The Chicago Rhythm Kings was the name under which the recordings of several different jazz ensembles were issued.
[1] The earliest of these was a jazz octet consisting of vocalist Red McKenzie, cornetist Muggsy Spanier, saxophonist Frank Teschemacher, guitarist Eddie Condon, clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow, pianist Joe Sullivan, drummer Gene Krupa, and bassist and tubist Jim Lanigan.
[1] Several members of this first Chicago Rhythm Kings band, including Condon, Sullivan, and Krupa, also played together in another recording group together, the Rhythmakers.
[4] In 1940 Signature Records released an album with another Chicago Rhythm Kings band consisting of trumpeter Marty Marsala, clarinetist and saxophonist Rod Cless, guitarist Jack Goss, pianist Art Hodes, and string bassist Earl Murphy.
[6] Currently Bob Schulz and His Chicago Rhythm Kings have been active in performance and on record.