Jack Pettis recorded fairly frequently during the second half of the 1920s. Jack played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1923, appeared on an early sound film with Ben Bernie and his orchestra in 1925, taking a long solo on "Sweet Georgia Brown" track. Jack Pettis and his "Pets" recorded on a series of sessions from 1926 to 1929. He was a reed player Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, C Melody Saxophone. Jack contributed with writer Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel several impressive originals, including the memorable "Bugle Call Blues" which is also known as "Bugle Call Rag". Jack was obscure during most of the 1930s, however he recorded two numbers as a leader in 1937. Jack disappeared from the recording sessions in the 1940s, and settled into private life with his wife and daughter. A magnificent two-CD set from the British "Kings Cross Music" label features all of Jack Pettis' sessions as a jazz leader with his Pets, Band and Orchestra plus some recordings with The Ambassadors, Ben Bernie and his Orchestra, Al Goering's Collegians, Mills Musical Clowns, Irving Mills and his Modernists and The Whoopee Makers. This duo-set includes four performances taken from test pressings and is very highly recommended for 1920's collectors; it is obviously the definitive Jack Pettis set.
Jack Pettis recorded fairly frequently during the second half of the 1920s. Jack played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1923, appeared on an early sound film with Ben Bernie and his orchestra in 1925, taking a long solo on "Sweet Georgia Brown" track. Jack Pettis and his "Pets" recorded on a series of sessions from 1926 to 1929. He was a reed player Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, C Melody Saxophone. Jack contributed with writer Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel several impressive originals, including the memorable "Bugle Call Blues" which is also known as "Bugle Call Rag". Jack was obscure during most of the 1930s, however he recorded two numbers as a leader in 1937. Jack disappeared from the recording sessions in the 1940s, and settled into private life with his wife and daughter. A magnificent two-CD set from the British "Kings Cross Music" label features all of Jack Pettis' sessions as a jazz leader with his Pets, Band and Orchestra plus some recordings with The Ambassadors, Ben Bernie and his Orchestra, Al Goering's Collegians, Mills Musical Clowns, Irving Mills and his Modernists and The Whoopee Makers. This duo-set includes four performances taken from test pressings and is very highly recommended for 1920's collectors; it is obviously the definitive Jack Pettis set.
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