The Halfway House Dance Orchestra - Columbia 1041 (1926)

Here's another New Orleans group in the same vein as a few others I have posted in the past such as Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans and Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra.

Albert Brunies c, dir / Charlie Cordella cl / Glyn Lea 'Red' Long p, v / Angelo Palmisano bj / Chink Martin bb / Emmett Rogers d.

Recorded in New Orleans on April 13, 1926.

Original Indiana Five - Harmony 217 (1926)

Still on the lookout for a clean copy of the Original Indiana Five on Harmony 58.

From The Red Hot Jazz Archive…

The Original Indiana Five were not from Indiana. Their name was an apparent attempt to sound like other bands of the day that had names like the Original Memphis Five and the Original New Orleans Jazz Band. The band played mainly in New York City and were broadcast on the radio. They were active from sometime in the late Teens or early 1920s to 1929. They also recorded under the name of John Sylvester and his Orchestra. The group got back together in 1948 and played in New York until sometime in the early 1950s.

Tom Morton d, dir / Tony Tortomas t / Pete Pellizi tb / Nick Vitalo cl, as / Harry Ford p / Tony Colucci bj / Tony Pace v.

Recorded in New York on May 18, 1926.

Broadway Bell-Hops / Original Indiana Five - Harmony 327 (1926)

Red Nichols, Hymie Farberman t / Miff Mole tb / Dick Johnson, Lucien Smith cl, as, ss / Chuck Muller cl, ts / unknown p / John Cali or Tony Colucci bj / ? Joe Tarto bb / unknown d / Sam Lanin dir / Tom Frawley (Irving Kaufman) v.

Recorded in New York on December 26, 1926.

Tom Morton d, dir / Tony Tortomas t / Pete Pellizi tb / Nick Vitalo cl, as / Harry Ford p / Tony Colucci bj / Tony Pace v.

Recorded in New York on December 24, 1926.

Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra - Vocalion 1531 (1930)

Excerpted from wikipedia…

Jimmie Noone is generally regarded as one of the greatest of the second generation of jazz clarinetists, along with Johnny Dodds and Sidney Bechet. Noone's playing is not as blues-tinged as Dodds nor as flamboyant as Bechet, but is perhaps more lyrical and sophisticated, and certainly makes more use of "sweet" flavoring. Noone was an important influence on later clarinetists such as Artie Shaw, Irving Fazola and Benny Goodman.

These two sides clearly reflect the above statement.

Jimmie Noone cl, dir / Eddie Pollack cl, as / Zinky Cohn p / Wilbur Gorham bj, g / Bill Newton bb / Johnny Wells d / unkown v.

Recorded in Chicago on August 23, 1930.

The Charleston Chasers - Columbia 909 (1927)

From wikipedia…

The Charleston Chasers was a name used between 1925 and 1930 for a series of recording groups that did not exist outside of the studios. Nobody ever heard this group perform in front of the public, although each of the players had plenty of bandstand experience. The Charleston Chasers existed only as a studio recording ensemble for Columbia Records.

Red Nichols t, dir / Miff Mole tb / Jimmy Dorsey as, cl / Arthur Schutt p / Dick McDonough bj, g / Vic Berton d.

Recorded February 25, 1927.

Jack Stillman's Oriole Orchestra / Glantz & His Orchestra - Puritan 11424 (1925)

Not much info on these and I do believe that Irving Post might be an alias for Franklyn Baur.

Recorded in New York in November, 1925.

Memphis Minnie - Conqueror 9935 (1941)

Here is one of several Conqueror blues sides I found last year in a small town in central Florida.

Memphis Minnie g, v / Little Son Joe g / unknown sb.

Recorded on May 21, 1941.

Georgia Melodians / Green Bros. Novelty Band - Edison 51425 (1924)

From wikipedia…

The Georgia Melodians were an early jazz band that was active in the 1920s and recorded for Edison Records. They were from Savannah Georgia and the joint leaders were Ernie Intelhouse (cor) and Hill Hutchins (cl, ts, bsx). After being together for a few years, they worked their way up the east coast to New York, where they arrived in February 1924. After some changes in personnel, they were playing opposite the Paul Van Loan Orchestra at the Cinderella Ballrom on 48th and Broadway. Around this time they started to record and throughout 1924 they made 26 sides that were released on 78 rpm Phonograph record. The band broke up towards the end of 1924 and left their regular gig at the Strand Roof. Their last booking was a New Year's Eve Ball at the Hotel Alamac.

Charles Boulanger vn, dir / Ernie Intlehouse, usually Mickey Bloom t / Herb Winfield tb / Merritt Kenworthy cl / Chalres Hutchins ts, bar / Oscar Young p / Elmer Merry bj / bb / Carl Gerold d.

Recorded in New York on October 10, 1924. (Music composed by Maceo Pinkard who also penned Sweet Georgia Brown)

Take: 9784-C-3-1

Recorded in New York on November 5, 1924.

Golden Gate Orchestra - Edison 51661 (1925)

Here we have the California Ramblers recording under one of their many aliases.

Recorded in New York on November 24, 1925.

Arthur Hand vn, dir / Frank Cush, Roy Johnston t / Herb Winfield tb / Bobby Davis cl, ss, as / Ed Stannard as / Fud Livinston cl, ts / Adrian Rollini bsx / Irving Brodsky p / Tommy Felline bj / Stan King d / Arthur Hall, John Ryan v.

Take: 10692-B-3-2

Take: 10693-A-1-4

Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orchestra - Edison 51826 (1926)

Here's my second Candullo offering.

Check out the first one here.

Personnel unknown other than Candullo.

Recorded in New York on September 2, 1926.

Take: 11177-C-1-4

Take: 11178-B-1-3