In the summer of 1921 the band were one of the first to tour to Europe, playing at the Rector's Club and the Hammersmith Palais in London and the Birmingham Palais,[1] where they performed opposite Benny Peyton's Jazz Kings and with the young Jack Payne.[2] While in England they also recorded three sessions for Edison Bell.[1] The band spent most of late 1921 and early 1922 in France, but most members had returned to the United States by mid 1922.[1]
Billboard reported on 8 July 1922: "The Original Rag-A-Jazz Band, comprised of six university graduates, is back at its original home in Lincoln, Nebraska, after being abroad for more than six months, during which many notable engagements were played at leading hotels and for the nobility of London and Paris. The Personnel: Gayle Grubb, piano; Edward G Cressell, violin; Donville A Fairchild, banjo; A Harold Schmidt, drums; Harold Peterson, sax; Bert E. Reed, trombone. "The Dancing World", and English magazine, acclaims the organisation as the greatest heard in London. The college syncopators will probably go back to the other side in the fall."[1]
Membersedit
Gayle V Grubb - Piano
Harold Peterson - Soprano Sax.
Donville Fairchild - Banjo
Bert Reed - Trombone
Edward Cresswell - Violin.
A. Harold Schmidt - Drums
Referencesedit
^ abcdeMoore, Joe (2006), Southern Rag-A-Jazz Band, Dance Band Encyclopedia, retrieved 2013-01-20
^Chilton, John, ed. (2004), "PAYNE, Jack", Who's Who of British Jazz (2nd ed.), New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 275, ISBN0826472346, retrieved 2013-01-20
January 01, 1970
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