DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #78: Savage Serenade

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #78: Savage Serenade by Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra

Dear Balboa dancer, here is another song for you: Savage Serenade, in a version recorded in 1933 by Adrian Rollini and his Orchestra. Adrian Francis Rollini (28.06.1903-15.05.1956) was a talented multi-instrumentalist, he played piano and xylophone as a youth. Later he played bass saxophone (some say he was the greatest bass saxophonist of all time), he was one of the first jazz vibraphonists and he introduced the “goofus” in jazz. Rollini was an important member of the California Ramblers, one of the most recorded bands in the 1920s. He formed two sub-groups: The Little Ramblers (from 1924)  and the Goofus [...]

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