A glance at the personnel of the two sessions recorded shows that here were some of the great names of Chicago Jazz, playing largely non-vocal versions of popular tunes of the time, propelled with ease by the dynamic little lady* with the big fiddle. — by Brian Rust (from the liner notes of The Chicago Hot Bands 1924 – 1928 on Timeless Records)
* Brian Rust seems to have formed the impression that Thelma was tiny and petite when he refers to her as “the little lady.” He uses similar adjectives in a book of his from twenty years ago or so. I checked, and her daughter Patti says Thelma stood 5′ 7″. -David Apolloni
If you would like to order the Timeless Records’ CD of Chicago Hot Bands 1924 – 1928 you can do so direct from Timeless Records.
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| Dusky Stevedore (Andy Razaf / J.C. Johnson) | 9-27-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 1588-D |
| Lady Of Havana (Bernie / Val / VanLoan) | 3-29-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Columbia 1390-D |
| Mama’s Gone (A. J. Piron / Peter Bocage) | 3-29-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Columbia 1706-D |
| Starlight And Tulips (Wendling / Bryan) | 3-29-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Columbia 1532-D |
| The Voice Of The Southland (Keeps Calling Me Home) (Austin / Bloom / Ted Koehler) | 3-29-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Columbia 1390-D |
| When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin’ By (Kaufman / Kelly / Bilbo) | 9-27-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 1588-D |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Roy Campbell | Banjo |
| Joe Davis | Drums, Vocals |
| Pat Davies | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
| Charles Dornberger | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| Dub Fleming | Cornet |
| Earl Gray | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| Gene Krupa | Drums |
| Bud Jacobson | Clarinet |
| Johnny Mendel | Trumpet |
| Floyd O’Brien | Trombone |
| Bill Otto | Piano |
| Mike Platt | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| Carl Rinker | Trumpet |
| Mike Platt | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| George Shirley | Banjo |
| Phil Shukin | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
| Warren Smith | Trombone |
| Thelma Terry | Bass, Director |
| Bob Zurke | Piano |
Redhotjazz.com was a pioneering website during the "Information wants to be Free" era of the 1990s. In that spirit we are recovering the lost data from the now defunct site and sharing it with you.
Most of the music in the archive is in the form of MP3s hosted on Archive.org or the French servers of Jazz-on-line.com where this music is all in the public domain.
Files unavailable from those sources we host ourselves. They were made from original 78 RPM records in the hands of private collectors in the 1990s who contributed to the original redhotjazz.com. They were hosted as .ra files originally and we have converted them into the more modern MP3 format. They are of inferior quality to what is available commercially and are intended for reference purposes only. In some cases a Real Audio (.ra) file from Archive.org will download. Don't be scared! Those files will play in many music programs, but not Windows Media Player.
