Military Music And Banjo Solos
People entering a music store to purchase a Columbia record in 1900 would leave not with a flat disc, but a cylinder. Its content would consist of a military band instrumental (probably conducted by...
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  By far the biggest hit of 1935 was this novelty song, written and first recorded by journeyman jazzmen Ed Farley and Mike Riley. This cover version by New Orleans pianist Frank Froeba, however, is actually far better than the hit. In addition to Froeba's distinctive piano style (which sometimes resembles a drunk's elbow slipping off a bar counter), it is notable for Herbie Haymer's booting tenor and the only recorded vocal by jazz's resident sociopath, trumpeter Jack Purvis, who later wound up in a Texas prison for flying guns and drugs over the Mexican border.

From The Music Goes Round; (M. Riley/E. Farley/R. Hodgson); Produced by Harry Grey; Jack Purvis, trumpet, vocal; Slats Long, clarinet; Herbie Haymer, tenor saxophone; Frank Froeba, piano; Clayton Duerr, guitar; Carrol Walrond, string bass; Eddie Dougherty, drums; Rec. New York, December 24, 1935. Columbia 78 RPM 3110-D (mx CO.18444-1); Originally Released 1936