| Ben Pollack was on sessions during 1928-29 released under the names of the Hotsy Totsy Gang, Jimmy McHugh’s Bostonians, Ben’s Bad Boys, and the Louisville Rhythm Kings. At that point, Ben Pollack was at the height of his success, leading what could be considered in those segregated times as the top regularly working white jazz band, performing not only at the Park Central Hotel but for a few months in the stage show Hello Daddy. Excerpt from Ben Pollack: Profiles in Jazz, by Scott Yanow |
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| Shirt Tail Stomp (Benny Goodman) | 1-22-1929 | New York, New York | Camden CAL-446 |
| Wang-Wang Blues (Gus Mueller / Bert Johnson / Henry Busse) | 1-22-1929 | New York, New York | Victor 21971-B |
| Yellow Dog Blues (W.C. Handy) | 1-22-1929 | New York, New York | Victor 21971-A |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Ray Bauduc | Drums |
| Vic Briedis | Piano |
| Benny Goodman | Clarinet |
| Harry Goodman | Brass Bass |
| Jimmy McPartland | Cornet |
| Glenn Miller | Trombone |
| Dick Morgan | Banjo |
| Ben Pollack | Director, Vocals |
Redhotjazz.com was a pioneering website during the "Information wants to be Free" era of the 1990s. In that spirit we are recovering the lost data from the now defunct site and sharing it with you.
Most of the music in the archive is in the form of MP3s hosted on Archive.org or the French servers of Jazz-on-line.com where this music is all in the public domain.
Files unavailable from those sources we host ourselves. They were made from original 78 RPM records in the hands of private collectors in the 1990s who contributed to the original redhotjazz.com. They were hosted as .ra files originally and we have converted them into the more modern MP3 format. They are of inferior quality to what is available commercially and are intended for reference purposes only. In some cases a Real Audio (.ra) file from Archive.org will download. Don't be scared! Those files will play in many music programs, but not Windows Media Player.
