SIDNEY BECHET:
ROSETTA CRAWFORD ACC BY KING BECHET TRIO
– New York, c. October 5, 1923 Lonesome mama blues
Rosetta Crawford (vcl) acc by Sidney Bechet (cl,sop) Clarence Williams (p) Buddy Christian (bj)
NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS SIZZLING SYNCOPATORS:
– New York, April 21, 1931 Basement blues (ns vcl) :
Demas Dean(tp) Billy Burns (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl,sop) Rudy Jackson, Ralph Duquesne (cl,sop,as) Ramon Usera (cl,ts) Lloyd Pinckney (p) Frank Ethridge (bj)Edward Coles (b)Edward Coles (tu) Jack Carter (d) Noble Sissle (vcl,dir) female vcl
– Chicago, August 15, 1934 Polka dot rag
Wendell Culley, Clarence Brereton, Demas Dean (tp) Chester Burrill (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl,sop,bassax) Harvey Boone (cl,as) Ramon Usera (as,vln) James “Buster” Tolliver (ts) Harry Brooks (p) Oscar Madera (vln) Howard Hill (g) Edward Coles (b) Jack Carter (d) Noble Sissle, Billy Banks, Lavaida Carter (vcl)
– New York, March 11, 1936 That’s what love did to me (lh vcl)
Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tp) Chester Burrill, Sidney Bechet (cl,sop) Chauncey Haughton (as) Gil White, Jerome Pasquall (ts) Harry Brooks (p) Oscar Madera (vln) Jimmy Miller (g) Jimmy Jones (b) Wilbert Kirk (d) Noble Sissle, Billy Banks, Lena Horne (vcl)
HENRY “RED” ALLEN & HIS NEW YORK ORCHESTRA
– New York, July 16, 1929 It should be you, Biffly blues
Henry “Red” Allen (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (cl,sop,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,celeste,arr) Will Johnson (bj,g,vcl) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib)
– New York, February 18, 1930 Sugar Hill function, You might get better, but you’ll never get well (wj vcl)
Henry “Red” Allen (tp,vcl) Otis Johnson (tp-1) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) William Thornton Blue, Charlie Holmes (cl,as) Teddy Hill (cl,ts) Luis Russell (p,arr) Will Johnson (bj,g,vcl) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d)
MEADE LUX LEWIS:
– Chicago, December, 1927 Honky tonk train blues Meade Lux Lewis (p)
– With Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet – New York, February 5, 1941
Jammin’ in four, Edmond Hall blues
Edmond Hall (cl) Meade Lux Lewis (celeste) Charlie Christian (g) Israel Crosby (b)
– Cat House Piano – Los Angeles, January 16, 1955 Dragon blues
Meade Lux Lewis (p) Red Callender (b) Jo Jones (d)
SHARKEY BONANO:
JOHNNIE MILLER’S NEW ORLEANS FROLICKERS
– New Orleans, April 25, 1928 Panama, Dippermouth blues
Sharkey Bonano (cnt) Sidney Arodin (cl) Hal Jordy (as) Johnny Miller (p) Steve Brou (bj) Chink Martin (tu) Leo Adde (d)
SHARKEY’S NEW ORLEANS BOYS
– New Orleans, March 21, 1936 I’m satisfied with my gal (sb vcl), High society
Sharkey Bonano (tp,vcl) Santo Pecora (tb) Irving Fazola (cl) Clyde Hart (p) Frank Frederico (g) Thurman Teague (b) Ben Pollack (d)
