| Name of the Band | Years of
Operation | Recorded? | Played Live? |
A | Irving Aaronson and his Commanders | 1926 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Irving Aaronson and his Crusaders | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Adrian and his Tap Room Gang | 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Adrian’s Ramblers | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Texas Alexander accompanied by his Sax Black Tams | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Texas Alexander accompanied by the Mississippi Sheiks | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Henry Allen and his New York Orchestra | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Henry Allen and his Orchestra | 1934 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Henry Allen – Coleman Hawkins and their Orchestra | 1933 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Allen and his Orchestra | 1940 to 1941 | Yes | Yes |
| All Star Trio | 1918 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| All Star Trio and their Orchestra | 1921 to 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Danny Altier and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Walter Anderson and his Golden Pheasant Hoodlums | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Ambrose and his Orchestra | 1927 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Bjarne Amdahl’s Jazz Symphonians | 1927 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Arcadians Dance Orchestra | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | No |
| Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis | 1923 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Arcadian Serenaders | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Arkansas Travelers | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Eduardo Armani y su Orquesta | 1932 to 1950s | Yes | Yes |
| Armani-Cóspito Jazz Band | 1928 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | 1925 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven | 1926 to1928 | Yes | No |
| Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1947 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra | 1930 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Armstrong and his Stompers | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Armstrong With The Polynesians | 1936 | Yes | No |
| Louis Armstrong With Andy Iona And His Islanders | 1937 | Yes | No |
| Billy Arnold’s Novelty Jazz Band | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Billy Arnold et son Orchestre | 1930 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Ash and his Granada Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Ash and his Orchestra | 1926 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Ash and his Pabst Blue Ribbon Casino Orchestra | 1933 | Yes | Yes |
| Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Lovie Austin and her Serenaders | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Austin and his Musical Ambassadors | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Adolfo R. Avilés Jazz Band | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
B | Bailey’s Dixie Dudes | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Bailey’s Lucky Seven | 1921 to 1926 | Yes | No |
| Buster Bailey and his Rhythm Busters | 1937 to 1938 | Yes | ? |
| Buster Bailey and his Seven Chocolate Dandies | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Buster Bailey and his Sextet | 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Josèphine Baker accompanied pae le Le Jacob’s Jazz | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Josèphine Baker accompanied by Melodic-Jazz du Casino de Paris | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Josèphine Baker accompanied by Le Jazz du Poste Parisien | 1934 | Yes | No |
| Josèphine Baker et les Comedian Harmonists | 1935 | Yes | No |
| Bal Tabarin Jazz Orchestra | 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Faye Barnes accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Walter Barnes and his Royal Creolians | 1927 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Barrel House Five Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Phil Baxter and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Jazzola Novelty Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Beale Street Washboard Band | 1929 | Yes | No |
| King Bechet Trio | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Sidney Bechet and his Creole Orchestra | 1924 | No | Yes |
| Sidney Bechet and his Orchestra | 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Bix Beiderbecke and his Rhythm Jugglers | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Bix Beiderbecke and his Orchestra | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Ben’s Bad Boys | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Bennett’s Swamplanders | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1921 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Flo Bert with Orchestra | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Vic Berton and his Orchestra | 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Don Bestor and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Beverly Syncopators | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Paul Biese and his Edgewater Beach Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Biese and his Novelty Orchestra | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Biese Orchestra | 1919 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Biese Trio | 1919 to 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Biese’s College Inn Orchestra | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| The Big Aces | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators | 1938 to 1942 | Yes | No |
| Barney Bigard and his Orchestra | 1936 to 1940 | Yes | No |
| Barney Bigard Sextet | 1935 | Yes | No |
| Birmingham Bluetette | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Birmingham Jug Band | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Black And Tan Orchestra | 1915 to | No | Yes |
| Black Birds Of Paradise | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Black Pirates | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Clarence Black’s Savoy Trio | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Blake’s Jazzone Orchestra | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Eubie Blake and his Orchestra | 1922 and 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Eubie Blake and his Shuffle Along Orchestra | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Eubie Blake Trio | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Blind Willie Dunn and his Gin Bottle Four | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | No |
| Rube Bloom and his Bayou Boys | 1930 | Yes | No |
| Blue Grass Foot Warmers | 1926 | Yes | No |
| The Blue Rhythm Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Blue Ribbon Syncopators | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Blythe and Burton | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Blythe and Clark | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmy Blythe and his Ragamuffins | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Blythe’s Owls | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Blythe’s Sinful Five | 1926 | No | ? |
| Blythe’s Washboard Band | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| James Boucher et son Jazz | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Bogan’s Birmingham Busters | 1937 to ? | Yes | Yes |
| Eric Borchard’s Atlantic Jazz Band | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Eric Borchard’s Jazz Band | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Borbee’s Jass Band | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Boston Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| James Boucher et son Jazz | 1930 to 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Perry Bradford and his Gang | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Brady’s Clarinet Band | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Arthur Briggs’ Savoy Syncopators Orchestra | 1922 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Mart Britt and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| The Broadway Bellhops | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Harvey Brooks Quality Four | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Bessie Brown and her Jazz Band | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Bill Brown and his Brownies | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Brown and her Boys | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lillyn Brown and her Jazzbo Syncopators | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Brown and Terry’s Jazzola Boys | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Tom Brown’s Band From Dixieland | 1915 to 1916 | No | Yes |
| Brownlee’s Orchestra of New Orleans | 1920 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| The Brox Sisters | 1921 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Merritt Brunies and his Friars Inn Orchestra | 1924 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Frank Brunch and his Fuzzy Wuzzies | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Willie Bryant and his Orchestra | 1935 to 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Tim Brymn and his Black Devil Orchestra | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Bucktown Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Busse’s Buzzards | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
