RECORDING ACTIVITY in NEW ORLEANS in the
'TWENTIES
by
RON SWEETMAN
August 12, 2001
"In New Orleans, in religion, as in food or race or music, you
can't separate nothing from nothing"
... Dr. John.
Please send additions and corrections to:
Ron Sweetman,
20 Osborne Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 4Z9, Canada
Phone: [613] 730-2083 Fax:
[613] 730-1818
E-Mail: ronsweetman@canada.com
Table of
Contents
Objectives
Introductory
Comments
Acknowledgements
Methodology
Discographical
notes
Findings
The Recordings:
March
1924 Okeh sessions
January 1925 Okeh sessions
March 1925
Victor sessions
September 1925 Columbia sessions
April 1926
Columbia sessions
March 1927 Victor sessions
April 1927
Columbia sessions
October 1927 Columbia sessions
April 1928
Columbia sessions
November 1928 Brunswick
sessions
December 1928 Columbia sessions
February/March 1929
Brunswick/Vocalion sessions
September/October 1929 Brunswick sessions
November 1929 Victor sessions
December 1929 Columbia/Okeh
sessions
Compact Disc Reissues
Artist
Index
Objectives:
[i] To document the
recordings made in New Orleans in the 'twenties,
[ii] To illustrate the
diversity of music recorded in this period, and
[iii] To indicate current
availability on compact disc.
Introduction:
[i] This research project was started in 1994, and initially focussed upon the jazz and
blues recordings. I am acutely aware that the first complete 78rpm discography
on CD-ROM will render this research practically redundant.
[ii] NewOrleans is generally considered to be the birthplace of jazz, and the musicians of New Orleans certainly dominated the jazz recording scene in the
nineteen-twenties. Therefore it had always seemed to me to be somewhat ironic
that the musicians who popularised New Orleans jazz throughout the world
[Armstrong, Bechet, Dodds, Noone, NORK, ODJB, Oliver, Morton], rarely, if
ever, recorded in their hometown - New Orleans.
[iii] This can be explained during the 'twenties by the simple facts that:
- they had almost all left N.O. before recording started there, and
- there were no recording studios in N. O. during the 'twenties, so it made more sense to record them in the Northern cities where they were playing and where there were
studios.
[iv] This makes even more fascinating the recordings made by
the artists who stayed behind, who presumably presented a picture of the ongoing
and developing N. O. jazz tradition - black, white, creole, uptown & downtown-
and the diversity of musical influences available in New Orleans and the
surrounding district.
Acknowledgements:
I have
received help in this research from:
Richard B. Allen
ARSC
Journal
Ian Bennet
Colin Bray
Keith Chandler
Larry
Cohn
Country Music Foundation
Frank Dalton
John R. T. Davies
Bill
Dean-Myatt
Document Records
David Evans
Tom Freeland
David
French
John Blais Herx
Hogan Jazz Archive
IAJRC Journal
Just
Jazz Magazine
Ben Kraaijenbrink
Ross Laird
Tom Lord
Kip Lornell
Colin MacKenzie
Gene
Miller
Roger Misiewicz
Mike Montgomery
National Library of
Canada
Bob Pinson
Quartet Magazine
Bruce Raeburn
Dick
Raichelson
Brian Rust
Jack Sadler
Richard Spottswood
Jon
Taylor
Trevor Tolley
Tom Tsotsi
VJM Jazz and Blues Mart
John
Wilby and
Laurie Wright,
and wish to thank them all for their
generosity with their time and expertise.
Methodology:
I have had access to and have gone through [generally searching for any mention of
New Orleans as the recording location] the following
sources:
American Dance Band Discography 1917 - 1942 by Brian
Rust, published by Arlington House 1975
Bill Russell's American Music
edited by Mike Hazeldine, published by Jazzology Press 1993
Blues &
Gospel Records 1890-1943 by R. M. W. Dixon, J. Godrich, and H. Rye, published by
Clarendon Press Oxford 1997
Blues & Gospel Records 1902-1942 by J.
Godrich and R. M. W. Dixon, published by Storyville Publications
1969
Brunswick Records by Ross Laird, published by Greenwood Press, 2000
Cajun Music by Barry Jean Ancelet, published by The Center for
Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana 1989
Columbia
13/14000-D Series by Dan Mahony, published by Walter C. Allen
1973
Columbia Master Book Discography, Volume III by Brian Rust, published by GSreenwood Press 1999.
Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950 by Roger
D. Kinkle, published by Arlington House 1974
Complete Entertainment
Discography: From 1897 - 1947 by Brian Rust and Allen G. Debus, published by Da
Capo Press 1989
Discography of Ethnic Recordings produced in the United
States, 1893 to 1942 by Richard Spottswood, published by the University of
Illinois Press 1990
Ethnic Recordings in America edited by Alan Jabbour,
published by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress 1982
Jazz
Discography Volumes 1 - 21 by Tom Lord, published by Lord Music Reference Inc.
1992-1999
Jazz New Orleans 1885 - 1963 by Samuel B. Charters, published
by Oak Publications 1963
Jazz Records 1897-1942 by Brian Rust, published
by Arlington House 1978
Storyville 1996/7 edited by Laurie Wright,
published by Laurie Wright 1997
Victor Master Book Volume 2 by Brian
Rust, published by Walter C. Allen 1974,
and
AMG All-Media Guide
[http://Allmusic.com]
and
Numerous sleeve notes to LPs and
CDs.
Discographical Notes:
[i] Titles are given using upper
or lower case consistent with the information source.
[ii] Spellings
of French and Spanish titles sometimes vary between sources; when in doubt I
have operated by consensus or used the reissue
version.
[iii] Personnels and other issue/reissue details can be found
in Rust and/or Lord and/or Godrich, Dixon & Rye, Spottswood, the AMG Music
Guide, etc.
[iv] Because I wish to stress the current availability of
so much of this material on CD, I have only shown the first release [generally
on 78rpm; occasionally on LP] of each title recorded. Almost all of the 230
jazz, blues and gospel titles that were originally issued are currently
available on CD - see list on pages 55-57 of this document.
[v] Authors
of tunes are not included. These are absent from most CD
reissues.
[vi] Timings of tunes have not been included. They vary
between reissues.
[vii] A distinction is made between a master being
rejected, which negates any possibility of issue, and unissued which implies
acceptance and the possibility of eventual issue. See the Louis Dumaine sessions
in March 1927 as an example. These terms may have had differing significance in
different companies.
Findings:
[i] "There was very
little recording done in New Orleans until the 1940s" writes Sam Charters.
During the 'twenties, there were fifteen field visits, at which at least 230
jazz, blues and gospel titles were recorded. This stacks up well against the
other cities which did not boast a recording studio during the
twenties.
[ii] Recordings were made by the major companies who sent
teams to New Orleans and other cities, who set up camp in some suitable hall or
hotel ballroom or music store and recorded non-stop during their
stay.
[iii] The array of music recorded reflects the musical diversity
and the range of musical stimuli available to all musicians in New Orleans and
the surrounding region in the twenties. It is believed however that some artists
[such as Lillian Glinn, Fiddlin' John Carson, the Leake County Revelers and many
of the Cajun artists] came into New Orleans just for the recording sessions, and
were not an on-going part of the New Orleans music scene.
[iv] In
chronological order, the fifteen field visits took place as follows:
1924
March Okeh Mx 8556-8575
1925
January Okeh Mx 8889-8911
March Victor Mx B
32113-32132
September Columbia Mx W 140986-141004
1926
April Columbia Mx 142000-142027
1927
March Victor Mx BVE/CVE
37975-38005
April Columbia Mx W
143949-143984
October Columbia Mx W 145000-145042
1928
April Columbia Mx 146176-146226
November Brunswick Mx NOR
747-768
December Columbia Mx 147624-147665
1929
Feb/March Brunswick/Vocalion Mx 100-133
Sept/Oct Brunswick Mx 218-266
November Victor
Mx 56494-56541
December Columbia Mx 111382-111397
and
Mx 149570-149599
and
Okeh Mx 403404-403449
and Okeh Mx
403500-403520
[v] Listing the sessions by matrix number brings to
light groupings of recording sessions previously obscured by
name/chronological listings, and, of course, groups them by field
visit.
[vi] There are some interesting cross-cultural fertilizations.
For example, while the recording by the white country Leake County Revelers is
officially entitled "Make Me A Bed on the Floor", they actually sing "Make Me A
Pallet on the Floor", and their recorded repertoire included "Leake County
Blues" and "Lonesome Blues". The cajun artists recorded such titles as "It's
Tight Like That", "Le Blues De Neg' Francais", "Slim's Blues", "French Blues",
and "Far Away From Home Blues", and of course, both the Original Valentin Choral
Club and Sam Morgan's Jazz Band recorded the spiritual "Sing
On'.
[vii] After the Afro-American's obvious predominant influence on
jazz generally, the names of the leaders and their sidemen demonstrate that it
would be hard to over-emphasize the contribution of Americans of Italian origin
to the development of the white jazz scene in New Orleans during this
period.
The Recordings:
[by YEAR / MONTH / DAY]
THE MARCH 1924 OKEH SESSIONS
Note: Okeh used what appeared to be a
lower case "a" for the first take and an upper case "B" etc for subsequent takes
in sessions which were pre-electrically recorded.
Note: 8552/53/54 and
probably 8555 recorded in Chicago by Sophie Tucker in February
1924.
1924/3/15 Johnny DeDroit and his New Orleans Jazz
Orchestra
8556-B Panama OK 40240, Timeless
CBC1-014
8557-a Nobody Knows Blues OK 40150, Timeless
CBC1-014
8558-a New Orleans Blues OK 40090, Topaz TPZ
1049, Timeless CBC1-014
24/3/15 or
16 Lela Bolden
8559-a Southern Woman Blues OK 8139,
Azure AZ-CD-13
8560-a Seawall Special Blues OK 8139, Azure
AZ-CD-13
24/3/16 Johnny DeDroit and his New Orleans Jazz
Orchestra
8561-a The Swing OK 40090, Frèmeaux
FA 039, Timeless CBC1-014, Yazoo 2025
8562-a Brown
Eyes OK 40192, Timeless CBC1-014
8563-B Number Two Blues OK 40150,
Timeless CBC1-014
24/3/16 Fate Marable's Society
Syncopators
8564-a Frankie And Johnny OK 40113, Disky
DCD 800?, Timeless CBC1-014, Jazz
Archives 157992
8565-a Pianoflage OK 40113, Timeless
CBC1-014,
Note: Label of OK 40113 has
Fate Morable's Society Syncopators
24/3/17 Original Crescent City
Jazzers
8566-a Sensation Rag OK 40101, Timeless
CBC1-014
8567-a Christine OK 40101, Topaz TPZ
1049, Timeless CBC1-014
24/3/17 Ruth
Green
8568-a Sad And Lonely Blues OK 8140, Doc DOCD
5511
8569-a Mama's Got Something, I Know You Want It
OK 8140, Doc DOCD 5511
24/3/17 Johnny Bayersdorffer
and his Jazzola Novelty Orchestra
8570-a I Wonder Where My
Easy Rider's Riding Now OK 40133, Timeless
CBC1-014, Frèmeaux FA 039, Topaz TPZ 1049
8571-a The Waffle
Man's Call OK 40133, Timeless CBC1-014, Jazz Archives
157992
Note: 8572 & 8573 not traced.
