“Collegiate” by the Golden Gate Orchestra 1925

“Collegiate” by the Golden Gate Orchestra 1925
Edison DD 51580-R

I like this record, but it is a bit less energetic than the version recorded by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians (https://youtu.be/DAbpag5ydG0) the same year. Still, a good song that was wildly popular in its day.

From Allmusic.com:
The Golden Gate Orchestra was a dance band that used elements of jazz, à la Paul Whiteman, and recorded for Edison during the mid-'20s. They specialized in popular music of the period, doing highly danceable renditions of tunes such as "The Charleston," "Manhattan," and "Hallelujah," and aimed their records primarily at white audiences. The latter fact has always made them suspect as a true jazz ensemble in the minds of many scholars, but that output also made them important in helping to popularize jazz. The Golden Gate Orchestra was, in fact, an offshoot/alias for the California Ramblers, a ubiquitous ensemble of the period formed by banjoist Ray Kitchenman in 1921. Their personnel -- like that of the Ramblers, who hailed from Ohio and never got near California in their ramblings (any more than the Golden Gate Orchestra got to San Francisco) -- was always highly fluid, but presumably included the key members of the Ramblers, such as drummer Stan King and saxman Adrian Rollini. And for all of their dubious credentials as a true jazz ensemble, they did merit a first-rate reissue of their music by no less an outfit than Document Records, which has plumbed depths of blues and gospel that most major labels won't touch.

From Discogs.com:
Golden Gate Orchestra was a pseudonym for California Ramblers. The Ramblers were mostly a studio outfit and for almost ten years (~1921-1931) they recorded for practically every company, although by about half of them they were labeled "Golden Gate Orchestra".

DAHR Link:
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000157310/10451-Collegiate

Видео “Collegiate” by the Golden Gate Orchestra 1925 канала Daniel Melvin