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FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- New York, May 14, 1926 The stampede, Jackass blues
Russell Smith, Joe Smith (tp) prob Luke Smith (tp) Rex Stewart (cnt) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,as) Don Redman (cl,as,gfs,arr) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bassax) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj) Ralph Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (d) - New York, November 3, 1926 The Henderson stomp, The chant
Russell Smith, Joe Smith, Tommy Ladnier (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,sop,as) Don Redman (cl,as,arr) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bar) Fats Waller (p,org-1) Charlie Dixon (bj) June Cole (tu,vcl) Kaiser Marshall (d) Fletcher Henderson (cond) - New York, March 19, 1931 Clarinet marmalade
Benny Morton (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Horace Henderson (p-1) replace Jimmy Harrison, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bar) Horace Henderson, Fletcher Henderson, Bill Challis (arr)
CHICK WEBB “THE JUNGLE BAND”
- New York, June, 1929 Dog bottom (wp vcl), Jungle mama
Ward Pinkett (tp,vcl) Edwin Swayzee (tp) Bob Horton (tb) Hilton Jefferson, Louis Jordan (as,cl) Elmer Williams (bt,cl) Don Kirkpatrick (p) John Trueheart (bj,g) Elmer James (tu) Chick Webb (d) - New York, March 30, 1931 Heebie jeebies
Shelton Hemphill, Louis Hunt (tp) Louis Bacon (tp,vcl) Jimmy Harrison (tb) Benny Carter (cl,as,arr) Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Elmer Williams (cl,ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) John Trueheart (bj,g) Elmer James (tu,b) Chick Webb (d,celeste,bells) - New York, June 12, 1935 I’ll chase the blues away (ef vcl)
Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) poss. Fernando Arbello, Sandy Williams (tb) Pete Clarke (cl,as) Edgar Sampson (as,arr) Elmer Williams (ts) Wayman Carver (ts,fl,arr) Joe Steele (p) John Trueheart (g) John Kirby (b) Chick Webb (d,bells) Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) - New York, April 7, 1936 Under the Spell of the Blues
Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) Claude Jones, Sandy Williams (tb) Pete Clarke (cl,as) Edgar Sampson (as,arr) Teddy McRae (ts) Wayman Carver (bar) Joe Steele (p) John Trueheart (g) Bill Thomas (b) Chick Webb (d) Ella Fitzgerald (vcl)
JAY MCSHANN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- Dallas, Texas, April 30, 1941
Swingmatism, Vine Street boogie, Cnfessing the Blues, Hootie blues
Harold Bruce, Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor (tp) Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson (as) Charlie Parker (as,arr) Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane (ts) Jay McShann (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown (vcl) - New York, July 2, 1942
Lonely boy blues (wb vcl), Get me on your mind (ah vcl), The jumpin’ blues (wb vcl), Sepian bounce
Orville Minor, Buddy Anderson, Bob Merrill (tp) Lawrence Anderson, Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as) Fred Culliver, Bob Mabane (ts) James Coe (bar) Jay McShann (p) Leonard “Lucky” Enois (g) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown, Al Hibbler (vcl)
