The Orchestra would play the accompaniment to silent movies and a set during intermissions and between films. They played anything from light Classical pieces to Hot Jazz and Blues.
Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
Chinaman Blues (Gene Burdette) | 6-23-1923 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 4907-A |
Cutie Blues (Gene Burdette) | 6-23-1923 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 4907-B |
Static Strut (Jack Yellen / Phil Wall) | 5-28-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion A 1027 Brunswick 80061-A |
Stomp Off, Let’s Go (Elmer Schoebel) | 5-28-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion B 1027 Brunswick 80061-B E-3141 |
Stomp Off, Let’s Go (Elmer Schoebel) | 5-28-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion B 1027 E-3142 |
Artist | Instrument |
Louis Armstrong | Cornet |
Ed Atkins | Trombone |
Buster Bailey | Alto Saxophone, Clarinet |
Jimmy Bertrand | Washboard, Drums |
Frank Etheridge | Banjo |
Stump Evans | Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone |
Angelo Fernandez | Clarinet |
John Hare | Tuba |
Freddie Keppard | Cornet |
Noval Morton | Tenor Saxophone |
Adrian Robinson | Piano |
James Tate | Trumpet |
Erskine Tate | Conductor, Banjo |
Teddy Weatherford | Piano |
Fayette Williams | Trombone |