The Varsity Eight - Tea For Two (HOT! Rollini!)

The Varsity Eight (as the University Sextette) - a band drawn from the California Ramblers - play a hot version of "Tea For Two", with solos by Bill Moore, Jimmy Dorsey and Adrian Rollini.

Rollini punches out a solo that that demonstrates his skills at "overblowing" to achieve nice dirty-sounding harmonics during his bass sax solo. Jimmy Dorsey plays a great alto sax solo too.

THE VARSITY EIGHT
Bill Moore - trumpet / Lloyd "Ole" Olsen - trombone / Jimmy Dorsey - alto sax, clarinet / ? Jimmy Duff - alto sax / Freddy Cusick - tenor sax / Adrian Rollini - bass sax / Irving Brodsky - piano, arranger / Ray Kitchingman - banjo / Stan King - drums

Recorded in New York, October 29th, 1924

1197-C.......Tea For Two.......Lincoln 2386