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BESSIE SMITH
- New York, February 16, 1923 Downhearted blues, Tain’t nobody’s business if I do Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Clarence Williams (p)
- New York, January 14, 1925 The St. Louis blues
Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Louis Armstrong (cnt) Fred Longshaw (p-1,org-2) - New York, May 5-6, 1925 Cake walkin’ babies from home, The yellow dog blues
Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Joe Smith (cnt) Charlie Green (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj) Bob Escudero (tu) - New York, May 15, 1929 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Ed Allen (cnt) Garvin Bushell (as) Greely Walton (ts) Clarence Williams (p) Cyrus St. Clair (tu)
CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- New York, July 24, December 23 1930; March 3, 1931 & May 6 (1), 1931
St. Louis blues, St. James infirmary, Minnie the moocher, Blues in my heart (1)
Six or seven times (1)” R.Q. Dickerson, Lammar Wright, Reuben Reeves (tp) De Priest Wheeler (tb) [prob. Harry White (tb) ] William Thornton Blue (cl,as) Andrew Brown (as,cl,b-cl) Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts,as,bar) Earres Prince (p) Morris White (bj) Jimmy Smith (tu,b) Leroy Maxey (d) Cab Calloway (vcl)
LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- New York, February 8, 1937
My last affair, Jivin’ the vibres, The mood that I’m in, Stomp [Hampton stomp]
Ziggy Elman (tp) Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as) Vido Musso, Arthur Rollini (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (d) Lionel Hampton (vib,d-1,vcl)
Lionel Hampton And His Nonet - New York, April 14, 1937
Whoa babe, Stompology
Cootie Williams (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Lionel Hampton (vib,vcl,talk) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) - New York, April 26, 1937
On the sunny side of the street
Buster Bailey (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Lionel Hampton (vib,p,d-1,vcl) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d)
