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Roaring 1920s: Herb Wiedoeft Cinderella Orch. - Chimes Blues, 1924

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Channel: 240252 · 2016 · Music

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Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra – Chimes Blues, Fox-Trot (Rose-Johnson-Stafford), Brunswick 1924 (USA)

NOTE: Herb Wiedoeft (1886, LA, California - 1928, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA) was a jazz trumpet player and dance bandleader in the 1920s, on the West Coast of the USA. Born to a family of musicians - his brother was renowned saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft, who played for some time in Herb’s  band, which also included two other members of the family: Adolph Wiedoeft on drums and Gerhardt “Gay” Wiedoeft on bass. Herb Wiedoeft’s orchestra was formed in early 1920s  and they played  at the Cinderella Ballroom in Los Angeles. In 1923 the band cut their first record for Brunswick, with the group’s theme tune: ‘Cinderella Blues’, a song written in tribute to their first home. They recorded exclusively for Brunswick until Herb’s tragic death on May 12, 1928, when his car was involved in an accident on the Medford – Klamath Falls highway in Oregon. After Herb’s death, band member Jesse Stafford (trombone) assumed leadership, and he relocated the band to San Francisco, where they played a three year run at the Palace Hotel. Billed as Jesse Stafford’s Orchestra, they also performed in various local musical theatres and continuously recorded for Brunswick into 1930s. Among the multitude of American dance orchestras of this time, the Wiedoeft’s band – as well as its continuation under Jesse Stafford’s leadership -  remains the phenomenon of special significance. Extensive instrumentation and revealing, and sometimes witty arrangments, make each of their recordings a  little jewel and still a great pleasure of listening to it, even for today's connoisseurs

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