Edison Hot Dance Obscurities, Vol. 2
From 1926-1929, Oreste spent time in Queensland, and during this period, he cut no less than 30 titles (plus two piano solos) for the Edison Company, and the more interesting of which are to be found on this CD. Lou Savarese was originally a trombone player, but played sax for about five years during the Twenties, after which he took up the trombone again. Tom Kells worked with a band at the Tangerine Gardens at the time of his recordings dates with Oreste. The Edison company was one of the last to adopt electric recording and problems with their early efforts in this direction probably led to the rejection of the first recordings of "I'm Walkin' On Air" and "When The Morning Glories Wake Up In The Morning."