Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts), 1925
Goodman, Miller and the Ballroom
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"The fox trot, hesitation waltz and schottische were popular during the early years . . . Later, couples preferred the Argentine Tango, Venetian furlana, "rag" and the latest jazz dances . . .
"Lee Lewis, the son of a former Venetian trustee, had a dance band that presided over the ballroom crowds for many years. Other orchestra leaders at Venice included Sam Feinberg and the Mann brothers.
"Ben Pollack and his Californians" occupied the ballroom bandstand in 1924 and 1925. Pollack, a drummer, was building a reputation as having the first large white jazz band. Fud Livingston, Al Harris, Harry Greenberg, Wayne Allen, Dick Morgan and Gil Rodin were among the players . . .
"In 1925, a 16-year-old Chicago musician joined Pollack's group . . . formerly played with Art Kassel's band . . . Benny Goodman.
"Two weeks later . . . a 21-year-old trombone player . . . Glenn Miller . . .
"Miller and Goodman . . . roomed together [in Venice] at the Haley House . . .
"The group left for Chicago in the winter of 1925 where "Ben Pollack and his Californians" had a recording date with the Victor studios."
[Photo on p. 70 of RCA's Victrola Ben Pollack and his Californians, a 10 person band, is inscribed "To June, The pick of the Rendezvous, From Ben.]