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Biography
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California Ramblers
Effective period / Period of releases: 1922 - 1970
Members: Tommy Dorsey, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Irving Brodsky, Adrian Rollini, Stan king, Sam Weiss, Gene Traxler, Chris Griffin (3), Ed Kirkeby, Henry Stern, Sid Stoneburn, Cliff Weston, Brick Fleagle, Fred Fallensby, Bobby Davis (4), William Henry Moore, Felix Giobbe, Jack Maisel, Herb Winfield, Tony Sacco (3), Mike Michaels (3), Bill Moore (9), Lloyd "Ole" Olsen, Freddy Cusick, Joe LaFaro, Frank Cush, Tommy Felline, Roy Johnston, Ed Stannard, Bill White (19), Reg Harrington, Larry Lloyd (2), Jimmy Wilson (35), Lew White (2)
Recording group, used for a changing group of studio musicians of between nine and 14 musicians led by Ed Kirkeby. They made hundreds of recordings for many different labels 1921-1937.Three of the members of the band, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, and Tommy Dorsey, would go on to front big bands.