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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.
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The CD presents a selection of their Edison Diamond Disc
recordings from 1924 to 1928.
They feature some great jazz musicians of the period.
There are several hot jazz solos throughout the sessions.
All selections have been digitally restored by Vintage Recordings.
The
California Ramblers (Edison Diamond Disc Recordings) [1920's Jazz Band]
(Recorded 1924- 1928) Encore 4
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01 Lucille (Ed 51388) 1924
02 I’ve A Garden In Sweden (Ed 51443) 1924
03 Could I, I Certainly Could (Ed 51746) 1926
04 Static Strut (Ed 51746) 1926
05 Hard To Get Gertie (Ed 51762) 1926
06 Adorable (Ed 51822) 1926
07 Would Ja (Ed 51824) 1926
08 Ain't She Sweet (Ed 51975) 1927
09 When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo (Ed 52075) 1927
10 Miss Annabelle Lee (Ed 52075) 1927
11 You Don't Like It Not Much (Ed 52097) 1927
12 Blue River (Ed 52105) 1927
13 I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) (Ed 52206) 1928
14 One More Night (Ed 52237) 1928
15 Rhapsody In Rhythm (Ed 52266) 1928
16 Get Out And Get Under The Moon (Ed 52416) 1928
17 Forever (Ed 52437) 1928