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Rhythmakers - 1932 (The Complete Set)

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1932 (The Complete Set)


In 1932 Duke Ellington experimented with stereophonic sound, Cab Calloway came out with a manic recording of the "St. Louis Blues," and a hot little jazz band made a series of sides for Banner Records with vocals by trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, pianist Fats Waller, and chortling wonders Billy Banks and Chick Bullock. Some of these records were issued under the heading of guitarist Jack Bland's Rhythmakers; other releases gave Billy Banks top billing. Decades later, these recordings were systematically reissued; the Classics Chronological series devoted an entire album to Billy Banks that included six titles that do not appear on other complete Rhythmakers collections, presumably because they...

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