Luis Russell & His Orchestra / Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra - Victor 22793 (1930-31)

Luis Russell p, dir / Henry Red Allen t, v / Robert Cheek, Gus Aiken t / Dicky Wells tb / Albert Nicholas cl, as / Henry Jones as / Greely Watson ts / Will Johnson g / Pops Foster sb / Paul Barbarin d, vib.

Recorded in New York on August 28, 1931.

Bennie Moten dir / Ed Lewis, Booker Washington c / Oran Hot Lips Page t / Thamon Hayes tb / Harlan Leonard cl, ss, as / Jack Washington cl, as, bar / Woody Walder cl, ts / Count Basie p / Ira Buster Moten pac / Leroy Berry bj / Vernon Page bb / Eddie Durham tb, g, a / Willie McWashington d / Jimmy Rushing v.

Recorded in Kansas City on October 28, 1930.

Jimmy Rushing Acc. By Johnny Otis - Excelsior 141/142 (1945)

From wikipedia…

James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972), known as Jimmy Rushing, was an American blues shouter and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.

Rushing was a powerful singer who had a range from baritone to tenor. He could project his voice so that it soared over the horn and reed sections in a big-band setting. Basie claimed that Rushing "never had an equal" as a blues vocalist. George Frazier, author of Harvard Blues, called Rushing's distinctive voice "a magnificent gargle". His best known recordings are probably "Going to Chicago" with Basie, and "Harvard Blues", with a famous saxophone solo by Don Byas.

Jimmy Rushing v / Johnny Otis d, dir / Teddy Buckner, Billy Jones, Loyal Walker, Par Jones t / Lorenzo Cocker, Eli Robinson, John Pettigrew, Jap Jones tb / Rene Block, James Von Streeter, Paul Quinchette, Bob Harris, Leon Beck saxes / Curtis Counce sb / Bernie Cobbs g / Bill Doggett p.

Recorded in Los Angeles on September 13, 1945.

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Vocalion 4747, 4748, 4860, 5010 (1939)

Here is my contribution to the Basiefest activity that members (thanks David, Mark & Lloyd) of the facebook companion page to this blog have been posting. As always, I'm a day late and a dollar short.

Count Basie p, dir / Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Sweets Edison, Shad Collins t / Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor tb / Earl Warren as / Jack Washington as, bar / Buddy Tate, Lester Young ts / Freddy Green g / Walter Page sb / Joe Jones d / Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing v.

Recorded in New York on March 19, 1939.

Recorded in New York on April 5, 1939.

Recorded in Chicago on June 24, 1939.

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Decca 1728 (1938)

Count Basie p, dir / Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison t / Eddie Durham tb, g / Benny Morton, Dan Minor tb / Earl Warren as / Jack Washington as, bar / Herschel Evans cl, ts / Lester Young cl, ts / Freddy Green g/ Walter Page sb / Joe Jones d / Jimmy Rushing v.

Recorded in New York on February 16, 1938.