Johnny Bayersdorffer

While his name makes him sound similar to somebody who would lead a German Oktoberfest “oompah” band, Johnny Bayersdorffer was a fresh Orleans jazz brass player who worked well in a number of popular local bands through the ’20s and bounced around between other large American cities, especially Chicago. Bayersdorffer created his own rings beginning in senior high school, probably afraid that he’d struggle to look for a bandleader ready to try to announce his name on-stage. Jazzola Ltd. Music group and Johnny Bayersdorffer & His Jazzola Novelty Orchestra had been a few of snappy titles for his combos in the first ’20s, sidemen including Nappy Lamare and Tom Dark brown. Bayersdorfer and trombonist/bassist Dark brown co-wrote the tune “I Question Where My Easy Rider’s Ridin’ Right now?” among a small number of recordings created by Bayersdorfer’s organizations but not to become confused using the popular, if similarly dropped, “I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Eliminated.” Around once, the trumpeter was gigging inside a music group led by reed participant Tony Parenti. In nov 1924, Bayersdorffer ditched his civil services day work and required his music full-time, relocating to Chicago and performing stints in Indianapolis and LA just before time for New Orleans. In the past due ’20s he started to concentrate even more on his Chicago foundation, although Bayersdorffer was also a name noticed on the brand new York picture. He continued dealing with players such as for example violinist Billy Lustig and pianist Lee Shoreline, and was significantly injured using the second option man inside a 1940 motor vehicle accident while on tour. Bayersdorffer was back action expertly by early in the next 10 years, including a residency in the Golf club Flamingo and a triumphant New Orleans homecoming. Remaining devote New Orleans, he retired in the ’60s carrying out a decade where his time have been almost similarly well balanced between gigs and a authorities job.