The San Francisco Sound, Volume 2

This is the follow-up to the very popular first volume of the Art Hickman Orchestra's 1919-1920 recordings called The San Francisco Sound. This second volume features another 25 tracks, recorded between 1920 and 1921, and brings to a close the story of the influential band's dominance of dance floors on both U.S. coasts. In some ways this collection is more subdued than Volume 1, but for the jazz collector, The San Francisco Sound, Vol. 2 has plenty of treats in store. These selections find Hickman's players taking greater freedoms than before and developing their own distinctive jazz style.