The Savannah Syncopators - Brunswick 3245 (1926)

King Oliver, Bob Shoffner c / Kid Ory tb / Albert Nicholas, Billy Paige cl, as, ss / Barney Bigard cl, ts, ss / Luis Russell p / Bud Scott bj / Bert Cobb bb / Paul Barbarin d / Georgia Taylor v

Recorded in Georgia on April 21 & 23, 1926.

Whoopee Makers - Perfect 15126 (1927/1928)

Jimmy McPartland, Al Harris t / Jack Teagarden tb / Benny Goodman cl, as / Gil Rodin as / Larry Binyon ts / Vic Bredis p / Dick Morgan bj / Harry Goodman bb / Ray Bauduc d.

Recorded in New York on November 23, 1928.

Sam Lanin dir / Bill Moore and another t / Tommy Dorsey tb / cl / cl, as / cl, ts / ? Irving Brodsky p / bj / bb / d.

Recorded in New York on March 11, 1927.

Broadway Bell-Hops - Diva 2504 (1927)

Been the runner up on this one several times at auction but now finally have a (beat up) copy after having found it on my trip to St. Louis last summer.

Sam Lanin dir / Bix Beiderbecke c / Hymie Farberman t / Bill Rank tb / Don Murray cl / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Bobby Davis as / Joe Venuti vn / Frank Signorelli p / John Cali bj / Joe Tarto bb / Vic Berton d / Irving Kaufman v.

Recorded in New York on September 29, 1927.

1924

The Sandpipers - 45099 (1967)

Just found this garage record and discovered an interesting backstory tied to the Allman Brothers back when they were just starting out with their group, the Allman Joys.

Check out the story of three junior high girls from Pensacola.

North Carolina The Friendliest Land - Rhodes Brothers Productions, Inc. (1974)

Might anyone out there know something about this one sided 45 rpm from 1974?

Charles Sheffield - Excello 45-2200 (1961)

Just found this one at a local antique mall and bought it for the label. A nice find indeed.

It has connections to Beaumont, TX, Crowley, LA and Pensacola. This record just has Gulf Coast written all over it.

Great record.

Here's a bit of a bio on Sheffield that has a couple of comments by family members.

Recorded in Crowley, LA at J.D. Miller's studio in 1961.

 

Bix Beiderbecke / Tram Bix & Lang - Vocalion 3150 (1927)

Bix Beiderbecke p.

Recorded in New York on September 9, 1927.

Bix Beiderbecke c, p / Frank Trumbauer Cm / Eddie Lang g.

Recorded in New York on September 17, 1927.

Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys - Columbia 2103 (1930)

Manny Klein t / Tommy Dorsey tb / Benny Goodman cl / Adrian Rollini bsx / Rube Bloom p, v / Stan King d / Roy Evans v.

Recorded in New York on January 16, 1930.

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra / Larry Abbott & His Orchestra - Okeh 41044 (1928)

Frank Trumbauer Cm, dir / Bix Beiderbecke c / Bill Rank tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Chester Hazlett as / Rube Crozier ts / Min Leibrook bsx / Matt Malneck vn / Lennie Hayton p, cel / Carl Kress g / Harold McDonald d.

Rcorded in New York on January 9, 1928.

Larry Abbott comb / Joe Venuti, Murray Kellner vn / Bill Wirges p / Tony Colucci g / sb / v duet.

Recorded in New York on November 15, 1927.

Alta Browne & Bertha Powell With Thomas Waller / Elkins' Negro Ensemble - Gennett 3318 (1926)

A nice surprise to find twenty four year old Fats Waller backing Alta Browne and Bertha Powell on this Gennett from 1926.

This was picked up on a recent trip to St. Louis.

Thomas Waller p / Alta Browne, Bertha Powell v.

Recorded at Gennett studio at 9 East 37th Street, Manhattan, NY on April 13, 1926.

Elkins' Negro Ensemble

Recorded at Gennett studio at 9 East 37th Street, Manhattan, NY on April 22, 1926.