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Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Victor 38076 (1929)

Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Dalbert Bright cl, as, ts / Mike McKendrick bj / Elliott Washington vn / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on July 22, 1929.



Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers / Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Bluebird 6031 (1928/29)

Jelly Roll Morton p, dir / Ward Pinkett t / Geechie Fields tb / Omer Simeon cl / Lee Blair bj / Bill Benford bb / Tommy Benford d.

Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York on June 11, 1928.


Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Mike McKendrick bj / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on February 1, 1929.


Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Victor 23027 (1930)

Here we have the debut of legendary bassist, Milt Hinton (he recorded 5 issued sides that day, Jug-Jug being the first) and these were also the only recordings he made playing brass bass.

Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Ike Covington tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Dalbert Bright cl, as, ts / Mike McKendrick bj / Milt Hinton bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on November 4, 1930.


"Tiny" Parham & His Musicians - Victor 28009 (1928)


Hartzell Strathdene "Tiny" Parham (February 25, 1900– April 4, 1943) was a Canadian-born American jazz bandleader and pianist of African-American descent.

Parham was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada but grew up in Kansas City. He worked as a pianist at The Eblon Theatre being mentored by the ragtime pianist and composer James Scott, and later touring with territory bands in the Southwestern United States before moving to Chicago in 1926. He is best remembered for the recordings he made in Chicago between 1927 and 1930, as an accompanist for Johnny Dodds and several female blues singers as well as with his own band. Most of the musicians Parham played with are not well known in their own right, though cornetist Punch Miller, banjoist Papa Charlie Jackson, saxophone player Junie Cobb and bassist Milt Hinton are exceptions.

His entire recorded output for Victor are highly collected and appreciated as prime examples of late 1920s jazz. His style of jazz was comparable to the sophisticated style of Jelly Roll Morton. Parham favored the violin and a number of his records have a surprisingly sophisticated violin solos, along with the typical upfront tuba, horns and reeds. Parham wrote most, if not all of his material.

After 1930 Parham found work in theater houses, especially as an organist; his last recordings were made in 1940. His entire recorded output fits on two compact discs.

Parham died April 4, 1943, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Tiny Parham p / Punch Miller c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / (Papa) Charlie Jackson bj / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d

Recorded in Chicago July 2, 1928


Tiny Parham & His Musicians (Originally Victor 38041 - 1929) / Boots & His Buddies - Bluebird 7005 (1937)

Tiny Parham p, cel, dir / Roy Hobson c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Mike McKendrick bj / Elliott Washington vn / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d, wb.

Recorded in Chicago on February 2, 1929.


Boots Douglas d, dir / C.H. Chubby Jones, Percy Bush, L.D. Harris t / George Corley tb / Alva Brooks. Arthur Hampton as / Baker Millian ts / Herbert Goodwin p / Jeff Thomas g / Walter McHenry sb.

Recorded in San Antonio, TX on February 27, 1937.