Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra / Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Victor 22077 (1929)

Got this one because of all the controversy surrounding the B-side.

Is it Goldkette's Orchestra or McKinney's Cotton Pickers...I guess it's all in who you ask.

Rust has this as a McKinney's Cotton Pickers recording.

Here's a thoroughly researched article about it.

Recorded in Chicago on July 27, 1929.

Joe Sanders p, v & Carlton Coon d, dir / Bob Pope, Joe Richolson t / Rex Downing tb / Harold Thiell, John Thiell cl, as / Floyd Estep cl, ts / Russ Stout bj / Elmer Krebbs bb.

Recorded in Chicago on July 24, 1929. 

Bob Pope & His Orchestra - Bluebird (1936)

Here's another 78 by ex Coon-Sanders trumpeter recorded in Charlotte, NC.

Bob Pope ldr, t / Howard Gaffney, Tommy Hatcher t / Howard Gibeling tb / Sonny Thorpe, Vic Christenson as / J.V. Johnson, Nolan Canova ts / Mac McGowan p / Fowler Hays sb / Johnny Blowers d.

Recorded in Charlotte on June 21, 1936.

Bob Pope & His Orchestra - Bluebird 6471 (1936)

Here is Bob Pope's HOT North Carolina territory band that recorded a scant few times, but thankfully they were mostly marathon sessions, resulting in over 35 released sides.

From what I've researched, there are no cd compilations of this deserving band. This should definitely be remedied.

Rust has the entire band unidentified other than vocalists and Pope himself but drummer, Johnny Blowers' autobiography Back Beats and Rim Shots: The Johnny Blowers Story, solves the mystery on page 19.

Would anyone, who happens to stumble upon this post, have any information they could share regarding sax man, Sonny Thorpe? It would be gratefully appreciated.

Bob Pope ldr, t / Howard Gaffney, Tommy Hatcher t / Howard Gibeling tb / Sonny Thorpe, Vic Christenson as / J.V. Johnson, Nolan Canova ts / Mac McGowan p / Fowler Hays sb / Johnny Blowers d.

Recorded in Charlotte on June 21, 1936.

Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis - Okeh 40044 (1924)

Here's trumpeter, Bob Pope, before joining the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks and also leading his own North Carolina based band more than a decade later.

Jack Ford vn, dir / Bob Pope t / Tommy Moore tb / Bud Hassler, Bill Schmidt cl, as / Jules Schneider cl, ts / Al Carsella pac / Eddie Ward p / Porter Brown bj / Chick Harvey bb / Marty Gardner d.

Recorded in St. Louis in January, 1924.