Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers / Richard M. Jones' Jazz Wizards - Victor 21345 (1927)

Jelly Roll Morton p, dir: George Mitchell c / Gerald Reeves tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Stump Evans as / Bud Scott g / Quinn Wilson bb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded at Oak Street Studio in Chicago on June 4, 1927.

Shirley Clay c / William Franklin tb, v / Artie Starks cl, as / Richard M. Jones p / Ikey Robinson bj, g / Charlie Turner bb / Wallace Bishop d.

Recorded in Chicago on November 7, 1927.

Johnny Dodd's Orchestra - Victor 38038 (1929)

Just came across almost a dozen well played jazz and blues 78s that had been stored away in a Victrola here along the gulf coast.

Here's the first offering...

Johnny Dodds dir, cl / Natty Dominique c / Honore Dutrey tb / Bill Johnson sb / Baby Dodds d / Lil Hardin Armstrong p.

Recorded in Chicago on January 16, 1929.

Jelly Roll Morton - Victor 21064 (1927)

Excerpted from wikipedia...

Morton returned to Chicago in 1923 to claim authorship of his recently published rag, "The Wolverines", which had become a hit as "Wolverine Blues" in the Windy City. He released the first of his commercial recordings, first as piano rolls, then on record, both as a piano soloist and with various jazz bands.

In 1926, Morton succeeded in getting a contract to record for the largest and most prestigious company in the United States, Victor. This gave him a chance to bring a well-rehearsed band to play his arrangements in Victor's Chicago recording studios. These recordings by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers are regarded as classics of 1920s jazz. The Red Hot Peppers featured such other New Orleans jazz luminaries as Kid Ory, Omer Simeon, George Mitchell, Johnny St. Cyr, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, Baby Dodds, and Andrew Hilaire. Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers were one of the first acts booked on tours by MCA.

Jelly Roll Morton p / Johnny Dodds cl / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded at Oak Street Studio in Chicago on June 10, 1927.

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Brunswick 02200 (Originally Gennett 5132 & 5133) (1923)

Fresh off the riverboat up from New Orleans, here we have young Louis Armstrong from his very first recording session (plus a tune from the following day).

These are obviously reissues and was curious about the distortion at the beginning of Dipper Mouth Blues. No visual anomaly that would lend to the sound can be seen on the playing surface (The record is virtually blemish free and shiny). Could it have been from whatever master source that was used by Brunswick?

King Oliver, Louis Armstrong c / Honore Dutrey tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Hardin p / Bill Johnson bj, v / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Richmond, IN on April 5 (Canal Street Blues) & 6 (Dipper Mouth Blues, aka Sugar Foot Stomp), 1923.

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Okeh 8482 (1927)

I do believe this was the first recording (Willie The Weeper), not by the Hot Five, but by the Hot Seven.

Louis Armstrong c, v / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Johnny St. Cyr bj, g / Pete Briggs bb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on May 7 & 10 (Alligator), 1927.

Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Brunswick (1927)

Just acquired the other two tunes from their October 8th recording session. 

George Mitchell, Natty Dominque c / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds, cl / Charlie Alexander p / Bud Scott bj / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on October 8, 1927.

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Okeh 8482 (1927)

Louis Armstrong c, v / John Thomas / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Johnny St. Cyr bj, g / Pete Briggs bb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on May 7 & 10, 1927.

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Okeh 8496 (1927)

From wikipedia…

Pete Briggs (born 1904, date of death unknown) was an American jazz bass and tuba player.

Briggs was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was related to bandleader Arthur Briggs. He first played professionally in the early 1920s with the Jim Jam Jazzers, and soon after played with the Lucky Boy Minstrels. In 1926 he moved to Chicago, playing with Carroll Dickerson, Jimmie Noone, and Louis Armstrong, with whom he recorded copiously. Briggs appears on many of the Hot Seven recordings made with Armstrong and his band.

In 1929, Briggs went to New York City, playing there with Armstrong and Dickerson. He joined the Edgar Hayes Orchestra and the Vernon Andrade Orchestra in the 1930s. In the 1940s he played with Herman Autrey in Philadelphia. However, by the latter half of the decade, Briggs had given up music and become a farmer. His date of death is unknown.

Louis Armstrong c, v / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Johnny St. Cyr bj, g / Pete Briggs bb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on May 11 & 13, 1927.

Jelly-Roll Morton (With Johnny Dodds & Baby Dodds) - Victor 21064 (1927)

Here we have the 2 trio recordings Jelly-Roll Morton waxed with Johnny and Baby Dodds. Morton recorded later trio sides (1929) with Barney Bigard and Zutty Singleton.

Recorded at Oak Street Studio in Chicago on June 10, 1927.

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five / Seven - Okeh 8519 (1927)

Rust has both sides listed as by the "Hot Seven" but the label here is printed as "Hot Five" on Weary Blues. Chronological Classics' and Columbia/Legacy's liner notes both reinforce Rust's publication.

Was this a simple misprint by Okeh?

Louis Armstrong t / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p, v / Johnny St. Cyr bj / Peter Briggs bb / Warren Baby Dodds d.

Weary Blues recorded in Chicago on May 11, 1927.

That's When I'll Come Back To You recorded in Chicago on May 14, 1927.

Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Brunswick 3997 (1927)

George Mitchell, Natty Dominque c / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds, cl / Charlie Alexander p / Bud Scott bj / Baby Dodds d.

Here's another Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers posted a while back.

Recorded in Chicago on October 8, 1927.

Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra - Decca 18094 (1940)

Here we have what appears to be Johnny Dodds' last recordings for he was to pass away just 2 months later at only 48 years old.

One can only imagine the whole Dixieland Revival with a healthy and relatively young Johnny Dodds partaking in it.

Johnny Dodds cl / Natty Dominique c / Preston Jackson tb / Richard M. Jones p / Lonnie Johnson g / John Lindsay sb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on June 5, 1940.

Johnny Dodds Hot Six - Bluebird 10240 (Originally 1929)

Maybe someone can shed some light on these sides for me.

What I thought were re-issues are actually first runs of unissued takes from a decade earlier?

Natty Dominique c / Honore Dutrey tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Bill Johnson sb / Baby Dodds d.

Recorded in Chicago on February 7, 1929.

Bill Brown & His Brownies / Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Vocalion 1128 (1927)

Made my usual Saturday morning rounds looking for 78s today and came away some great records. Have a lotta cleaning to do to get the dirt outta the grooves but I feel up to the challenge.

Kinda late tonight but I'm going to start with this one.

Bill Brown tb, dir / Billy Kicks, Charlie Johnson t / Ralph James cl, as / another unknown as / Malvin Wyatt ts / Bill Caine p / Harry Stevens bj / George DeLeon bb / Oliver Tines d.

Recorded in New York on March 17, 1927.

Louis Armstrong c / Roy Palmer tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Barney Bigard ts / Earl Hines p / Bud Scott bj / Baby Dodds d.