Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - UHCA 29/30 (Okeh 40822 - 1927)

What I wouldn't give to go back in time and be able to walk into the Commodore Music Shop either on 42nd St or at it's newer 1937 spot on 52nd St.

Milt Gabler started working at his dad's radio shop and started buying up unsold records which got him into reissuing older jazz gems. He also started listing complete personnels on the labels.

Besides producing the taboo song Strange Fruit for Billie Holiday, he was also responsible for getting Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock on wax with an abnormally loud backbeat as there was only 10 minutes left in the recording session and probably wasn't enough time for a thorough soundcheck.

Just discovered that there was a documentary called The Milt Gabler Story produced on dvd in 2005...gotta get me a copy!

Bix Beiderbecke c / Billy Rank tb / Don Murray cl / Frankie Trumbauer, Doc Ryker as / Paul Mertz p / Eddie Lang g / Chauncey Morehouse d.

Recorded in New York on May 9, 1927.

Rosa Henderson With Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five - Brunswick 2589 (1924)

Here we have the first two of four sides recorded on the Brunswick label by Rosa Henderson (all accompanied by Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five).

Rosa Henderson v / Elmer Chambers c / Teddy Nixon tb / Don Redman cl / Fletcher Henderson p / Charlie Dixon bj.

Recorded in New York on February 13, 1924.

Red & Miff's Stompers - Edison 51854 (1926)

On the way back from a doctor's visit today...can't shake this cold...I stopped by an antique clock shop. The owner had called me before Christmas saying he had a few boxes of Edisons for me to sort through. After looking at a box the week prior...I think NOLA by Vincent Lopez was the cream of the crop.

So stopping today, I didn't hold out much hope. Although the Edisons looked like they had just come off the record store shelf (with original sleeves) there just wasn't much musically that piqued my interest...until...the last box. About halfway down, there it was. Red & Miff's Stompers on the shiniest Edison in the bunch. (Here is a recent post of a Red & Miff's Stompers on Victor)

Just got home from filling my prescription (hope it helps) and am now posting my lucky find.

Enjoy!

Red Nichols t / Miff Mole tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Alfie Evans as / Arthur Schutt p / Joe Tarto bb / Vic Berton d.

Recorded in New York on October 13, 1926.