ADRIAN ROLLINI “THE VARSITY EIGHT”:
– New York, October 22, 1924 Copenhagen, I’m satisfied beside that sweetie o’mine Bill Moore (tp) Lloyd “Ole” Olsen (tb) Bobby Davis (cl,sop,as) and/or Jimmy Duff (cl,sop,as) Freddy Cusick (ts) Adrian Rollini (bassax,goofus) Irving Brodsky (p,arr) Ray Kitchingman (bj) Stan King (d,kazoo) unknown vcl duet
– New York, October 20, 1925 I’m gonna hang around my sugar, Milenberg joys
Roy Johnston (tp) Abe Lincoln (tb) Bobby Davis, Arnold Brilhart (cl,sop,as) Sam Ruby (ts) Adrian Rollini (bassax,goofus) Irving Brodsky (p,arr) Tommy Felline (bj) Stan King (d,kazoo)
– New York, September 8, 1927 Clementine (from New Orleans)
Chelsea Quealey (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Bobby Davis (cl,sop,as) Sam Ruby (ts) Adrian Rollini (bassax) Jack Russin (p) Tommy Felline (bj) Herb Weil (d)
TEDDY HILL “AND HIS NBC ORCHESTRA”
– New York, March 26, 1937 Would you like to buy a dream ? (bd vcl), Big boy blue (th,bd vcl), Where is the sun ? (bd vcl), he Harlem twister Bill Dillard (tp,vcl) Frank Newton, Shad Collins(tp) Dicky Wells (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Howard Johnson (as) Teddy Hill, Cecil Scott (ts,bar) Sam Allen (p) John Smith (g) Richard Fullbright (b) Bill Beason (d0 Beatrice Douglas (vcl).
JOE SULLIVAN “AND HIS CAFE SOCIETY ORCHESTRA”
– New York, February 9, 1940 Solitude, Lady be good, Low down dirty shame (bjt vcl), I can’t give you anything but love (bjt vcl)
Eddie Anderson (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Danny Polo (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Freddie Green (g) Henry Turner (b) Johnny Wells (d) Big Joe Turner (vcl)
ART HODES:
– “AND HIS ART HODES’ BLUE FIVE”
– New York, December 11, 1944 Apex blues, Shake that thing, Nobody’s sweetheart
Max Kaminsky (tp) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Danny Alvin (d)
– “AND HIS ORIGINAL TRIO”
– New York, April 6, 1945 K.M.H. drag [Draggin’ the blues]
Max Kaminsky (tp) Art Hodes (p) Freddie Moore (d,vcl)
