Juan Tizol & His Orchestra - Keynote K-635 (1946)

Juan Tizol was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico in 1900. He would become an integral part of Duke Ellington's orchestra and brought a Latin influence to many recordings. He is arguably best known for two of his compositions...Caravan and Perdido.

These sides were recorded in Hollywood during one of his leaves from the Ellington orchestra on April 7, 1946.

The Dixie Stompers - Harmony 353 (1927)

Here we have Fletcher Henderson's group with the great Tommy Ladnier on trumpet.

Fletcher Henderson p, a, dir / Joe Smith, Tommy Ladnier t / ? Benny Morton tb / Buster Bailey cl, as / Don Redman cl, as, (a - on Snag It) / Coleman Hawkins cl, as, bar / Charlie Dixon bj / June Cole bb, v / Kaiser Marshall d.

Recorded in New York on January 20, 1927

Tim Brymn & His Black Devil Orchestra - Okeh 4339 (1921)

Just slid this disc out of its sleeve, placed it on the platter and googled the name. Come to find out...Tim Brymn was a fellow Tarheel. He was born in Kinston, NC in 1881 and had a 70 piece orchestra called the Black Devils which was also the group for the 350th Artillery Regiment during World War 1. (Willie The Lion Smith fought in that regiment)

I might start searching for other Tarheel jazz artists and see if I might have any of their records on 78.