Frank Trumbauer & His Orchestra, voc. Mildred Bailey - I Like To Do Things For You, Odeon 1930 (USA) ------------------------------------------------------------- Frank TRUMBAUER (b. in Carbondale, Illinois 1901 -- d. 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 saxophone, bassoon, clarinet and several other instruments. Trumbauer -- born of part Cherokee ancestry, he grew up in St. Louis, Missouri as son of a musical mother who directed saxophone and theater orchestras. His first important professional engagements were with the Edgar Benson and Ray Miller bands, shortly followed by the Mound City Blue Blowers, a local group that became nationally famous through their hit Brunswick records. While in St. Louis, in 1926 Beiderbecke joined Frank Trumbauer, with whom he maintained a close friendship for most of the rest of his life. The two played in the Jean Goldkette band (1927) and in Adrian Rollini's Paul Whiteman's orchestras. Frankie's landmark recording of "Singin' the Blues," with Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang in 1927, is regarded as one of the greatest jazz performances ever recorded. In 1930s Trumbauer led his own band and was co-leader with Jack and Charlie Teagarden olf the Three Ts Band. He quit music in 1939, taking up for aviation industry. After 1945, he made occassionall appearances at jazz concerts, including a special tribute to ...
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