Bennie wasn't really a jazz musician, as his only real claims to fame were a "guest" sax performance on the ODJB recording of "Crazy Blues" and co-authorship of the evergreen song "Sunday." He was a businessman who could
play reeds, but he led a very tight band. This side was made at Brunwick studios on October 2nd, 1925, using their early electric recording equipment. No solos to speak of, but that was not his band's stock in trade since
they played conservative hotel nightspots: what you will hear are some nicely-played ensemble passages and interplay between sections. This record had been kicked around a bit, and there was lots of crackle in the groove, but
running through ClickRepair did some nice things for it. (More samples of Krueger's band can be heard over at Red Hot Jazz.)
