Just A few Items I've Dug Up In The Papers. Mostly Goldkette.
At Least Artie Was Decent Enough To Give It Up, Instead Of Cashing In!
<---A Little Goldkette
Interesting Info About Pee Wee Hunt
A Poem I Found From 1925 About Booze. But Not The Same Bix.
Nice Little Ad About Jean Goldkette. This Was From 1919!
Here Is Jean Goldkette's Orchestra From 1920!
Isn't Everybody?
I Wonder Who Came Up With That One?
Even Russ Morgan Came Out With "Tall Tales" About Bix. I Have Several He Put Into Print Over The Years. Oh Well.
Charlie Spivak Was A Damned Fine Trumpet Player. But As Bix? I Just Can't See It.
Jean Goldkette With A 50 Piece Orchestra? If He Thought The Victor Band Was Expensive......!
DID YOU KNOW? - At least a couple of times the Goldkette Orchestra ended up stranded on the road. The money from the home office didn't arrive on time, for whatever reason. Both times took place in May of 1927. In Ithaca, New York, the band was saved by Spiegle Willcox's father, who gave the band a loan to get them back on the road. The other time was when the band played at the Cloister Club at Princeton. This time they were saved by Fletcher Henderson! "Smack" and his boys were also at Princeton that weekend playing for one of the traditional Princeton "House Parties" that are held every May. Bix visited his pals during every break. Fletcher saved the day with a loan. A truly wonderful guy.
Fuzzy's Final Farewell.
One Of The Many Obits Of Goldkette On File.
This Certainly Looks Like A Fine Way To Spend The Day! Who Knows.. It Might Still be Going On.
The Infamous "Battle Of The Bands" That The Goldkette Boys Lost!
Here's A Real Head Scratcher For You. Bix Wrote "Copenhagen"? The Published Stock Was Taken From The Wolverines Recording. Since Bix Arranged All Of The Wolverines Numbers, Probably A Section He Added Accounts For This Statement.
Jazz Musicians? Bah!
He's my hero! Hey, that reminds me of something. I let Chubby borrow my Kazoo Lips CD's and I haven't seen them since!