C | California Poppies | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| California Ramblers | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Californiacs | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Canaro Jazz Band | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Cannon’s Jug Stompers | 1928 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Dave Caplan’s Toronto Band | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| The Captivators | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| George Carhart’s New Yorkers | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Adolfo Carabelli Jazz Band | 1924 to 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Mutt Carey and his New Yorkers | 1947 | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie Carlew’s Baby Aristocrats | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Hoagy Carmichael and his Orchestra | 1929 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Hoagy Carmichael and his Pals | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Carmichael’s Collegians | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Carolina Club Orchestra | 1924 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Carolina Cotton Pickers | 1923 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Casino Jazzers | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Cassidy’s New Rhythmists | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| The Cellar Boys | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Jack Chapman Drake Hotel Orchestra | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Charleston Chasers | 1925 to 1931 | Yes | No |
| The Charleston Seven | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Chicago DeLuxe Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Chicago Footwarmers | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Chicago Hot 5 | 1931 and 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Chicago Hottentots | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| The Chicago Loopers | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Chocolate Dandies | 1928, 1930, 1933, 1940 | Yes | No |
| Buddy Christian’s Creole Five | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Buddy Christian’s Jazz Rippers | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong’s Jazz Four | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Tommy Christian and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Chubb-Steinberg Orchestra of Cincinnati | 1924 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Cincinnati Jug Band | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Ciro’s Club Coon Orchestra | 1916 and 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Ted Claire’s Snappy Bits Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Sunny Clapp and his Band O’ Sunshine | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Sonny Clay’s Plantation Orchestra | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Clicquot Club Eskimos | 1925 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Clifford’s Louisville Jug Band | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Club Royal Orchestra | 1921 to 1922 | Yes | ? |
| E.C. Cobb And His Corn Eaters | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Junie Cobb’s Hometown Band | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Oliver Cobb and his Rhythm Kings | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Jean Cocteau et l’orchestre Dan Parrish | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Bert Cohan and his Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Ellen Coleman accompained Lem Fowler’s Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| The Collegians | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Columbia Saxophone Sextette | 1916 to 1920 | Yes | No |
| Eric Concerto’s Yankee Jazz Band | 1920 to 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie Condon and his Band | 1938 to ? | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Eddie Condon Quartet | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Coney Island Jazz Orchestra | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Doc Cook and his 14 Doctors of Syncopation | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Cook and his Dreamland Orchestra | 1922 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Cookie’s Ginger Snaps | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra | 1919 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Rene Cóspito and his Jazz Band | 1932 to 1950s | Yes | Yes |
| Cotton Club Orchestra | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Cotton Pickers | 1922 to 1925 | Yes | No |
| Willie Coulter and his Band | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Ida Cox accompanied by Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders | 1923 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox and Lovie Austin | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox and Papa Charlie Jackson | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox accompanied by her Five Black Spells | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox accompanied by the Pruitt Twins | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox and her Allstar Band | 1939 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox and her Allstar Orchestra | 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Ida Cox accompanied with the Coleman Hawkins Quintet | 1961 | Yes | ? |
| Jack Crawford and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Rosetta Crawford accompanied by King Bechet Trio | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Rosetta Crawford accompanied by James P. Johnson’s Hep Cats | 1939 | Yes | ? |
| Wilton Crawley and his Orchestra | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Wilton Crawley and the Washboard Rhythm Kings | 1930 | Yes | No |
| Charles Creath’s Jazz-O-Maniacs | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Katie Crippen accompanied by Henderson’s Novelty Orchestra | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Fred Culley and his Royal York Hotel Orchestra | 1929 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
D | Dabney’s Band | 1917 to 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra | 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Dan and Harvey’s Jazz Band | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Dave’s Harlem Highlights | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Jasper Davis and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Johnny De Droit and his New Orleans Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Bob Deikman Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Deppe’s Seranaders | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Detroit Melodists | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Devonshire Resturant Dance Band | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Harry Dial’s Bluesicians | 1930 | Yes | No |
| Diamond King’s Jazz Band | 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Carroll Dickerson’s Savoy Orchestra | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Carroll Dickerson’s Savoyagers | ? | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Boys | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Daisies | 1921 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Dixie Four | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Rhythm Kings | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Serenaders | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Dixie Stompers | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Dixie Washboard Band | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | No |
| Dixie-Land Thumpers | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Dixieland Jug Blowers | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Dixon and Channey | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Vance Dixon and his Pencils | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Dixon’s Jazz Duo | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Dixon’s Jazz Maniacs | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Dodds And Parham | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Baby Dodds Jazz Four | 1945 | Yes | Yes |
| Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | 1938 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dodds and his Orchestra | 1929 and 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dodds’ Hot Six | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dodds’ Trio | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Johnny Dodds’ Washboard Band | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Doherty’s Melody Boys | 1923 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Pat Dollohan Orchestra | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 1928 to 1935 and 1953 to 1956 | Yes | ? |
| The Dorsey Brothers Concert Orchestra | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmy Dorsey accompanied by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 1932 | Yes | No |
| Jimmy Dorsey accompanied by Spike Hughes and his Three Blind Mice | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Tom Dorsey and his Novelty Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Roberta Dudley accompanied by Ory’s Orchestra | 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| René Dumont Jazz Band | 1927 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| René Dumont von der Villa D’Este | 1927 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Johnny Dunn and his Band | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Johnny Dunn and his Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dunn and his Original Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1921 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmy Durante’s Jazz Band | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
E | Eagle Band | 1910 to 1917 | No | Yes |
| Eddie and Sugar Lou’s Hotel Tyler Orchestra | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie’s Hot Shots | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Cliff Edwards accompanied by the Californians | 1932 | Yes | ? |
| Cliff Edwards and The Eton Boys | 1934 | Yes | No |
| Cliff Edwards and his Hot Combination | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | No |
| Cliff Edwards accompanied by Andy Iona and his Islanders | 1936 | Yes | ? |
| Fred Elizalde and his Anglo American Band | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra | 1927 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Duke Ellington And His Memphis Men | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Duke Ellington and his Orchestra | 1926 to 1936 | Yes | Yes |
