Here we have what many consider the last major labelled 78 rpm disc produced.
Chuck Berry 1926 - 2017
Just heard the news that we've lost an icon today, March 18, 2017.
Here we have what many consider the last major labelled 78 rpm disc produced.
Here we have what many consider the last major labelled 78 rpm disc produced.
Don José Havana Orchestra (Cuarteto Machín) / Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra - Victor 23037 (1929)
What an odd pairing AND it took me a while to figure out who Don José's Havana Orchestra was...and what a nice surprise at that.
Cuarteto Machín: Daniel Sánchez g, v / Yayito Maldonado g / Antonio Machín dir, v / Remberto Lara t.
Recorded in New York on October 6, 1930.
Cuarteto Machín: Daniel Sánchez g, v / Yayito Maldonado g / Antonio Machín dir, v / Remberto Lara t.
Recorded in New York on October 6, 1930.
As luck would have it, just came across the following record originally from South America. It has the real name of the group on the label.
Bennie Moten dir / Ed Lewis, Booker Washington c / Thamon Hayes tb / Harlan Leonard cl, ss, as / Jack Washington el, as, bar / Woody Walder cl, ts / Count Basie p / Ira "Buster" Moten pac, 2nd p / Leroy Berry bj / Vernon Page bb / Willie McWashington d / Eddie Durham tb, g.
Recorded in Chicago on October 23, 1929.
Hermanos Deniz Cuban Rhythm Band - Columbia MC 3456
Haven't been able to ascertain the recording date for these sides but was very surprised to hear the style heard here.
Not being Cuban in the least, the brothers were actually born in Cardiff, Wales. Their father was from Cape Verde off the northwest coast of Africa.
The brother act played alongside Glenn Miller's AEF band in 1944 and in 1960, provided music for the film, Our Man In Havana.
Here is a wonderfully thorough website dedicated to the Deniz brothers.
Not being Cuban in the least, the brothers were actually born in Cardiff, Wales. Their father was from Cape Verde off the northwest coast of Africa.
The brother act played alongside Glenn Miller's AEF band in 1944 and in 1960, provided music for the film, Our Man In Havana.
Here is a wonderfully thorough website dedicated to the Deniz brothers.
Re: Our Man In Havana
The Philadelphia Inquirer
March 3, 1960
Johnson's Cracker Jacks - Bluebird 6278 (1932)
Eddie Johnson p, dir / Harold Baker, James Talphy t / Winfield Baker tb / Fred Martin, Walter Martin as / Chick Franklin ts / Benny Jackson bj, g, v / Singleton Palmer sb / Lester Nichols d.
Recorded in Atlanta on February 25, 1932.
Recorded in Atlanta on February 25, 1932.
The Pittsburgh Courier
December 31, 1931
Alton Evening Telegraph (Illinois)
September 14, 1932
The Courier Journal (Kentucky)
October 22, 1932
Mills Ten Blackberries - Velvet Tone 7082 & 7088 (1930)
Here we have the complete recording session output by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra from June 12, 1930.
Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.
Recorded in New York on June 12, 1930.
The New York Age
July 12, 1930
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Okeh 8255 (1925)
Recorded in Kansas City on May 14, 1925.
Tweedy Brothers - Supertone 9166 (1928)
Here are two brothers from West Virginia that hit the road in their early teens with their father, a country doctor, behind the wheel. They debuted on radio at Cincinnati's WLW in 1922. A few years later, they recorded for the Gennett company in Richmond, Indiana and many of their recordings made it to Sears labels...such as this one.
Charles Tweedy p / Harry Tweedy fiddle.
Ida Red recorded in Richmond, IN on April 21, 1928 and Buckwheat Batter on July 15, 1928.
Charles Tweedy p / Harry Tweedy fiddle.
Ida Red recorded in Richmond, IN on April 21, 1928 and Buckwheat Batter on July 15, 1928.
