Adrian Rollini's New Yorkers 1927

Adrian Rollini led a band for about a month at the Hotel New Yorker in the fall of 1927 - with Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer, Bobby Davis, Pee Wee Russell, Don Murray, Chauncey Morehouse and BIll Rank, it was a who’s who of the white jazz establishment at the time.  Unfortunately, business did not justify the pay scale and the egos of the band got in the way as well.  Fortunately, several recording dates (by Frankie Trumbauer, Red Nichols and the Broadway Bellhops) used the core personnel, so we have some idea how they sounded.