| Elgars Creole Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Emerson Xylo-Phiends | 1919 to 1920 | Yes | No |
| Empire Jazz Band | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Wally Erickson and the Coliseum Orchestra | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Europe’s Society Orchestra | 1913 to 1914 | Yes | Yes |
| Jim Europe’s 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band | 1917 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
F | Feathers and Frogs | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Douglas Finnell and his Royal Stompers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Roberto Firpo Orquesta Americana | 1922 to 19247 | Yes | ? |
| Fisbach’s Charleston Orchester | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| The Five Harmaniacs | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| The Five Musical Blackbirds | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Jay C. Flippen and his Gang | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | No |
| Troy Floyd and his Plaza Hotel Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Troy Floyd and his Shadowland Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Gabriel Formiggini mit seinem Orchester | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Four Hot Hounds | 1911 to 1913 | Yes | Yes |
| Fowler’s Washboard Wonders | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Fowler’s Favorites | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie Franko and his Louisianians | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Frankie and her Jazz Devils | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Arnold Frank and his Roger’s Cafe Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Bud Freeman and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Eddie Frazier and his Plantation Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| The Friar’s Society Orchestra | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Frisco Jass Band | 1917 | ? | Yes |
| Julian Fuhs Follies Band | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Julian Fuhs und sein Orchester | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Fulcher’s Dance Trio | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Charles Fulcher and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Earl Fuller’s Famous Jazz Band | 1917 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Earl Fuller’s Rector Novelty Orchestra | 1917 -1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Earl Fuller’s New York Orchestra | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Futurist Jazz Band | 1919 | Yes | ? |
G | Garden Dancing Palace Orchestra | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Tom Gates and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Gennett Orchestra | 1917 | Yes | ? |
| Georgia Cotton Pickers | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Georgia Jazz Band | 1921 to 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Georgia Melodians | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Georgia Strutters | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | No |
| Georgians | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Tom Gerunovitch and his Roof Garden Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Tom Gerun and his Orchestra | 1929 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Get-Happy Band | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Arthur Gibbs and his Gang | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Emerson Gill and his Orchestra | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Emerson Gill and his Castle of Paris Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Emerson Gill and his Bamboo Garden Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra | 1924 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Goldkette’s Book-Cadillac Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| González Jazz Band | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Gowan’s Rhapsody Makers | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Lud Gluskin Ambassadoians | 192* | Yes | Yes |
| Benny Goodman’s Boys | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Goofus Five | 1924 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Gorman’s Novelty Syncopators | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Helen Gross accompanied by the Choo Choo Jazzers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Helen Gross accompanied by the Kansas City Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Gregor Et Ses Gregoriens | 1929 to 1933 | Yes | Yes |
| Gregor and his Boys | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Gregor et son Jazz | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Gulf Coast Jazzers | 1926 | Yes | No |
| The Gulf Coast Seven | 1923 to 1925 | Yes | No |
| Guyon’s Paradise Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Frank Guarente’s World Known Georgians | 1926 | Yes | yes |
H | Bill Haid’s Cubs | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Halfway House Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Hall’s Jazz Band | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Hall and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Hall and his Sugar Babes | 1925 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Al Hammett and his Ambassadors’ Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders | 1925 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra | 1931 to 1936 | Yes | Yes |
| Henry Halstead Orchestra | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Hamm and his Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Hamm and his Collegians | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Handy’s Orchestra Of Memphis | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Handy’s Memphis Blues Band | 1919 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Handy’s Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| W.C. Handy and Orchestra | 1939 | Yes | No |
| The Happy Six | 1919 to 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Lil Hardaway’s Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Marlow Hardy and his Alabamians | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| The Harlem Footwarmers | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Harlem Hot Chocolates | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Harlem House Rent Stompers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Harlem Trio | 1923 and 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Dave Harman and his Orchestra | 1924 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Harry’s Happy Four | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Lucille Hegamin and her Blue Flame Syncopaters | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Lucille Hegamin and her Bang-Up Six | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Lucille Hegamin and her Dixie Daisies | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Clarence Williams and Band | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Wooding’s Society Entertainers | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Edmonia Henderson accompanied by Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Edmonia Henderson accompanied by Tommy Ladnier and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Fletcher Henderson and his Sawin’ Six | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Fletcher Henderson Orchestra | 1923 to 1939 | Yes | Yes |
| Henderson’s Club Alabam Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Henderson’s Dance Orchestra | 1921 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Virginians | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Club Alabam Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Rosa Henderson and the Choo Choo Jazzers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Kansas City Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Three Jolly Miners | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Kansas City Four | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Three Hot Eskimos | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Rosa Henderson accompanied by the Four Black Diamonds | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Henderson’s Happy Six Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Jules Herbuveaux’ Palmer House Victorians | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jules Herbuveaux and his Orchestra | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie Heywood and his Jazz Six | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Edna Hicks accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | No |
| Edna Hicks accompanied by Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Edna Hicks accompanied by Porter Grainger’s Sawin’ Three | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Art Hickman and his Orchestra | 1913 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Art Hickman’s New York London Five | 1920 to 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Hightower’s Night Hawks | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Alex Hill and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Alex Hill and his Sepians | 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Earl Hines and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Hitch’s Happy Harmonists | 1923 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Hollywood Shufflers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Saxi Holtsworth’s Harmony Hounds | 1920 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Honey Land Jazz Band | 1918 | Yes | ? |
| Sol Hoopii’s Novelty Trio | 1926 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Horsey’s Hot Five | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Hot And Heavy | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Hotel Bristolls Danseorkester | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Hot Boys Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Hotsy Totsy Boys | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Hot Jazz Ernest Holzer | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Hottentots | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | No |
| Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Howell, Horsley And Bradford | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Jack Humphrey’s London Band | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Hunter’s Serenaders | 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Alex Hyde and his New York Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Alex Hyde’s Original New Yorker Jazz Band | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Jack Hylton’s Kit-Cat Band | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| John Hyman’s Bayou Stompers | 1928 | Yes | ? |
I | Imperial Three | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Indiana Sycopators | 1923 | Yes | ? |
J | Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Cats | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Jackson and his Southern Stompers | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Mary Jackson with Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Preston Jackson and his Uptown Band | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Alex Jackson’s Plantation Orchestra | 1927 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Dewy Jackson’s Peacock Orchestra | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Miss Jacoba and Mr. Paulus with Jass-Band Orchest | ? | Yes | ? |
| Jamaica Jazzers | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Jeanette James and her Synco Jazzers | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jelly James and his Fewsicians | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon and his Hot Shots | 1933 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon accompanied by the Harlem Hamfats | 1937 to 1938 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon accompanied by Punches Delegates of Pleasure | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Jazzazza Jazz Band | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Jazz Artists | ? | Yes | ? |
| Jazz Band Kapelle, Karellmeister Bernard Ette | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Jazzbo’s Carolina Serenaders | 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Jazz Club Mystery Band | 1945 | Yes | No |
| Jazz-O-Harmonists | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | No |
| The Jim-Dandies | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmie’s Blue Melody Boys | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Johnson’s Big Five | 1919 | Yes | No |
| Arnold Johnson Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra | 1925 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Eddie Johnson’s Crackerjacks | 1932 to 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Flo Johnson and her Beale Street Five | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| J.C. Johnson and his Five Hot Sparks | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| James P. Johnson’s Harmony Eight | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmy Johnson and his Band | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmy Johnson’s Jazz Boys | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Johnson’s Jazzers | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Margaret Johnson accompanied by the Black and Blue Trio | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Margaret Johnson accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | 1923 to 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Margaret Johnson accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Orville Johnson and His Orchestra | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Clarence Jones and his Sock Four | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Isham Jones and his Orchestra | 1922 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Isham Jones and his Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 to 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Maggie Jones accompanied by her Jazz Band | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Maggie Jones accompanied by Henderson’s Hot Six | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Maggie Jones accompanied by Henderson’s Hot Six | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Richard M. Jones’ Jazz Wizards | 1925 to 1935 | Yes | No |
| Richard M. Jones’ Three Jazz Wizards | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Jones’ Paramount Charleston Four | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Willie Jones and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmie’s Joys | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmie Joy’s St. Anthony Hotel Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmie Joy’s Baker Hotel Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmie Joy’s Orchestra | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Jungle Band | 1929 to1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Jungle Kings | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Jungle Town Stompers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Harry Junoir’s Jazz Orchestra | ? | Yes | 1918 |
K | Art Kahn and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Kansas City Frank and his Footwarmers | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Kansas City Four/Five | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Kansas City Stompers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Whitey Kaufman’s Original Pennsylvania Serenaders | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Freddie Keppard and his Jazz Cardinals | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Freddie Keppard’s Original Creole Orchestra | 1912 to 1918 | No | Yes |
| Kentucky Jazz Babies | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Kentucky Jug Band | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Kentucky Seranaders | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| King David’s Jug Band | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy | 1929 to ? | Yes | Yes |
| Teddy Kline Orchester | 1929 to ? | Yes | ? |
| Carl Kress and Dick Mcdonough | 1934 and 1937 | Yes | No |
| Bennie Krueger’s Melody Syncopators | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Bennie Krueger and his Orchestra | 1920 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
L | Lada’s Louisiana Orchestra | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Anton Lada’s Louisiana Ladds | 1925 to ? | Yes | Yes |
| Ladd’s Black Aces | 1921 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Tommy Ladnier and his Orchestra | 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Lake Arrowhead Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Slim Lamar and his Southerners | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Lampe’s Orchestra From The Trianon Ballroom | 1924 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Lanigiro Synkopating Melody Kings | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Art Landry and his Call Of The North Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Art Landry and his Orchestra | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Ed Lang and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Lanin’s Arcadians | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Sam Lanin’s Famous Players | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Lanin’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lanin’s Roseland Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Sam Lanin and his Orchestra | 1921 to 1932 | Yes | No |
| Lanin’s Red Heads | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Lanin’s Southern Serenaders | 1921 to 1922 | Yes | No |
| Sam Lanin’s Troubadours | 1930 | Yes | No |
| George E. Lee and his Novelty Singing Orchestra | 1920 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Julia Lee accompanied by George E. Lee and his Novelty Singing Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Miss Lee accompanied by her Jazz Boys | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Ruth Lee accompanied by
Spikes Seven Pods Of Pepper Orchestra | 1922 | Yes | No |
| Levee Serenaders | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Noah Lewis and his Jug Band | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Phillip Lewis and his Dance Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Ted Lewis and his Band | 1922 to 1941 | Yes | Yes |
| Sammie Lewis with his Bamville Syncopators | 1923b to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Lewitsch Tanzorchester | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Sam Liberman Jazz Band | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Lil’s Hot Shots | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Donald Lindley and his Boys | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Jack Linx and his Birmingham Society Serenaders | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Little Ramblers | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Lomuto Jazz Band | 1924 to 1977 | Yes | Yes |
| Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | 1919 to 1977 | Yes | Yes |
| Lopez and Hamilton’s Kings of Harmony Orchestra | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra | 1922 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra | 1925 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra | 1920 to 1961 | Yes | Yes |
| Victor Lopez and His Hotel St. Regis Orchestra | 1931 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| L’Orchestre Scrap Iron Jazzerinos | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Lou And His Ginger Snaps | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Louisiana Five | 1918 to 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Louisiana Rhythm Kings | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Louisiana Sugar Babies | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Francisco Lomuto Jazz Band | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmie Lunceford and his Chickasaw Syncopaters | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Abe Lyman and his Orchestra | 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Abe Lyman’s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra | 1923 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra | 1939 to 1941 | Yes | Yes |