24/3/17 Original
Valentin Choral Club Quintette
8574-a Sing
On OK 8135, Doc DOCD 5340
8575-a Give Me That Old-Time
Religion OK 8135, Doc DOCD 5340
Note: 8576 - 8630 were
recorded in Atlanta in mid to late March 1924.
THE JANUARY 1925
OKEH SESSIONS
Note: 8873- 8885 were recorded in St. Petersburg,
Florida. Others not traced.
Note: Tom Tsotsi suggests that matrices 8887
and 8888 may have also been recorded by Dr. and/or Agnes Roach and issued as
Roach #1.
1925/1/22 Dr. James F. Roach
8889-a Guè
Guè Solingaie Roach 2-A
1925/1/22 Halfway House
Orchestra
8890-a Pussy Cat Rag OK 40318, Topaz TPZ
1049,Jazz Oracle BDW 8001,Timeless CBC1-014
8891-a Barataria OK 40318, Frèmeaux FA
039, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001,
Timeless CBC1-014, Jazz
Archives 157992
25/1/22 Billy Mack And Mary
Mack
8892-a Black But Sweet, Oh God! OK 8195, RST JPCD
1517-2
25/1/22 John Tobin's Midnight
Serenaders
8893-a I'm Afraid To Care For You OK 40297,
Timeless CBC1-014
Note: 8894 not traced. Several discographers have
raised the possibility that matrix 8894 was used for a second tune by Tobin.
Brian Rust and Tom Tsotsi second this suggestion. OK 40297 paired the above tune
[8893] with one by the Scranton Sirens Orchestra from their 1925/1/24
session.
25/1/22 Anthony Parenti's Famous Melody
Boys
8895-a That's A Plenty OK 40308, Frog DGF
4, Timeless CBC1-014
8896-a Cabaret Echoes OK
40308, Frog DGF 4, Topaz TPZ 1049, Timeless
CBC1-014
25/1/22 Billy Mack and Mary
Mack
8897-B My Heart-Breakin' Gal OK 8195, RST JPCD
1517-2
25/1/23 Papalia and his
Orchestra
8898-a Cross-Word Mama You're Puzzling
Me OK 40347, Jazz Archives 157992
8899-a Sometime When You're
Alone OK 40347
Note: Earlier editions of Rust and Kinkle have this
title as Sometimes When You're Alone, but OK 40437 has
Sometime.
25/1/23 Brownlee's Orchestra of New
Orleans
8900-a Peculiar OK 40337, Jazz Archives
157992
8901-a Dirty Rag OK 40337, Topaz TPZ
1049
25/1/23 Original New Orleans Rhythm
Kings
8902-a Baby OK 40422, Timeless CBC1-014, VIL
CD013-2, Classics 1150
8903-B I Never Knew What A Gal Could Do OK 40422,
Timeless CBC1-014, VIL CD013-2, Classics 1150
8904-a She's Crying For Me
Blues OK 40327, Timeless CBC1-014, VIL
CD013-2, Best of Jazz 4050, Classics 1150
8905-a Golden Leaf Strut OK
40327, Timeless CBC1-014, Topaz TPZ 1049,
VIL CD013-2, Best of Jazz 4050, Classics 1150
25/1/23 Original Tuxedo
Jazz Orchestra
Note: The OK labels state: "Playing at Spanish
Fort"
8906-a Original Tuxedo Rag OK 8215, Disky DCD
800?, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002, Timeless
CBC1-014, Azure AZ-CD-13
8907-a Careless Love OK 8198,
Jazz Oracle BDW 8002, Timeless CBC1-014,
Azure AZ-CD-13
8908-a Black Rag OK 8198, Frèmeaux FA
039, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002, Timeless CBC1-014,
Azure AZ-CD-13
25/1/24 Scranton Sirens
Orchestra
8909-a Why Should I Believe In You? OK
40297
8910-B Common Street Blues OK 40329
25/1/24 Agnes F.
Roach
8911-a Reflets Dans l'Eau Roach 2B
Note: This is
the title of Images [Book 1, No.1] by Claude Debussy.
Note: Label has
Reflets Ians l'Eau.
Note: 8912 - 8924 were recorded in Detroit on January
28 & 29, 1925.
THE MARCH 1925 VICTOR SESSIONS
Note:
Masters B32100-32112 were used in Houston, Texas
1925/3/22 The
Boswell Sisters
B 32113-4 You Can Call Me Baby All The Time Vi
rejected
B 32114-1 I'm Gonna Cry (Crying Blues) Vi 19639, ASV
5014
B 32132-3 Pal O' Mine Vi rejected
Note: The
reason for the use of matrix 32132 out of order is not
known.
25/3/23 Anthony Parenti and his Famous Melody
Boys
B 32115-5 Dizzy Lizzie Vi 19697, Frog DGF
4
B 32116-2 French Market Blues Vi 19697, Frog DGF 4
Note: Label
of Vi 19697 reads Dizzie Lizzie.
25/3/24 Anthony Parenti and his
Famous Melody Boys
B 32117-3 La Vida- Medley Fox
Trot Ida/Gypsy Love Song Vi 19698, Frog DGF 4
B
32118-3 Be Yourself Vi 19698, Frog DGF 4
B 32119-1 12th Street
Blues Vi 19647, Frog DGF 4
B 32119-4 12th Street Blues RCA [F] B&W;
741107,Frog DGF 4
B 32120-2 Creole Blues RCA [F] B&W;
741107, Frog DGF4
B 32120-3 Creole Blues Vi 19647, Frog
DGF 4, Jazz Archives 157992
25/3/25 Piron's New Orleans
Orchestra
B 32121-3 Red Man Blues Vi 19646, Azure
AZ-CD-13
B 32121-5 Red Man Blues Azure AZ-CD-13
B 32122-3 Do Just
As I Say Vi 19646, Azure AZ-CD-13
25/3/25 The Boswell
Sisters
B 32123-4 Dad Vi rejected
B 32124-3 Nights When
I'm Lonely ASV 5014
B 32124-4 Nights When I'm Lonely Vi
19639
25/3/26 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
B 32125-1 She's Cryin' For Me BB B-10956, Frog DGF 2, VIL
CD013-2, Vic RA 5328, RCA FPM1-7003
B
32125-4 She's Cryin' For Me Vi 19645, 28206, Frog DGF 2, VIL
CD013-2, Vic RA 5328, RCA FPM1-7003, Classics 1150
B 32126-1 Everybody Loves
Somebody Blues [But Nobody Loves Me] Vi 19645, 28206, Frog
DGF 2, VIL CD013-2, Vic RA 5328, RCA
FPM1-7003
B 32126-2 Everybody Loves Somebody Blues [But Nobody Loves
Me] BB B-10956, Frog DGF 2, VIL
CD013-2, Vic RA 5328, RCA FPM1-7003, Classics 1150
Note: One take of
B 32125 is on Best of Jazz 4050
Note: Matrix 32127 recorded in New York
on April 3, 1926 by Pablo Casals.
32128 - 32131 were recorded by Waring's
Pennsylvanians in Camden, N.J.
THE SEPTEMBER 1925 COLUMBIA SESSIONS
Note: From this date onwards, all sessions were
electrically recorded.
1925/9/23 Wisdom Sisters
W 140986-1 Amazing Grace Co rejected
W 140986-2 Amazing
Grace Co rejected
Note: Above information from J.R.T.Davies
and Brian Rust. The Wisdom Sisters also recorded this song as matrix #142096 in
Atlanta on April 22, 1926, issued as Co 15093-D.
25/9/23 Parenti's Liberty Syncopators
W 140987-1 Strut Yo' Stuff Co
1549-D, Frog DGF 4
W 140988-1 Midnight Papa Co 545-D, Frog
DGF 4
W 140989-2 I Need Some Lovin' Co 1549-D, Frog DGF
4
W 140990-1 Cabaret Echoes Co 545-D, Frog DGF 4
Note: Co 1549-D
as by La Veeda Dance Orch.
25/9/23 Imperial Serenaders
W
140991-1-2 Climax Rag Co rejected
25/9/24 New
Orleans Owls
W 140992-2 Stomp Off - Let's Go Co 489-D,
Frog DGF 2
W 140993-2 Oh Me! Oh My Co 489-D, Frog DGF
2
W 140994-2 The Owls' Hoot Co 605-D, Frog DGF 2
W
140995-1-2 Zero Co rejected
25/9/23 Wisdom Sisters
W
140996-1 Sitting At the Feet of Jesus Co rejected
W 140996-2 Sitting
At the Feet of Jesus Co rejected
Note: Above information from
Brian Rust and J.R.T.Davies and Keith Chandler from Columbia logs. The Wisdom
Sisters also recorded this song as matrix W 142097 in Atlanta on April 22, 1926,
issued as Co 15093-D.
25/9/25 The Halfway House Dance Orchestra
(direction of Albert Brunies)
W 140997-1 Squeeze Me Co 541-D,
Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
W 140998-1 Maple Leaf Rag Co 476-D,
Jazz Oracle BDW 8001, Jazz Archives 157992
W 140999-2 Let Me
Call You Sweetheart Co 476-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
W 141000-2 New Orleans Shuffle Co 541-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
25/9/26 The Fuzzywuzzy Twins (Leclerc and
McCarthy)
W 141001 You'll Never Do The Same Thing Over Again Co
rejected
W 141002 I Want Nobody But You Co rejected
W 141003 Why
Should I Believe In You Co rejected
W 141004 Wondering Why Co
rejected
Note: W 141005 - 141017 recorded in Atlanta September through
October 3, 1925.
THE APRIL 1926 COLUMBIA SESSIONS
Note:
141999 recorded in New York by Ross Gorman on April 22,
1926.
1926/4/12 Parenti's Liberty Syncopators
W
142000-2 Up Jumped The Devil Co 836-D, Frog DGF 4
W 142001-1-2 Cafè
Capers Co rejected
W 142002-1-2 Up And At 'Em Co
rejected
W 142003-1 Weary Blues Co 1264-D, Frog DGF
4
W 142004-1 New Crazy Blues Co 836-D, Frog DGF 4
W 142004- 2 New
Crazy Blues Co 836-D, Frog DGF 4
W 142005-1 African
Echoes Co 1264-D, Frog DGF 4
26/4/13 The Halfway House
Dance Orchestra (direction of Albert Brunies)
W
142006-2 Snookum Co 1041-D, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
W
142007-2 Since You're Gone Co 681-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
W 142008-1 It Belongs To You Co 1041-D, Jazz Oracle
BDW 8001
W 142009-2 I'm In Love Co 681-D, Jazz Oracle
BDW 8001
Note: Some issues of the above titles as by Albert Brunies and
his Original Halfway House Dance Orchestra.
