Sam Wooding and his Orchestra were a popular New York Jazz band in the early 1920s. They played at venues such as the The Nest, on the Fox vaudeville circuit and at the Club Alabam. In 1925 Wooding’s band was picked to be the orchestra for a new musical revue called Chocolate Kiddies which was being formed to tour Europe. Chocolate Kiddies was built around the vaudeville team of Rufus and Drayton and featured performances by Wooding’s eleven piece orchestra, thirty chorus girls, dancers and comedians. Edith Wilson and Adeline Hall were vocalists in the show and Tommy Ladnier was the star soloist. Chocolate Kiddies also included music by Duke Ellington and Jo Trent.

Wooding’s orchestra stayed with Chocolate Kiddies for around a year and then extensively toured Europe without the revue playing in Germany, Sweden, Spain, France, Switzerland, Istanbul, Turkey, Romania, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium and Russia. In 1927 they took the act to South America and played in Buenos Aires. They returned to the America in 1927 and played in vaudeville and turned down a gig at the Cotton Club. Wooding’s Orchestra returned to Europe in 1928 and continued to play abroad until they broke up in Belgium in 1931. Wooding returned to America in 1932 and reformed the band until 1935; during this period Sidney Bechet was with the band briefly. After 1935 Wooding left the music business for a few years to attend college and earn a master’s degree in music from the University of Pennsylvania.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Alabamy Bound (B.G. DeSylva / Bud Green / Ray Henderson)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 018890 2359-A
Alabamy Bound (B.G. DeSylva / Bud Green / Ray Henderson)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 1891 2757-B
Am I Wasting My Time On You? (Irving Bibo / Howard Johnson)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20692
Behind The Clouds (DeSylva / Davis)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20689
Black Bottom (B.G. DeSylva / Bud Green / Ray Henderson)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20689
Bull Foot Stomp	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25424
Button Up Your Overcoat (Ray Henderson / Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva)	11-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8696 Cellodisc C-8684
Breakaway (Archie Gottler / Sidney D. Mitchell / Con Conrad)	12-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8707
By The Waters Of Minnetonka (Lieurance / Grofe)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 018882 2360-A
By The Waters Of Minnetonka (Lieurance / Grofe)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 1891 2358-B
By The Waters Of Minnetonka Dreaming Of A Castle In The Air (Lieurance / Grofe)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20690
Can’t We Be Friends (From The Little Show) (Key / Swift)	12-1929	Paris, France	Polydor 22994 521597
Carrie	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25420
C’est tout que j’ai (All I Have) (Mistinguett)	12-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8698 Cellodisc C-8698
Deep Night (Vallee / Henderson)	11-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8697
Downcast Blues (Sam Wooding)	10-24-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8684 Cellodisc C-8684
Dreaming Of Castles In The Air	9-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20692
Dreaming Of Tommorrow (Joe Sanders)	9-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20690
Even If You Love Me	6-1931	Paris, France	Brunswick A-500098
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25423
Hallelujah! (Vincent Youmans)	10-24-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8696 Cellodisc C-8696
How Am I To Know? (From The Talkie “Dynamite”) (Key / Swift)	12-1929	Paris, France	Polydor 22994 521597
I Lift My Finger And Say “Tweet-Tweet”! (L. Sarony)	11-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8693
Indian Love	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25424
I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling (Fats Waller / Harry Link / Billy Rose)	12-1929	Paris, France	Polydor 22993 521596
I Surrender Dear (Barris / Clifford)	6-1931	Paris, France	Brunswick A-500098
J’ai Deux Amours (I Have Two Loves) (Scotto)	6-1931	Paris, France	Brunswick A-500097
Just A Cottage Small (Hanley)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20693
Krazy Kat (Frankie Trumbauer / Chauncey Morehouse)	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-254223
Le Pirate (Lover Come Back To Me) (Krumgold / Romberg)	12-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-96058
Lonesome And Sorry	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20693
Love For Sale (Cole Porter)	6-1931	Paris, France	Brunswick A-500097
Mammy’s Prayer	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25422
Milenberg Joys (Jelly Roll Morton)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor 20691
My Pal Called Sal	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-254221
My Sin (Fields / Gromak)	12-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8707
O Katharina (a) (L. Wolfe Gilbert / Richard Fall)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 01882
O Katharina (b) (L. Wolfe Gilbert / Richard Fall)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 1883
Ready For The River (Gus Kahn / Neil Moret )	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25422
Shanghai Shuffle (a)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 018890
Shanghai Shuffle (b)	7-1925	Berlin, Deutschland	Vox 1883
She’s Funny That Way (Neil Moret / Richard Whiting)	11-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8693 300502-1
She’s Funny That Way (Neil Moret / Richard Whiting)	11-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8693 300502-2
Singing In The Rain (Arthur Freed / Macio Herb Brown)	12-1929	Paris, France	Polydor 22993 521596
Smiling Irish Eyes	10-24-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8697
Sweet Black Blues	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25421
Tampeekoe (Louis Panico / Elmer Schoebel)	10-1926	Berlin, Deutschland	Polydor
The Wedding Of The Painted Doll (Nacio Herb Brown)	12-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8698 Cellodisc C-8698
Tiger Rag (Nick La Rocca)	7-1929	Barcelona, Spain	Parlophone B-25420
Weary River (Clarke / Silvers)	10-24-1929	Paris, France	Pathé X-8684 Cellodisc C-8684

Artist	Instrument
Jerry Blake	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Vocals
Billy Burns	Trombone
Gavin Bushell	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Oboe
Doc Cheatham	Trumpet
June Cole	Bass Brass
Sumner Leslie “King” Edwards	Bass Brass
Maceo Edwards	Trumpet
Ted Fields	Drums, Vocals
Herb Fleming	Trombone
George Howe	Drums
Ralph James	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Freddy Johnson	Piano, Vocals
Percy Johnson	Drums, Celeste
Tommy Ladnier	Trumpet
Willie Lewis	Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Vocals
Bobby Martin	Trumpet
John Mitchell	Banjo
Gene Sedric	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
John Warren	Bass Brass
Sam Wooding	Piano, Leader
Albert Wynn	Trombone
unknown	Harmonium

Some Hustling This! Taking Jazz to the World, 1914-1929, by Mark Miller, Mercury Press , 2006