The New Orleans clarinetist Fazola was a mainstay with the Bob Crosby Orchestra for almost two years in the late 1930's and recorded frequently with them. His sides with the eight piece Bob Cats in the New Orleans style are classics - featuring trumpets Yank Lawson and Billy Butterfield, trombonist Warren Smith, tenor sax Eddie Miller and a rhythm section of Bob Zurke or Jess Stacy on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Bob Haggart on bass and Ray Bauduc on drums