Joe Sullivan and his Cafe Society Orchestra

The Cafe Society was a nightclub operated by Barney Josephson who sold his New Jersey shoe store to enter the nightclub business and try out a novel idea for Greenwich Village: Mixing Blacks and Whites on the bandstand and in the audience. The band was drawn mostly from Harlem; Joe Sullivan and Danny Polo were the only White players. —by Mike Donovan

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Coquette (Gus Kahn / Carman Lombardo /Jimmy Green)	4-29-1940	New York, New York	Okeh 5647
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Foxtrot from “Blackbirds of 1928” Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5496 Conqueror 9503
I Cover The Waterfront (Johnny Green / Edward Heyman)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5556
I’ve Got A Crush On You From “Strike Up The Band” Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Okeh 5647
Low Down Dirty Shame Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner (Larry Riley)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5531
Oh, Lady Be Good (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5496 Conqueror 9503
Pom Pom (Benny Carter)	4-29-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5556
Solitude (Duke Ellington)	2-9-1940	New York, New York	Vocalion 5531

Artist	Instrument
Ed Anderson	Trumpet
Freddie Green	Guitar
Edmond Hall	Clarinet
Bennie Morton	Trombone
Danny Polo	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Joe Sullivan	Piano
Billy Taylor	Bass
Henry Turner	Bass
Joe Turner	Vocals
Johnny Wells	Drums

Red Hot Jazz Archive

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