This is a tune I heard at the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival last weekend performed by the Graystone Monarchs led by Josh Duffee. When I got home, I dug around the vault and found my copy.
Howard Lanin was one of six Lanin siblings who became bandleaders – including Sam Lanin and Lester Lanin. Both Sam and Howard’s orchestras got their start at the Roseland Ballroom in Philadelphia in 1918.
Here we find Howard leading an orchestra at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hotel – which just opened in 1925 when this record was made. The hotel was converted into apartments in the 1980s and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The beautiful ballroom still exists and was restored in 1988 and can be seen at: https://finleycatering.com/venues/ballroom-at-the-ben/
This snappy number was no doubt a crowd favorite in its time, and one can imagine the active dance floor during its performance.
Recorded just across the river in Camden, New Jersey on September 29, 1925.
Released as Victor 19797.
Credits:
Howard Lanin – leader
Sam Lanin – director
Red Nichols (?), Tex Brewster – trumpet
Unknown Artist – trombone
Uknown Artist – clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
Johnny O’Donnell – clarinet, alto sax
__ Tranchitelli – clarinet, tenor sax
Joe or Willie Lanin – piano
Russell Deppe – banjo
Unknown Artist – tuba
Chauncey Morehouse – drums