A significant songwriter, Rube Bloom’s roots were in jazz. A self-taught pianist, Bloom in 1919 started functioning as an accompanist in vaudeville. During 1924-31 he documented often in jazz configurations including using the Sioux Town Six, Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra (which highlighted Bix Beiderbecke), Crimson Nichols, Joe Venuti, the Dorsey Brothers …
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