The Chicago Rhythm Kings was the name under which the recordings of several different jazz ensembles were issued. The earliest of these was a jazz octet consisting of vocalist Red McKenzie , cornetist Muggsy Spanier , saxophonist Frank Teschemacher , guitarist Eddie Condon , clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow , pianist Joe Sullivan , drummer Gene Krupa , and bassist and tubist Jim Lanigan . This group, who also recorded under the name the Jungle Kings, released a 1928 record for Brunswick Records as the Chicago Rhythm Kings performing Benton Overstreet 's " There'll Be Some Changes Made " and Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams 's " I Found a New Baby ".
5-582: Several members of this first Chicago Rhythm Kings band, including Condon, Sullivan, and Krupa, also played together in another recording group together, the Rhythmakers . The Rhythmakers made several recordings in 1932 in New York City for Columbia Records which were later reissued on Parlophone Records and Polydor Records under the pseudonym Chicago Rhythm Kings. In 1936 Tom Berwick and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra also used Chicago Rhythm King as
10-612: A pseudonym for a record they made for Bluebird Records . In 1940 Signature Records released an album with another Chicago Rhythm Kings band consisting of trumpeter Marty Marsala , clarinetist and saxophonist Rod Cless , guitarist Jack Goss, pianist Art Hodes , and string bassist Earl Murphy. That same year the drummer George Wettling also released music with "George Wettling's Chicago Rhythm Kings" for Decca Records . Currently Bob Schulz and His Chicago Rhythm Kings have been active in performance and on record. Rhythmakers Rhythmakers , sometime known as The Rhythmakers or
15-484: The Chicago Rhythm Kings in later re-issues of their music, was a jazz recording group which recorded music in four sessions in New York City in 1932. A racially integrated ensemble, the group was unable to tour or perform publicly due to racial segregation laws enforced throughout the country. Nevertheless, the group's popularity on record helped to bolster support for racially integrated music groups in
20-464: The first session, but was then succeeded by Zutty Singleton who played percussion for the final three session. The third session saw a changeover of performers, with Fats Waller replacing Sullivan on piano, Pops Foster replacing Morgan on double bass, and Jimmy Lord taking over the clarinet but not saxophone parts from Russell. For the fourth and final session, Waller was replaced on piano by Frank Froeba , vocalist Chick Bullock succeeded Banks as
25-484: The years to come. Rhythmakers was organized by American music publisher and jazz impresario Irving Mills ; initially as a means of featuring and promoting the singer Billy Banks . Banks was the featured singer in nine songs recorded during the first two sessions with trumpeter Red Allen , clarinet and saxophone player Pee Wee Russell , banjoist Eddie Condon , pianist Joe Sullivan , double bassist Al Morgan , and guitarist Jack Bland . Drummer Gene Krupa played for
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