Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Okeh 41145 (1928)

Frank Trumbauer Cm, as, v, dir / Bix Beiderbecke c / Bill Rank tb / Irving 'Izzy' Friedman cl, as / Min Leinbrook bsx / ? Roy Bargy p / Wilbur Hall g / Lennie Hayton d / Scrappy Lambert, Marlin Hurt v / Bill Challis a.

Recorded in new York on September 20, 1928.

Red Nichols' Stompers - Victor 21056 (1927)

Red Nichols, Bob Ashford t / Bill Rank, another tb / Max Farley as / Frank Trumbauer Cm . Pee Wee Russell cl, ts / Adrian Rollini bsx / Arthur Schutt pno / Lennie Hayton p / Carl Kress g / Jack Hanson bb / Chauncey Morehouse d / Jim Miller, Charlie Farrell v.

Recorded in New York on October 26, 1927.

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.

Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra (Bix) - Victor 20273 (1926)

Sounds like Katharine Whalen of the Squirrel Nut Zippers may have found a bit of inspiration from the vocals of KS&L.

Bix Beiderbecke c / Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig t / Bill Rank, Spiegle Willcox tb / Don Murray cl, as, bar / Doc Ryker as / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Joe Venuti vn / Paul Mertz p / Howdy Quicksell bj / Eddie Lang g / Steve Brown sb / Chauncey Morehouse d / Bill Challis a / Frank Bessinger, Keller Sisters & Lynch v.

Recorded in New York on October 15, 1926.

Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Victor 21304 (1928)

Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers: Henry Busse, Charles Margulis, Bob Mayhew tp / Bix Beiderbecke c / Boyce Cullen, Wilbur Hall, Bill Rank, Jack Fulton tb / Frank Trumbauer Cm, ss / Chester Hazlett cl, bcl, ss, as / Hal McLean cl, as, ss, o / Rube Crozier cl, ss, as, ts, bsn / Charles Strickfaden cl, as, ts, bar / Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Matty Malneck, Mario Perry, John Bouman vn / Harry Perrella p / Mike Trafficante bb / Mike Pingitore bj / Tom Satterfield cel /  Hal McDonald d / unknown x.

Recorded in New York on January 11, 1928.

O, Ya Ya: Henry Busse, Charles Margulis t / Bix Beiderbecke c / Boyce Cullen, Wilbur Hall, Bill Rank, Jack Fulton tb / Frank Trumbauer Cm, ss / Chester Hazlett cl, bcl, ss, as / Hal McLean cl, as, ss, o / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as, bar / Rube Crozier cl, ss, as, ts, bsn / Charles Strickfaden cl, as, ts, bar / Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Matty Malneck, Mario Perry, John Bowman, Charles Gaylord vn / Harry Perrella p / Steve Brown sb / Mike Trafficante bb / Mike Pingitore bj / Hal McDonald d.

Recorded in New York on January 5, 1928.

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Varsity 8223 (1940)

Checking out the personnel for these sides, I found a couple of items of interest.

First, the vocalist Fredda Gibson later changed her name to Georgia Gibbs and had several, more successful cover versions of LaVern Baker's hits.

Second, string bass man Trigger Alpert plays on these sides. From what I have found out, Alpert is still kicking it around in Florida at 95 years old. Here's an article from a few years ago. (Makes me wonder who else from the swing era, and more specifically from the Glenn Miller band, is still around. Paul Tanner, Ray Anthony, Alpert?)

Frank Trumbauer cm, as, dir / Wayne Williams, Dick Dunne, Howard Lamont t / Del Menton, Bernie Bahr tb / Johnny Ross, Joe Sches, Joe Kiefer, Connie Blessing cl, as, ts / Rene Faure p / John Kreyer g / Trigger Alpert sb / Deave Becker d / Fredda Gibson v.

Recorded in New York in March, 1940.

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - UHCA 29/30 (Okeh 40822 - 1927)

What I wouldn't give to go back in time and be able to walk into the Commodore Music Shop either on 42nd St or at it's newer 1937 spot on 52nd St.

Milt Gabler started working at his dad's radio shop and started buying up unsold records which got him into reissuing older jazz gems. He also started listing complete personnels on the labels.

Besides producing the taboo song Strange Fruit for Billie Holiday, he was also responsible for getting Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock on wax with an abnormally loud backbeat as there was only 10 minutes left in the recording session and probably wasn't enough time for a thorough soundcheck.

Just discovered that there was a documentary called The Milt Gabler Story produced on dvd in 2005...gotta get me a copy!

Bix Beiderbecke c / Billy Rank tb / Don Murray cl / Frankie Trumbauer, Doc Ryker as / Paul Mertz p / Eddie Lang g / Chauncey Morehouse d.

Recorded in New York on May 9, 1927.