Dan Russo
Dan "Danny" Russo (born October 13, 1885 in Chicago ; † 1956 ) was an American violinist and big band leader in the field of jazz and popular music .
Dan Russo had an orchestra with which he had an engagement at Oriole Terrace in Detroit in the early 1920s . He finally became better known with the formation of the same name, which he led together with the pianist Ted Fiorito , the Oriole Orchestra, with which they performed at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago . These appearances were also broadcast on the radio in 1924. In 1926 they opened the Aragon Ballroom with their performance . The orchestra consisted of three saxophonists, two trumpeters, trombone, piano, tuba, banjo, drums and Russo on the violin. Russo's Orchestra was a well-known Territory Band in Chicago and inMidwest ; it made some records for the label Columbia and Brunswick under the band names The Oriole Terrace Orchestra and Russo & Fiorito's Oriole Orchestra. In 1927 Fiorito and Russo separated; they each continued their own bands; Russo took over the old band name for recordings until 1932.
Dan Russo also worked on the song Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Good-bye) that he wrote with Gus Kahn and Ernie Erdman. It was played by Al Jolson & the Vitaphone Orchestra and was used as the soundtrack for Woody Allen's films Bullets over Broadway (1994).
literature
- Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978
Web links
- Dan Russo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Russo, Dan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russo, Danny (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz violinist and big band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1956 |