These titles are some of the most authentic White Jazz of the early twenties to be heard, and may be regarded as the avante garde of a Chicago style which flourished in the succeeding years. They show that the New Orleans style conception of collective improvisation had not then been crowded out to make way for a number of solo choruses, although a certain number of them do appear.

Volly de Faut is one of the lesser-known clarinet players of jazz, but he was much admired by Jelly Roll Morton and can be heard on the Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Trio duet side “My Gal“. At the time when Bucktown Five recorded he was immersed in the dance orchestra The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, so it must have been a red-letter day for him to be able to play the Jazz he loved so well.

The name of the band has an interesting link with New Orleans, for Bucktown was the name of the settlement which opened on the near shore of Lake Ponchartrain soon after the closing of Storyville, and which became a smaller edition of that famous district. Hence, of course, the title of a well-known jazz tune Bucktown Stomp.

Nearly eighteen months later virtually the same group recorded in Chicago under the name of the Stomp Six.

Taken from the book Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide by Rex Harris and Brian Rust.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Buddy’s Habits (Charley Straight / Arnett Nelson)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5418-B
Buddy’s Habits (b) (Charley Straight / Arnett Nelson)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5418-B
Chicago Blues (Paul Biese / James Altieve / Spencer Williams)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5418-A
Hot Mittens (A Stomp) (Mel Stitzel / Volly de Faut / Marvin Saxbe)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett
Hot Mittens (A Stomp) (b) (Mel Stitzel / Volly de Faut / Marvin Saxbe)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Claxtonola 40353-B
Mobile Blues (Fred Rose / Albert Short)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5405-B
Really A Pain (Kassell / Sturr / Muggsy Spanier)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5419-B
Really A Pain (b) (Kassell / Sturr / Muggsy Spanier)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5419-B
Someday, Sweetheart (Benjamin Spikes / John Spikes / Jelly Roll Morton)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5405-A
Steady Roll Blues (Mel Stitzel / Bates)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5419-A
Steady Roll Blues (b) (Mel Stitzel / Bates)	2-25-1924	Richmond, Indiana	Gennett 5419-A

Artist	Instrument
Guy Carey	Trombone
Volly de Faut	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Marvin Saxbe	Banjo, Guitar, Cymbal
Bill Shelby	Banjo
Muggsy Spanier	Cornet
Mel Stitzel	Piano