When His Majesty returned to Thailand in 1950, prior to his accession to the throne, he established “The Lay Kram Band” which comprised members of the royal family as well as his close friends. To begin with, they only played Dixieland jazz, which was His Majesty’s favourite kind of music. As time went by, His Majesty started to compose various styles of music and it was not until then that the Lay Kram Band’s performances were broadcast live on the radio. “Lay Kram Goes Dixie” was composed with a joyous mood, showing the power of dynamic jazz. Mr.Claude Bolling, who arranged this song for the collection of His Majesty’s compositions produced by Chitralada School, 1996, commented that:

“Being a true jazz fan and cannoisseur, His Majesty loves Dixieland jazz. The Big Band Dixie experts have their fling with this joyful theme-American style music, Thai composition, French interpretation-jazz has truly become a worldwide language. May it contribute to the advent of universal brotherhood.”