“Come on Red! (You Red Hot Devil Man)” – Ray Miller and his Orchestra (1924)

A toe tapper from Ray Miller featuring some fine trumpet work and a sax solo by Frank Trumbauer.

In early 1924 Miller had come to Trumbauer’s home in St. Louis when Tram was working with Gene Rodemich to offer him a job to join his band in NYC. Encouraged by his friend Red McKenzie’s entreaty to get out of St. Louis, and buoyed by Miller’s revealation that Miff Mole was also joining Miller’s band, Tram took the job.

Later that year, Billboard magazine wrote of the band: “The Miller combination is what is known as a ‘hot’ band. In fact they are so ‘hot’ that they sound and act as if they all wore flannel underwear. When they get steamed up the temperature begins to sizzle.”

Recorded in New York City on March 28, 1924.
Released as Brunswick 2606.

Credits:
Ray Miller – director
Ray Lodwig, LeRoy “Roy” Johnston – trumpet
Andy Sindelar – trombone
Bernard J. “Lou” Dal(e)y – clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, oboe
Andy Sannella – clarinet, alto sax, soprano sax
Frank Trumbauer – C-melody sax
Harry Archer, Danny Yates – violin
Tom Satterfield – piano
Frank DiPrima – banjo
Louis Chassagne – tuba
Ward Archer – drums
Lee Terry – arranger

Sources:
That Growling Trumpet! A discography of Earle Preston Oliver (1894-1933) – Cyrus Bahmaie & Javier Soria Laso
Tram: The Frank Trumbauer Story by Philip R. Evans and Larry F. Kiner with William Trumbauer.