M | Mac’s Jazz Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Major and his Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Manhattan Dance Makers | 1925 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Manhattan Merrymakers | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Manhattan Jazz Band | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Joe “Wingy” Manone and his Club Royale Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Joe Manone’s Harmony Kings | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Fate Marable’s Society Syncopators | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Marcel’s Jazz Band des Folies Bergère | 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Marigold Entertainers | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Daisy Martin and her Jazz Bell Hops | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Daisy Martin with the Tampa Blue Jazz Band | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Daisy Martin and her Royal Tigers | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Fatty Martin’s Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Sara Martin accompanied by W.C. Handy’s Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Sara Martin accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin and Clarence Williams’ Harmonizing Four | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin and Clarence Williams Blue Five | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin accompanied by her Jug Band | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin accompanied by Harry’s Happy Four | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sara Martin accompanied by Richard M. Jones’ Jazz Wizards | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Mason Dixon Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Master Saxophone Sextet | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie Master’s Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Charles A. Matson’s Creole Serenaders | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Matson’s Lucky Seven | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| George McClennon’s Jazz Devils | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Viola McCoy accompanied by the Choo Choo Jazzers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Viola McCoy and the Dixie Trio | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Viola McCoy accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Viola McCoy accompanied by the Kansas City Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Viola McCoy accompanied by Bob Rickets Band | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Hattie McDaniels accompanied by Lovie Austin’s Serenaders | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Hattie McDaniels accompanied by Richard M. Jones’s Jazz Wizards | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra | 1902 to 1942 | Yes | Yes |
| Marion McKay and his Orchestra | 1922 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| McKenzie’s Candy Kids | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | No |
| McKenzie and Condon’s Chicagoans | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Mckenzie & his Mound City Blue Blowers | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Red McKenzie and his Music Box | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Red McKenzie and his Orchestra | 1933 and 1937 | Yes | No |
| Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | 1935 to 1937 | Yes | ? |
| Red McKenzie with the Spirits Of Rhythm | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| McKinney’s Cotton Pickers | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| McMurray’s California Thumpers | 1922 | Yes | No |
| Harold Menning and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Melody Kings | 1917 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| The Melody Sheiks | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Benny Meroff Orchestra | 1925 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Memphis Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Memphis Jug Band | 1927 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Memphis Pickaninny Band | 1917 | Yes | ? |
| Memphis Stompers | 1926 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra | 1933 to 1938 | Yes | No |
| Mezz Mezzrow and his Swing Band | 1936 | Yes | Yes |
| Mezzrow – Ladnier Quintet | 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Mezz Mezzrow Trio | 1944 | Yes | No |
| Midnight Rounders | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Midnight Serenaders | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Midway Garden Dance Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Miff Mole’s Molers | 1927 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Eddie Miles and his Florentine Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Josie Miles accompanied by the Choo Choo Jazzers | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Josie Miles accompanied by the Kansas City Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Bubber Miley and his Mileage Makers | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Emmett Miller accompanied by his Georgia Crackers | 1924 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Johnnie Miller’s New Orleans Frollickers | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Ray Miller’s Black And White Melody Boys | 1920 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Ray Miller and his Orchestra | 1922 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orchestra | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Floyd Mills and his Marylanders | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Irving Mills’ Hotsy-Totsy Gang | 1928 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Irving Mills’ Modernists | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Mills’ Ten Black Berries | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Warren Mills and his Blue Serenaders | 1928 and 1929 | Yes | No |
| Missourians | 1928 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Mitchell’s Jazz Kings | 1921 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Monarch Jazz Quartet | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| J. Neal Montgomery and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| The Moonlight Revelers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Monette Moore accompanied by Clarence Jones’ Paramount Trio | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Monette Moore’s Swing Shop Boys | 1936 | Yes | ? |
| Zackie Moore’s Illi-Noisy Seven | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band | 1927 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys | 1925 and 1932 | Yes | ? |
| Lee Morse and her Southern Serenaders | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra | 1923 and 1929 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Incomparables | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Trio | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Kings Of Jazz | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen | 1939 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers | 1926 to 1929 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Six/Seven | 1940 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Steamboat Four | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Stomp Kings or Jazz Kids | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Jelly Roll Morton Trio | 1927 to 1929 | Yes | No |
| Thomas Morris and his Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Thomas Morris and his Seven Hot Babies | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Morrison’s Jazz Band | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers | 1923 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| The Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra | 1923 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Musical Stevedores | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Vic Myers and his Hotel Butler Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Vic Myers’ Music | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Vic Myers and his Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Vick Myers and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Vick Myers’ Atlanta Melody Artists | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
N | Gregoire Nakchounian and his Russian North Star Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Phil Napoleon and his Orchestra | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Napoleon’s Emperors | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| William Nappi and his Orchestra | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Nashville Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Hazay Natzy’s Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | 1917 to 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Naylor’s Seven Aces | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Oliver Naylor’s Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Neger Jazz Orchester | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Dave Nelson and the King’s Men | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Nelson’s Paramount Serenaders | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| New Orleans Blue Five | 1926 | Yes | No |
| New Orleans Bootblacks | 1926 | Yes | No |
| New Orleans Feetwarmers | 1931 to | Yes | Yes |
| New Orleans Jazz Band | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| New Orleans Owls | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| New Orleans Rhythm Kings | 1922 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| New Orleans Wanderers | 1926 | Yes | No |
| New Princes’ Toronto Band | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| New York Havana Orchestra | 1919 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| The New Yorkers | 1927 – 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Nichols and his Five Pennies | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Red Nichols and his Orchestra | 1929 to 1939 | Yes | ? |
