Back in the Twenties Henry Busse played a mean cornet for Paul Whiteman's Orchestra and as did many of the sidemen who played for Whiteman like the Dorsey Brothers and Benny Goodman, Busse went out and formed his orchestra. He had some success although not as famous as those I also mentioned.
Busse's cornet is featured on this one reel musical short of his orchestra in two of his own compositions, Hot Lips and the Wang Wang Blues. He was also doing a little publicity for Warner Brothers by featuring Along The Santa Fe Trail in this short to promote that feature with Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, and Ronald Reagan in this short. Not a memorable film song although Bing Crosby did a nice record of it over at Decca.
This short provides a nice glimpse at a man who only real jazz aficionados remember today.
Busse's cornet is featured on this one reel musical short of his orchestra in two of his own compositions, Hot Lips and the Wang Wang Blues. He was also doing a little publicity for Warner Brothers by featuring Along The Santa Fe Trail in this short to promote that feature with Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, and Ronald Reagan in this short. Not a memorable film song although Bing Crosby did a nice record of it over at Decca.
This short provides a nice glimpse at a man who only real jazz aficionados remember today.