Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors (1928)

[@charlesmccormick2625]

I had a trumpet teacher in the 60’s who played & earned his way through that big band era! God bless you, Mr. Hines!

[@bcu567obzx]

The bass player just kills it, soooo good and doubles on the Euphonium, a real treat to watch.

[@philrobson9863]

And that friends is how a slap bass is played!

[@wallacetosh2839]

Ace slapping,! man xx.

[@LeonardSmith-qv8do]

Ya reckon ? LOL

[@ferdinangenius]

Imagine going there with a time machine, fully dressed, sitting in front of those guys, order a Martini, and enjoy those times for a while.

[@ferdinangenius]

You always can buy the man in charge@tomvenam

[@fredvaladez3542]

You would have to go to a speakeasy where they know you.

[@altoalto1]

With Russ Colombo violin and vocals, Roy Fox and Ray Lopez on trumpet

[@moniquedeitz4356]

If you haven't already, check out Colombo's "Too Beautiful For Words" which he wrote for Carole Lombard.

[@clarepugh6274]

Absolutely priceless wish I was around those times would have loved to see these great musicians born too late😊

[@lawrencephelps3181]

Absolutely love this! So charming and sophisticated.

[@mikegross6107]

And it SOUNDS great also, almost hi-fi!

[@dariowiter3078]

Wonderful Vitaphone short! 😁😁😁😁😁

[@johnlewis9745]

Russ Columbo, the tallest of the singing trio, reminds me of a young Gary Cooper, particularly in the first section.

[@litmaiden]

Roy Fox and Russ Columbo in the same video? Amazing! Didn't know they were connected and had to look back at Roy's biography to double check and make sure I wasn't seeing things.

[@debrareisdorf5684]

Fascinating!!

[@debrareisdorf5684]

The year that my mother was born!!

[@Just_Sara]

Wow, wish I could have met those gents, look like a cool bunch of people. So glad they got this on film, you know?

[@HarborGuy]

He played to Hollywood's stars at the Coconut Grove ...

[@dubbtubbdrum]

With Bing Crosby on vocals

[@jourwalis-8875]

Fantastic old music film! Recorded with the Vitaphone System, I belive was 331/3 rpm records played in sync with the picture. Amazingly good sync here. Just look at the xylophonist! But I miss that Gus Arnheim didn´t introduced the tunes speaking to the camera. Just bowing.

[@LAFAYETTEWATTS]

THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY~ A MAGIC TIME FOR THE ARTS.

[@scotnick59]

Wow! = to even see such a gem like this from 1928 is a marvel; the quality is super excellent

[@bradking1536]

Thank you for sharing hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8

[@aristocrat_000G]

the level of sophistication is unparallelled ~

[@robertpeterson8640]

Great band! Disciplined yet light hearted.

[@LeonardSmith-qv8do]

You forgot WHITE LOL

[@OyLorelai]

Ok….

[@TadeodeWiesent7]

¡¡¡¡Bravísimo!!!!... ¡Excelente!... ¡Buenísimos!... 👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻🌻🌷🌷🌷💐💐💐

[@Matt78collector]

Wow, Russ Columbo AND Roy Fox!

[@davidtodora3153]

More greatness from this Orchestra and Trio of great singers.

[@Daviej5700]

What a pleasure, a long forgotten art..

[@michaeloleary1867]

The Tiger Rag at the end is great!!

[@jimhilliker2450]

Heard often over KNX radio, The Voice of Hollywood, in the 1920s.

[@caspence56]

The violinist/singer was Russ Columbo who died in a tragic shooting accident at a very young age.

[@KeithE4]

He was the "Columbo" in the 1931 Warner Brothers cartoon "Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee."

[@jaytaylor7740]

Oh man, that's sad. I liked him right off the bat in this video; he clearly had personality to go along with his musical chops.

[@jimdrake-writer]

When Bing Crosby left the Arnheim orchestra, he recommended Russ Columbo as his replacement. In a very short time, Columbo’s handsomeness, musicianship and lyric baritone voice made him a national star on radio. To promote him, a so-called “Battle of the Baritones” between Crosby and Columbo was invented by a radio sponsor. In reality, the two were good friends. Crosby was a pallbearer at Columbo’s funeral at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 1934.

[@john86779]

wow my feet are off again what great music you need head phones even better

[@ericellis3506]

Thought I was listening to Rhapsody in blue at the beginning. Great playing and vocals.

[@adscri]

Followed by ‘I ain’t got nobody’.

[@scotnick59]

A teaser, no question.

