Red Hot Bands

This Richard M. Jones group also recorded under the name of Richard M. Jones’ Three Jazz Wizards. The term Hottentot refers to the name of a group of

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company African Hunch (Richard M. Jones) 11-7-1927 Chicago, Illinois Victor 21345-B Baby O’ Mine (Richard M. Jones) 6-22-1926 Chicago, Illinois

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company If You Don’t Give Me What I Want (I’m Gonna Get It Somewhere Else) (Annabelle Anderson) 1-1924 New York

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Cemetery Blues (Sidney Lanet / Spencer Williams) 12-1923 New York City, New York Paramount 12089-A Hard Luck Blues (Edna

Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders accompanied dozens of Blues singers in the 1920s. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Down On The Levee Blues (Clarence

This band from the 1920s has no relation to the 1938 sessions of the same name, that featured players from the Count Basie Orchestra and

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Happy Rhythm (Clarence Williams) 1-30-1929 New York, New York Columbia 14406-D Honeycomb Harmony (Clarence Williams) 1-30-1929 New York, New

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Folks In New York City Ain’t Like Folks Down South (Margaret Johnson / Andy Razaf / Phil Worde) 7-9-1926 New

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Absent Minded Blues (Tom Delaney) 9-5-1924 New York City, New York Okeh 8162-B I Love You Daddy, But You

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Changeable Daddy Of Mine (Sam Wooding / Bob Schafer) 11-25-1924 New York City, New York Okeh 8185-A Done Made

George McClennon was a dancer and novelty clarinetist who was very active in African-American theatre and vaudeville from 1910 up until his death in 1937.

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Clarinet Laughing Blues (George McClennon) 4-1923 New York, New York Okeh 8072 71511-A Clarinet Laughing Blues (George McClennon) 4-1923

Clarence Williams’ Blue Five were a series of recording sessions that featured some of the best Jazz musicians and Blues singers of the early 1920s. Louis Armstrong, Sidney

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield) 9-23-1927 New York, New York Okeh 8510 Close Fit

The March of 1929 session is a Clarence Williams’ session. The other sessions feature different unknown bands. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Am I Blue?

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Chizzlin’ Sam (Clarence Williams) 8-7-1933 New York, New York Columbia 2829-D High Society (Clarence Williams / A.J. Piron) 8-7-1933 New York,

Thanks to Bob Palmer for his help with this page. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Anywhere Sweetie Goes (I’ll Be There) (Clarence Williams / Fats Waller)

Thanks to Bob Palmer for his help with this page. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Candy Lips (I’m Stuck On You) (Mike Jackson /

Eddie Lang and King Oliver are both in top form, while Clarence Williams adds some very effective celeste parts and nice melancholy singing to “What Ya Want Me To Do?“.

In 1927, Clarence Williams tried his hand at musical theater. He wrote the book and most of the music for “Bottomland” as well as producing the

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company A Pane In The Glass (Clarence Williams) 8-26-1929 New York, New York Columbia 14460-D Any Time (Clarence Williams / Joe

Thanks to Owen Miller for his help with this page. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company After Tonight 9-1-1933 New York, New York Vocalion 2736

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Endurance Stomp (A.C Fernandez / Lester Melrose) 1-1928 Long Island City, New York Paramount 12875-A 330-A Endurance Stomp (Barrel

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company You Don’t Know My Mind Blues (Clarence Williams / Sam Gray / Virginia Liston) 3-10-1924 New York, New York Okeh 40117-A