The Captivators (Direction Of Red Nichols) - Brunswick 4321 (1929)

Trying to clear my head, I looked around the garage a bit and saw a box of records that I was sure I had recently combed through. Giving it a nudge to get it off the shelf, I saw my handwriting on the side saying "Hot Sides."

I put it on the table to start flipping through and realized I hadn't seen the contents since at least 2007 (judging from the dates on the sleeves that I mark when I clean them).

It's like an early Christmas.

Red Nichols t, dir / Manny Klein t / Glenn Miller tb / Alfie Evans, Pete Pumiglio cl, as / Jimmy Crossan cl, ts / Arthur Schutt p / Carl Kress bj, g / Art Miller sb / Chuck Condon d / Scrappy Lambert v.

Recorded in New York on March 20, 1929.

Don't have it but there is a version sans vocal.

Ray Miller & His Orchestra - Brunswick 2866 (1925)

Charles Rocco, Roy Johnston t / Miff Mole, Andy Sindelar tb / Larry Abbott, Andy Sannella cl, as / Billy Richards ts / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Don Yates vn /Rube Bloom, Tom Satterfield p / Frank di Prima bj / Louis Cassagne bb, sb / Ward Archer d / Frank Bessinger, Frank Wright v.

Recorded in New York on March 13, 1925.


Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Overseas Orchestra Conducted By Jerry Gray - AFRS P 501/2 (1945)

“Next to a letter from home, that organization (Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band) was the greatest morale builder in the European Theater of Operations.” - General Jimmy Doolittle


Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Brunswick 3716 (1927)

From wikipedia…

Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891 – October 23, 1943), born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue.

Bernie was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924–1925), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice Chevalier and also toured in Europe.

Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s; Vocalion (1922–1925), Brunswick (1925–1933), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC (Vocalion and OKeh) (1939–1940). In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. (His Vocalion and Brunswick records were always listed as Ben Bernie and His Orchestra; only his Columbia records used the moniker "Ben Bernie and All The Lads".)

Line up similar to: Donald Bryan, Bill Moore t / Frank Sarlo tb / Len kavash, Norman Ronemous cl, as / Jack Pettis cl, Cm, ts / Ben Bernie vn, ldr / Nick Gerlach vn / Al Goering p / Paul Nito bj, vn / Max Rosen bb / Sam Fink d / Scrappy Lambert, Billy Hillpot v.

Recorded in New York on November 10, 1927.

(Side A is pretty rough)


Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra / Hollywood Dance Orchestra - Banner 7031 (1928)

Looking up the Lanin side in Rust's discographies, it looks like Red Nichols may be present.

Sam Lanin dir / Red Nichols?, Leo McConville t / Al Philburn tb / Larry Abbott, Andy Sannella cl, as / ts / Irving Brodsky p / Tony Colucci bj / Joe Tarto bb / d / Justin Ring chimes / Irving Kaufman v.

Recorded in New York on February 1, 1928.


Not much info found for thise side...it may be a Billy James' Orchestra.