The Daily Notes - Canonsburg, PA
September 28, 1923
The Daily Times - New Philadelphia, OH
June 26, 1928
The Circleville Herald - Circleville, OH
February 12, 1930
The Red Headed Fiddlers - Brunswick 285 (1928)
The Red Headed Fiddlers had their own radio show which aired out of Fort Worth, Texas for a decade until the Depression.
Here is their first record which was issued in 1928. Texas Quickstep was also known as Rachael's Hornpipe, the Rachael here being the wife of Andrew Jackson.
J. Warner 'Red' Graham bj / A.L. 'Red' Steeley fiddle.
Recorded in Dallas on October 18, 1928.
Here is their first record which was issued in 1928. Texas Quickstep was also known as Rachael's Hornpipe, the Rachael here being the wife of Andrew Jackson.
J. Warner 'Red' Graham bj / A.L. 'Red' Steeley fiddle.
Recorded in Dallas on October 18, 1928.
Ernie Freeman Combo - Cash 1017 (1955)
From wikipedia...
Joe Comfort (July 18, 1917 – October 29, 1988) was an American jazz bassist.
Comfort, from a musically oriented Los Angeles family, taught himself bass and began performing with Lionel Hampton's orchestra in the late 1920s, and later began performing with Nat King Cole in a partnership that would continue until the early 1950s. Comfort participated in numerous studio dates in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Benny Carter and Nancy Wilson. Joe also performed with Frank Sinatra but Joe's adversity to flying, kept him in and around Los Angeles.
Joe's mother, Frances Comfort, was born in Mississippi and played the organ during black and white silent movies. George Comfort, Sr., Joe's father, taught music at Alcorn State University and made sure all his children could read music. Joe's brother, George Comfort was a singer, a music teacher and actor who performed with Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess, and many other films. George Comfort was active in film and in television until his seventies; his most memorable roles included a role in Baretta with Robert Blake.
Joe's wife, Mattie, was the inspiration for Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll."
Charles Mingus, in his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, states that when he was a child living in the Watts section of Los Angeles, it was Joe Comfort who taught the young Mingus how to play the double bass.
Ernie Freeman p / Irving Ashby g / Joe Comfort b / Ray Martinez d.
Joe Comfort (July 18, 1917 – October 29, 1988) was an American jazz bassist.
Comfort, from a musically oriented Los Angeles family, taught himself bass and began performing with Lionel Hampton's orchestra in the late 1920s, and later began performing with Nat King Cole in a partnership that would continue until the early 1950s. Comfort participated in numerous studio dates in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Benny Carter and Nancy Wilson. Joe also performed with Frank Sinatra but Joe's adversity to flying, kept him in and around Los Angeles.
Joe's mother, Frances Comfort, was born in Mississippi and played the organ during black and white silent movies. George Comfort, Sr., Joe's father, taught music at Alcorn State University and made sure all his children could read music. Joe's brother, George Comfort was a singer, a music teacher and actor who performed with Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess, and many other films. George Comfort was active in film and in television until his seventies; his most memorable roles included a role in Baretta with Robert Blake.
Joe's wife, Mattie, was the inspiration for Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll."
Charles Mingus, in his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, states that when he was a child living in the Watts section of Los Angeles, it was Joe Comfort who taught the young Mingus how to play the double bass.
Ernie Freeman p / Irving Ashby g / Joe Comfort b / Ray Martinez d.
Mary H. Bradford Acc. By Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Okeh 8102 (1923)
Here we have two sides from Bennie Moten's first recording session. It was set up by Winston Holmes (owner of the Merritt label) at the urging of Ralph Peer, Okeh's recording manager.
Mary Bradford v / Bennie Moten p, dir / Lammar Wright c / Thamon Hayes tb / Woodie Walder cl / Sam Tall bj / Willie Hall d.
Recorded in St. Louis in September 1923.
Mary Bradford v / Bennie Moten p, dir / Lammar Wright c / Thamon Hayes tb / Woodie Walder cl / Sam Tall bj / Willie Hall d.
Recorded in St. Louis in September 1923.
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