| Red Nichols’ Stompers | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Jimmie Noone Trio | 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Jimmie Noone and his Orchestra | 1937 to 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Norfolk Jazz Quartette | 1921 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Novelty Five | 1919 to 1920 | Yes | ? |
O | Jimmie O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| O’Bryant’s Washboard Band | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Odeon Five | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Husk O’Hare’s Super Orchestra of Chicago | 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Husk O’Hare and his Footwarmers | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Old Southern Jug Band | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Earl Oliver’s Jazz Babies | ? | Yes | Yes |
| King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band | 1919 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators | 1926 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| King Oliver’s Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| 158th Infantry Band U.S. Army | 1918 | Yes | Yes |
| Orchestra Jazz Columbia diretta dal M Edoardo De Risi | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Arthur Briggs and his Boys | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Billy Max | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Jazz Melody Six | 1918 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Jazz du Moulin Rouge | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Pollard’s Six | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre Syncopated Six | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Orchestre The Playboys | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Original Capitol Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Creole Orchestra | 1912 to 1918 | No | Yes |
| Original Crescent City Jazzers | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Oriental Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Original Dixieland Jass Band | 1917 to 1936 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Excentric Band | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Original Georgia Five | 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Indiana Five | 1923 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Jazz Hounds | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Original Louisiana Five | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Memphis Five | 1922 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Memphis Melody Boys | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Original Midnight Ramblers Orchesta | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Original New Orleans Jazz Band | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Oslo Jazzband | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Original Piccadilly Four | 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Original Ramblers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Original Saxo-Jazz Band | 1918 ? | Yes | ? |
| Original Six | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra | 1916 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Original Wolverines | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Orpheum Duo | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Kid Ory’s Creole Orchestra | 1944 to ? | Yes | Yes |
| George Osborn and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Fred Ozark’s Jug Blowers | 1924 | Yes | No |
P | Walter Page’s Blue Devils | 1925 to 1933 | Yes | Yes |
| Palais Royal Californians | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Palledo Orchestra Of St. Louis | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Louis Panico and his Orchestra | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Paradise Joy Boys | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Paramount Pickers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Anthony Parenti’s Famous Melody Boys | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Philippe Pares et son Orchestre-Jazz | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Tiny Parham and his Musicians | 1928 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Tiny Parham and his “Forty” Five | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Parham’s Black Patti Band | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Parham – Pickett Apollo Syncopators | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Peck’s Bad Boys | ? | No | Yes |
| Jack Pettis and his Band | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jack Pettis and his Band | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Jack Pettis and his Pets | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Phillips Louisville Jug Band | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Picaninny Jug Band | 1932 | Yes | ? |
| Piccadilly Players | ? | Yes | ? |
| Piccadilly Revels Band | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Charles Pierce and his Orchestra | 1927 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Murray Pilcer and his Jazz Band | 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Pinkie’s Birmingham Five | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra | 1918 to 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| The Plantation Jazz Orchestra | 1920 to 1922 | No | Yes |
| The Plantation Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Leo Poll et son Orchestre | 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Pollack and his Californians | 1924 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Pollack and his Orchestra | 1930 to 1938 | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Ben Pollack and His Pick-A-Rib Boys | 1937 to 1938 | Yes | ? |
| Porter’s Blue Devils | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Powell’s Jazz Monarchs | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Ollie Powers’ Harmony Syncopators | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Puritan Jazz Band | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Andy Preer and the Cotton Club Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Sammy Price and his Four Quarters | 1929 | Yes | ? |
Q | Frankie Quartell and his Little Club Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie Quartell and his Melody Boys | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Quintette of the Hot Club of France | 1935 to 1942 | Yes | Yes |
R | Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra | 1920 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Raderman’s Radio Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Lou Raderman and his Pelham Heath Inn Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Ma Rainey accompanied by Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | No |
| Ma Rainey and Papa Charlie Jackson | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Ma Rainey accompanied by The Pruitt Twins | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Ma Rainey and her Tub Jug Washboard Band | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Slatz Randall and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| Ernö Rapee’s Jazz Symphoniker | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Reb’s Legion Club Forty Fives | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Red And Miff’s Stompers | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| The Red Devils | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| The Red Heads | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| The Red Hotters | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Red Onion Jazz Babies | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | No |
| Don Redman and his Orchestra | 1931 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Don Redman and his Orchestra | 1931 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Django Reinhardt and his American Swing Band | 1945 | Yes | Yes |
| Leo Reisman and his Orchestra | 1919 and 1946 | Yes | Yes |
| Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys | 1929 and 1933 | Yes | No |
| Ruben “River” Reeves and his Tributaries | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Charles Remue and his New Stompers Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Dunk Rendleman and the Alabamians | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Harry Reser and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Elio Rietti y su Jazz Band | 1927 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Reischmann’s Jazz Babies | mid-1930s | Yes | ? |
| Rhythm Maniacs | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | No |
| Rhythmakers | 1932 | Yes | No |
| Rhythmic Eight | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Richmond Starlight Jazz Quartette | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Red Roberts mit seiem Ultraphon Jazz Orchester | ? | Yes | ? |
| Robinson’s Knights Of Rest | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Ikey Robinson and his Band | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Ikey Robinson and his Windy City Five | 1935 | Yes | ? |
| Ike Rogers and his Biddle Street Boys | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Adrian Rollini and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Adrian Rollini Quintette | 1936 and 1939 | Yes | ? |
| Adrian Rollini Trio | 1936 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Luigi Romanelli and his King Edward Hotel Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Ross Deluxe Syncopaters | 1927 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Luis Russell and his Burning Eight | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Luis Russell and his Heebie Jeebie Stompers | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Luis Russell and his Orchestra | 1929 to … | Yes | Yes |
| Russell’s Hot Six | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orchestra | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