26/4/13 St. Mark's
Chanters
W 142010-1 'Buked and Scorned Co 14198-D,
Doc DOCD 5542
W 142011-1 So High Co 14198-D, Doc DOCD
5542
W 142012-1 Live Humble Co 14149-D, Doc DOCD
5542
W 142013-1 My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race Co 14149-D,
Doc DOCD 5542
26/4/13 Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz
Orchestra
W 142014-2 I'm Satisfied You Love Me Co
14200-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW
8002
W 142015-2 My Josephine Co 636-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002
W 142016-1 Station Calls Co 636-D, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002
W 142016-2 Station Calls Co 636-D,
Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
W 142017-2 Give Me Some More Co 14200-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002
26/4/14 New Orleans Owls
W 142018-1-2 Spaghetti Co rejected
W 142019-3 Piccadilly Co 1158-D,
Frog DGF 2, Jazz Archives 157992
W 142020-2 Tampeekoe Co
688-D, Frog DGF 2
W 142021-2 Dynamite Co 1045-D, Frog
DGF 2
W 142022-1 Pretty Baby Co 1045-D, Frog DGF 2
W 142023-2 West End Romp Co 688-D, Frog DGF 2
26/4/14 Willie
Jackson
W 142024-2 Bad, Bad Mama Co 14156-D, Azure
AZ-CD-13
W 142025-1 Willie Jackson's Blues Co 14136-D, Azure
AZ-CD-13
W 142026-2 She Keeps It Up All The Time Co 14156-D, Azure
AZ-CD-13, Frèmeaux FA 039
W 142027-2 Old New Orleans Blues Co
14136-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, EPM 157612
Note: Co 14136 as Willie Jackson
(A Big Boy With The Blues), and Co 14156 as Willie Jackson from New
Orleans.
Note: 142028-142034 recorded by Dock Walsh in Atlanta on April
17, 1926.
THE MARCH 1927 VICTOR SESSIONS
Note: Victor were in Atlanta from February 16-21.
Note: Victor were in Memphis
from February 24-March 1. Final matrix BVE37974.
1927/3/5 Genevieve
Davis acc. Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
BVE 37975-1 Haven't Got A
Dollar To Pay Your House Rent Man Vi
20648, Frog DGF 5, EPM 157612
BVE 37975-2 Haven't Got A Dollar
To Pay Your House Rent Man Frog DGF5
1927/3/5 Genevieve Davis and
Leonard Mitchell acc. Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
BVE 37976- I've Got Something Frog DGF5
BVE 37976-2 I've
Got Something Vi 20648, Frog DGF 5
27/3/5 Louis
Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
BVE 37977-1 Pretty Audrey Vi
20723, Frog DGF 5, Yazoo 2025
BVE 37977-2 Pretty Audrey Vi
"Hold Indefinitely"
Note: Laurie Wright quotes comments on the original
recording sheet.
27/3/7 Louis Dumaine's Jazzola
Eight
BVE 37978-1 To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa Vi "Hold"
BVE
37978-2 To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa Vi 20723, Frèmeaux FA 039, Frog
DGF 5, Yazoo 2024, ABC 836188-2
BVE 37979-1 Franklin Street Blues Vi
20580, Topaz TPZ 1049, Frog DGF 5, Disky DCD
800?, Giants of Jazz CD 53016, BBC CD 588,
Gold Sound 771, Jazz Archives 157992
BVE
37979-2 Franklin Street Blues Vi "Destroy"
BVE 37979-3 Franklin
Street Blues Vi "Hold 30 days"
BVE 37980-1 Red Onion
Drag Vi 20580, Frog DGF 5
BVE 37980-2 Red Onion
Drag Vi "Destroy"
BVE 37980-3 Red Onion Drag Vi
20580
Note: Laurie Wright quotes comments on the original recording
sheets. He adds that the disposition for matrix 37980-1 was originally "Hold
Indefinitely", with take-3 marked "Master", but says that he knows of no copy
using take-3.
27/3/7 Ann Cook [acc. Louis Dumaine]
BVE
37981-1 Mamma Cookie Frog DGF5
BVE 37981-3 Mamma
Cookie Vi 20579, Frog DGF 5, EPM
157612
BVE 37982-1 He's The Sweetest Black Man In
Town Vi 20579, Frog DGF 5, EPM 157612
Note: There is a
photograph of Ann Cook in Bill Russell's American
Music.
27/3/8 Rev. Isaiah Shelton
BVE 37983-2,3 The
Liar Vi 20583, Doc DOCD 5389
BVE 37984-2 As The Eagle
Stirreth Her Nest Vi 20583, Doc DOCD 5389
27/3/9 Mount Zion
Baptist Quartet of Mobile*
Mount Zion Baptist
Quartette**
BVE 37985-2 Let The Church Roll On* Vi
20582, Doc DOCD 5541
BVE 37986-1 I Shall Not Be Moved** Vi
21350, Doc DOCD 5541
BVE 37987-3 Hard Trials, Great Tribulations* Vi
20582, Doc DOCD 5541
BVE 37988-1 They Called Me A Liar** Vi
21350, Doc DOCD 5541
27/3/9 New Orleans University Glee
Club
BVE 37989-3 The Old Ark's A-Moverin' Vi 20566, Doc
DOCD 5555
BVE 37990-2 Climbing Jacob's Ladder Vi 20566, Doc
DOCD 5555
27/3/9 Florence White
BVE
37991-1 Baby Dear, I Don't Want No One But You Vi 20584, Doc DOCD
5518
BVE 37992-1 Cold Rocks Was My Pillow Vi 20584, Doc DOCD
5518
27/3/10 John Hyman's Bayou Stompers
BVE
37993-1 Ain't Love Grand Vi X 3029, Frog DGF 2
BVE 37993-2 Ain't Love
Grand Vi 20593, Frog DGF 2
BVE 37994-3 Alligator Blues Vi X 3029,
Frog DGF 2
BVE 37994-4 Alligator Blues Vi 20593, Frog DGF
2
27/3/10 Megginson Female Quartet*/Quartette**
BVE
37995-1 God Got His Eyes On You Vi 20581*, Doc DOCD 5540
BVE 37996-1 My
Road Is Rough And Rocky All The Way Vi 20856**, Doc DOCD 5540
BVE
37997-2 Oh! What A Change Took Place In My Heart Vi 20856**, Doc DOCD
5540
BVE 37998-2 Got The Great Big World In His Hands Vi 20581*, Doc DOCD
5540
Note: **Vi 20856 as by Megginson Female Quartette
27/3/10
or 11 Dr. E. S. Lewis
BVE 37999-1 An Address to
Friends Private issue
27/3/11 Richard (Rabbit)
Brown
BVE 38000-1 James Alley Vi 20578, EPM
157612, Doc DOCD 5003, Smithsonian FP253
BVE 38001-1 Great
Northern Blues Vi unissued
BVE 38002-1 Never Let The Same Bee
Sting You Twice Vi 21475, Doc DOCD 5003
BVE 38003-1 I'm Not
Jealous Vi 20578, Doc DOCD 5003
CVE 38004-1 Mystery Of The
Dunbar's Child Vi 35840, Doc DOCD 5003
CVE 38005-1 Sinking Of
The Titanic Vi 35840, Doc DOCD
5003,
Unsinkable TSCD 22798
Note: Vi
35840 is twelve-inch.
Note: The artist's nickname is in parenthesis (as
shown above) on the original Victor labels; it is not in asterisks.
Note:
There is an article on Richard (Rabbit) Brown by Kevin S. Fontenot in The Jazz
Archivist 13; it is displayed at
http://www.bluesworld.com/RabbitBrown.html
Note: Victor used 38006/7/8 on
April 21, 1927 and 38009 on April 25, in Camden, N.J.
THE APRIL 1927 COLUMBIA SESSIONS
Note: 143947 & 143948 were recorded
in Atlanta on April 8, 1927 by Vick Myers' Orchestra.
1927/4/11 Joe
Mannone's Harmony Kings
143949-2 Sadness Will Be Gladness Co
14282-D, Classics 774, Collectors Classics
COCD-3
143950-2 Cat's Head Co 14282-D, Classics
774, Collectors Classics COCD-3
143951-2 Up The Country
Blues Co 1044-D, Classics
774, Collectors Classics COCD-3, Jazz Archives
157992
143952-2 Ringside Stomp Co 1044-D, Classics
774, Collectors Classics COCD-3
27/4/11 Celestin's
Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
143953-1 Dear Almanzoer Co
14220-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW
8002
143954-2 Papa's Got The Jim Jams Co 14220-D,
Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
143955-1 As You Like
It Co 14259-D, BBC CD 588, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002, Gold Sound 771,
Frèmeaux FA 039, Topaz TPZ 1049,
Azure AZ-CD-13,
Giants of Jazz CD 53016
143956-1 Just For You Dear I'm
Crying Co 14259-D, Azure AZ-CD-13 Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002
143956-3 Just For You Dear I'm Crying Co 14259-D,
Azure AZ-CD-13 Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
27/4/12 Mary Flood
Gates
143957-2 Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? Co
1043-D
143958-2 You'll Leave Me Blue [When You Leave] Co
1043-D
27/4/12 Bush Family Sacred Singers
143959-1 He Pardoned
Me Co rejected
143959-2 He Pardoned Me Co rejected
143960-2 Music
In My Soul Co 15157-D
143961-1 Mother Dear Is
Waiting Co unissued
143961-2 Mother Dear Is Waiting Co
unissued
143962-2 On My Way To Jesus Co 15157-D
27/4/13 Rev.
Lionel Jackson
143963-1-2 Baptism At The River Co
unissued
143964-1-2 Come And See A Man Co unissued
27/4/13 Mr
& Mrs R. N. Grisham
143965-1 Reaching To You Co
15177-D
143966-1 We'll Be Home Again Co 15177-D
143966-2
We'll Be Home Again Co 15177-D
Note: It is not clear whether Co
15177-D was issued from 143966-1 or 143966-2 or both.
27/4/13 Leake
County Revelers
143967-2 Johnson Gal Co 15149-D, Doc DOCD
8029
143968-2 Leather Breeches Co 15149-D, Doc DOCD
8029
143969-1 Wednesday Night Waltz Co 15189-D, Doc DOCD
8029
143970-1 Good Night Waltz Co 15189-D, Doc DOCD
8029
27/4/14 Rev. C. F. Thornton
143971-2 Keep
Him From Rising Co 14233-D, Doc DOCD 5389
143972-1 The Prodigal
Son Co 14233-D
143972-2 The Prodigal Son Co
14233-D, Doc DOCD 5389
27/4/14 Rev. Frank
Cotton
143973-1-2 Man Ought To Always Pray Co
unissued
143974-1-2 Let Jesus Lead You Co
unissued
27/4/14 Sam Morgan's Jazz
Band
143975-1 Steppin' On The Gas Co 14258-D, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002, Azure AZ-CD-13
143976-2 Everybody's Talking
About Sammy Co 14213-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8002, Azure AZ-CD-13
143977-2 Mobile Stomp Co 14258-D, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002, Disky DCD 800?, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz
Archives 157992
143978-2 Sing On pp; Co 14213-D, Co
14539-D, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002, Azure AZ-CD-13,
Jazz
Archives 157992
27/4/15 New Orleans Owls
143979-1 So Long, Joe Co Rejected
143980-1 Killing
Time Co Rejected
143981-1 That's A Plenty Co
1547-D, Topaz TPZ 1049
Fremeaux FA 039, Frog
DGF 2, Giants of Jazz CD 53016, BBC CD 588
143982-1 Meat On
The Table Co 1158-D, Frog DGF 2, Jazz
Archives 157992
27/4/15 Halfway House Dance Orchestra
143983-1 Won't You Be My Lovin' Baby BRS 19, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8001
143984-3 I Don't Want To Remember VJM VLP-22
[LP], Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Note: BRS
19 issued as by Abbie Brunies' Halfway House Orch.
