Always happy to score a disc waxed in New Orleans...even if it is in this kinda shape.
Checking Rust, the instrumentalists are unknown but the Red Hot Jazz site lists members of the Halfway House Orchestra as accompanists...if so, that would make this record an even nicer get.
Alberta Brown v / ? Sidney Arodin cl / Abbie Brunies c / Red Long p / Chink Martin bb.
Still waiting for their original New Orleans recordings on Victor and Bluebird to fall into my lap...so until then, this Biltmore bootleg will suffice nicely.
The Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight were led by
cornetist Lee Collins and tenor saxophonist David Jones. They took their name
from the Astoria Gardens, the dance hall room of the Astoria Hotel on Rampart
Street in New Orleans where they were the house band in 1928 and 1929. The
group included a number of noted New Orleans jazz musicians in its relatively
short life.
The ensemble recorded only once, doing a session at
the Italian Hall in New Orleans on December 15, 1929. A total of four sides
were released from these sessions: Astoria Strut b/w Duet Stomp,
issued on Victor Records, and Damp Weather b/w Tip Easy Blues,
issued on Bluebird Records. Alternative takes of Damp Weather and Tip Easy
Blues survived to appear on reissues decades later. Lee Collins c / Sidney Arodin cl / Theodore Purnell as / David Jones ts / Joe Robechaux p / Emmanuel Sayles bj / Al Morgan sb, v / Joe Strode-Raphael d. Recorded in New Orleans on November (or December...sources differ) 15, 1929.