CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS - Static Strut

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Writers: Jack Yellen, Phil Wall
Publisher: Ager, Yellen & Bornstein

Roy Johnston, trumpet
Abe Lincoln, trombone
Bobby Davis, cl, ss, as
Bunny Drown, ts
Adrian Rollini, bsx
Jack Russin, p
Tommy Fellini, bj
Herb Weil, drums.

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New York, April 23, 1926


Pianist Phil Wall was a good friend of trumpeter Sylvester "Hooley" Ahola. In the Fall of 1925, Phil and Hooley were members of Ruby Newman's orchestra at the Buckminster Hotel in Boston, MA, and became good friends. Just prior to that engagement, during the summer of 1925, Hooley had been a member of Lou Calabrese's band at the Casino, Newport, Rhode Island.
At the end of the summer, the Lou Calabrese and Paul Specht orchestras engaged in a battle of the bands, and Specht had a chance to see Hooley in action. Specht realized that Hooley was an excellent musician -equally adept at handling hot solos and straight scores- and wanted to hire him for his band. However, Hooley was already committed to join Ruby Newman's band. During the fall of 1925, Specht bombarded Hooley with telegrams asking him to join the band in New York. Finally, at the end of December 1925, Hooley accepted the offer, and he and Phil Wall joined Paul Specht at the Moulin Rouge Café on Broadway.
In addition to his remarkable talent for music, Sylvester Ahola was mechanically inclined. As a 15-year old high school student, he obtained his Amateur Wireless Operator's License, and two years later, he secured a First Class Commercial License. Hooley was also interested in photography and aviation. He conveyed to Phil Wall his excitement about radio transmission and, in recognition of his friend's enthusiasm, Phil named his newly composed tune Static Strut, a reference to interference of radio reception by lightning and other sources of electromagnetic radiation. A few years later, Phil Wall also became a "radio ham."
- Albert Haim

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Music

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• 1926
• CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS
• GOLDEN GATE ORCHESTRA
• FOX-TROT
• JAZZ
• 1920'S
• EDISON EDISON DIAMOND DISC
• ROLLINI
• CHARLESTON
• BIX
• NYC
• NEW YORK
• MANHATTAN
• BASS SAX

[gferrick]

Interesting to compare this with the electrical Varsity 8 Cameo version.

[Atticus70]

One of the best jazz bands ever!

[HarborGuy]

None better.......thanks for the post.

[davidglow3]

Shame Hooley didn't bring his movie camera to London,or maybe he did but the reels have never been found