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The following recordings were released under the names of Joe Venuti’s Blue Four, Blue Five or Blue Six depending on the number of musicians used on the session. Many of the musicians including Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang and Frankie Trumbauer were members of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at the time that these sessions were recorded. Songs like “Wild Cat” and “The Wild Dog” feature the amazing musical interplay of Venuti and Lang.

discography

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
A Mug Of Ale
(Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang)
9-13-1927New York, New YorkOkeh 40897
Apple Blossoms
(Lennie Hayton / Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang / Frankie Trumbauer)
10-28-1929New York, New YorkOkeh
Beating The Dog
(Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang)
6-28-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
Cheese And Crakers
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
9-13-1927New York, New YorkOkeh 40897
Doin’ The Uptown Lowdown
(Harry Ravel / Mack Gordon)
10-2-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Doin’ Things (1)
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkRCA X
Doin’ Things (2)
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkBluebird
Doin’ Things (3)
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkVictor
Dinah
(Lewis / Young / Akst)
3-28-1928New York, New YorkOkeh
Four String Joe
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
11-15-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
Goin’ Home
(Rube Bloom / Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
12-12-1928New York, New YorkOkeh 41251
Hell’s Bells And Hallelujah9-20-1934London, EnglandBrunswick
Hey, Young Fella2-28-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Hiawatha’s Lullaby5-8-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
In De Ruff10-2-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Decca
18168 B
Isn’t It Heavenly?
(Meyer / Harburg)
5-8-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
I’ve Found A New Baby
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
11-12-1930New York, New YorkVictor
Jazz Me Blues
(Tom Delaney)
10-2-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Decca
18168 A
Jig Saw Puzzle Blues2-28-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Kicking The Cat
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
6-28-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
Little Buttercup
(Frank Signorelli)
6-10-1931New York, New YorkOkeh
41506
Mellow As A Cello
(Adrian Rollini)
3-20-1935New York, New YorkDecca
My Gypsy Rhapsody5-8-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
(Ruby / Meyer)
12-12-1928New York, New YorkOkeh 41251
Nothing But Notes
(Adrian Rollini)
3-20-1935New York, New YorkColumbia
Pardon Me Pretty Baby
(Don’t I Look Familiar To You)

(Rose / Klages / Meskill)
6-10-1931New York, New YorkOkeh
41506
Penn Beach Blues
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
11-15-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
Pink Elephants2-28-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Pretty Trix
(Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang)
6-14-1928New York, New YorkOkeh
Put And Take (a)
(Joe Venuti )
5-7-1930New York, New YorkOkeh
Put And Take (b)
(Joe Venuti )
5-7-1930New York, New YorkOkeh
Runnin’ Ragged
(Lennie Hayton / Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang / Frankie Trumbauer)
10-28-1929New York, New YorkOkeh
Raggin’ The Scale
(Claypole)
5-7-1930New York, New YorkOkeh
Raggin’ The Scale
(Claypole)
2-28-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Really Blue10-7-1930New York, New YorkVictor
Satan’s Holiday
(Joe Venuti)
9-20-1934London, EnglandBrunswick
Sweet Lorraine
(Clift Burwell / Mitchell Parish)
10-2-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Sensation
(Eddie Edwards)
9-27-1928New York, New YorkOkeh 41144
Sweet Sue (Just You)
(Will J. Harris / Victor Young)
11-12-1930New York, New YorkVocalion
3011 A
Tea Time9-20-1934London, EnglandBrunswick
The Blue Room
(Rogers / Hart)
9-27-1928New York, New YorkOkeh
41144
The Man From The South
(Rube Bloom / Harry Woods)
6-14-1928New York, New YorkOkeh
Vibraphonia Number 2
(Adrian Rollini)
5-8-1933New York, New YorkColumbia
Wild Cat (1)
(Eddie Lang)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkRCA X
Wild Cat (2)
(Eddie Lang)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkBluebird
Wild Cat (3)
(Eddie Lang)
6-21-1928New York, New YorkVictor
The Wild Dog
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
3-28-1928New York, New YorkOkeh
The Wild Dog
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti)
10-7-1930New York, New YorkVictor

ArtistInstrument
Harold ArlenVocals
Don BarrigoTenor Saxophone
Rube BloomPiano, Vocals
Jimmy DorseyClarinet, Alto Saxophone
Bud FreemanTenor Saxophone
Lennie HaytonPiano
Eddie LangGuitar
Doug LeesBass
Neil MarshallDrums
Dick McDonoughGuitar
Don MurrayBaritone Saxophone
Adrian RolliniBass Saxophone, Piano, Vibraphone,
Hot Fountain Pen (Minature Clarinet), Goofus
Justin Ring?Piano
Arthur SchuttPiano
Frank SignorelliPiano
Joe SullivanPiano
Joe TartoBass
Frankie TrumbauerC-Melody Saxophone
Joe VenutiViolin, Cymbal
Frank VictorGuitar
Phil WallPiano
Arthur YoungPiano

 

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