Freddy Martin others), which featured the band's pianists Jack Fina, Murray Arnold, and Barclay Allen. In 1946 he recorded "Dingbat the Singing Cat" adapted from Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", and later recorded "A Lover's Concerto", adapted from baroque composer Christian Petzold's "Minuet in G major", two decades before pop group The Toys released it. At this time, Martin enlarged the orchestra to a strength of six violins, four brasses, and a like number of saxes. His band's first hits included "Intermezzo" and "the Hut-Sut Song". Martin was nicknamed "Mr. Silvertone" by saxophonist Johnny Hodges. Chu Berry named Martin his favorite saxophonist.
Minuet in G (Paderewski) Minuet in G (Paderewski) The Minuet in G, Op. 14/1, is a short piano composition by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, which became world-famous, overshadowing his more major works such as the Symphony in B minor "Polonia", the Piano Concerto in A minor, and the opera "Manru". The John Philip Sousa band performed a transcription of the piece in Rochester, NY on November 12, 1894. (Warfield 2011, p. 310). The minuet was written in 1887, the first of six pieces making up his "Humoresques de concert", Op. 14. The full set is in two books: Book I ("à l'Antique") Book II ("moderne")