 he was guest cornet soloist with the famous Goldman Band of New York.[4] There is no specified cornet solo listed on the program, but he was known to have already recorded Rossini's "Inflammatus" from Stabat Mater,[5] a piece frequently performed by the Goldman Band. He also performed with the Goldman Band cornet trio, performing Victor Herbert's "The Three Solitaires" along with fellow cornetists David Rosebrook and Frank Elsass.[4]
Rudolph "Rudy" Cornelius Wiedoeft (January 3, 1893 - February 18, 1940) was a U.S. saxophonist.
Rudy Wiedoeft, 1919Born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of German immigrants, at a young age Wiedoeft started playing with his family orchestra, first on violin, then on clarinet. He moved to New York City and switched to saxophone, then still an unusual instrument. He became known as a virtuoso saxophonist in the 1910s, made more than 300 recordings for many different record labels, and did much to popularize the saxophone as an instrument in both the U.S. and overseas. His chief instrument was the C melody saxophone, a variety which was immensely popular from the 1910s until the U.S. stock market crash of October 1929. He also played and recorded a little on the E-flat alto and B-flat soprano as well.
His style was noted for very rapid runs of well articulated notes in between long lush legato phrases in a ragtime influenced style. He was also known for his style of vibrato, which was very wide in the later years of his playing. It is worth noting that in his earlier years, Wiedoeft's use of vibrato was quite spare and rather narrow. While he incorporated some elements of early jazz into his playing, he remained stylistically a pre-jazz artist. Some of his original compositions were hits in their day, notably Valse Erica, Valse Llewellyn, Saxema, Saxophobia, and Sax-o-Phun.
He remained a very popular entertainer into the 1920s and performed regularly on radio, but his style started to sound more and more dated to the public as his career continued into the 1930s. He worked for a while in Rudy Vallee's band, then for a while in France. From the mid-1930's on, he essentially stopped playing and was involved in several mining investments, that unfortunately, did not prove successful.
Rudy and his wife Mary Wiedoeft had a difficult relationship partially due to difficulties in maintaining their rather flamboyant lifestyle and alcohol abuse. In 1937, he was nearly killed when he was stabbed by his wife. The couple reconciled though, and in the same year Rudy made his last radio appearance. He died in Flushing, New York in 1940 from cirrhosis of the liver.
In the 1920's, the Holton Instrument Company took features from existing production model saxophones and marketed them as the "Rudy Wiedoeft Model". However, it is doubtful Wiedoeft actually performed on such instruments.
Several of Wiedoefts siblings also became professional musicians, the most famous being West coast bandleader Herb Wiedoeft (1886-1928).
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