Note: 143985/86
recorded in New York on April 19, 1927 by Walter Davison's Louisville
Loons
THE OCTOBER 1927 COLUMBIA SESSIONS
Note:
Columbia's October-November 1927 field trip started in New Orleans and then
moved on to Atlanta, Georgia. 144852/853 were recorded in New York on October
13, 1927 [by Martha Copeland]. 144918/919 were recorded in New York on October
27, 1927 [by Bessie Smith]. 144956/957 were recorded in New York on November 4,
1927 [by Andy Razaf].
It would appear that the field trip were allocated a
series of master numbers starting with W 145000
1927/10/22 Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
W 145000-2 Short Dress Gal Co 14351-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002,Jazz Archives 157992
W 145001-2 Bogalousa Strut Co
14351-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW
8002, Frèmeaux FA 039
W 145002-1 Down By The Riverside Co
14267-D, Azure AZ-CD-13
Jazz Oracle BDW 8002,
Jazz Archives 157992
W 145003-1 Over In The Glory
Land Co 14267-D, Co 14539-D, Jazz
Oracle BDW 8002, Yazoo 2024 Azure AZ-CD-13
27/10/24 Mr and Mrs R. N. Grisham and Daughter
W 145004-2 Angels Tell My Mother I'll Be There Co 15255-D
W 145005-1 ŒTis Wonderful Co 15255-D
W 145005-2 ŒTis Wonderful Co 15255-D
Note:
It is not clear whether Co 15255-D was issued from 145005-1 or 145005-2 or
both.
27/10/24 Mr and Mrs R. N. Grisham
W 145006-1 'Twill all be glory over there Co rejected
W 145006-2 'Twill
all be glory over there Co rejected
W 145007-1 I'll be a friend of Jesus Co rejected
W 145007-2 I'll be a friend of
Jesus Co rejected
27/10/24 Halfway House Dance Orchestra
(direction of Albert Brunies)
W 145008-1-2 Why Did You Make Me
Cry? Co rejected
W 145009-1-2 When You've Lost Your Baby Co rejected
W
145010-1 When I'm Blue Co 1263-D, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
W
145011-2 I Want Somebody To Love Co 1263-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
Note: Co 1263 issued by The Halfway House Dance Orchestra (direction
of Albert Brunies).
27/10/25 Leake County Revelers
W
145012-2 My Wild Irish Rose Co 15776-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W
145013-1 My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Co 15227-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W
145014-2 In The Good Old Summertime Co 15227-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W
145015-2 Listen To The Mocking Bird Co 15776-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W
145016-2 The Old Hat Co 15205-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W 145017-2 Monkey In
The Dog Cart Co 15205-D, Doc DOCD 8029
Note: Document DOCD 8029 shows
the above six masters as recorded in Atlanta, Georgia on October 25, 1927.
Brian Rust states categorically that these were all recorded in New Orleans, not
Atlanta. Richard Spottswood concurs. Their place in the sequence of matrices
makes the recording location of Atlanta unlikely.
The Columbia Master Book Discography, Volume III by Brian Rust confirms the location of the above recordings as New Orleans.
Note: Issues on other
labels [e.g. Velvet Tone and Clarion] as by Texarkana Melody
Boys.
27/10/25 Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz
Orchestra
W 145018-3 When I'm With You Co 14323-D,
Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
W
145019-2 It's Jam Up Co 14323-D, Azure AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle
BDW 8002, Jazz Archives 157992
27/10/25 Blind Gilbert's
Tin Roofers
W 145020-1-2 Dump Cart Co rejected
W
145021-1-2 Cornet Omelet Co rejected
Note: In the 'forties,
Bill Russell recorded a Frank "Blind Gilbert" Meistier on guitar in New Orleans
for his American Music label. Brian Rust comments: "As far as I know, the Blind
Gilbert that Bill Russell recorded in the 1940s was the same one as made the Tin
Roofers".
27/10/26 New Orleans Owls
W
145022-2 The New Twister Co 1547-D, Frog DGF 2
W 145023-2 Goose
Pimples Co 1261-D, Frog DGF 2
W 145024-2 Throwin' The
Horns Co 1261-D, Frog DGF 2
27/10/26 Dixie Instrumental
Four
W 145025-1-2 Silver Slipper Rag Co rejected
W
145026-1-2 Dizzy Lou Co rejected
27/10/26 Ralph
Pollock and his Orchestra
W 145027-2 Why Should I Say That
I'm Sorry (When Nobody's Sorry But Me) Co
1197-D
W 145028-3 An Old Guitar And An Old Refrain Co
1197-D
27/10/27 Bush Brothers
W 145029-2 Saved By
His Grace Co 15203-D
W 145030-2 He Pardoned Me Co
15203-D
W 145031-1 Hallelujah! He Is Mine Co 15235-D
W 145032-1 Oh
Wonderful Day Co 15235-D
W 145033-2 Mother Dear Is
Waiting Co 15368-D
W 145034-1 Called Home Co
15368-D
27/10/27 Mary Flood Gates
W 145035-1 If
I'd only believed in you Co rejected
W 145035-2 If I'd only believed in
you Co rejected
W 145036-1 I had you-I lost you-I found
you Co rejected
W 145036-2 I had you-I lost you-I found you Co
rejected
W 145037-1 I'd do it all over again Co 1270-D
W
145037-2 I'd do it all over again Co 1270-D
W 145038-2 Does it
make any difference to you Co 1270-D
Note: It is not clear whether Co
1270-D was issued from 145037-1 or 145037-2 or both.
27/10/28 John Hammond (as John
Hassell)
W 145039-1 Aloha oe Clarion 5237C
W
145040-1 Blue Danube Waltz Clarion 5033C
W 145040-2 Blue Danube
Waltz Clarion 5033C
W 145041-2 By the waters of Minnetonka Clarion
5238C
W 145042-1 Drowsy water Clarion 5235C
Note:
John Hassell was an organist.
Note: It is not clear whether Clarion 5033C
was issued from 145040-1 or 145040-2 or both.
Note: 145043 to 145045 were
recorded in Atlanta by Riley Puckett on October
31.
145062/063/064/065/103/104/106/108/112/115/132/133/134135/136/137/155/156/174/175/192/193/198/199/216/217
were all recorded in Atlanta after the New Orleans sessions.
THE
APRIL 1928 COLUMBIA SESSIONS
Note: W 146000 to W 146175 were
recorded in Atlanta between April 10 to 21, 1928.
1928/4/24 Lillian
Glinn
W 146176-3 The Man I Love Is Worth Talking About Co
14330-D, Doc DOCD 5184
W 146177-2 Best Friend Blues Co
14330-D, Doc DOCD 5184
W 146178-2 Lost Letter Blues Co
14360-D, Doc DOCD 5184
W 146179-2 Packing House Blues Co 14360-D, Doc
DOCD 5184
W 146180-1 Shake It Down Co 14315-D, Doc DOCD
5184
28/4/24 Art Gillham as Barrel-House Pete
W
146181-1-2 St. Louis Blues Co rejected
W 146182-1-2 Memphis
Blues Co rejected
W 146183-1-2 Some Of These Days Co
rejected
W 146184-1-2 Hesitation Blues Co
rejected
28/4/25 Will Day & Willis Harris
W
146185-1-2 West Texas Blues Co unissued
28/4/25 Will
Day
W 146186-2 Central Avenue Blues Co 14318-D, Doc
DOCD 5162
28/4/25 Will Day & Alberta Brown
W
146187-1-2 To be named* Co unissued
Note: * Entry in
Columbia logs.
28/4/25 Alberta Brown
W
146188-2 Lonely Blues Co 14321-D, Doc DOCD 5489
W
146189-2 How Long Co 14321-D, Doc DOCD 5489
28/4/25 Lillian
Glinn
W 146190-2 Where Have All the Black Men Gone Co 14315-D,
Doc DOCD 5184
28/4/25 Will Day
W 146191-2 Sunrise
Blues Co 14318-D, Doc DOCD 5162
28/4/25 Johnnie Miller's
New Orleans Frolickers
W 146192-1 Everybody's Got Someone To
Love Them Co unissued
W 146193-3 Panama Co 1546-D,
Frèmeaux FA 039, Timeless CBC1-001, Frog DGF 5
W
146194-2 Dipper Mouth Blues Co 1546-D,
Timeless CBC1-001, Frog DGF
5
28/4/26 Bush Brothers
W 146195-1 I've Found A
Friend Co rejected
W 146195-2 I've Found A
Friend Co rejected
W 146196-2 When The Gates Of Glory
Open Co 15263-D
W 146197-2 On The Glory Road Co
15263-D
W 146198-1 What Love Co rejected
W
146198-2 What Love Co rejected
28/4/26 Mr
and Mrs R. N. Grisham
W 146199-1 Just Beyond The
Gates Co 15305-D
W 146199-2 Just Beyond The Gates Co
15305-D
W 146200-1 We're Drifting On Co 15379-D
W 146200-2 We're
Drifting On Co 15379-D
W 146201-1 The Heart That Was Broken
For Me Co 15379-D
W 146201-2 The Heart That Was Broken For
Me Co 15379-D
W 146202-1 I'll Be A Friend To Jesus Co
15305-D
W 146202-2 I'll Be A Friend To Jesus Co 15305-D
Note: It
is not clear which takes were issued on Co 15305 and Co
15379.
28/4/26 Bush Brothers
W 146203-2 Does Your
Path Seem Long Co 15287-D
W 146204-1 Complete For All The
World Co 15287-D
28/4/26 Albert Brunies and his Halfway
House Orchestra
W 146205-1 Love Dreams Co
1542-D, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
W 146206-2 I Hate Myself For
Lovin' You VJM VLP-22, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
W 146207-1 Let Your Lips Touch My Lips VJM VLP-22, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
28/4/27 Leake County Revelers
W 146208-2 Been To The East - Been To The West Co
15318-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W 146209-3 Crow
Black Chicken Co 15318-D, Doc DOCD
8029
W 146210-2, 3 Make Me A Bed on the Floor Co
15264-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W 146211-2 Merry
Widow Waltz Co 15264-D, Doc DOCD
8029
W 146212-1, 2 Julia Waltz Co unissued
W 146213-2 They Go Wild
Simply Wild Over Me Co 15292-D, Doc DOCD
8029
W 146214-2 Put Me In My little Bed Co 15292-D, Doc DOCD
8029
W 146215-1, 2 Coon, Coon, Coon Co unissued
Note:
Dick Raichelson suggests 146212 and 146215 may have been rejected.
Note:
Julia Waltz was remade 1928/12/13 [matrix 147629] and
accepted.
