FRANKIE TRUMBAUER

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Frankie (Tram) Trumbauer (1901–1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s. He played C melody saxophone, which in size is between an alto and tenor saxophone.

Trumbauer is, more than anything, remembered for being the musical companion of Bix Beiderbecke, a companionship that produced some of the finest and most innovative jazz records of the late 1920s.

He recruited Bix Beiderbecke for Jean Goldkette's Victor Recording Orchestra, of which he became musical director. In the late 1920s he cut several popular sides with Beiderbecke, including the legendary "Singin' the Blues." After leaving Goldkette, he and Beiderbecke worked briefly for Adrian Rollini, then joined Paul Whiteman's band in 1927. He played with Whiteman for eight of the following nine years.

In 1936 he led the Three T's, featuring the Teagarden brothers; in 1938, he and Manny Klein started a band which they co-led. During World War read more...
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FRANKIE TRUMBAUER Tram! Volume 1 (Frank Trumbauer's Legacy to American Jazz) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Tram! Volume 1 (Frank Trumbauer's Legacy to American Jazz)
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1997
FRANKIE TRUMBAUER Volume 2: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1929-1930 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Volume 2: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1929-1930
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1997
FRANKIE TRUMBAUER Volume 3: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1931-1934 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Volume 3: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1931-1934
Swing 1997
FRANKIE TRUMBAUER 1927-1928 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 1927-1928
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2001
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 1928-1929
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2002
FRANKIE TRUMBAUER The Chronogical Classics: Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra 1929 - 1931 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronogical Classics: Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra 1929 - 1931
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2002
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 1932-1936
Swing 2003
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 1936-1946
Swing 2004

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 Singing the Blues
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1929
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 Never Never Land Fantasy (Tierra Fantástica)
Swing 1940

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