Don Redman & His Orchestra - Brunswick 6211 (1931)

Here we have a side, Song Of The Weeds, from Don Redman's first recording session under his own name. The flipside, Shakin' The Africann, is from his second trip to the studio three weeks later.

Don Redman as, v, a, dir / Leonard Davis, Bill Coleman (Weeds only), Henry Red Allen, Langston Curl (Africann only) t / Claude Jones, Fred Robinson, Benny Morton tb / Edward Inge, Rupert Cole cl, as / Robert Carroll ts / Horace Henderson p / Talcott Reeves bj, g / Bob Ysaguirre bb, sb / Manzie Johnson d, vib.

Recorded in New York on September 24 / October 15, 1931.