Note: The Columbia Master Book Discography, Volume III by Brian Rust confirms 146212 and and 146215 as rejected.
28/4/27 Joseph F. Falcon
W 146216-2 The Waltz
That Carried Me To My Grave Co 15275-D
W
146217-2 Lafayette Co 15275-D, Fremeaux FA 019
Note:
Although this song is often referred to as Allons A Lafayette, this is not how
it appears on the label.
28/4/27 Albert Brunies and his Halfway
House Orchestra
W 146218-2 I'll Go Back To That Dear Old Pal O'
Mine VJM VLP-22 [LP], Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
W 146219-3 Tell Me
Who Co 1542-D, Jazz Oracle
BDW 8001
W 146220-3 Wylie Avenue Blues Australian Co
01437, Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
28/4/27 Tony Parenti's New
Orleanians
W 146221-2 In The Dungeon Co 1548-D, Frog
DGF 4
W 146222-1 When You and I Were Pals Co 1548-D, Frog DGF
4
28/4/28 John Hammond (as John Hassel)
W 146223-1 Gypsy Love
Song Harmony 820-H
W 146223-2 Gypsy Love Song Harmony
820-H
W 146224-1 O Sole Mio Harmony 650-H
W 146224-2 O Sole
Mio Harmony 650-H
W 146225-1 Love Me And The World Is
Mine Harmony 820-H
W 146225-2 Love Me And The World Is Mine Harmony
820-H
W 146226-1 La Paloma Harmony 650-H
W
146226-2 La Paloma Harmony rejected
Note: It is not
clear which takes were issued on Harmony 650 and 820.
Note:
146227/28/29/30 recorded in Los Angeles on May 3, 1928 by Anson
Weeks
THE [EARLY] NOVEMBER 1928 BRUNSWICK
SESSIONS
Note: Brunswick were previously in Dallas from October 18 27, where they
used matrices DAL676-745.
Note: 746 not traced. They went on to Birmingham, where between November 12 15 they used matrices BIRM 769 815.
The matrix number 746
without a prefix was used by the New Republic label in NYC in the early
'twenties, and by the Greek Record Company in Chicago in the 'twenties. MEM-746
was recorded by Brunswick in Memphis on February 18, 1930 and LAE 746 was
recorded by Brunswick in Los Angeles on April 4,
1930.
1928/11/00 Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof
Orchestra
NOR-747-A Sizzling The Blues Br
4181, Timeless CBC1-001, Frog DGF
5
NOR-748-A High Society Br 4181, Topaz TPZ 1049, Frog DGF
5, Timeless CBC1-001, Giants of Jazz
CD 53016, Gold Sound 771
NOR-749-A Git-Wit-It Br
4182, 3972, Timeless CBC1-001, Frog DGF
5
NOR-750-A Ideas Br 4182, 3972, Frog DGF
5, Jazz Archives 157992,
Timeless CBC1-001
Note: Br. 4181 and
4182 issued as Monk Hazel and his Beinville Roof Orchestra (direction of Sharkey
Bonano)
28/11/00 Frankie Quartell and His Little Club
Orchestra
NOR-751-A Pining Br 4183
NOR-752-A Sweet
Baby Br 4183
Note: These two tunes were issued on Sunbeam LP MFC-7 "Those great Brunswick phonograph records."
28/11/00 Tony Parenti's New
Orleanians
NOR-753-A Gumbo Br 4184, Frog DGF
4
NOR-754-A You Made Me Like It Baby Br 4184, Frog DGF
4
28/11/00 Charlie McCoy and Bo
Chatman
NOR-755 The Yellow Coon Has No Race Br
unissued
28/11/00 Bo Chatman
NOR-756 Good Old
Turnip Greens Br 7048, Doc DOCD 5078
28/11/00 Mary
Butler
NOR-757 Bungalow Blues Br 7046, Doc DOCD
5078
NOR-758 Mary Blues Br 7046, Doc DOCD
5078
NOR-759 Electrocuted Blues Br 7049, Doc DOCD 5078
NOR-760 Mad
Dog Blues Br 7049, RST BDCD 6017
28/11/00 Charlie McCoy
and Bo Chatman
NOR-761 Corrine Corrina Br 7080, Doc
DOCD 5078
28/11/00 Bo Chatman
NOR-762-B East
Jackson Blues Br 7048, Doc DOCD 5078
28/11/00 Blind
Roger Hays
NOR-763 On My Way To Heaven Br 7047, Doc
DOCD 5106
NOR-764 I Must Be Blind I Cannot See Br 7047, Doc
DOCD 5106
28/11/00 Collier Trio
NOR-765 The Bluebird
Waltz Br 289, Br 52076
NOR-766 Irene Waltz Br
289, Br 52076
NOR-767 Over the Waves Br 288
NOR-768 Ben Hur
March Br 288
Note: Brunswick were subsequently in Birmingham
c. November 12-15, 1928, where they used matrices BIRM769 to 815 and then in
Memphis where they used matrices M 816-853, and then in St. Louis where they
used matrices M 854-857.
THE DECEMBER 1928 COLUMBIA
SESSIONS
Note: Columbia were in Dallas from December 3 to 9, 1928
where they used matrices 147530 - 147623.
1928/12/12 Leake County
Revelers
W 147624-2 Bring Me A Bottle Co 15380-D, Doc
DOCD 8029
W
147625-2 Birds In The Brook Co 15625-D, Doc
DOCD 8029
28/12/13 Leake County Revelers
W 147626-2 Rockin' Yodel Co 15353-D, Doc
DOCD 8029, Trikont US-0246-2
W 147627-2 Memories Co
15767-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W 147628-2 Magnolia Waltz Co 15625-D,
Doc DOCD 8029
W 147629-1 Julia
Waltz Co 15353-D, Doc DOCD 8029
W 147630-1, 2 Texas Kickin'
Maud Co unissued
W 147631-2 Molly Put The Kettle On Co
15380-D, Doc DOCD 8029
28/12/13 Celestin's Original
Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
W 147632-2 The Sweetheart of
T.K.O. Co 14396-D, Azure AZ-CD-13,Jazz Oracle BDW
8002
W 147633-2 Ta-Ta Daddy Co 14396-D, Azure
AZ-CD-13, Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
28/12/14 Adam
Trehan
W 147634-2 The Walts Of Our Little Town Co 40501-F
W
147635-2 The Pretty Gals Don't Want Me Co 40501-F
W 147636-1 Do You
Think Work Is Hard? Co 40509-F
W 147637-2 Arcadian Waltz Co
40509-F
28/12/14 The Norris Quartet
W 147638-1 I've
Been Redeemed Co rejected
W 147638-2 I've Been Redeemed Co
rejected
W 147639-1 Precious Memories Co rejected
W 147639-2 Precious
Memories Co rejected
28/12/14 Jones County Boys
W
147640-1-2 Coon Hunting Blues Co unissued
W 147641-1-2 Jones
County Blues Co unissued
28/12/14 or 15 The Victory
Four
W 147642-1 Don't Forget To Pray Co
rejected
W 147642-2 Don't Forget To Pray Co rejected
W
147643-1 Look For Me, I'll Be There Co rejected
W 147643-2 Look For
Me, I'll Be There Co rejected
28/12/14 or 15 McQueen
Quartet
W 147644-1 Lovesick Blues Co rejected
W
147644-2 Lovesick Blues Co rejected
W 147645-1 Liza
Jane Co rejected
W 147645-2 Liza Jane Co
rejected
28/12/15 Gatwood Square Dance Band
W
147646-2 Third Party Co 15363-D
W 147647-1 Shear The
Sheep Bobbie Co 15363-D
Note: This is believed to be the same group as the Rainey Old Time Band. The label reads "Calling off by Allen Rainey."
28/12/15 Rainey Old Time
Band
W 147648-2 Engineer Frank Hawk Co 15675-D
W
147649-1 Crawford March Co 15675-D
Note: This is believed to be the same group as the Gatwood Square Dance Band."
28/12/15 Magee
String Band
W 147650-1-2 Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose Co
unissued
W 147651-1-2 Mustard And Onions Co
unissued
28/12/16 The Orleanians
W 147652-1-2-3 Banana
Peel Co rejected
W 147653-1-2 Baby Co
rejected
28/12/16 Segura Bros.
W 147654-1 Bury Me In
A Corner Of The Yard Co 40500-F
W 147655-1 My Sweetheart Run Away Co
40500-F
W 147656-1 A Mosquito Ate Up My Sweetheart Co
40507-F,
Fremeaux FA 019
W 147657-1 New Iberia Polka Co
40507-F
28/12/17 Albert Brunies and his Halfway House
Orchestra
W 147658-2 Just Pretending Co 1959-D, Jazz Oracle BDW
8001
W 147659-2 If I Didn't Have You Co 1959-D, Jazz Oracle
BDW 8001
28/12/17 Dudley and James Fawvor
W
147660-2 You Are Little And You Are Sweet Co 40505-F
W 147661-1 The
Creole Waltz Co 40505-F
28/12/17 Jackson Blue Boys
W
147662-2 Hidin' On Me Co 14397-D, RST BDCD 6018
W 147663-2 Sweet
Alberta Co 14397-D, RST BDCD 6018
28/12/17 Dorothy
Everetts
W 147664-2 Macon Blues Co 14444-D, Doc DOCD
5510
W 147665-1 Fat Mouth Blues Co 14444-D, Doc DOCD 5510
Note:
147666/67/68 recorded in New York on December 27, 1928 by Jerome
Conrad.
THE FEBRUARY/MARCH 1929 BRUNSWICK/VOCALION
SESSIONS
Note: Rust and Spottswood differ on the month of some of
these recordings, Rust suggesting February and Spottswood and Ross Laird [in Brunswick Records] suggesting March.
Spottswood says that his dates are from the Columbia files. Where a reissue is
specific as to the date, I have accepted it.
1929/3/00 Happy Bud Harrison
NO-100 Hush-a-Bye Baby Blues Vo
5328
NO-101 Long Tall Mama Blues Vo 5328
NO-102 New
Orleans Mama Blues Vo 5305
NO-103 My Buddy Vo 5305
Note: Happy
Bud Harrison was a white country artist.
1929/3/00 Blind Willie Harris
NO-104 Unknown Title
NO-105 Unknown Title
NO-106 Does
Jesus Care? Vo 1273, Doc DOCD 5101
NO-107 Where He Leads Me
I Will Follow Vo 1273, Doc DOCD 5101
29/3/5 Dennis
McGee
NO-108 Madame Young, Give Me Your Sweetest Vo 5319,
Yazoo CD 2012, Fremeaux FA
019
NO-109 My Creole Sweet Mama Vo 5319, Yazoo CD
2012
NO-110 Myself Vo 5348, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-111 You Gave Me
Your Word Vo 5348, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-112 Allons a Tassone Vo 5334,
Yazoo CD 2012
NO-113 Disez Goodbye A Votre Mere Vo 5334, Yazoo
CD 2012
NO-114 Courville And McGee Waltz Vo 5315*, Yazoo CD
2012
NO-115 Happy-One Step Vo 5315*, Yazoo CD 2012
Note:
*Vocalion 5315 issued as Courville & McGee.
