Teddy Hill & His NBC Orchestra - Bluebird 6988 (1937)

On a cool 64 degree springtime Monday...May 17, 1937...a nineteen year old John Birks Gillespie...having just replaced Roy Eldridge in the Teddy Hill NBC band...walked into a New York recording studio and laid down his first recorded notes.

San Anton' was the first side recorded that day with Jelly Roll Morton's King Porter's Stomp being the fifth. Six sides total were recorded during that session.

Teddy Hill ts, dir / Bill Dillard t, v / Dizzy Gillespie, Shad Collins t / Dicky Wells tb / Russell Procope cl, as / Howard Johnson as / Robert Carroll ts / Sam Allen p / John Smith g / Richard Fullbright sb / Bill Beason d.

Recorded in New York, On May 17, 1937.

Cuarteto Matamoros - Victor 30454 (1931)

Miguel Matamoros ldr, v, g / Rafael Cueto v, g / Siro Rodríguez v / Pedro Vía t.

Recorded in Havana, Cuba on February 23, 1931.

Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Victor 38076 (1929)

Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Dalbert Bright cl, as, ts / Mike McKendrick bj / Elliott Washington vn / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on July 22, 1929.

Johnny De Droit & His New Orleans Orchestra - Okeh 40240 (1924)

Johnny de Droit c / Russ Papalia tb / Henry Raymond cl / Rudolph Levy as / Frank Cuny p / George Potter bj / Paul de Droit d.

Recorded in New Orleans on March 15, 1924.

Johnny de Droit c / Ellis Stratakos tb / Henry Raymond cl / Rudolph Levy as / Frank Froeba p / George Potter bj / Paul de Droit d.

Recorded in New York on October 29, 1924.

Buddy Moss - Perfect 35-10-15 / Melotone 13399 (1934)

Recorded in New York on July 30, 1934.

Recorded in New York on August 8 & 9, 1934.

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers / Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Bluebird 6031 (1928/29)

Jelly Roll Morton p, dir / Ward Pinkett t / Geechie Fields tb / Omer Simeon cl / Lee Blair bj / Bill Benford bb / Tommy Benford d.

Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York on June 11, 1928.

Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Charles Lawson tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Mike McKendrick bj / Quinn Wilson bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on February 1, 1929.

Tiny Parham & His Musicians - Victor 23027 (1930)

Here we have the debut of legendary bassist, Milt Hinton (he recorded 5 issued sides that day, Jug-Jug being the first) and these were also the only recordings he made playing brass bass.

Tiny Parham p, dir / Roy Hobson c / Ike Covington tb / Charles Johnson cl, as / Dalbert Bright cl, as, ts / Mike McKendrick bj / Milt Hinton bb / Ernie Marrero d.

Recorded in Chicago on November 4, 1930.

Black Swan Quartette - Black Swan 2028 (1921)

Recorded in New York late 1921.

Sexteto Habanero - Victor 80272 (1927)

What this one lacks in fidelity, it makes up for in a wonderful remnant store sticker.

Recorded at Liederkranz Hall in New York October 20, 1927.

New Orleans Owls - Columbia 1547 (1927)

Always nice to add a New Orleans recorded disc to the crate.

Bill Padron, Red Bolman (Twister) c / Benjamin 'Benji" White cl, as, dir / Frank Netto tb / Irvine 'Pinky' Vidacovitch cl, as / Lester Smith ts / Sigfre Christiansen p / Rene Gelpi  (Plenty), Hilton Napoleon 'Nappy' Lamare (Twister) bj, g / unknown mandolin / Dan Leblanc bb / Earl Crumb d, leader.

Recorded in New Orleans on April 14 & October 26 (Twister), 1927.