Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Decca 712 (1934 - 1935)

Jimmie Lunceford a, dir / Eddie Tompkins, Tommy Stevenson t / Sy Oliver t, a / Henry Wells, Russell Bowles tb / Willie Smith, Earl Carruthers cl, as, bar / Laforet Dent as / Joe Thomas cl, ts / Edwin Wilcox p / Al Norris g / Moses Allen sb / Jimmy Crawford d, vib.

Recorded in New York on October 29, 1934.

Jimmie Lunceford a, dir / Eddie Tompkins, Paul Webster t / Sy Oliver t, a / Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles tb / Eddie Durham tb, g / Willie Smith cl, as, bar / Laforet Dent as / Dan Grissom cl, as / Earl Carruthers cl, as, bar / Joe Thomas cl, ts / Edwin Wilcox p, cel / Al Norris g / Moses Allen sb / Jimmy Crawford d, vib.

Recorded in New York on December 23, 1935.

The Andrews Sisters With Bob Crosby's Bob Cats - Fonit 61253 (1939) / Fred Rich's Dance Orchestra - Regal 8417 (1927)

From wikipedia...

Ray Bauduc (June 18, 1906 – January 8, 1988) was a jazz drummer best known for his work with the Bob Crosby Orchestra and their band-within-a-band, the Bobcats, between 1935 and 1942.

Bauduc was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of the cornetist Jules Bauduc and his elder brother Jules was also a professional musician, a banjoist-bandleader. Ray Bauduc's youthful work in New Orleans included stints in the band of Johnny Bayersdorffer and early radio broadcasts. In 1926 he moved to New York City to join Joe Venuti's band. His other work in the 1920s include recording sessions with the Original Memphis Five and a stint in the Scranton Sirens which also included Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey.

His stint with the Bob Crosby Orchestra brought him national fame. He co-composed, together with bassist Bob Haggart, the two big hits that the Bob Crosby orchestra achieved: "South Rampart Street Parade" (a New Orleans parade-type number first recorded in November 1937), and "Big Noise from Winnetka" (a bass and drums duet with Haggart, recorded in 1938).

His style, making use of woodblocks, cowbells, the China cymbal and tom-toms, marked him out from most drummers of the swing era, and made him one of the few white drummers (the others being George Wettling, Dave Tough and Gene Krupa, but they were not so obvious) to be directly influenced by Warren "Baby" Dodds.

After the break-up of the Crosby band, Bauduc organized his own small groups (often in a swing or even bebop style), rejoined Bob Crosby for occasional reunions, worked with Jimmy Dorsey (1948) and Jack Teagarden (1952–55), before joining fellow ex-Bobcat Nappy Lamare in a highly successful dixieland band that lasted until 1960, after which Bauduc went into semi-retirement in San Antonio, Texas. He died in Houston, Texas on January 8, 1988.

Billy Butterfield t / Warren Smith tb / Irving Fazola cl / Eddie Miller ts / Bob Zurke p / Nappy Lamare g / Bob Haggart sb / Ray Bauduc d / The Andrews Sisters v.

Recorded in New York on February 6, 1939.

Here we have a 21 year old Ray Bauduc from 1927.

Fred Rich p, dir / Nick Casti, Benny Bloom t / Earl Kelly tb / Ted Klein, Benny Fairbanks cl, as, ss / Phil Walzer cl, ts / Phil Oliwitz or Al Duffy vn / bj / bb / Ray Bauduc d / Irving Kaufman v.

Recorded in New York on November 12, 1927.

The Okeh Melodians - Okeh 40898 (1927)

Here we have Sam Lanin's group.

? Tommy Gott, ? Hymie Farberman t / Sam Lewis tb / Larry Abbott, Andy Sannella cl, as / ? Norman Yorke ts / ? Bill Wirges p / Harry Reser bj / ? Joe Tarto bb / ?Tom Stacks or Joe Green d / Vaughn De Leath v.

Recorded in New York on September 17, 1927.

Jimmie Gunn & His Orchestra - Bluebird 6469 (1936)

Here's another North Carolina territory band based out of Charlotte.

These sides were recorded in the Southern Radio Corporation's 2nd floor warehouse in Charlotte on June 18, 1936.

One discography has the personnel listed as:

Jimmie Gunn p, dir / 'Slats' tb / Skeets Tolbert as / Otis Hicks ts / g / Harry Prather b / d / David Pugh, Sam Jennings v.

Another has:

Jimmie Gunn dir / Dave Pugh t, v / Charles Daniels, Herman Franklin t / John Orange tb / Robert Griffin, James Berry as / Otis Hicks ts / William Shavers p / Alton Harrington  g / Sam Hinton bb / Harry Prather sh / Raymond Mason d / Sam Jennings v.

Wonder why the wide range of disparity.

Gene Austin With Les Paul - Universal U-100 (1948?)

Found this one yesterday in the garage. No doubt I had collected it more for Les Paul than Gene Austin...but to tell the truth...after playing it for the first time, I do like Austin's vocals. (Of course I still love Les Paul's guitar work.)

Not sure when this was recorded...did find a blurb in a 1948 Billboard magazine stating how Universal purchased 30 masters recorded by Austin & Paul...doesn't say who they purchased them from though.

Also, Keep A Knockin' is the first 78 side that I can recall that has the music fade out rather than the song just ending.

Enjoy...