The California Ramblers
Two major myths surround the California Ramblers band that recorded for the Edison record company in the mid-'20s. First, despite the fact that both Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey served tenures with the group, this was not the Dorsey Brothers' college band immortalized in their Hollywood biopic. Secondly, 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 California Ramblers were one of the very first big bands on record to aim for dance music with strong jazz overtones. Although Paul Whiteman and Jean Goldkette (both of whom employed Bix Beiderbecke at various junctures) were mining this turf around the same period, their recordings sound almost quaint in comparison to the Ramblers. 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 the aforementioned Dorsey brothers, Red Nichols, the straight-ahead rhythm of banjoist 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.
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Up And At 'Em - The Hottest Of The California Ramblers On Edison
Jazz - Paru chez Retrieval le 6 sept. 2011
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Stockholm Stomp (Recordings 1926 - 1927)
Jazz - Paru chez HotJazz le 30 juin 2019
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Jazz Of The Roaring Twenties, Vol. 2
Phil Napolean And His Orchestra, The California Ramblers
Jazz - Paru chez CoolNote le 1 janv. 2000
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The California Ramblers 1925-1928
Jazz - Paru chez Timeless Records le 9 juil. 2008
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Button up Your Overcoat (Recordings 1928 - 1929)
Jazz - Paru chez HotJazz le 30 juin 2019
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The California Ramblers (Edison Laterals 2)
Jazz - Paru chez Diamond cut productions le 1 janv. 1994
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I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Pop - Paru chez Musicnology le 1 août 2020
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The Roaring Twenties: Dance Music Of The Charleston Era
Jazz - Paru chez Perennial le 30 sept. 2008
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I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Pop - Paru chez Musicnology le 1 août 2020
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The Roaring Twenties (Mono Version)
Pop - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1954
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Looking Back
Country - Paru chez The California Ramblers le 26 févr. 2010
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Ev'rything Is Hotsy-Totsy Now (Recordings 1923 - 1925)
Jazz - Paru chez HotJazz le 30 juin 2019
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Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie! (Recordings 1925 - 1926)
Pop - Paru chez HotJazz le 30 juin 2019
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Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey With The California Ramblers
Jazz - Paru chez CoolNote le 30 sept. 2008
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Miss Annabelle Lee (Recordings 1927 - 1928)
Jazz - Paru chez HotJazz le 30 juin 2019
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Miss Annabelle Lee
Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) - Paru chez PnR le 30 sept. 2011
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