29/3/5 Bessemer Sunset
Four
NO-116 Lord I'm Troubled Vo 1427, Doc DOCD
5379
NO-117 In The Valley Of Peace Vo 1427, Doc DOCD
5379
NO-118 What Wonderful Love The Father Has Vo 1293,
Doc DOCD 5379
NO-119 Take This
Ring With You Vo 1293, Doc DOCD 5379
29/3/5 Milton
Paisant
NO-120 I Want My Rib Br 4295
NO-121 It's Tight
Like That Br 4295
29/3/5 Blind Uncle
Gaspard
NO-122 Natchitocheo Vo 5333, Yazoo CD
2042
NO-123 Sur Le Borde De L'Eau Vo 5333, Yazoo CD
2042
29/3/5 Delma Lachney
NO-124 Mother's Farewell Vo
5347, Yazoo CD 2042
NO-125 I Find A Pretty Girl Vo 5347,
Yazoo CD 2042
29/3/5 Delma Lachney and Uncle
Gaspard
NO-126 Avoyelles Vo 5314, Yazoo CD
2042
NO-127 Going Down The Road Vo 5314, Yazoo CD 2042
Note:
128-129 not traced.
29/3/5 Walter
Coquille
NO-130 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 1 Br
319
NO-131 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 2 Br
319
29/3/00 Ellis Stratakos and his Hotel Jung
Orchestra
NO-132 A Precious Little Thing Called Love Vo
15792
NO-133 Weary River Vo 15792
Note: These two tunes were issued on a Harrison LP "Shake it down."
Note: 134
- 137 are untraced. SA 138 - 218 were recorded in San
Antonio during March, 1929.
THE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1929 BRUNSWICK
SESSIONS
Note: Brunswick were previously in Knoxville where they
used matrices K100-166 and in Memphis from September 22 to 25, 1929 where
they used matrices M 175-217. They moved on to San Antonio where they used matrices SA 269 446 between October 15 and 23, 1929.
1929/9/29 Bessemer Sunset
Four
NO-218 I'm A Child Of God Vo 1451, Doc DOCD
5379
NO-219 I Will Ever Stand Vo 1451, Doc DOCD 5379
NO-220 John
The Revealator Vo unissued
NO-221 Are You
Ready? Vo unissued
NO-222 Adam And Eve Vo
unissued
NO-223-A I'm Climbing Up Zion Hill Vo 1681, Doc DOCD
5379
Note: The version of Are You Ready on Vocalion 1681 was recorded in
Atlanta on March 20, 1930 [ATL 950].
29/9/30 Angelas Le
Jeunne
NO-224 La Valse De Church Point Br 368
NO-225 Petit
Tes Canaigh Br 368
NO-226 Perrodin Two
Step Br 369
NO-227 Valse De La Louisianne Br
369
NO-228 Valse De Pointe Noire Br 370
NO-229 Bayou Pom
Pom One Step Br 370
29/9/30 Walter
Coquille
NO-230 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 5 Br
rejected
NO-231 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 3 Br
359
29/9/30 Adler Conner And Julian
Crader
TNO-232 Valse De Boscoville Br 371
TNO-233 Lake
Arthur Two Step Br 371
29/9/30 Dennis
McGee
NO-234 Oil Field Waltz Vo 15846, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-235
One Step Du Mamou Vo 15846, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-236 Valse de la
Penitencier Vo 15851, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-237 One Step de Chupic Vo
15851, Yazoo CD 2012
Note: 238/239 not traced.
29/10/1 Hal
Jordy and his Old Absinthe House Orchestra
TNO-240 Absinthe House
Stomp Br rejected
TNO-241 I Was Fooling You Br
rejected
29/10/2 Guidry Brothers
NO-242 Le Garcon
Chez Son Pere Vo 15854
NO-243 La Valse Du Mariage Vo
15854, Trikont US-0246-2
NO-244 Le
Garcon Nègligent Vo 15849
NO-245 Homme Abandonnè Vo
15849
NO-246 La Recommendation Du Soulard Vo 15844
NO-247 Le Mes
Beaux Yieux Vo 15844
29/10/2 Dennis McGee
NO-248 La
Valse Des Vachers Vo 15848, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-249 Jeunes Gens
Campagnard Vo 15848, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-250 La Valse Des
Reid Vo 15840, Yazoo CD 2012
NO-251 Adieu Rosa Vo 15840, Yazoo CD
2012
Note: 252 & 253 not traced.
29/10/2 Walter
Coquille
NO-254 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 4 Br
rejected
NO-255 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 6 Br
rejected
NO-256 The Mayor of Bayou Pom-Pom - Part 4 Br
359
29/10/2 Douglas Bellar and Kirby Riley
NO-257 La Valse De
La Prison Vo 15847
NO-258 Mon Camon La Case Que Je Suis
Cordane Vo 15847
NO-259 Jolie Fille Qui Ta Fa Avec Moi Vo
15853
NO-260 Je Marche Nuit Et Jour Vo 15853
29/10/2 Leo
Soileau & Moise Robin
NO-261 La Valse A Moreau Vo
15845, Yazoo CD 2041
NO-262 Demain C'est Pas Dimanche Vo 15845,
Yazoo CD 2041 Fremeaux FA 019
NO-263 La Valse Du Pecaniere Vo
15852, Yazoo CD 2041
NO-264 Le Blues De Neg' Francais Vo 15852,
Yazoo CD 2041
29/10/2 Wesley
Whitson
TNO-265 Senator Francois Part 1 Br
391
TNO-266 Senator Francois Part 2 Br 391
Note: 267 and
268 not traced.
Note: Brunswick were subsequently in San Antonio where
they used matrices
SA 269 to 442, in Dallas where they used matrices
DAL447-572, and in Kansas City where they used matrices
KC579-619.
THE NOVEMBER 1929 VICTOR
SESSIONS
Note: Victor were in Dallas in October, where they used
matrices BVE56348 - 56456, and in Laredo, Texas, where they used BVE56457 -
56493, the last two matrices being used on November 1, 1929, prior to Victor
being in New Orleans from November 6-16.
1929/11/6 Bixy Guidy
and Percy Babineaux
BVE-56494-2 You'll Come Home With
Me Vi 22210
BVE-56495-2 I'll Play This For You Vi
22210, CMF-013-D
BVE-56496-2 What I
Did Do To Be Punished So Long? Vi 22365
BVE-56497-2 The Waltz Of The
Bayou Vi 22563, CMF-017-D
BVE-56498-2 I Always Told You Not
To Do That Vi 22563
BVE-56499-2 She Tried To Come Back But She
Couldn't Vi 22365
BVE-56500-2 Waltz Of The Long Wood BB
B-2084
BVE-56501-2 I Am Happy Now BB B-2084
29/11/7 Soileau
Couzens
BVE-56502-2 When I Was All Alone Last Night Vi
22578
BVE-56503-2 Let's All Take A Drink Together Vi 22364, Yazoo
2041
BVE-56504-1 Three Days After My Death Vi 22578,
CMF-013-D
BVE-56505-1 On My Way Home Vi 22364,
CMF-017-D, Yazoo 2041
29/11/7 Arteleus
Mistric
BVE-56506-2 Belle Of Point Claire Vi 22208,
CMF-013-D
BVE-56507-2 You Belong To Me Vi 22208,
CMF-017-D
29/11/7 Delin T. Guillory and Lewis
Lafleur
BVE-56508-2 My Little Blonde Vi
22209
BVE-56509-1 Somebody Is Jealous Vi 22209,
CMF-013-D
BVE-56510-1 Alone At Home BB B-2082,
CMF-017-D
BVE-56511-1 Stop That BB B-2082,
CMF-017-D
29/11/8 Wilfred Fruge and Leo
Soileau
BVE-56512-2 Returning Home Vi rejected
BVE-56513-2 My
Sweetheart Was Discouraged Vi
rejected
BVE-56514-2 Calcasieu Vi rejected
BVE-56515-2 Mama's Crying
For Me Vi rejected
29/11/8 Oscar Doucet and Alius
Soileau
BVE-56516-1 When I Met You At The Gate BB B-2085,
CMF-017-D
BVE-56517-2 Oh Baby! Vi 22366, CMF-013-D
BVE-56518-2 Bayou
Courtebleau BB B-2085
BVE-56519-2 Slim's Blues Vi
22366
29/11/9 Berthmost Montet - Joswell
Dupuis
BVE-56520-1 The Abandoned Waltz Vi 22211,
CMF-013-D
BVE-56521-1 I'm Going Away Vi 22211,
CMF-017-D
BVE-56522-2 High Water Waltz Vi 22562
BVE-56523-2 Nina
One-Step Vi 22562
Note: Victor labels read "Bartmon Montet".
CMF suggests both Berthmost and Bartmonse are "correct"
spellings.
29/11/12 Joe Creduer and Albert
Babineaux
BVE-56524-2 When You Are Gone Alone Vi
22367
BVE-56525-2 Little Or Big, Give It To Me Vi 22367
BVE-56526-1 My
Cherie Vi 22577, CMF-013-D
BVE-56527-1 The Girl I Love Vi 22577,
CMF-017-D
29/11/13 Jimmie Rodgers
BVE-56528-1 Hobo
Bill's Last Ride Zonophone 5724, Rounder CD 1058
BVE-56528-3 Hobo
Bill's Last Ride Vi 22421
29/11/14 Castreneze
Cuccia
BVE-56529-2 Kur Te Pash Faren Here - Pt. 1 Vi
rejected
BVE-56530-2 Kur Te Pash Faren Here - Pt. 2 Vi
rejected
BVE-56531-2 U' Parrineddu - Pt. 1 Vi
rejected
BVE-56532-2 U' Parrineddu - Pt. 2 Vi
rejected
29/11/15 Jones and Collins AstoriaÝ Hot
Eight
BVE-56534-1 Astoria Strut Vi 38576, Topaz TPZ
1049, Frog DGF 5, Frèmeaux FA 039, Giants of Jazz CD
53016, BBC CD 588, Jazz Archives 157992
BVE-56535-1 Duet
Stomp Vi 38576, Disky DCD 800?, Frog
DGF 5, Giants of Jazz CD 53016, Jazz Archives
157992
BVE-56536-1 Damp Weather BB B-10952, Frog DGF
5, BBC CD 588, Jazz Archives 157992
BVE-56536-2 Damp
Weather Merritt 1/Frog DGF5
BVE-56537-1 Tip Easy Blues BB
B-10952, Frog DGF 5
BVE-56537-2 Tip Easy Blues Merritt 1, Frog
DGF5
29/11/14 Salvatore Flora
BVE-56538-2 Beauty of
my girl Vi V-12108
BVE-56539-2 Hardship of war Vi V-12108
Note:
Salvatore Flora was a Sicilian tenor.
29/11/16 Joseph P.
Landry
BVE-56540-2 Jack Lafiance On De Crawfish Vi
22212
BVE-56541-2 Jack Lafiance At The Telephone Vi 22212
Note:
Victor were in Atlanta from November 20-30, starting
withBVE-56542.
THE DECEMBER 1929 COLUMBIA/OKEH
SESSION
Note: DG&R; refer to a "joint Columbia-Okeh field trip" in
November/December 1929.
