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    John Jean Goldkette (March 18, 1893 – March 24, 1962) was a jazz pianist and bandleader. Goldkette was reportedly born on March 18, 1893, in Valenciennes...
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    Wolverines in 1924, after which he played briefly for the Detroit-based Jean Goldkette Orchestra before joining Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer for an extended engagement...
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    for 10 weeks. Other artists charted with the song in 1929, including Jean Goldkette (number 5), Johnny Marvin (number 11), and Roy Fox (number 18). The...
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  • top big bands and jazz musicians of the era, including the bands of Jean Goldkette (with Bix Beiderbecke), Vincent Lopez and Ben Bernie (Taddy Keller later...
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  • The Victor Recording Orchestra was a jazz band led by Jean Goldkette. It was known for its innovative arrangements and strong rhythm. Among its members...
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  • to make money during the Great Depression. Manager of the band was Jean Goldkette who arranged for the group to record "Birmingham Bertha" for him in...
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    were made during 1927 by Nick Lucas (No. 2), Ben Bernie (No. 3), and Jean Goldkette (No. 10). Written in 1927 by Mort Dixon (lyrics) and Harry M. Woods...
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  • Fletcher Henderson, and white bands from the 1920s led by the likes of Jean Goldkette, Russ Morgan and Isham Jones. An early milestone in the era was from...
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  • great commercial success and was a major influence on the sweet bands. Jean Goldkette's Victor Recording Orchestra featured many of the top white jazz musicians...
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    including the Scranton Sirens, The California Ramblers, Red Nichols, Jean Goldkette, Frankie Trumbauer, Ben Pollack, and Paul Whiteman. He played the clarinet...
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  • - jazz, swing, Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz Michael Gibbs Orchestra Jean Goldkette Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - jazz, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz Globe...
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  • in 1926. In Detroit they were heard by bandleader and music promoter Jean Goldkette, who arranged a more lucrative home base for the band in Detroit's Graystone...
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  • in early jazz, he played cornet with notables like Paul Whiteman and Jean Goldkette. James Best American actor, musician and college professor 2015-04-06...
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  • Orchestra (again replacing Tommy Dorsey) before joining the popular Jean Goldkette Orchestra, where, yet again, he replaced Tommy Dorsey. Shortly after...
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    "Teď ještě ne" (1931; Ultraphon A10217) is rousing dance music in the Jean Goldkette or Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks style. "Rubbish Heap Blues" (1937; Ultraphon...
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  • orchestras. Lang and Joe Venuti recorded with Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jean Goldkette and performed with the Adrian Rollini Orchestra. Lang recorded with...
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  • Muggsy Spanier. He then joined the Detroit, Michigan based band of Jean Goldkette, with whom he remained until 1927. It was here that he mentored the...
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    where his slap style on bass attracted attention. In 1924 he joined Jean Goldkette's Orchestra, with whom he remained until 1927, creating the first recordings...
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    S. pop charts of the day. "A Lane in Spain", a popular recording by Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra in 1927. "Ridin' Around in the Rain", written with...
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    worked next to Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke as a member the Jean Goldkette orchestra. At the end of the 1920s, he led a band which included Louis...
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    Nathaniel Shilkret. In 1923, Dorsey followed Jimmy to Detroit to play in Jean Goldkette's band and returned to New York in 1925 to play with the California Ramblers...
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    returning from Europe, Morgan was invited by Jean Goldkette to Detroit to lead his band. Some members of the Goldkette Orchestra were former associates. The...
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  • American country blues singer and guitarist (died 1966) March 18 – Jean Goldkette, French-born American jazz pianist and bandleader (died 1962) April...
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  • Paul Althouse, opera singer Bill Challis, pioneering jazz arranger (Jean Goldkette, Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbecke) Kristen Henderson, founder, guitarist...
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  • Huizinga (1966–) J.C. Heard (1911–1985) Jack Teagarden (1905–1964) Jean Goldkette (1893–1962) Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957) Jimmy Rushing (1902–1972) Jo Jones...
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  • Fitzgerald George Gershwin Alma Gluck Dizzy Gillespie Benny Goodman Jean Goldkette Lil Green Stéphane Grappelli Freddie Green Woody Guthrie Adelaide Hall...
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    Orange Blossoms, one of several Detroit groups that came out of the Jean Goldkette office. The band adopted the name "Casa Loma" by the time of its first...
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  • 1867) March 23 – Josef van Schaik, Dutch politician (b. 1882) March 24 Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (b. 1893) Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist...
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    Al Amato, and by his late teens, Ingle was touring steadily with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra, along with future jazz legends Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie...
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    longer needed a jazz singer, dropped him. With the help of bandleader Jean Goldkette, he got a job with a sustainer (non-sponsored) radio show at NBC. As...
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