Bob Scobey was an American jazz musician born in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s. In 1938 he worked as second trumpeter for Lu Watters in the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. By 1949 he was leading his own band under the name Bob Scobey's Frisco Band. From 1950 the group continued to play a three year residency at the Victor & Roxie's where their popularity grew.

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  • Bob Scobey was an American jazz musician born in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s. In 1938 he worked as second trumpeter for Lu Watters in the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. By 1949 he was leading his own band under the name Bob Scobey's Frisco Band. From 1950 the group continued to play a three year residency at the Victor & Roxie's where their popularity grew. Clancy Hayes joined the band to sing, play banjo and had his own compositions such as "Huggin' And a Chalkin'" recorded. The collaboration recorded over two hundred tracks until he left in 1959 to follow a solo career. The Frisco Band never appeared outside of California, but were broadcast in 1952 on Rusty Draper's television show after which they were asked to return the year after by promoters Gene Norman and Frank Bull. In 1953 Louis Armstrong sang with them at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. On finishing their residency in 1953, they moved to the largest club on the West Coast of America, the Rancho Grande in Lafayette, California, which had a grand dance floor. In 1959 Scobey opened the Club Bourbon Street, Chicago. Scobey died of cancer in 1963. His wife Jan produced a biography and arranged for his band to reform to record some blues songs. She also saw to the reissuing of his albums.
  • Robert Alexander „Bob“ Scobey war ein US-amerikanischer Trompeter und neben Turk Murphy und Lu Watters wichtiger Bandleader des Dixieland-Revival in San Francisco. Scobey wuchs in Kalifornien auf und spielte in den 1930er Jahren in Tanzbands. 1938 begann er Jazz zu spielen und wurde 1940 zweiter Trompeter in der „Yerba Buena Jass Band“ von Lu Watters, die das Dixieland-Revival in San Francisco startete. Ab 1949 hatte er eine eigene Band „Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band“, die 1950 bis 1953 im „Victor and Roxie’s“ auftraten. Ein wichtiges Mitglied dieser Band war Clancy Hayes, der dort als Banjospieler und Sänger arbeitete; er verließ Scobeys Band 1959. Die „Frisco Band“ spielte niemals außerhalb Kalifornien, wurde aber 1952/53 im Fernsehen übertragen. 1953 spielten sie mit Louis Armstrong im Civic Auditorium in Pasadena. Im selben Jahr wechselten sie ins „Rancho Grande“ in Lafayette. Scobey eröffnete 1959 den Club „Bourbon Street“ in Chicago, spielte dort in Clubs und starb 1963 im kanadischen Montreal an Krebs. Seine Frau Jan Scobey veröffentlichte 1976 seine Biographie „He rambled! Til Cancer put him down“ (bei Pal). Er nahm auch mit Sidney Bechet auf.
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  • Bob Scobey was an American jazz musician born in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s. In 1938 he worked as second trumpeter for Lu Watters in the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. By 1949 he was leading his own band under the name Bob Scobey's Frisco Band. From 1950 the group continued to play a three year residency at the Victor & Roxie's where their popularity grew.
  • Robert Alexander „Bob“ Scobey war ein US-amerikanischer Trompeter und neben Turk Murphy und Lu Watters wichtiger Bandleader des Dixieland-Revival in San Francisco. Scobey wuchs in Kalifornien auf und spielte in den 1930er Jahren in Tanzbands. 1938 begann er Jazz zu spielen und wurde 1940 zweiter Trompeter in der „Yerba Buena Jass Band“ von Lu Watters, die das Dixieland-Revival in San Francisco startete.
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  • Bob Scobey
  • Bob Scobey
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