Artist Info: Firehouse Five Plus Two

The Firehouse Five Plus Two was a Dixieland jazz band, popular in the 1950s, consisting of members of the Walt Disney Studios animation department;

Danny Alguire — cornet
Harper Goff — banjo
Ward Kimball — trombone, siren, tambourine, sound effects, leader
Clarke Mallery — clarinet
Monte Mountjoy — drums
Ed Penner — bass saxophone on early recordings, but later switched to tuba
Frank Thomas — piano

Later, other Disney artists joined in; George Probert, Dick Roberts, Ralph Ball and George Bruns. [read more...]