Jean Goldkette - Proud Of A Baby Like You, 1927

[MrRJDB1969]

Excellent vocal group !!

[fromthesidelines]

Recorded on January 28, 1927, arranged by the great Bill Challis...

[teebeesea]

Great Bix solo...and how he leads the brass is just stunning! BTW this is about the scarcest Goldkette 78 with Bix of the commercially issued sides...the original had a very small pressing run.

[betteroffsingle]

Records of the period are a bit sketchy at best. One source claims his birth as

1899, and that he came to the USA from France. ??

[davidglow3]

Goldkette was French,but born in Patras Greece and bought up in Greece and Russia,before emigrating to US in 1911.He had a Frech accent when speaking English

[Corrie121]

Great post.

Thanks for sharing.

[240252]

Thanks Corrie! Keller Sisters and Lynch are my favourities among vocal groups of the Roaring Twenties.

[dzheger]

Beautiful bouncy fox. Interesting how the lively orchestra goes almost silent when the singing takes place. And Goldkette doesn't sound like a Greek name --was his father German (or Jewish)?

[240252]

D., I don't know anything about his parents. The name "Goldkette" sounds a little loike a humorous self-parody and it's possible that Goldkette - whose real name could be Gold or any similar version - made it up for artistical reasons. In my available sources I didn't find more beyond what I wrote.

[Masquerade03]

It is true what Barbcard says, it is a very interesting mix of talents Goldkette, Keller sisters and Lynch and the big big Bix!

[240252]

Yes, it';s a fantastic mixture and this recording belongs to their best.

[barbcard]

Jazzy, very lively melange of styles. I would never have guessed that was a Bix solo.

[fromthesidelines]

Recorded on January 28, 1927, featuring a great Bill Challis arrangement, a unique vocal by "Nan", "Taddy", and Frank- and a memorable solo by Bix Beiderbecke at 2:24. One of the finest of the Goldkette sides...