S | Salon Symphonie Jazzband | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Salty Dog Four | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Joseph Samuels’ Jazz Band | 1920 to 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Helen Savage accompanied by The Dixie Syncopators | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Savoy Bearcats | 1924 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Savoy Orpheans | 1923 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Savoy Quartet | 1915 to 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Duane Sawyer and his Orchestra | 1919 | Yes | ? |
| Bobbie Sax and his Orchestra | 1930s | Yes | ? |
| Saxojazz Orchestra | 1918 | Yes | ? |
| Saxo-Phiends | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Saxophone Sextette | 1918 | Yes | ? |
| Saxo Sextette | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Efim Schachmeister mit seunem Jazz Symphonie Orchester | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orchestras | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Bernie Schultz and his Crescent Orchestra | 1923 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Scorpion Washboard Band | 1933 | Yes | ? |
| Cecil Scott and his Bright Boys | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Lloyd Scott and his Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| The Scranton Sirens Orchestra | 1918 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Searcy Trio | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Seattle Harmony Kings | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Emil Seidel and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | 1919 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Seminole Syncopators | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Boyd Senter and His Senterpedes | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Boyd Senter Trio | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Sepia Serenaders | 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Seven Black Dots | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Seven Blue Babies | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | No |
| Seven Brown Babies | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Seven Gallon Jug Band | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Shamrock Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Albert E. Short’s Tivoli Syncopators | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Arthur Schutt and his Orchestra | 1929 to 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Al Siegel’s Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Sigler’s Birmingham Merrymakers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Frank Signorelli and his Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Arthur Sims Creole Roof Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Omer Simeon Trio | 1945 | Yes | ? |
| Zutty Singleton and his Creole Band | 1944 | Yes | ? |
| Zutty Singleton Trio | 1944 | Yes | ? |
| Zutty Singleton and his Orchestra | 1936 and 1940 | Yes | ? |
| Sioux City Six | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Sissle and Blake | 1920 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Noble Sissle and his Sizzling Syncopators | 1921 to 1922 and 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Noble Sissle and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Noble Sissle and his International Orchestra | 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Noble Sissle’s Swingsters | 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| The Six Black Diamonds | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Six Brown Brothers | 1910 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| The Six Hottentots | 1927 | Yes | No |
| The Six Jolly Jesters | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Charlie Skeete and his Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Abe Small and His Melody Boys | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Bessie Smith accompanied by her Down Home Trio | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Bessie Smith accompanied by Henderson’s Hot Six | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Bessie Smith accompanied by Buck and his Band | 1933 | Yes | No |
| Bessie Smith and her Band | 1925 and 1927 | Yes | No |
| Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys | 1925 and 1927 | Yes | No |
| Clara Smith and her Jazz Band | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Clara Smith accompanied by her Jazz Trio | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Clara Smith and her Five Black Kittens | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Clara Smith and her Novelty Band | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Clara Smith and her Jazz Babies | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Clementine Smith accompanied by the Kansas City Five | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Crickett Smith and his Symphonians | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Laura Smith accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Laura Smith accompanied by Perry Bradford’s Mean Four | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Laura Smith and her Wild Cats | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Leroy Smith and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1916 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Joseph C. Smith’s Trio | 1919 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Joseph C. Smith and His Mount Royal Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Lloyd Smith’s Gut-Bucketeers | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds | 1920 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band | 1921 to 1922 | Yes | No |
| Mamie Smith and Harlem Trio | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Mamie Smith accompanied by The Choo Cho Jazzers | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Susie Smith accompanied by The Choo Choo Jazzers | 1924 to 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Susie Smith and Billy Higgins accompanied by The Choo Choo Jazzers | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Susie Smith accompanied by The Texas Trio | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Eddie South and his Alabamians | 1927 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Jackie Souder and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Southern Rag-A-Jazz Band | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| The Southern Serenaders | 1925 | Yes | No |
| The Southern Syncopated Orchestra | ? | Yes | No |
| The Southland Six | 1922 | Yes | No |
| Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt | 1947 | Yes | Yes |
| Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band | 1939 | Yes | Yes |
| Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers | 1942 to 1944 | Yes | Yes |
| Muggsy Spanier and his V-Disc All-Stars | 1944 | Yes | No |
| Reb Spikes Club Forty Fives | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Reb Spikes Majors and Minors | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Spikes’ Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra | 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Pedro Stacholy’s Cuban Jazzband | 1914 to ? | ? | Yes |
| Jesse Stafford and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Mary Stafford and her Jazz Band | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| State Street Ramblers | 1927 to 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Blue Steele and his Orchestra | 1927 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| Joe Steele and his Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Stein’s Dixie Jass Band | 1916 | No | Yes |
| Carlyle Stevenson’s Bon Ton Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Carlyle Stevenson’s El Patio Orchestra | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Sammy Stewart and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Sammy Stewart and his Ten Knights Of Syncopation | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Stomp Six | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Stompin’ Six | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Jesse Stone and his Blues Serenaders | 1920 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| St. Louis Levee Band | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Charley Straight’s Orchestra | 1923 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar Johnny’s Creole Orchestra | 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Joe Sullivan and his Cafe Society Orchestra | 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Joe Sullivan Trio | 1952 | Yes | No |
| Super Syncopators | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Wilbur Sweatman and his Band | 1903 | Yes | Yes |
| Wilbur Sweatman and his Jass Band | 1917 | Yes | Yes |
| Wilbur Sweatman’s Jazz Orchestra | 1918 to 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Wilbur Sweatman’s Brownies | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Wilbur Sweatman and his Acme Syncopators | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Wilbur Sweatman and his Acme Syncopators | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Wilbur Sweatman and his Orchestra | 1935 | Yes | ? |
| Sammy Swift Jazz Band | 1921 or 1922 | Yes | ? |
| John Sylvester and his Orchestra | 1924 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Belle Sylvia and her Jazz Band | 1918 | No | Yes |
| Synco Jazz Band | 1919 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Synco Jazers | | Yes | ? |
| Syncopating Five | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Syncopating Seven | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Syncopating Skeeters | 1922 | Yes | ? |
T | Tampa Blue Jazz Band | 1921 to 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Tanz-Orchester Bernard Ette | 1923 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orchestra | ? | Yes | ? |
| Taylor’s Dixie Orchestra | 1931 to 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Jasper Taylor and his State Street Boys | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Jasper Taylor’s Original Washboard Band | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra | 1930 to 1940 | Yes | Yes |
