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HUGO FREY AND HIS STRING ORCHESTRA (6)
Janssen's Hof-Brau, New York
Hugo Frey, the veteran composer, Victor recording artist and pianist, heads the string ensemble which plays dinner music at the Hof-Brau from 8 to 11:30, while The Commanders fulfill their theatrical engagement with Elsie Janis' "Puzzles" show at the Fulton. The versatile Commanders play from 6 to 8 and after theatre, the Frey orchestra being sandwiched in between their absence.
The Frey organization possesses the same charm that made Joseph C. Smith's orchestra so popular a few years ago at the Hotel Plaza, New York. Frey was pianist and technical director of the Smith combination at that time.
Frey's music is of a type not often encountered in cafes or restaurants excepting in the smart hotels on the east side of the town. It is decorous and yet danceable. The 'cello, bass, piano (Frey), violin, banjo and drums makes a happy combination for delightful dance music[.] Abel.
Source: Variety, February 25, 1925, page 33.