QRS Piano Rolls - St. Louis Blues & Sugar

Just came across these two piano rolls at an antique store...can't make out who the player was that recorded them.

Sugar

King Carter & His Royal Orchestra - Columbia 2638 (1931)

Here we have a couple of sides early on by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band...they used many pseudonyms...here's their first release from five months earlier.

Reading about the lineup for this disc, the vocal on I Can't Get Along Without You is George Morton. Apparently nothing is known about him. Even surviving members of the band couldn't recall him during interviews.

Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Charlie Himes cl, as / Ted McCord, Castor McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb, bb on Low Down / Willie Lynch d / George Morton v.

Recorded in New York on June 25, 1931.

Billy Wright (with John Peck's Band) - Savoy 776 (1951)

Billy Wright was one of many acts that came out of Atlanta's burgeoning R&B scene.

Equal to, or arguably, more important than his own body of work, he was the catalyst that landed Richard Penniman's initial recording contract.

Billy Wright v / John Peck t / Willie Wilson tb / James Hudson as / Fred Jackson ts / Wim Scott bar / Tom Patton p / George Battle b / Willie Harper d.

Recorded in Atlanta on December 5, 1950.

Original Memphis Five - Edison 51204 (1923)

Looks like this may represent half of the output by the Original Memphis Five on Edison.

Phil Napoleon t / Charlie Panelli tb / Jimmy Lytell cl / Frank Signorelli p / Jack Roth d.

Recorded in New York on July 16, 1923.

Billy Wynne's Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra / Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orchestra - Edison 51503 (1925)

I had recently posted two sides by Bill Wynne's Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra but Red Nichols wasn't present on those...I do believe he is here.

Billy Wynne d, dir / (probably) Sam Goldbetter, Red Nichols t / Dave Brethauer tb / Bill Richards, Joe Nassberg (aka Joey Nash) as / Jules Nassberg ts / Irving Leonard vn / Frank Farrell p / Louis Condell bj / Ken Snell bb.

Recorded in New York on January 10, 1925.

Julian Kurtzman, Theo Wohleban t / Ben Morgan tb / Ray Thwaite, Oscar Moldaur cl, as, ss / John Baviton cl, ts / Charlie Fry as, vn, ldr / Ray Allen p / Frank Kriell bj, vc / Herman Schmidt bb / Fred Niehardt d.

Recorded in New York on December 10, 1924.

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra / Stevens' Trio - Edison 51277 (1923)

Here is one of two sides by Fletcher Henderson released on Edison. The flip is by Edison house pianist and arranger, Ernest L. Stevens.

Fletcher Henderson p, a, dir / Elmer Chambers, Howard Scott c / ? Teddy Nixon tb / Don Redman cl / Coleman Hawkins cl, ts / ? Billy Fowler bsx / Charlie Dixon bj / ? Kaiser Marshall d.

Recorded in New York on November 27, 1923.

George Jones - Starday 202 (1955)

Just heard today that No-Show Jones ain't playin' Possum.

Rest in peace, Mr. Jones.

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.

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - Brunswick 4510 (1929)

Red Nichols, Tommy Thunen, John Egan t / Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Herb Taylor tb / Jimmy Dorsey, Pee Wee Russell cl / Fud Livingston ts, a / Irving Brodsky p / Tommy Felline bj / Henry Whiteman, Maurice Goffin v / Jack Hansen bb / George Beebe d / Scrappy Lambert, Dick Robertson v.

Recorded in New York on September 6, 1929.

Loring "Red" Nichols & His Orchestra - Brunswick 6014 (1930)

Red Nichols, Ruby Weinstein t / Glenn Miller tb / Benny Goodman cl / Gil Rodin as / Eddie Miller ts / p / Nappy Lamare g / Harry Goodman sb / Ray Bauduc d / Dick Robertson v.

Recorded in New York on December 12, 1930.