On cornet with Goofus Five, etc. Hard Hearted Hannah, Tessie Stop Teasin’ Me, Ramblin’ Blues, I'm Satisfied, Deep Blue Sea Blues, Hey Hey and Hee Hee, Go Emmaline (2), Choo Choo, Lucille, Southern Rose, Me and the Boyfriend.The California Ramblers embraced the record market under numerous names and labels. Henderson made a lot of records too.. Fronting the eccentric small groups, in the Groucho role, Bill Moore on cornet played alongside a comb, a kazoo and a goofus. Moore kept the comb and drums of Stan King, and the bass sax, kazoo and goofus of Rollini moving in their orbits with free spirit Bobby Davis - he of the good vibrations-on reeds, the amazing Irving Brodsky piano and staunch leader Ray Kitchingman on banjo, no trombone in the small groups.Moore had a metallic tone fitting nicely with King’s comb and Rollini’s kazoo. Bobby Davis floats above it all analogous to Zeppo. Moore’s range starts with the animal calls and proceeds to a fussy baby and chatty voices. Very comparable are Elmer Chambers and Bubber Miley who had a similar sound at that time. But here Moore was more fully comedic. Chambers had some comic roles in the Redman arrangements but Moore was doing more comedy if the group was not the full Rambler Orch.This is not gin mill adults-only music. This goes into homes that have family Victrolas. These tunes include some fun arrangements including on Duke’s Choo Choo. Duke relies on stars Hardwick and Miley for virtuoso weaving whereas the Ramblers develop an ensemble dynamic through a range of solos. The arrangements are attributed to Brodsky and Rollini. Moore’s cornet led the goofus crew as well as the Ramblers. Subsequent Ramblers such as Nichols and the Dorseys would go on to dominate the culture.Moore was said to be Hawaiian, but the family history suggests that as with Morton he was not stopped by the ordinary barriers. And like maestro Morton what could be mistaken for dime-store quality, was not. The Ramblers gave top performances for budget labels, even if the material was not theIr best, like Moore’s solo on Looka’ What I Got Now for Paramount (episode 2.26). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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