[@CoryTheRaven]

The "jazzy rag" is called the Tiger Rag :) great quality video! Thanks for posting it!

[@fernandodieguez2553]

I like so much this kind of music, very nice and ghostly sound...saludos desde Perú...

[@RoryVanucchi]

Great quality and glimpse into the roaring 20s..

[@56BIGM]

great!! thanks for sharing---- back from before glamour died

[@torristloise]

Wonderful

[@CamilleHagner]

Great! Love this Music.

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting video

[@roybo1930]

I LOVE THIS!!! "The Full title of the song "Reminds Me Of You" is There`s Something About A Rose, That Reminds Me Of You"!

[@michaeloleary1867]

This is great!

[@darthsatanus]

EXCELLENTE! most on par this re-creation's song performances take me way back to how it felt was actually happening behind that radio set of mine.

[@stefanschutz5166]

Thanks a lot from Amsterdam. Great!

[@tadeodewiesent1482]

¡¡¡Bravo!!! ¡Excelente! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@michaeloleary1867]

Incredible music!!!

[@williamdaugherty5394]

Thanks for posting this! It made my day!

[@dubbtubbdrum]

I believe that I see Roy Fox, and he has a “solo” in the 2nd number, can anyone correct me on this?

[@nadezhdafilaretovna]

You're correct!

[@duncanpinderhughes]

is there a genre category for this type of harmonizing??? i've been tryna single it out forever. or is it just the style of that era???

[@dantep4966]

The problem with trying to find out what styles this old music is called is that this was all “pop” music. So I guess that would’ve been called popular harmony back then. The closest thing to it that has a name is “barbershop harmony.” For more 1920s harmony, I recommend the Revelers, who were all accomplished solo singers performing together. There is a vitaphone short of them on KZbin also.

[@jacintoguevara2692]

Aw, wish there had been more banjo.

[@bobboscarato1313]

In a dance band it gets drown out unless well amped!

[@Markyb1957]

Is that Roy Fox playing his whispering Trumpet? I think so:)

[@jourwalis-8875]

The string bass player have a very peculiar style! String bass was very rare in these orchestras (or these recording sessions) at the time. But he obviously also plays the tuba!

[@philipnestor5034]

What’s sad about this is that there were so man y many band working all having 10 , 12, 16 musicians working constantly. Now if you have a trio or quartet it can be hard to find steady work at decent pay.

[@ktkat1949]

Don't forget Fred McMurray who played also sax and clarinet. He even sang. Here he is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epKomKuMhKmaeZY

[@BaltoJoey]

During the 2nd song he briefly plays the violin!!

[@darkgreenambulance]

Now, interesting question, I think: Is this a disc sound track originally, as it was made by Vitaphone???

[@clarepugh6274]

Does anyone know who the trumpet player was with the fun hat?

[@shellac4682]

That's Ray Lopez, an important early jazz cornetist from New Orleans.

[@TheNancy1938]

Is that Russ Columbia in the trio with the violin?

[@RaymondJones-kh6pp]

Great band great music is that joe venuti playing violin please someome tell me ? it sounds like him great video

[@andrewbarrett1537]

I don’t think Mr Venuti was with this group, but his style was highly influential in the 20s and dozens or hundreds of violinists took after him.

[@alco1252]

The violinist here is Russ Columbo. He also had a baritone vpice and was in a so called "battle" with Bing Crosby before his unforunate death.

[@4bobbyt]

That's the briefly famous, and horribly, tragically short lived Russ Columbo as part of the singing trio. He was Crosby's biggest rifal.

[@jimdrake-writer]

Crosby preceded Columbo with the Arnheim band, and suggested to Gus A. that he choose Columbo as his new soloist. Crosby and Columbo were very good friends, and the so-called “Battle of the Baritones” was a network-radio press agent’s invention.

[@peteratkinson922]

@@jimdrake-writer yes, the rivalry seemed a bit pointless. They had different singing styles. Crosby was, in my opinion, better -an innovator and more inventive, but Columbo was much better looking. Room for both. So sad RC died early.

[@davidglow3]

And is that Roy Fox on cornet sitting at the front..

[@KeithE4]

Add some crazy percussion and a couple of comedians, and you have Spike Jones' City Slickers.

[@GailDimick]

sure not sloppy dressed, like now days. today is jeans and t shirt.

[@sodality3970]

This band is wonderful in itself , but it's obvious that they copied Whiteman , The trio vocalists , the Rhythm Boys , the guitar , Eddie Lang , the string bass , Steve Brown , the violin , Joe Venti , the saxophone Frank Trumbauer , and the cornetist , Bix .

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting video