Victor Recordings 1924-28

Victor Recordings 1924-28

In 1915, Jean Goldkette was the pianist with the ensemble that walked out of Lambâ€™s Cafe, in protest, when Tom Brownâ€™s â€œBand from Dixielandâ€ began performing there. Later recalling that first encounter with jazz, he wrote that it made a â€œprofound impressionâ€ on him. In fact, he credited the event as having â€œchanged the entire destiny of [his] career.â€ Indeed, it was not long, thereafter, that Goldkette set aside his ambition to become a concert pianist and began working for Edgar Benson, whose cadre of bandleaders, at that time, dominated Chicagoâ€™s music scene. In 1921, Goldkette was dispatched, by Benson, to lead a band at the Detroit Athletic Club. Serving in this capacity, he began building his own operation, and by 1924, Goldkette was providing bands to venues throughout Detroit, including the Book-Cadillac Hotel. It was also, in 1924, that Goldkette organized a full-time band for his own Graystone Ballroom. This was the band that would be most identified with Jean Goldkette. Of course, there would be other well-known Goldkette units, such as McKinneyâ€™s Cotton Pickers and the Orange Blossoms (later known as the Casa Loma Orchestra), but during that pivotal period from 1924 to 1928, it was the band known as â€œJean Goldkette and His Orchestraâ€ that was first and perhaps most notable in bridging the gap between jazz and popular music. In so doing, Jean Goldkette became instrumental in popularizing jazz, while nurturing many of the idiomâ€™s most formidable talents, including Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke and pioneering bassist, Steve Brown. (Excerpt from liner notes by Jeff Hopkins, 2001)
Country USA
Manufacturer Transatlantic Radio
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2002-04-23
UnitCount 1
UPCs 820215001124
EANs 0820215001124

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Transatlantic Radio
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2002-04-23
UnitCount	1
UPCs	820215001124
EANs	0820215001124

Victor Recordings 1924-28

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