Note: Tom Tsotsi calculates that the recording
team was in New Orleans between December 9 and 17, 1929.
Note: The use of
two sets of Columbia matrices is explained by the first set being for "ethnic"
recordings and the second set for "domestic" recordings.
Note: W
111378-81 were recorded in San Antonio in November or December 1929 by Valentin
Martinez.
Note: 403344-403403 were recorded in San Antonio November 27
and 30, 1929.
1929/12/09 Sydney Landry
W
111382-2 Confession Of Love Co 40516-F
W 111383-2 French
Blues Co 40516-F
29/12/09 Amèdè Ardoin
W
111384-2 Taunt Aline Co 40514-F, Col
CK/CT 46784,Trikont US-0202
W 111385-2 Two Step de Mama Co
40514-F, Col CK/CT 46784, Trikont
US-0202
W 111386-2 Madam Atchen Co 40515-F, Col
CK/CT 46784, Trikont US-0202
W
111387-2 Two Step de Prairie Co 40515-F, Col
CK/CT 46784
W 111388-2 La Valse Ah Abe Co 40511-F, Col
CK/CT 46784, Trikont US-0202
W
111389-2 Two Step de Eunice Co 40511-F, Col
CK/CT 46784, Trikont US-0202, Fremeaux FA
019
Note: 149500-149569 were recorded in Dallas December 2 to 6,
1929.
29/12/10 Bush Brothers
W 149570-2 Endless Glory
To The Lamb Co 15500-D
W 149571-2 My Happiest Day Co
15500-D
W 149572 Happy Pilgrims Co unissued
W
149573 The Redeeming Love Co unissued
W 149574-1 Keep
Your Light Shining Co 15524-D
W 149575-2 The Pathway Co
15524-D
29/12/10 Bill Tuttle
W 149576-2 The Roamin'
Musician Co 15697-D
W 149577-2 Gamblin' Bill Driv' On Co
15697-D
29/12/10 Didier Hèbert
W 111390 I Woke Up
One Morning In May Co 40517-F,
Smithsonian FP253
29/12/10 Dewey Segura & Didier
Hèbert
W 111391-2 Far Away From Home Blues Co 40517-F,
Col CK/CT 46784
W 111392-2 Rosalia Co 40512-F,
Col CK/CT 46784
W 111393-2 Your Small
and Sweet Co 40512-F, Col CK/CT
46784
Note: Columbia 40512-F and 40517-F as by E. Segura & D.
Herbert.
Note: 111394/95 not traced.
29/12/10 Salvatore
Flora
W 111396-2 Parto Ti Dico Addio Co 14550-F
W
111397-2 Facerni Paci Co 14550-F
Note: 111398 recorded
in New York in December 1929 by Seamus O'Doherty.
29/12/10 Blind Willie Johnson
W 149578-2 Let Your Light Shine On Me Co 14490-D,
Col C2K 52835, Pearl 7823, Sony 65516, Sony 57160, Indigo 2024
W 149579-1 God Don't Never Change Co
14490-D, Col CK/CT 46218, Col C2K 52835,
Indigo 2024
W 149580-2 Bye and Bye I'm Goin' To See The King Co
14504-D, Col C2K 52835, Sony 65516,
Indigo 2024
W 149581-2 Sweeter As The
Years Roll By Co 14624-D, Col C2K 52835
29/12/10 Leake County Revelers
W 149582-2 Leake County Blues Co
15520-D, Doc DOCD 8030
W 149583-1 Lonesome Blues Co
15520-D, Doc DOCD 8030
W 149584-1,
2 Leake Country Breakdown Co unissued
W 149585-1 Smith's March
(New Orleans) Co unissued
W 149586-2 Sweet Rose of Heaven Co
15501-D, Doc DOCD 8030
W 149587-2 Beautiful Bells Co
15501-D, Doc DOCD 8030
W 149588-2 Mississippi Moon Waltz Co
15569-D, Doc DOCD 8030
W
149589-2 Courtin' Days Waltz Co 15569-D, Doc
DOCD 8030
29/12/11 The Second Zion Four
W
149590-2 The Second Zion Four Are We Co
14547-D, Doc DOCD 5556
W 149591-1 On
Flowery Beds Of Ease Co 14495-D, Doc
DOCD 5556
W 149592-2 Praise Him Shining Angels Co
14495-D, Doc DOCD 5556
W 149593-2 Trust In God Co
14547-D, Doc DOCD 5556
29/12/11 Blind Willie Johnson
W 149594-1 You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond Co 14504-D,
Columbia C2K 52835, Indigo
2024
W 149595-2 When The War Was On Co 14545-D,
Col C2K 52835,
Indigo 2024
W 149596-2 Praise God I'm
Satisfied Co 14545-D, Col C2K 52835, Sony 65516,
Indigo 2024
W 149597-1 Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It
There Co 14520-D, Col C2K 52835,
Indigo 2024
W 149598-2 Take Your
Stand Co 14624-D, Col C2K 52835
W 149599-1 God Moves On The
Water Co 14520-D,Col C2K 52835, Columbia CK/CT 46217,
Unsinkable TSCD 22798, Sony 65516,
Indigo 2024
Note: W 149600 - 149602 recorded in New York City on December
17, 1929 by the Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers' Harmony label
issues).
Note: W 403344-403402 were recorded in San Antonio between
November 27 and 30, 1929. W 403403 not traced.
29/12/13 Christina
Gray
W 403404-B Dirty Mistreating Blues OK unissued
W
403405-B Window Show Case Shopping Blues OK unissued
W 403406-A The
Reverend Is My Man OK 8757, Doc DOCD 5511, EPM 157612
29/12/13 Christina Gray And Joe Lawrence
W
403407-A Just Like You Walked In, You Can Walk Out OK
8757, Doc DOCD 5511
29/12/13 Trio
Matamoros
W 403408-B La Paloma Enganosa OK
16702
W 403409-A Pagar Es Corresponder OK 16711
W 403410-B Adios Ya
Me Voy OK 16711
W 403411-A Horas Que
Pasan OK 16706
W 403412-B Amor Ranchero OK
16707
W 403413-B El Dia Que Tu Me Quieras OK 16707
W 403414-A Nunez,
Romera, Mesa OK 16721
W 403415-B A La Duena De Mi
Amor OK 16706
W 403416-B Recuerdo Indeleble OK
16700
29/12/14 Trio Matamoros
W 403417-B Palomita
Mensajera OK 16702
W 403418-A Yo Fui El
Primero OK 16700
W 403419-A Martirio OK
16704
W 403420-B El Carbonero - Pt. 1 OK 16693
W
403421-B El Carbonero - Pt. 2 OK 16693
W 403422-B El
Ranchero Abandonado - Pt. 1 OK 16655
W 403423-B El Ranchero Abandonado -
Pt. 2 OK 16655
Note: Trio Matamoros were a very popular Cuban trio
who recorded extensively in Cuba.
29/12/14 Bill
Bruner
W 403424-B My Pal Of Yesterday OK 45400
W
403425-B That's Why I'm All Alone OK 45400
29/12/15 Patrick
Pellerin
W 403426 Des Yeux De Goo Goo OK
45409
W 403427-B Because OK 45410
W
403428-B Ain't Misbehavin' OK 45410
W 403429 New
Orleans OK 45409
29/12/16 Rev. J. M. Gates
W
403430-B Lord, I'm In Your Hands OK 8791, Doc DOCD 5469
W 403431-B Down
Here Lord, Waiting For You OK 8791, Doc
DOCD 5469
W 403432-B Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail? OK 8753,
Doc DOCD 5469
W 403433-B No Room In
The Jail House OK 8753, Doc DOCD 5469
W 403434-A,-B Manish Woman OK
8779, Doc DOCD 5469
W 403435-A Saturday Night Black Marier Riders OK
8767, Doc DOCD 5469
W 403436-B Meeting
The Judge On Monday Morning OK 8767, Doc
DOCD 5469
W 403437-A,-B You Gonna Need This Man Jesus On Your Bond OK
8779, Doc DOCD 5469
29/12/16 Laurel Fireman's
Quartet
W 403438-B Jesus Is The Light OK 45426
W 403439-B My
Friend Divine OK 45437
W 403440-B He's Calling
All OK 45426
W 403441-A Because I Love Him OK 45437
W 403442-B Give
The World A Smile OK 45404
W 403443-B When I Reach Home OK
45404
29/12/16 Harrington, Landry and Steward
W
403444-B Tu Aura Regret OK 45411
W 403445-A La Stompe
Creole OK 45411
29/12/17 Fiddlin' John Carson &
Moonshine Kate
W 403446-B Pa's Birthday OK 45440,
Doc DOCD-8018
W 403447-A Corn Licker & Barbecue-Part 1 OK 45415, Doc
DOCD-8018
W 403448-B Corn Licker & Barbecue-Part 2 OK 45415, Doc
DOCD-8018
W 403449-A Who's the Best Fiddler? OK 45448, Doc DOCD-8018
W
403500-B Who Bit the Wart Off Grandma's Nose OK 45448,
Doc DOCD-8019
W 403501-B Kate's Snuff
Box OK 45440, Doc DOCD-8019
W 403502-A Sunny Tennessee OK
45434, Doc DOCD-8019
W 403503-A Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Licker Gives
Out? OK 45434, Doc DOCD-8019
Note: OK
45434 issued as by Fiddlin' John Carson.
Note: Matrices W 403450 to
403499 assigned to NYC studio.
29/12/17 Jerry Behrens (Louisiana
Blue Yodler)
W 403504-B Lonesome For Mother and Home OK
45535
W 403505-A Drifting Along OK 45535
Note: 403506 - 403520
could have been recorded in New Orleans, but details unknown. Brian Rust states
that these are totally blank on the file cards. Richard Spottswood suggests that
these could have been reserved numbers that went unused.
Note: Matrices W
403521 and subsequent used in NYC.
Compact Disc
Reissues:
ABC 836188-2 Various Jazz Classics in Digital
Stereo: Hot Town
ASV Living Era 5014 Boswell Sisters It's the
Girls
Azure AZ-CD-12 Oscar Papa Celestin/Sam Morgan
Azure AZ-CD-13 Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
BBC CD 588 Various Jazz Classics in Digital
Stereo
Best of
Jazz 4050 NORK Introduction:1922-1935
Classics
774 Wingy Manone 1927-1934
Classics 1150 NORK 1925-1935
Collectors Classics COCD-3 The Wingy
Manone Collection, Volume 1 1927-1930
Columbia CK/CT
46217 Various News & The Blues
Columbia CK/CT 46218 Various The Slide
Guitar
Columbia CK/CT 46784 Various Cajun Dance Party
Columbia
C2K 52835 Blind Willie Johnson The Complete
Country Music Foundation
CMF-013-D Various Le Gran Mamou
Country Music Foundation CMF-017-D
Various Raise Your Windows
Disky DCD 8005 Various At the
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Disky DCD 800? Various Les Joies de
la Nouvelle-Orlèans
Document DOCD 5003 Various The Greatest Songsters
1927-1929
Document DOCD 5078 Bo Carter Volume 1 1928 to 4 June
1931
Document DOCD 5101 Various Guitar Evalgelists 1928-1951
Document
DOCD 5106 Various Sinners and Saints 1926-1931
Document DOCD
5162 Various Texas Black Country Dance Music
Document DOCD 5184 Lillian
Glinn 1927-1929
Document DOCD 5340 Various Black Vocal
Groups Volume 1
Document DOCD 5379 Bessemer Sunset Four Complete Recorded
Works
Document DOCD 5389 Various Preaching & Congregational
Singing
Document DOCD 5469 Rev. J. M. Gates Volume 7
1929-1930
Document DOCD 5489 Various Esther Bigeou, etc.
