Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra With Bix - Margie (1927)

Frankie (Tram) Trumbauer (May 30,1901 - June 11,1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s.

He played C melody saxophone, which in size is between an alto and tenor saxophone. He also played alto.

Trumbauer is, more than anything, remembered for being the musical companion of Bix Beiderbecke, a companionship that produced some of the finest and most innovative jazz records of the late 1920s. In 1927, Trumbauer released a recording of "Singin' the Blues" in 1927, the classic originally recorded and released by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which featured Bix Beiderbecke on cornet.

He recruited Beiderbecke for Jean Goldkette's Victor Recording Orchestra, of which he became musical director. In the late 1920s he cut several popular sides with Beiderbecke, including the legendary "Singin' the Blues." After leaving Goldkette, he and Beiderbecke worked briefly for Adrian Rollini, then joined Paul Whiteman's band in 1927. He played with Whiteman for eight of the following nine years. He had a separate contract with OKeh Records from 1927 through 1930, he recorded some of the most legendary small group Jazz recordings of the era, usually including Beiderbecke until the April 30, 1929 session. In 1931 he organized a band in Chicago and recorded for Brunswick and then reorganized another in New York in 1932 and recorded for Columbia.

During 1934-1936, while a member of Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, he made a series of recordings for Brunswick and Victor, often including Jack Teagarden.

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Leon Bix Beiderbecke (March 10,1903 - Aug.6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist and composer, as well as a skilled classical and jazz pianist.

One of the leading names in 1920s jazz, Beiderbecke's career was cut short by chronic poor health, exacerbated by alcoholism. Critic Scott Yanow describes Beiderbecke as the "[p]ossessor of a beautiful, distinctive tone and a strikingly original improvising style. Beiderbecke's chief competitor among cornetists in the '20s was Louis Armstrong, but (due to their different sounds and styles) one really could not compare them.

Beiderbecke was one of the great musicians of the 1920s. Beiderbecke first recorded with his band the Wolverine Orchestra in 1924. They were usually called the Wolverines, named for "Wolverine Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton because they played it so often. He became a sought-after musician in Chicago and New York City. He made innovative and influential recordings with Frankie Trumbauer ("Tram") and the Jean Goldkette Orchestra. When the Goldkette Orchestra disbanded after their last recording ("Clementine (From New Orleans)"), in September 1927, Bix and Trumbauer, a 'C' melody and alto saxophone player, briefly joined Adrian Rollini's band at the Club New Yorker, New York. Beiderbecke then moved on to the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the most popular and highest paid band of the day.


Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra With Bix - Margie (1927)

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[Grouchy2day]

It's also from 1928, not '27. From what would be the final Bix and His Gang session.

[halvickery]

Not only is this not a Trumbauer Group (it's a Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang recording), and not only does Tram not appear on it, someone the bass sax player has been misidentified. It is Min Leibrook.

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

Just one little correction: Trumbauer does not appear on this record and it's not his band.

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

@cenotosa1 Frankie Trumbauer

[heinbanjo12]

Rollini.

[cenotosa1]

Who's on bass sax?

[aerofredywr]

A real beauty!

[professionallynasty]

Love it.