The "Savoy Havana Band" was an augmentation, created by American saxophonist Bert Ralton, of the "Savoy Quartet".
The band was developed by Ralton in 1921, hired by the management of London's Savoy Hotel to catch the popular mood of the ever-growing dance band movement that would exist between the two world wars. The Savoy Hotel is in The Strand, London, UK.
The band performed between 1921 and 1927 and became a 'moveable feast' of musicians between the hotel's resident bands, the "Savoy Orpheans" and "The Sylvians", by 1927.
Name Vars
- Bert Ralton's Savoy Havana Band
- Orch. Savoy Havana
- Orch. Savoy Havana Du Savoy Hotel, Londres
- Orchestre Savoy Havana
- Savoy Havana
- Savoy Havana Band At The Savoy Hotel
- Savoy Havana Band, At The Savoy Hotel, London
- Savoy Havanah Band
- Savoy Havannah Band
- The Savoy Havana Band
- The Savoy Havana Band At The Savoy Hotel
Aliases
- Bert Ralton's Havana Band
- The Savoy Harmonists
- The Havana Band
- The Whitehall Dance Orchestra
Members
- Van Phillips
- Billy Mayerl
- Debroy Somers
- Cyril Ramon Newton
- Bernard Tipping
- Jimmy Wornell
- Jim Bellamy
- Laurie Huntington
- Reginald Batten
- Howard Jacobs
- Dave Thomas
- George Eskdale
- Bert Ralton
- Harry Thompson
- Eddie Frizelle
- Dave Wallace
- McCabe
- Bill Marcus