Ben Pollack & His Pick-A-Rib Boys - Two Beat 8550 & 8551 (19??)

Couldn't find any discographical information on the Two-Beat label...also, not sure what years these were recorded.

For other Dixieland style revival recordings...click here & here.

Matty Matlock cl / Dick Cathcart c / Elmer Schneider tb / Ray Sherman p / Walt Yoder b / Ben Pollack d.

A Jam Session At Commodore - Commodore 1500 (1938)

Here's a great lineup on not only the first 12 inch Commodore release but what looks to be from the very first recording session at the fledgling Commodore Music Shop. Also read where Milt Gabler was the first to list complete personnel on his labels.

Not really sure why these sides were released on 12 inch discs as they surely seem that they could have fit on the more common 10 inch.

Bobby Hackett c / Pee Wee Russell cl / Bud Freeman ts / George Brunies tb / Jess Stacy p / Eddie Condon g / George Wettling d / Artie Shapiro sb.

Recorded in New York on January 17, 1938.

Louis Armstrong With Edmond Hall & Men - V-Disc 803 (1947)

This is the only other V-Disc I have in my collection that has the green lettering rather than the navy blue...not sure if there is any meaning in the difference...wartime / peacetime?

Here we have Hoagy's Old Rockin' Chair recorded in front of an audience by Satch & Edmond Hall.

Louis Armstrong t, v / Irving 'Mouse' Randolph t / Edmond Hall cl / Charlie Bateman p / Johnny Williams b, v / Jimmy Crawford d.

Recorded in New York on February 8, 1947.