The California Ramblers (Original Disc Recordings) [1924-1925] Enc.1 (Listen) CD

Description: We combine shipping on all purchased items. It is now automatically calculated and discounted based on your location. The California Ramblers were one of the very first big bands on record to aim for dance music with strong jazz overtones. The group was not from California (by all reports they never even played in that state), but formed in Ohio by banjoist Ray Kitchenman in 1921. The band had a drumming dynamo in Stan King, an early playing partner of Benny Goodman's, whose rock-solid beat induced dancing. On bass saxophone was Adrian Rollini, a musical genius who could shine on multiple instruments. Add to this lineup were the Dorsey brothers, Red Nichols, the straight-ahead rhythm of banjoist Ray Kitchenman and clarinetist Fud Livingston (comedian Jerry Colonna served a brief tenure with the band on trombone before finding his true leather-lunged calling) and you have a society dance band with real bite and verve. They also hold a parenthetical place in jazz history, hiring trumpet man Bill Moore, one of the first African American jazz musician to work with a white band. Although their time in the limelight was brief, with several of their members going on to bigger and better things by decade's end, the California Ramblers stand as the quintessential white dance band of the 1920s. ***************************************** The CD presents a selection of their Original Disc recordings made in 1924 to 1925.

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida

End Time: 2024-03-07T23:57:55.000Z

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