Charles Sheffield - Excello 45-2200 (1961)

Just found this one at a local antique mall and bought it for the label. A nice find indeed.

It has connections to Beaumont, TX, Crowley, LA and Pensacola. This record just has Gulf Coast written all over it.

Great record.

Here's a bit of a bio on Sheffield that has a couple of comments by family members.

Recorded in Crowley, LA at J.D. Miller's studio in 1961.

 

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra / Larry Abbott & His Orchestra - Okeh 41044 (1928)

Frank Trumbauer Cm, dir / Bix Beiderbecke c / Bill Rank tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Chester Hazlett as / Rube Crozier ts / Min Leibrook bsx / Matt Malneck vn / Lennie Hayton p, cel / Carl Kress g / Harold McDonald d.

Rcorded in New York on January 9, 1928.


Larry Abbott comb / Joe Venuti, Murray Kellner vn / Bill Wirges p / Tony Colucci g / sb / v duet.

Recorded in New York on November 15, 1927.

Alta Browne & Bertha Powell With Thomas Waller / Elkins' Negro Ensemble - Gennett 3318 (1926)

A nice surprise to find twenty four year old Fats Waller backing Alta Browne and Bertha Powell on this Gennett from 1926.

This was picked up on a recent trip to St. Louis.

Thomas Waller p / Alta Browne, Bertha Powell v.

Recorded at Gennett studio at 9 East 37th Street, Manhattan, NY on April 13, 1926.


Elkins' Negro Ensemble

Recorded at Gennett studio at 9 East 37th Street, Manhattan, NY on April 22, 1926.