PHIL NAPOLEON ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE
– New York, October 2, 1922
Ji ji boo, You can have him, I don’t want him, didn’t love
Phil Napoleon (tp) Miff Mole (tb) Jimmy Lytell (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Jack Roth (d)
– New York, c. November 26, 1926
The chant, One sweet letter from you
Phil Napoleon (tp) Miff Mole (tb) Jimmy Lytell (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Ray Bauduc (d)
JABBO SMITH RHYTHM ACES
– Chicago, January 29 February 22, 1929
Jazz battle, Little Willie blues (1), Aces of rhythm (1), Let’s get together (js vcl,1) Jabbo Smith (cnt,vcl) Omer Simeon (cl-1,as-2) Cassino Simpson (p) Ikey Robinson (bj) Hayes Alvis (tu-1)
BENNIE MOTEN KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA
– St. Louis, Missouri, September, 1923
Elephant’s wobble, Crawdad blues
Lammar Wright (cnt) Thamon Hayes (tb) Woody Walder (cl,ts,kazoo effects,cl-mouthpiece) Bennie Moten (p) Sam Tall (bj) Willie Hall (d)
BENNIE MOTEN ORCHESTRA
– Chicago, December 13, 1926
Thick lip stomp , Harmony blues, Kansas City shuffle
Lammar Wright (cnt) Thamon Hayes (tb) Harlan Leonard (cl,as) Laforet Dent (as,bar) Woody Walder (cl,ts) Bennie Moten (p) Sam Tall (bj) [as Banjoe Joe (bj) ] Vernon Page (tu) Willie McWashington (d)
BUSTER BAILEY JERRY KRUGER AND HER KNIGHTS OF RHYTHM
– New York, September 17, 1937
The bed song, So you won’t sing
Jerry Kruger (vcl) acc by Frankie Newton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Pete Brown (as) Don Frye (p) Jimmy McLin (g) John Kirby (b) O’Neil Spencer (d)
BUSTER BAILEY AND HIS RHYTHM BUSTERS
– New York, December 7, 1938
Chained to a dream, Light up (bb,ens vcl), Man with a horn goes berserk
Frankie Newton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) Jimmy McLin (g) Johnny Williams (b) O’Neil Spencer (d)
