Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
The California Ramblers play "California, Here I Come", featuring fine solos by Bobby Davis (alto sax), Bill Moore (muted trumpet) and the great Adrian Rollini (bass sax).
The unusual sounding reed instrument heard leading in the passage from 1:21 to 1:59 isn't a saxophone or an oboe (it's not Bobby Davis on soprano sax and it's not Stan King on kazoo either!). It sounds rather like a shawm to me (a soprano shawm to be precise!).
Nice quality late acoustic recording. This is the British release (the original American release is Columbia 67-D.
THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS
Arthur Hand, violin, directing: Frank Cush and Bill Moore - trumpets / Lloyd "Ole" Olsen - trombone / Bobby Davis - alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet / Arnold Brilhart - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax, clarinet / Freddy Cusick - tenor sax, clarinet / Adrian Rollini - bass sax / Irving Brodsky - piano / Ray Kitchingman - banjo / Stan King, drums
Recorded in New York, January 17th, 1924
81491-2…….California, Here I Come…….Columbia 3419
The California Ramblers play "California, Here I Come", featuring fine solos by Bobby Davis (alto sax), Bill Moore (muted trumpet) and the great Adrian Rollini (bass sax).
The unusual sounding reed instrument heard leading in the passage from 1:21 to 1:59 isn't a saxophone or an oboe (it's not Bobby Davis on soprano sax and it's not Stan King on kazoo either!). It sounds rather like a shawm to me (a soprano shawm to be precise!).
Nice quality late acoustic recording. This is the British release (the original American release is Columbia 67-D.
THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS
Arthur Hand, violin, directing: Frank Cush and Bill Moore - trumpets / Lloyd "Ole" Olsen - trombone / Bobby Davis - alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet / Arnold Brilhart - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax, clarinet / Freddy Cusick - tenor sax, clarinet / Adrian Rollini - bass sax / Irving Brodsky - piano / Ray Kitchingman - banjo / Stan King, drums
Recorded in New York, January 17th, 1924
81491-2…….California, Here I Come…….Columbia 3419
