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ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE
- New York, January 1923
Loose feet, Aggravatin’ papa (don’t you try to two-time me), The great white way blues, Four o’clock blues
Phil Napoleon (tp) Miff Mole (tb) Loring McMurray (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) John Cali (bj) John Helleberg (tu) Jack Roth (d) - New York, September 22, 1923
The jelly roll blues, A bunch of blues
Phil Napoleon (tp) Charlie Panelli (tb) Jimmy Lytell (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Ray Kitchingman (bj) Jack Roth (d)
BERYL BOOKER
- New York, October 8, 1946
Low ceiling, Oops! My lady
Beryl Booker (p) Mary Osborne (g) June Rotenberg (b) - New York, March 13, 1952
When a woman loves a man
Beryl Booker (p,vcl) John Collins (g) Oscar Pettiford (b)
LAWRENCE BROWN
PAUL HOWARD’S QUALITY SERENADERS
- Culver City, CA, April 16, 1929
The Ramble
George Orendorff (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb,arr) Charlie Lawrence (cl,as,arr) Paul Howard (ts,dir) Harvey Brooks (p) Thomas Valentine (bj,g) James Jackson (tu) Lionel Hampton (d,vcl)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS SEBASTIAN NEW COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
- Los Angeles, July 21, 1930
I’m a ding dong daddy (la vcl)
Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Leon Elkins (tp,ldr) Lawrence Brown (tb) Leon Herriford, Willie Stark (as) William Franz (ts) Harvey Brooks (p) Ceelle Burke (bj,steel-g) Reggie Jones (tu) Lionel Hampton (d,vib)
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
- New York May & September 1932
Slippery horn, Ducky Wucky
Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Freddy Jenkins (tp) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Juan Tizol (v-tb) Johnny Hodges (sop,as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl,bassax) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj,g) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d,vcl) Ivie Anderson (vcl)
MCKINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS
- Chicago, July 11, 1928
Four or five times (cj,dr,gt,dw vcl; dr arr), Cryin’ and sighin’ (jn arr), Milenberg joys (dr arr),
John Nesbitt (tp,arr) Langston Curl (tp) Claude Jones (tb,vcl) Don Redman (cl,as,vcl,arr) Milton Senior (cl,as) George Thomas (cl,ts,vcl) Prince Robinson (cl,ts) Todd Rhodes (p) Dave Wilborn (bj,vcl) Ralph Escudero (tu) Cuba Austin (d,vcl) - New York, April 9, 1929
Do something (jn arr)
Jimmy Dudley (cl,as) replaces Milton Senior, and Don Redman (vib)