Red Hot Bands

Chicago Hottentots

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

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Richard M. Jones’ Jazz Wizards

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

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Kansas City Four/Five

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

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Musical Stevedores

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

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Harlem Trio

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

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Clarence Williams’ Blue Five

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

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Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven

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

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Memphis Jazzers

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?

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Clarence Williams’ Jug Band

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,

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Dixie Washboard Band

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)

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Clarence Williams’ Novelty Four

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?“.

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Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings

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

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Barrel House Five Orchestra

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

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Jamaica Jazzers

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

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