Half of Sam Morgan's output from their very first recording session.
Sam Morgan c, v / Ike Morgan c / Jim Robinson tb / Earl Fouche as / Andrew Morgan cl, ts / Tink Baptiste p / Johnny Davis bj / Sidney Brown sb / Nolan Williams d.
Recorded at Werlein's Music Store, Canal Street, New Orleans on April 14, 1927.
Sam Morgan c, v / Isaiah 'Ike' Morgan c / Jim Robinson tb / Earl Fouche as / Andrew Morgan cl, ts / Tink Baptiste (Sing On), O.C. Blancher (Glory Land) p / Johnny Davis bj / Sidney Brown sb / Nolan Williams (Sing On), Roy Evans (Glory Land) d.
Recorded at Werlein's Music Store, Canal Street in New Orleans on April 14, 1927.
What a shame that this band recorded only 8 sides over two sessions from 1927.
Their complete output can be found on this great cd by Jazz Oracle. It contains 23 of 35 sides total that were recorded in New Orleans by black jazz bands during the 1920s.
Sam Morgan c, v / Isaiah 'Ike' Morgan c / Jim Robinson tb /
Earl Fouche as / Andrew Morgan cl, ts / Tink Baptiste p / Johnny Davis bj / Sidney
Brown sb / Nolan Williams d.
Sam Morgan (1895–1936) was a New Orleans jazz trumpet player
and bandleader.
The recordings by Sam Morgan's Jazz Band for Columbia
Records in 1927 are some of the best regarded New Orleans classic jazz
recordings of the decade, and continue to be influential. Sidemen in the band
included brothers Isaiah Morgan on trumpet and Andrew Morgan on tenor sax. Earl
Fouché played alto sax. Trombonist Jim Robinson later achieved fame working
with Bunk Johnson, George Lewis], and at Preservation Hall. Robinson's cousin
Sidney Brown (aka Little Jim or Jim Little) was the bassist, and later worked
with George Lewis, most notably on the Climax sessions in the 1940s. George
Guesnon was Morgan's banjoist from 1930 to 1935.
The "Young Morgan Band" as it was commonly
called by fans of the day, was one of the most popular territory bands touring
the gulf coast circuit (Galveston, Texas to Pensacola, Florida). Sam Morgan c, v / Isaiah 'Ike' Morgan c / Jim Robinson tb / Earl Fouche as / Andrew Morgan cl, ts / O.C. Blancher p / Johnny Davis bj / Sidney Brown sb / Roy Evans d. Recorded in New Orleans on October 22, 1927.