Title Recording Date Recording Location Company On A Cocoanut Island (R. Alex Anderson) 8-18-1936 Los Angeles, California Decca 914 A DLA 582 A To You,
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company On A Little Bamboo Bridge (Sherman / Fletcher)) 3-24-1937 New York, New York Decca 1216 A 62070-A Hawaiian Hospitality
The Moulin Rouge Cafe was located at 416 South Wabash Ave. in Chicago. Also see: Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders Thanks to Russ Shor of VJM’s Jazz
Thanks to Bob Palmer for his help with this page. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Down Hearted Blues (Introducing “Chirpin’ The Blues”) (Lovie Austin / Alberta
< Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Chicago Buzz (Jimmy Blythe / Vol Stevens) 8-1926 Chicago, Illinois Paramount 12382-B 2620-3 East Coast Trot (Jimmy Blythe / Vol
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Barrell House Stomp (Lester Melrose) 12-10-1928 Chicago, Illinois Victor V-38023-A 48712-1 Transatlantic Stomp (Junie C. Cobb) 12-10-1928 Chicago, Illinois
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Boot That Thing (Lester Melrose) 2-11-1928 Chicago, Illinois Vocalion 1269 C-2941 Don’t Cry Honey (Junie Cobb / Alex Hill) 2-7-1928 Chicago,
Edgar A. Benson was a ‘cellist’ who became an impresario, managing many bands in Chicago from 1920 to 1930. The Number One orchestra was originally
Roy Bargy and Charley Straight worked at the Imperial Piano Roll Company when these recordings were made. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company O (Oh!) Medley
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Afternoon In Africa (Buster Bailey / Don Frye) 9-17-1937 New York, New York Vocalion v3846 Chained To A Dream (Buster
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Am I Blue from “Walk A Little Faster” (Harry Akst / Grant Clarke) 5-1940 New York, New York Varsity
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Call Of The Delta (Buster Bailey / Irving Mills) 12-28-1934 New York, New York Vocalion 2887-A Decca F-5492 16445-1 Call Of
On the 1925 sessions Hociel Thomas is accompanied by Louis Armstrong’s Jazz Four. Hociel’s aunt was Sippie Wallace whose maiden name was Beulah Thomas. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company
Hociel Thomas (July 10, 1904 – August 22, 1952) was the daughter of pioneering blues and boogie woogie pianist George W. Thomas Jr., and the
Katherine Henderson was born St. Louis, Missouri on June 23, 1909. She got her start in show business as a small child working in minstrel
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Do It, Baby (Clarence Williams / Andy Razaf) 11-1928 Long Island City, N. Y. C. Paramount 12840 QRS R. 7041-A
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Baltimore (matrix E-23235) (Healy / Kahal / McHugh) 4-27-1927 New York City, New York Brunswick 3664 Baltimore (matrix E-23236) (Healy /
Eva Taylor (January 22, 1895 — October 31, 1977) was a talented entertainer and Blues singer and was one of the first African-American singers to
Sara Martin (June 18, 1884 – May 24, 1955) began her career as a vaudeville singer around 1915 in Illinois. In 1922 she was signed
Sara Martin was on tour with W.C. Handy’s Orchestra when these recordings where made in 1923. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Come Home Papa Blues (Billy Smythe)
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Atlanta Blues (W.C.Handy / Dave Elman) 8-1-1923 New York, New York Okeh 8090 Beaucoupe De Jazz 8-7-1923 New York,
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Blue Devil Blues (Earl McDonald / Clifford Hayes) 9-16-1924 New York, New York Okeh 8188-A Blues Please Go Away
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company He’s Never Gonna Throw Me Down (Horace Brooks) 6-1-1924 New York, New York Okeh 8154-A Artist Instrument Ernest Elliot
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Late Last Night Blues 6-14-1926 New York, New York Okeh 8374 Some Sweet Day (Rose / Jackson /