| Ray Tellier and his San Francisco Orchestra | 1925 and 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Tennessee Ten | 1923 and 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Tennessee Tooters | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Thelma Terry and her Playboys | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| The Texas Blue Destroyers | 1924 | Yes | No |
| Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Thomas’s Devils | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Thomas’s Muscle Shoals Devils | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Hociel Thomas acc. by Louis Armstrong’s Jazz Four | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Joe Thomas’ Saxotette | 1920 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Millard G. Thomas and his Chicago Orchestra | 1922 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Three Jolly Miners | 1925-26 | Yes | No |
| Three Monkey Chasers | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Three Blues Chasers | 1928 | Yes | No |
| The Three Deuces | 1941 | Yes | No |
| The Three Jacks | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| The Three Virginians | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Leroy Tibbs and his Connie’s Inn Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Andy Tipaldi and his Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Tobier and his California Cyclones | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| John Tobin’s Midnight Serenaders | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| Tram, Bix & Lang | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| The Travelers | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | No |
| Alphonso Trent and his Orchestra | 1928 to 1933 | Yes | Yes |
| Triangle Harmony Boys | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Trocadero Melody Boys | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Trombone Red and his Blue Six | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Charlie Troutt’s Melody Artists | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Troy Harmonists | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra | 1925 to 1934 | Yes | Yes |
| Tub Jug Washboard Band | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Tuschinsky’s Berceley’s Jazz Band | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Sophie Tucker accompanied by Miff Mole’s Molers | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Al Turks’s Orchestra | 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Al Turks’s Princess Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Lavinia Turner and her Jazz Band | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Lavinia Turner and James P. Johnson’s Harmony Seven | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Turner And His Memphis Men | 1929 | Yes | ? |
U | University Six | 1925 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
V | Vagabonds | 1924 to 1928 | Yes | No |
| Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids | 1928 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Louise Vant accompanied by Perry Bradford’s Mean Four | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Varsity Eight | 1923 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Varsity Seven | 1939 to 1940 | Yes | No |
| Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang and their All-Star Orchestra | 1931 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Venuti and his Orchestra | 1930 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Venuti’s Blue Four/Five/Six | 1928 to 1933 | Yes | ? |
| Joe Venuti’s Rhythm Boys | 1931 | Yes | No |
| Ray Ventura et ses Collegiens | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Vicksburg Blowers | 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Victor Jam Band | 1937 | Yes | No |
| The Virginians | 1923 to 1928 | Yes | No |
W | Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Wade’s Moulin Rouge Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Sol S.Wagner and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Ban-Joe Wallace’s Orchestra | 1916 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Fats Waller and his Buddies | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Fats Waller and his Continental Rhythm | 1938 | Yes | ? |
| Fats Waller and his Orchestra | 1935 and 1938 | Yes | No |
| Fats Waller and his Rhythm | 1933 to 1943 | Yes | Yes |
| Fats Waller his Rhythm and his Orchestra | 1941 to 1942 | Yes | Yes |
| Thomas Waller with Morris’ Hot Babies | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Waring’s Pennsylvanians | 1923 to 1984 | Yes | Yes |
| Warner’s Seven Aces | 1923 to 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Bennie Washington’s Six Aces | 1925 | Yes | No |
| The Washingtonians | 1923 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Gilbert Watson and his Orchestra | 1925 to late 1930s | Yes | Yes |
| Joe Watson and his Green Mill Orchestra | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Ethel Waters accompanied by Albury’s Blue and Jazz Seven | 1921 | Yes | ? |
| Ethel Waters’ Jazz Masters | 1921 to 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Ethel Waters accompanied by her Ebony Four | 1925 and 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Ethel Waters accompanied by Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Ethel Waters accompanied by Will Marion Cook’s Singing Orchestra | 1926b | Yes | ? |
| Ted Weems and his Orchestra | 1923 to 1942 | Yes | Yes |
| Weintraub’s Syncopators | 1924 to 1941 | Yes | Yes |
| Wenskat Orchester | 1925 to 1926 | Yes | Yes |
| Wenskat Deutsches Tanz Sport Orchester | 1925 | Yes | Yes |
| We Three | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Lou Weimer’s Gold and Black Aces | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Lawrence Welk’s Novelty Orchestra | 1927 to 1937 | Yes | Yes |
| Frank Westphal and his Rainbo Orchestra | 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Frank Westphal and his Orchestra | 1922 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Whistler’s Jug Band | 1924 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra | 1920 to 1942 | Yes | Yes |
| Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys | 1927 to 1928 and 1932 | Yes | Yes |
| White City Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Whiteway Jazz Band | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| White Way Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | No |
| The Whoopee Makers | 1929 to 1931 | Yes | Yes |
| Zack Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels | 1924 to1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Herb Wiedoeft’s Famous Orchestra | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | Yes |
| Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra | 1923 to 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Herb Wiedoeft and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | Yes |
| Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Clarence Williams and his Band | 1929 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | 1923 to 1927 | Yes | ? |
| Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven | 1926 to 1927 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams and his Bottomland Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings | 1926 to 1929 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Jug Band | 1930 and 1933 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Novelty Band | 1930 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Novelty Four | 1928 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams Trio | 1925 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams and his Orchestra | 1927 to 1934 | Yes | ? |
| Clarence Williams’ Stompers | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band | 1926 to 1930 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five | 1926 | Yes | No |
| Clarence Williams’ Washboard Four | 1927 | Yes | No |
| Fess Williams and his Joy Boys | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra | 1925 to 1930 | Yes | Yes |
| John Williams’ Synco Jazzers | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| John Williams’ and his Memphis Stompers | 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Leona Williams and her Dixie Band | 1922 to 1923 | Yes | No |
| Ralph Williams and his Rainbo Orchestra | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Te Roy Williams and his Orchestra | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Williamson’s Beale Street Frolic Orchestra | 1927 | Yes | Yes |
| Edith Wilson and her Original Jazz Hounds | 1921 to 1922 | Yes | Yes |
| Edith Wilson and her Jazz Band | 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by her Jazz Hounds | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by Johnny Dunn’s Jazz Hounds | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by the Jazz Masters | 1922 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by Conaway’s Rag-Pickers | 1924 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Lena Wilson accompanied by the Nubian Five | 1923 | Yes | No |
| Windy City Jazzers | 1929 | Yes | ? |
| Winegar’s Pennsylvania Boys | 1922 to 1929 | Yes | Yes |
| Wolverine Orchestra | 1923 to 1924 | Yes | Yes |
| Sam Wooding and his Orchestra | 1920 to 1935 | Yes | Yes |
| Wynn’s Creole Jazz Band | 1928 | Yes | ? |
| Albert Wynn and his Gut Bucket Five | 1926 and 1928 | Yes | ? |
Y | The Yankee Six | 1925 | Yes | ? |
| Yerkes’ Bluebird Orchestra | 1920 | Yes | Yes |
| Yerkes’ Jazarimba Orchestra | 1917 to 1921 | Yes | Yes |
| Yerkes’ Novelty Five | 1918 to 1919 | Yes | Yes |
| Yerkes’ Saxophone Sextette | 1919 to 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Yerkes’ Southern Five | 1920 | Yes | ? |
| Young’s Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | Yes | ? |
| Miss Billie Young accompanied by Jelly Roll Morton | 1930 | Yes | No |
| Eleuterio Yribarren Jazz Band | 1922 to 1932 | Yes | Yes |
Z | Barney Zeeman’s Kentucky Kardinals | 1926 | Yes | ? |
| Zutty and his Band | 1935 | Yes | ? |