THERE'S A WAH-WAH GIRL IN AGUA CALIENTE

RUBE BLOOM AND HIS BAYOU BOYS: Manny Klein, t / Jack Purvis, t/Tommy Dorsey, tb / Benny Goodman, cl / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Rube Bloom, p, v / Stan King, d / Roy Evans, v/
Dick McDonough, g/ Eddie Walters, u, v. New York, May 24, 1930
Benny's here. Only 21, such a clarinettist!

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• Rube Bloom
• Bayou Boys
• jazz
• young Benny Goodman
• 78 rpm records

[tenorbanjo4]

I never heard a "Goofus"; could it be the instrument starting at 1:57? A Rollini' solo?

[MrJnobianchi]

@tenorbanjo4 the Goofus was really called a Cousenophone - a real instrument, though went out of fashion really quickly. It's a melodica invented by French firm Cousenon that resembled a sax. When pressed, the buttons actually open up the reeds - and it plays polyphonically, as you can hear.

[tenorbanjo4]

@MrJnobianchi

...that's obstinately surviving as a toy !

[willgonow]

i've never seen any, it's still a boss tune ,thx

[tenorbanjo4]

Thank you a lot!

[KawhackitaRag]

@tenorbanjo4 If you've ever seen music critic Scott Yanow in action at a jam session, you will note that he typically brings a melodica in addition to his tenor sax. The melodica is a modern descendant of the Cousenophone, and sounds about the same.

There are two varieties, one with the mouthpiece on the end, played and held similar to a clarinet (although the keys resemble a piano keyboard), or held out in front and played with a flexible plastic tube.

[MrJnobianchi]

@MrJnobianchi And yes - that's the solo at 1:57 and more than likely Rollini, who was THE proponent. Goofus is the name his fellow musicians came up with.

[fromthesidelines]

Yep- prime early Goodman AND Tommy Dorsey as well.

[sbd650]

5*****!