Hot Dajos Béla: SAY MISTER ... (1927)

American Original Jazz-Band: Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister?
Beka 33831 (Mx. No.: Be 5538)
Berlin, January 4, 1927
Vocal by Rex Allen
What appeared as "American Original Jazz-Band" on Beka, and "Clive Williams Original Jazzband" on Odeon was actually a Dajos Béla studio unit. For these especially "hot" recordings the Dajos Bela band was completely modified. Personnel includes:
Dajos Béla (ld, v); Howard O. McFarlane (tp); Kai Michelsen (tb); Kurt Arlt (cl, ts, bs); Wolf Gradis, Joe Alex (as, cl); Rex Allen (p, voc); Eduard Feige (tu); Leon Collier (d);

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Music

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• Dajos
• Bela
• Clive
• Williams
• Jazzband
• Jazz
• Charleston
• Hot
• 1927

[heinbanjo12]

I think these musiciens listend very good to Harry Reser's band. He has nearly the same arrangement and the solo's, exept the banjo solo are very simular.

[Stompy23]

Now that you suspect Dajos of copying Reser, I also became aware of the striking resemblance. Especially the Six Jumping Jacks on Brunswick sound almost the same. If I didn't know this record, and the vocal was by a voice somewhat closer to Tom Stacks, I bet I would offhandedly identify it as a Reser recording. But at that time, almost all German Dance bands copied the US bands. Mitja Nikisch and George Boulanger were among the few exceptions.

[max1941]

Gracias a YouTube se puede oir estas bellisimas reliquias...

[venieromolari]

I was a pupil of Michele Ortuso,famous Italian-American banjo player.He was telling me of this record,as he had played with Dajos Bela.I am happy to have been able to hear it.Ortuso was playing a Style C Paramount tenor banjo.Veniero Molari

[kspm01]

Brilliant!