Original upload date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:57:18 GMT
Herb Wiedoeft was the brother of Rudy Wiedoeft - „the best saxophonist in the world". He led his band since 1923, but the career of this outstanding orchestra was suddenly cut in May 1928 by the trag
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ic death of its leader in a car accident, in Medford Oregon. After Wiedoeft's death trombonist Jesse Stafford took over the band and released another 13 sides on Brunswick records under the name of the Jessie Stafford Orchestra. Other recordings by Herb Wiedoeft's band were released under the name of Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra (from the Cinderella Roof at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, 506 South Grand Avenue) and Herb Wiedoeft's Famous Orchestra.
Recording:
Herb Wiedoeft & His Orchestra, voc. Clyde Lucas, Leon Lucas - GOLDEN GATE (From the film "The Singing Fool") (Dave Dreyer / Al Jolson / Joseph Meyer / Billy Rose), Brunswick 1928
