Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Decca 18544 (1942)

Cappy Lewis, George Seaberg, Chuck Peterson, Billie Rogers t / Neal Reid, Tommy Farr, Walter Nims tb / Woody Herman cl, as / Edmund Constanza, Sam Rubinowitch as / Mickey Folus, Toots Mondello ts / Skippy de Sair bs / Tommy Linehan, p / Hy White g; Walt Yoder b / Frank Carlson d / Dizzy Gillespie a.

Recorded in Los Angeles on July 24, 1942.

Billie Holiday - Decca 24138 (1947)

Lady Day...

Billie Holiday v / Bob Haggert sb, dir / Billy Butterfield t / Bill Stegmeyer cl, as / Toots Mondello, Al Klink as / Hank Ross, Art Drellinger ts / Bobby Tucker p / Dan Perri g / Norris "Bunny" Shawker d.

Recorded in New York on February 13, 1947.

The California Ramblers / The Little Ramblers - Bluebird 6191 (1935)

These were recorded near the end of the long recording history by the California Ramblers franchise.

The California Ramblers: Cliff Weston t, v (as Eddy Lloyd) / Sterling Bose or Andy Ferretti t / Joe Yukl tb / Toots Mondello, Paul Ricci cl, as / Bud Freeman ts / p / Tony Sacco g / Gene Traxler sb / Charlie Bush d.

Recorded in New York on November 26, 1935.

The Little Ramblers: Cliff Weston t, v / Tommy Dorsey tb / Sid Stoneburn cl / Johnny Van Eps ts / Dick Jones p / Gene Traxler sb / Sam Weiss d / Ed Kirkeby ( Ted Wallace?) v.

Recorded in New York on November 26, 1935.

Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra - Bluebird 10741 (1939)

Starting out years ago as a Big Band collector, I became a little bit familiar with the sidemen in some of the most popular groups. I always liked finding 78s by some of these sidemen as leaders of their own groups but maybe weren't as well known or had relatively small output compared to their earlier sidemen days.

Here's one from Harry Finkelman...better known as Ziggy Elman...who is mostly known for his trumpet playing in the Benny Goodman Orchestra and even more so for his composition And The Angels Sing...which became a #1 hit for Benny Goodman in 1939.

Ziggy Elman t / Toots Mondello, Noni Bernardi as / Jerry Jerome, Arthur Rollini ts / Milt Raskin p / Ben heller g / Artie Bernstein sb / Nick Fatool d.

Recorded in New York on November 27 (B) & December 26, 1939 (A).