McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Victor 38142 (1930)

Been after this one for a while.

Don Redman cl, as, bar, a, dir / Joe Smith c / John Nesbitt, Langston Curl t / Ed Cuffee tb / Benny Carter cl, as, ts, v / Prince Robison vl, ts / Todd Rhodes p, cel / Dave Wilborn bj, g / Billy Taylor bb / Cuba Austin d / Frank Marvin v.

Recorded in New York on January 31, 1930.

New Orleans Owls (At The Hotel Roosevelt, New Orleans) - Columbia 489 (1925)

Here we have the first two of eighteen total sides recorded by this early New Orleans band that grew from an even earlier local outfit, The Invincibles String Band, which had been around since 1912.

Bill Padron c / Benjamin 'Benjy' White cl, as, dir / Lester Smith ts / Edward 'Mose' Ferrer p / Rene Gelpi bj, g / Dan LeBlanc bb / Earl Crumb d, ldr.

Recorded in New Orleans in September, 1925.

Johnny De Droit & His New Orleans Jazz Orchestra - Okeh 40090 (1924)

Always like getting one of these early Okehs recorded in New Orleans such as my Brownlee. Others that fit in this category, although not Okehs, are The Halfway House Orchestra and Monk Hazel's Bienville Roof Orchestra.

Johnny De Droit c / Russ Papalia tb / Henry Raymond cl / Rudolph Levy as / Frank Cuny p / George Potter bj / Paul De Droit d.

Recorded in New Orleans on March 15 (B) & 16 (A), 1924.