Tap Room Swing

Adrian Rollini

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
• Original Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000063TSR
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,118 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cornfed - Red Nichols & His Five Pennies

2. Feelin' No Pain - Red Nichols & His Five Pennies

3. After You've Gone - California Ramblers

4. Beatin' the Dog - Joe Venuti's Blue Four

5. Mug of Ale - Joe Venuti's Blue Four

6. Honolulu Blues - Miff Mole, Miff Mole's Molers

7. Lucky Little Devil - Miff Mole

8. At the Jazz Band Ball - Bix Beiderbecke

9. Jazz Me Blues - Bix Beiderbecke

10. Dixie - Fred Elizalde & His Anglo American Band

11. Arkansas Blues - Fred Elizalde & His Anglo American Band

12. Nobody's Sweetheart - Fred Elizalde & His Anglo American Band

13. My Melancholy Baby - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

14. Hey! Young Fella - Joe Venuti

15. Vibraphonia - Joe Venuti

16. Savage Serenade - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra

17. It Had to Be You - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra

18. Sugar - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra

19. Davenport Blues - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra

20. Bouncin' in Rhythm - Adrian Rollini

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking old-fashioned jazz, February 13, 2003

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

A fun collection highlighting the session work of Depression-era bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini, who worked with many of the leading artists of the pre-big band era, including Miff Mole, Benny Goodman, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols and Joe Venuti. Although Rollini typically worked as a sideman, this disc also includes several examples of him as a bandleader, with the Tap Room Gang, etc. For jazz playing, the baritone is a notoriously clumsy instrument, but Rollini was a master, making it sound like a more freewheeling tuba, buoying numerous Dixie and trad-jazz tracks. A nice set, well worth checking out!