Document DOCD
5510 Various Female Blues Singers Volume 6
Document DOCD
5511 Various Female Blues Singers Volume 7
Document DOCD
5518 Various Female Blues Singers Volume 14
Document DOCD
5540 Various Vocal Quartets Volume 4
Document DOCD 5541 Various Vocal
Quartets Volume 5
Document DOCD 5542 Various Vocal Quartets Volume
6
Document DOCD 5555 Various Black Vocal Groups Volume 7
Document DOCD
5556 Various Black Vocal Groups Volume 7
Document DOCD 8018 Fiddlin' John
Carson Volume 5
Document DOCD 8019 Fiddlin' John Carson Volume
6
Document DOCD 8029 Leake County Revelers Volume 1
Document DOCD
8030 Leake County Revelers Volume 2
EPM Musique 157612 Various New
Orleans Blues 1923-1940
Folkways/Smithsonian FP253 Various Anthology
of American Folk Music
Frèmeaux FA 019 Various Cajun
Louisiane 1928-1939
Frèmeaux FA 039 Various Jazz New Orleans
1918-1944
Frog DGF 2 New Orleans Owls The Owls' Hoot
Frog DGF 4
Tony Parenti Strut Yo' Stuff 1925-29
Frog DGF
5 Various Sizzling The Blues
Giants of Jazz CD 53016 Various The
Legend of New Orleans
Gold Sound 771 Various Selection of
New Orleans
Indigo 2024 Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the
Night
Jazz Archives 157992 Various New Orleans in New
Orleans
Jazz Oracle BDW 8001 The Halfway House Orchestra
1925-1928
Jazz Oracle BDW 8002 Oscar Celestin/Sam Morgan Recorded in New
Orleans
Pearl 7823 Various Sweet Heaven
RCA
(France) FPM1-7003 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Rounder CD
1058 Jimmie Rodgers On the Way Up
RST BDCD 6017 Walter
Vincson Complete Recorded Works 1928-1941
RST BDCD 6018 Charlie
McCoy Complete 1928-1932 Recordings
RST JPCD 1517-2 Punch
Miller Complete 1925-1930 Recordings
Smithsonian/Folkways
FP253 Various Anthology of American Folk Music
Sony
57160 Various The Gospel Sound
Sony 65516 Blind
Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night
Timeless CBC1-001 Sharkey
Bonano 1928-1937
Timeless CBC1-014 Various New Orleans in
the '20s
Topaz TPZ 1049 Various Jazz-New Orleans
Style
Trikont US-0202 Amedee Ardoin/Cleoma Falcon Prends Donc
Courage
Trikont US-0246-2 Various American Yodelling
1911-1946
Unsinkable TSCD 22798 Various Titanic Songs
Victor
(Japan) Vic RA 5328 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Village VIL CD013-2 New
Orleans Rhythm Kings
Yazoo 2012 Dennis McGee The complete
early recordings
Yazoo 2024 Various Jazz the World Forgot
Yazoo
2025 Various Jazz the World Forgot
Yazoo
2041 Leo Soileau The early recordings
Yazoo
2042 Various Early American Cajun Music
Notes:
[i] Compilations and
collections are being issued almost daily. It is believed that most significant
CD reissues up to August 1999 are included above.
[ii] Disky CDs. In 1996
I purchased, in the duty-free section of Moscow airport, a two-CD boxed set DCD
8005 "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball". The two CDs in the box were the correct
CDs, but the sleeve notes came from another un-numbered Disky two-CD boxed set
entitled "Les Joies de la Nouvelle Orleans".
Artist
Index:
Note: Some names have been abbreviated to simplify
reading.
Amèdè Ardoin 29/12/9
Barrel-House
Pete 28/4/24
Johnny Bayersdorffer 24/3/17
Jerry
Behrens 29/12/17
Douglas Bellar & Kirby Riley 29/10/2
Bessemer
Sunset Four 29/2/00, 29/9/29
Lela
Bolden 24/3/15
Boswell Sisters 25/3/22,
25/3/25
Alberta Brown 28/4/25
Richard (Rabbit)
Brown 27/3/11
Brownlee's Orchestra 25/1/23
Bill
Bruner 29/12/14
Albert Brunies 25/1/22, 25/9/25, 26/4/13, 27/4/15,
27/10/24, 28/4/26, 28/4/27,
28/12/17
Bush Brothers 27/4/12,
27/10/27, 28/4/26, 29/12/10
Mary
Butler 28/11/00
Fiddlin' John Carson 29/12/17
Celestin's
Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra 25/1/23, 26/4/13,
27/4/11, 27/10/25, 28/12/13
Bo
Chatman 28/11/00
Collier Trio 28/11/00
Adler Conner & Julian
Grader 29/10/1
Ann Cook 27/3/7
Walter Coquille 29/3/5, 29/10/1,
29/10/2
Rev. Frank Cotton 27/4/14
Joe Creduer & Albert
Babineaux 27/4/14
Castreneze Cuccia 29/11/14
Genevieve
Davis 27/3/5
Genevieve Davis & Leonard
Mitchell 27/3/5
Will Day 28/4/25
Will Day &
Alberta Brown 28/4/25
Will Day & Willis Harris 28/4/25
Johnny
DeDroit 24/3/15, 24/3/16
Dixie Instrumental
Four 27/10/26
Oscar Doucet & Alius Soileau 29/11/8
Louis Dumaine's
Jazzola Eight 27/3/5, 27/3/7
Dorothy
Everetts 28/12/17
Joseph F. Falcon 28/4/27
Dudley & James
Fawvor 28/12/17
Salvatore Flora 29/11/14, 29/12/10
Wilfred Fruge &
Leo Soileau 29/11/8
Fuzzywuzzy Twins 25/9/26
Blind Uncle
Gaspard 29/3/5
Rev. J. M.
Gates 29/12/16
Mary Flood Gates 27/4/12, 27/10/27
Gatwood Square
Dance Band 28/12/15
Blind Gilbert's Tin
Roofers 27/10/25
Art Gillham as Barrel-House Pete 28/4/24
Lillian
Glinn 28/4/24, 28/4/25
Christina Gray 29/12/11
Christina Gray &
Joe Lawrence 29/12/13
Ruth Green 24/3/17
Mr &
Mrs R. N. Grisham 27/4/13, 27/10/24, 28/4/26,
Guidry
Brothers 29/10/2
Bixy Guidy & Percy Babineaux 29/11/6
Delin T.
Guillory & Lewis Lafleur 29/11/7
Halfway House
Orchestra 25/1/22, 25/9/25, 26/4/13, 27/4/15, 27/10/24, 28/4/26,
28/4/27, 28/12/17
Harrington-Landry &
Steward 29/12/16
Blind Willie Harris 29/2/00
Happy
Bud Harrison 29/2/00
John Hassell 27/10/28,
28/4/28
Blind Roger Hays 28/11/00
Monk Hazel
28/11/00
John Hyman's Bayou Stompers 27/3/10
Imperial
Serenaders 25/9/23
Jackson Blue Boys 28/12/17
Rev. Lionel
Jackson 27/4/13
Willie
Jackson 26/4/14
Angelas Le Jeunne 29/9/30
Blind Willie
Johnson 29/12/10, 29/12/11
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot
Eight 29/11/15
Jones County Boys 28/12/14
Hal Jordy
29/10/01
Delma Lachney 29/3/05
Delma Lachney & Uncle
Gaspard 29/3/05
Joseph P. Landry 29/11/16
Sydney
Landry 29/12/9
Laurel Fireman's Quartet 29/12/16
Leake County
Revelers 27/4/13, 27/10/24,
28/4/27, 28/12/12, 28/12/13, 29/12/10
Leclerc &
McCarthy 25/9/26
Angelas
LeJeunne 29/9/30
Dr. E. S. Lewis 27/3/10
Billy Mack & Mary
Mack 25/1/22
Magee String Band 28/12/15
Joe
Mannone's Harmony Kings 27/4/11
Fate
Marable 24/3/16
Trio Matamoros 29/12/13,
29/12/14
Charlie McCoy & Bo Chatman 28/11/00
Dennis
McGee 29/3/5, 29/10/1, 29/10/2
McQueen
Quartet 28/12/14
Megginson Female
Quartet 27/3/10
Johnnie Miller 28/4/25
Arteleus
Mistric 29/11/7
Berthmost Montet & Joswell
Dupuis 29/11/9
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band 27/4/14, 27/10/22
Mount Zion
Baptist Quartet 27/3/9
New Orleans Owls 25/9/24,
26/4/14, 27/4/15, 27/10/26
New Orleans Rhythm Kings 25/1/23,
25/3/26
New Orleans University Glee Club 27/3/9
Norris
Quartet 28/12/14
Original Crescent City
Jazzers 24/3/17
Original New Orleans Rhythm Kings 25/1/23
Original
Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra 25/1/23, 26/4/13, 27/4/11,
27/10/25, 28/12/13
Original Valentin Choral Club
24/3/17
Orleanians 28/12/16
Milton
Paisant 29/2/00
Papalia & his Orchestra 25/1/23
Parenti's Famous
Melody Boys 25/1/22, 25/3/23, 25/3/24
Parenti's Liberty
Syncopators 25/9/23, 26/4/12
Parenti's New
Orleanians 28/4/27, 28/11/00
Patrick Pellerin 29/12/15
Piron's New
Orleans Orchestra 25/3/25
Ralph Pollock & his
Orchestra 27/10/26
Frankie Quartell
Orchestra 28/11/00
Rainey Old Time Band 28/12/15
Agnes F.
Roach 25/1/24
Dr. James F.
Roach 25/1/22
Jimmie Rodgers 29/11/13
St. Mark's
Chanters 26/4/13
Scranton Sirens Orchestra 25/1/24
Second Zion
Four 29/12/11
Segura Bros 28/12/16
Dewey
Segura & Didier Hèbert 29/12/10
Rev. Isaiah Shelton 27/3/8
Soileau
Couzens 29/11/7
Leo & Alius Soileau 29/11/7
Leo Soileau & Moise
Robin 29/10/2
Ellis Stratakos Orchestra 29/2/00
Rev. C. F.
Thornton 27/4/14
John Tobin's Midnight
Serenaders 25/1/22
Adam Trehan 28/12/14
Trio
Matamoros 29/12/13, 29/12/14
Bill
Tuttle 29/12/10
Victory
Four 28/12/14
Florence
White 27/3/9
Wesley Whitson 29/10/2
Wisdom
Sisters 25/9/23
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Ron Sweetman - 2001 August 12