A Red Hot Dance Orchestra out of Chicago. Very popular!
Hamp & his Kentucky Serenaders made some great recordings for Victor. A very popular band!
Ray Miller's band was the one that brought Tram into the spotlight for musicians.
Art Kassell had Jimmy McPartland and the Austin High boys who ignored his pleas to play it straight!
Ted and his band were good friends of Bix. He sat in with them quite a bit in his early years.
Sam claimed to have booked more record sessions than anyone during the 1920's. I used to bug the hell out of the poor guy when I was a kid!
SCRAPBOOK JAZZ For years I've been buyimg old scrapbooks with photos of bands from the 1920's & 30's. I thought I'd put up a page with a few photos that you may like. Some are territory bands, others are fairly well known. I have quite a few of these, so perhaps I'll throw in a page every now and then. If you'd like to see more, drop me an email at: scottblackcornet@yahoo.com
Nice photo of Charlie Teagarden (playing) & my favorite, Del Staigers on the far right. Right: Del Staiger's cornet. Note- This photo may have come from Delstaigers.com. I have this article too, but just in case. You gotta give credit when it's due! But, DO check out Del's website!! Wonderful.
<---Del Staigers from an early 1930's broadcast, playing the "Carnival Of Venice". Nothing less than Great!
The Flying Flappers Orchestra. I can't imagine how they all fit in that plane! For about two years, they were a fairly well known group.
The Dolly Sisters. Why? Because it was there.
Husk O'Hare was a Chicago agent and promotor who bought the rights to the name "Wolverines" and made it into Husk O'Hare's Wolverines. By this time the band was mostly what was known as the "Austin High Gang, with Jimmy McP, Tesch and the boys. Husk later went into radio as a bandleader. His signature phrase at the end of each broadcast was:'A smile is worth a million dollars and it doesn't cost a penny.' A nice thought indeed! On the poster above he looks a bit like a demented Edward Everett Horton. His bands recorded for Gennett.
Vincent Lopez & His Orch. - When Paul Whiteman first asked Bix to join his orch in the Spring of 1927, Bix also had an offer from Lopez! He made the right choice.
The man standing next to the guy with the microphone is Irving Mills of Hotsy Totsy Gang fame.
And keeping with the Irving theme, here's Irving Kaufman, who made several recordings with Bix in 1927.
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Yeah Man! RIDE RED. RIDE!
Not much Jazz content here, just a nice image. However, they did have Jack Purvis in the band for a short time. I just don't think they could afford the insurance.
Here we have Dave Harmon & His Band. 1928
Ted tried to sue Bix for naming his band, "and His Gang", It's a joke son, I tell ya, It's just a joke. Ys gotta learn to lighten up and let some of the air out!
HERB WEIDOFT & HIS ORCHESTRA Hard At Work
Sounds like a pretty good show lined up at the State Lake.
Oh, Oh! Fats has lost his jug, And it looks like he has a pretty good idea as to where it ended up!
The early days of Hal Kemp, who had just graduated from college. This is from 1928. The "New York Baton OF Welcome"? I got one of those once ...from the police.
The above photo is a still from a very rare "lost" film entitled "Victorian Girls Gone Wild". The girl with the striped socks later became the mother of Tiny Tim. They're playing along to the latest KAZOO LIPS release, which of course came out on a cylinder record. The young lady on the bottom right was VERY popular on campus. She couldn't play very well, but no one really cared.
