Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Brunswick 4694 (1929)

Here we have Andy Kirk's first recordings as leader...and here we have his last.

Andy Kirk bsx, bb, dir / Gene Prince, Harry Lawson t , v / Allen Durham tb / John Harrington cl, as / John Williams as, bar / Lawrence 'Slim' Freeman ts / Claude Williams vn / Mary Lou Williams p, a / William Dirvin bj, g / Edward McNeil d.

Recorded in Kansas City on November 7-8, 1929.

Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Vocalion 3255 (1929)

Here we have Andy Kirk's first recordings as leader...his first ever recording from nine years earlier can be heard here.

Andy Kirk bsx, bb, dir / Gene Prince, Harry Lawson t , v / Allen Durham tb / John Harrington cl, as / John Williams as, bar / Lawrence 'Slim' Freeman ts / Claude Williams vn / Mary Lou Williams p, a / William Dirvin bj, g / Edward McNeil d.

Recorded in Kansas City on November 7-8, 1929.