Added: Jul 7, 2008
From: kspm01
Duration: 3:1
Golden Gate Orchestra was a pseudonym for the California Ramblers, one of the fantastic, but not well-known orchestras during the 20's. This great selection, so typical for the Roaring Twenties, was recorded for Edison on April 22nd, 1925. Vocal by Arthur Hall. The group invcluded a great amount of excellent musicians (not all on this recording though): Oscar Adler, Larry Kosky, Joe LaFaro and Al Duffy, violin; Phil Napoleon, Lloyd Baker, Tony Gianelli, Roy Johnston, Al King, Bill Moore, Frank Cush, Chelsea Quealey, Tony Russo, Fred van Eps jr. and Angie Rattiner, trumpet; William Borchers, alto and tenor saxophone; Jimmy Dorsey, Carl Orech, Jimmy Duff, Buddy Wagner and Arnold Brilhart, clarinet and alto saxophone; Irving Brodsky, Lennie Hayton, Jack Russin, Preston Sargeant and Chauncey Gray, piano; Spencer Clark, bass saxophone; Fred Cusick, clarinet and tenor Saxophone; Bobby Davis, clarinet and soprano and alto saxophone; Tommy Dorsey, trombone; Buddy Drown, Sam Ruby, Sylvan Salomon and Fud Livingston, tenor saxophone; Bob Fallon and Harold Marcus, alto saxophone; Tommy Felline and Ray Kitchingham, banjo; Miff Mole, Jim Gilliland, Ivan Johnston, Abe Lincoln, Eddie Lappe, Carl Loeffler, George Troup, Herb Winfield, Al Philburn and Reg Harrington, trombone; Jack Hansen, Otto Yedla and José Torres, tuba; Stan King and Herb Well, drums and kazoo; Ward Lay, bass; Max MacIntosh, drums; Red Nichols, trumpet and cornet; Pete Pumiglio, soprano and alto saxophone; Adrian Rollini, bass saxophone, goofus and hot fountain pen.
Channel: Music
Tags: 78rpm flapper gate golden orchestra the wife
Rating: 5.00 (14 ratings) Views: 1439' favoriteCount='9 Comments: 10
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Very welcome! This is so quintessential 20's isn't it.
idasynco Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - I'm in a whirl over this one!! thx
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - So glad you like this whirling song :-)
edgrosso Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Not a well know orchestra, but the musicians certainly were. Phil Napoleon (lead had a great dixieland band at Nick's in Greenwich Village) Mole, Dorsey, RolLinii (I'd love to hear the fountain pen), and Nicols, who, with his "Five Pennies" became better known as a cornet player. What a group! Thanks for posting this classic.
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - You're right, it's a whole bunch of big names together. So glad you liked it!
storytimewithcathy Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - YAY!! Thanks for posting this wonderful song! Love it!! : )It great to see that I am not alone in my good taste in music!
genia106 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - PERFECT start for my Friday night festivities and my weekend! I love the BANJO and the snappy sizzling jazzy orchestration and especially that it has that vintage sound. I know what a kazoo is, but what on earth is a goofus and a hot fountain pen? :)Something to sign HOT autographs with for Hot! Hot! Melting Flappers or for writing down their phone numbers? Thank you Patrick.
genia106 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - An organic banana for the monkey. Please....
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Great sizzling tune isn't it? Thanks to the internet I'm able to solve a couple of mysteries. The red hot fountain pen was a kind of miniature clarinet (small enough to fit in a pocket) with a saxophone mouthpiece. Goofus - a kind of two-octave keyboard-mouth-organ, manufactured in France in the 20's and played by blowing directly into it, or through a length of tubing that allows the instrument to be laid flat on the stage. Adrian Rollini, who features it to great effect, favored this method.
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - No need, your comment has appeared :-)
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Great to read that you love this music as well - I've been adding quite a lot of 20's and early 30's stuff on my channel. Thanks for commenting and looking forward to the next chapters of "The Flapper Wife" you read with so much verve on your channel :-)
coc177 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - une musique d'un autre temps, ainsi que la voix !Un vrai voyage dans le temps !
laughland Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - What a treat! Another great effort by a great band.
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Les Années Folles par excellence, j'adore!
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Thank you! I agree this performance is delightful.
FrankCicalese Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Thanks for posting this. Al Duffy was my violin coach (I was only one of only two students that I am aware of). It's great to see someone keeping this great era of music alive! Al could play anything from classical to jazz, had perfect pitch and could read any score at first sight. His improvisations were awesome! I'm honored to have been his student. He passed December 22nd, 2007 at the age of 100.
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Very welcome. Thanks a lot for sharing your personal memories about Al Duffy!
EdisonSquirrel Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - One of my favorite Edison dance band records!
kspm01 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Mine as well, displaying such sparkling 20's flavor, isn't it.
norfolk03 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Great fun! Thanks!