University of Illinois Press, 134 pages, illustrated, $14.95 Arthur Rollini`s name does not loom large in the history of jazz, even though he was the younger brother of a major artist (bass ...

Trumpeter Pete Candoli was born this day in 1923 in Mishawaka, Ind. He paid his dues as a high-note trumpeter in many big bands before moving to the West Coast in the early 1950s and mixing studio ...

Q. As a big-band musician dating back to 1934, I really appreciate your column. Around that time, I used to travel from Washington, D.C., to New York to hear Adrian Rollini and his trio at the ...

It may not approach the freak-show proportions of the bass saxophone Adrian Rollini popularized in the 1920s, but the baritone is still an impressive beast, one that has frequently been employed as ...

side 1: Adrian Rollini and his Orchestra. Somebody Loves ME; side 2: New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Baby Brown (Brunswick 03447). 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1934 and released on Decca 359.

As originally played by The California Ramblers: Loring "Red" Nichols, Bill Moore, trumpets ; Tommy Dorsey, trombone ; Jimmy Dorsey, Arnold Brillhardt, Freddie Cusick ...