- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The First Rollini Generation Arrives in the USA -
Chapter 2 Piano Roll Artist -
Chapter 3 Ed Kirkeby and the California Ramblers -
Chapter 4 The California Ramblers Taking Off -
Chapter 5 The California Ramblers Grown Up -
Chapter 6 The California Ramblers to the Top with Adrian Rollini -
Chapter 7 The California Ramblers Back to Business -
Chapter 8 Kirkeby Loses His Grip, the End of the Contracts -
Chapter 9 Freelancer Adrian Rollini -
Chapter 10 A Band of His Own -
Chapter 11 With Fred Elizalde in England, 1928 -
Chapter 12 With Fred Elizalde in 1929, the Second Year -
Chapter 13 Out of Europe and into the Depression: Bert Lown -
Chapter 14 Adrian Rollini: Freelance -
Chapter 15 Back to the California Ramblers and Bert Lown -
Chapter 16 In and out of the Deepest Depression -
Chapter 17 A Shop and a Trio -
Chapter 18 Trio Years: Before and during the War -
Chapter 19 Postwar Trio Years -
Appendix 1 Adrian Rollini’s Instruments -
Appendix 2 Engagements without Definite Dates -
Appendix 3 Filmography -
Appendix 4 Adrian Rollini Compositions -
Appendix 5 Adrian Rollini Recordings Issued on CD - Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Locations
- Index of Tune Titles
- About the Author
Ed Kirkeby and the California Ramblers
Ed Kirkeby and the California Ramblers
- Chapter:
- (p.40) Chapter 3 Ed Kirkeby and the California Ramblers
- Source:
- Adrian Rollini
- Author(s):
Ate van Delden
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
This chapter is about the start of the Jazz Age and the dance band era. Music contractor Ed Kirkeby played a major role and gained experience in the music industry, a.o. with a job at Columbia Records and as an artist's representative. His breakthrough came in 1922 when he managed a band called the California Ramblers. This band worked in vaudeville in an act with soprano Eva Shirley. When its personnel walked out, Kirkeby had to find new men, which offered himthe opportunity to hire top quality men. One of these men was Adrian Rollini, who played xylophone and piano.
Keywords: Kirkeby, Columbia records, California Ramblers, Eva Shirley, xylophone
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The First Rollini Generation Arrives in the USA -
Chapter 2 Piano Roll Artist -
Chapter 3 Ed Kirkeby and the California Ramblers -
Chapter 4 The California Ramblers Taking Off -
Chapter 5 The California Ramblers Grown Up -
Chapter 6 The California Ramblers to the Top with Adrian Rollini -
Chapter 7 The California Ramblers Back to Business -
Chapter 8 Kirkeby Loses His Grip, the End of the Contracts -
Chapter 9 Freelancer Adrian Rollini -
Chapter 10 A Band of His Own -
Chapter 11 With Fred Elizalde in England, 1928 -
Chapter 12 With Fred Elizalde in 1929, the Second Year -
Chapter 13 Out of Europe and into the Depression: Bert Lown -
Chapter 14 Adrian Rollini: Freelance -
Chapter 15 Back to the California Ramblers and Bert Lown -
Chapter 16 In and out of the Deepest Depression -
Chapter 17 A Shop and a Trio -
Chapter 18 Trio Years: Before and during the War -
Chapter 19 Postwar Trio Years -
Appendix 1 Adrian Rollini’s Instruments -
Appendix 2 Engagements without Definite Dates -
Appendix 3 Filmography -
Appendix 4 Adrian Rollini Compositions -
Appendix 5 Adrian Rollini Recordings Issued on CD - Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Locations
- Index of Tune Titles
- About the Author
