Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - Vocalion 15536 (1927)

Red Nichols t, a / Miff Mole tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Joe Venuti vn / Arthur Schutt p / Eddie Lang g / Vic Berton d.

Recorded in New York on March 3, 1927.

Russell Gray & His Orchestra - Okeh 40938 (1927)

Is Bix on this record? Seems to be up for debate.

Frank Trumbauer Cm, dir / Bix Beiderbecke and another c / Bill Rank tb / Don Murray cl, ts / Pee Wee Russell cl, bar / Adrian Rollini bsx / Frank Signorelli p / Eddie Lang g / Joe Venuti vn / Chauncey Morehouse d.

Recorded in New York on October 26, 1927.

Broadway Bell-Hops - Diva 2504 (1927)

Been the runner up on this one several times at auction but now finally have a (beat up) copy after having found it on my trip to St. Louis last summer.

Sam Lanin dir / Bix Beiderbecke c / Hymie Farberman t / Bill Rank tb / Don Murray cl / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Bobby Davis as / Joe Venuti vn / Frank Signorelli p / John Cali bj / Joe Tarto bb / Vic Berton d / Irving Kaufman v.

Recorded in New York on September 29, 1927.

1924

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.

Phil Napoleon's Emperors - Bluebird 7101 - Originally Victor 38057 (1929)

An all-star lineup on this one...

Phil Napoleon t / Tommy Dorsey tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Joe Venuti vn / Frank Signorelli p / Eddie Lang g / Joe Tarto sb / Stan King d.

Recorded in New York on May 14, 1929.

Bix Beiderbecke & His Orchestra - Victor 23008 (1930)

Great lineup...

Bix Beiderbecke c / Ray Ludwig t / Tommy Dorsey tb / Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Bud Freeman ts / Min Leibrook, bsx, sb / Joe Venuti vn / Irving Brodsky p / Eddie Lang g / Gene Krupa d / Weston Vaughan v.

Recorded in New York on September 8, 1930.

Mills Music Masters - Melotone 12091 (1931)

Just who are the Mills Music Masters?

My first step was looking them up in Rust's Jazz discography only to find "See Mills Blue Rhythm Band." So I flipped over a few pages to find that there was no listing at all for these sides under that band. I flipped a few more pages to Irving Mills and found the recordings listed...but only the instrumentation was noted...no names.

My next step was to hit the web. I found an excerpt from Google Books, The Dorsey Brothers: That's It! by Robert Stockdale, which listed this group as a Brunswick Studio Band.

I found no mention of these recordings under The Dorsey Brothers in Jazz & Ragtime or American Dance Band discographies.

Lastly, I pulled the first edition of Mills Blue Rhythm Band on Chronological Classics (#660) from the shelf to see that the first two numbers on the cd were the ones I was searching for.

Does anyone know for a fact which band this is? I definitely don't have the discerning ears that other record collectors have.

Bob Effros tp / Tom Dorsey tp, tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as, bar / unknown as, ts / Joe Venuti vn / p / g / Hank Stern or Joe Tarto bb / d / Charlie Lawman v.

Recorded in New York on January 21, 1931.

OR

Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Crawford Wethington cl, as, bar / Ted McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p, a / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb / Willie Lynch d / Charlie Lawman v.

Recorded in New York on January 21, 1931.

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.

The Benson Of Orchestra Of Chicago / Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra - Victor 19317 (1924)

The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago: Walter Zurawski, Herb Carlin t / Siegfried Berendson tb / Dudley Doe cl, as / Harold Sturr as, ts / Art Kassel cl, ts / Myron Fisher vn / Don Bestor p, dir / Jack Lundin bj / Pierre Olker bb / Herb Quigley d, x.

Recorded in Chicago on April 1, 1924.

Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra: Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig, Tex Brewster t / Bill Rank, Tommy Dorsey tb / Doc Ryker, Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Don Murray cl, ts / Joe Venuti vn / Dewey Bergman p / Paul Mertz p / Howdy Quicksell bj / Irish Henry bb / Charles Horvath d.

Recorded in Detroit on March 28, 1924.

Joe Venuti & The Venuti Trio - Tempo 426 (1949)

Not sure how accurate it is but wikipedia shows this as Venuti's next to last 78 rpm release...the last being a Decca that he recorded with Russ Morgan in 1950.

Joe Venuti dir, vn / Jimmy Briggs flute / Bill Markas d.

Recorded in September of 1949.

Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra - Victor 19808 (1925)

This looks to be from Roger Wolfe Kahn's second recording session.

(Here's another Kahn side posted earlier this year.)

Tommy Gott, Leo McConville t / Chuck Campbell, Ephraim Hannaford tb / Arnold Brilhart, Owen Bartlett cl, as / Harold Sturr cl, ts / Joe Venuti, Joe Raymond vn / Arthur Schutt p / Dominic Romeo bj, g / Arthur Campbell bb / Vic Berton d.

Recorded in New York on October 2, 1925.

Joe Venuti - Eddie Lang & Their All Star Orchestra - Brunswick 80078 (Originally Vocalion 15864 / 58) (1931)

Another fine lineup led by Giuseppe Venuti & Salvatore Massaro.

Charlie Teagarden t / Jack Teagarden tb, v / Benny Goodman cl / Joe Venuti vn / Frank Signorelli p / Eddie Lang g / Ward Lay sb / Neil Marshall d.

Recorded in New York on October 22, 1931.

