Lil Armstrong (With Chu Berry) / Andy Kirk - Decca 3883 (1936)

Lil Armstrong & Her Swing Orchestra - Joe Thomas t / Buster Bailey cl / Chu Berry ts / Teddy Cole p / Huey Long g / John Frazier sb / Lil Armstrong v. Recorded in Chicago on October 27, 1936.

Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - Andy Kirk bsx, dir / Harry Lawson, Paul King t / Earl Thomson t / Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells tb / John Harrington cl, as, bar / John Williams as, bar / Dick Wilson ts / Mary Lou Williams p / Ted Robinson g / Booker Collins sb / Ben Thigpen d. Recorded in New York on March 2, 1936.

Lil Armstrong & Her Swing Orchestra - Decca 1722 (1938)

Here we have the former Mrs. Louis Armstrong backed, interestingly enough, by an all white group of musicians.

Ralph Muzillo or Johnny McGee t / Al Philburn tb / Tony Zimmers cl, as / Frank Froeba p / Dave Barbour g / Haig Stephens sb / Lil Armstrong v.

Recorded in New York on February, 2, 1938

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