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In 1924 Ed Kirkeby, the manager of the California Ramblers, decided to form a small group
taken from the larger orchestra to play novelties and hotter jazz numbers.
At first known as the Little Ramblers on recordings, the quintet (comprised of trumpeter Bill Moore, Adrian Rollini on a goofus,
pianist Irving Brodsky, banjoist Ray Kitchingman who was soon replaced by Tommy Felline and Stan King on drums and kazoo.
They also recorded for Pathe as the Five Birmingham Babies and, most prolifically, as the Goofus Five.

The "goofus" that the versatile Rollini played sounded like a mouth organ or a melodica but was shaped like a saxophone.
The Goofus Five quickly grew in size, eventually to eight pieces, and Rollini played as much bass saxophone as he did goofus.
Other band members included (at various times) cornetist Red Nichols, clarinetist Bobby Davis, trumpeter Chelsea Quealey,
trombonist Abe Lincoln and various vocalists including Ed Kirkeby himself.

In late-1927, when Rollini and some of the other band members visited England,
The Goofus Five continued recording domestically with less distinctive players
and the style was less interesting and more dance music-oriented than jazz.
Rollini returned to the U.S. in time to be on the final recording session (Feb. 28, 1929)
of the Goofus Five before the name passed into history.

 
Presented in Encore 2 is a selection of their recordings made between 1926 to 1928
All have been digitally restored.


Chelsea Quealey and The Goofus Five
Adrian Rollini - Bobby Davis - Irving Brodsky - Stan King
(Recorded 1926 – 1928) Encore 2

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01 Tuck In Kentucky And Smile (Recorded 1926)

02 Heebie Jeebies (Recorded 1926)

03 Crazy Quilt (Recorded 1926)

04 I Need Lovin' (Recorded 1926)

  
 
05 I Wonder What's Become Of Joe (Recorded 1926)

06 I've Got The Girl (Recorded 1926)

07 Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (Recorded 1927)

08 Ain't That A Grand & Glorious Feeling (Recorded 1927)

09 Arkansas Blues (Recorded 1927)

10 Blue Baby (Recorded 1927)

11 Farewell Blues (Recorded 1927)

12 I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain (Recorded 1927)

  
 
13 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (Recorded 1927)

14 Is She My Girlfriend? (Recorded 1927)

15 Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows (Recorded 1927)

16 Muddy Water (Recorded 1927)

17 Nothin' Does Does Like It Used To Do Do Do (Recorded 1927)

18 Right or Wrong (Recorded 1928)

19 Mama's Grown Young, Papa's Grown Old (Recorded 1928)