Decca 183 - An Anthology Of White Jazz

Just found this 12 sided set in a record cabinet that I had passed many times before in my searching at the local record store.

Charlie Teagarden t / Jack Teagarden tb, v / Sal Franzella cl / Al Gallodoro as / Art Drelinger ts / Walter Gross p / Art Ryerson g / Art Miller sb / Rollo Laylan d.

Recorded in New York on September 9, 1938

Jimmy McPartland c / Joe Harris tb / Rosy McHargue cl / Dick Clark ts / Jack Gardner p / Dick McPartland g / Country Washburn sb / George Wettling d.

Recorded in Chicago on April 24, 1936

Billy Butterfield t / Warren Smith tb / Irving Fazola cl / Eddie Miller ts / Jess Stacy p / Nappy Lamare g / Bob Haggart sb / Ray Bauduc d.

Recorded in New York on February 6, 1940

Wingy Mannone t / George Brunies tb / Sidney Arodin cl / Terry Shand p / Benny Pottle sb / Bob White d.

Recorded in New York on September 12, 1934

Glen Gray as, dir / Sonny Dunham, Grady Watts, Bobby Jones t / Pee Wee Hunt, Billy Rauch, Fritz Hummel tb / Clarence Hutchinrider as / Kenny Sargent as / Art Ralston as, o, bsn / Pat Davis ts / Mel Jenssen vn / Joe Hall p / Jack Blanchette g / Stanley Dennis sb / Tony Briglia d.

Recorded in New York on September 17, 1934

George Thow t / Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Don Mattison tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Jack Stacey as / Skeets Herfurt ts / Bobby Van Eps p / Roc Hillman g / Delmar Kaplan sb / Ray McKinley d.

Recorded in New York on August 23, 1934

Manny Klein, Dave Klein t / Jack Teagarden tb / Benny Goodman cl / Arthur Rollin its / Adrian Rollini bsx / Howard Smith p / George Van Eps g / Artie Bernstein sb / Stan King d.

Recorded in New York on October 23, 1934

Bud Freeman ts, dir / Max Kaminsky t / Brad Gowans vtb / Pee Wee Russell cl / Dave Bowman p / Eddie Condon g / Clyde Newcomb sb / Al Sidell d.

Recorded in New York on July 19, 1939

Muggsy Spanier t / Ted Vesely tb / Ben Kanter cl / King Guion ts / Bob Laine p / Garry McAdams g / Francis Palmer sb / Ben Pollack d.

Recorded in Los Angeles on September 11, 1937

Roy Eldridge t / Joe Marsala cl / Carmen Mastren g / Sid Weiss sb.

Recorded in New York on December 20, 1935

Joe Venuti vn / Arthur Rollini cl, ts / Adrian Rollini bsx, vib / Fulton McGrath p / Frank Victor g / Victor Engle d.

Recorded in New York on March 20, 1935

Stew Pletcher t / Eddie Sauter mel / Donald McCook cl / Herbie Haymer ts / Dave Barbour g / Pete Peterson sb / Bob White d / Red Norvo x.

Recorded in New York on January 6, 1936

Boswell Sisters - Brunswick 80012 (Originally 1931)

Starting to find these reissues everywhere I look.

Nice lineup here.

I also noted that Tim Brymn, a North Carolinian, was a co-composer of Shout, Sister, Shout!

Manny Klein t / Tommy Dorsey tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Arthur Schutt p / Eddie Lang g / Joe Venuti vn / Joe Tarto sb / Stan King d.

Originally recorded in New York on April 23, 1931.

Bix Beiderbecke Finds

Continuing to post some more of my haul from yesterday.

Bix Beiderbecke c / Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig t / Bill Rank, Speigle Wilcox tb / Danny Polo cl, bar / Doc Ryker as / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Joe Venuti vn / Itzy Riskin p / Howdy Quicksell bj / Steve Brown sb / Chauncey Morehouse d / Ray Muerer v / Bill Challis a.

Recorded in New York on January 31, 1927

Paul Whiteman dir / Charlie Margulis, Harry Goldfield t / Bix Beiderbecke, Andy Secrest c / Boyce Cullen, Bill Rank, Wilbur Hall tb / Bernie Daly cl, ss / Frank Trumbauer cl, as / Chester Hazlett as / Charles Strickfaden cl, ss, bar / Izzy Friedman, Red Mayer cl, ts / Kurt Dieturle, Mischa Russell, John Bowman, Charles Gaylord vn / Lennie Hayton cel / Roy Bargy p / Mike Pingitore bj / Min Leibrook bb / Mike Trafficante sb / George Marsh d / Jack Fulton tb, v / Bing Crosby v.

Recorded in New York on May 3, 1929.

Someone must have liked their Potato Head as it has been well played...as you will hear.

Eddie Lang - Joe Venuti With Their Orchestra - Decca F-5884 (1931)

Here is the second of two Venuti-Lang 78s I have...the other one was posted here.

What a great lineup...Charlie Teagarden t / Jack Teagarden tb, v / Benny Goodman cl / Joe Venuti vn / Frank Signorelli p / Eddie Lang g / Ward Lay sb / Neil Marshall d.

Recorded in New York on October 22, 1931.

(The wax here has seen better days but the music is still there)

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - Columbia 914 (1926)

Giuseppe Venuti & Salvatore Massaro on violin and guitar respectively.

Recorded in New York during 2 sessions between September and November 1926.