Brian rust jazz records, 1917–1934 / Free Personal-Use Edition Not for sale; all commercial use is prohibited. For personal, non-commercial use only. Notice

The most famous of the Boswell Sisters, Connee (as she later preferred to spell her name) made many records as a soloist. Those listed below feature their usually excellent accompanists in a few bars of hot solo work.

Vocal, acc. by Mann y Klein, t / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl / Harry Hoffman, vn / Martha Boswell, p / Dick McDonough, g / Joe Tarto, sb / Chauncey Morehouse, d, vib. New York, c. July 27, 1931.

E-36987- I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart

Br 6162, 01198

E-36988- What Is It?

Br 6162, 01198

Will Bradley, tb, replaces Dorsey; Eddie Lang, g, replaces McDonough; Hoffman omitted. New York, c, October 27, 1931.

E-37333-A Time On My Hands

Br 6210, 01443

E-37334-A Concentratin' (on You)

Br 6210, 01252

Acc. by Sterling Bose, t / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl / 3 vn / p / Eddie Lang, g / ? Hank Stern, bb / d. New York, November 20, 1931.

E-37366-A You Try Somebody Else

Br 6223, 01257

E-37367-A Should I Be Sorry?

Br 6223, 01257

Acc. by ? Manny Klein, t / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl, as / ts / ? Harry Hoffman, vn / Martha Boswell, p / g / sb / ? Chauncey Morehouse or Larry Gomar, d, vib. New York, February 23, 1932.

B-11332-A I Cried For You

Br 6267, 01298

B-11333-A I Can't Believe That It's You

Br 6267, 01298

Acc. by Bunny Berigan, t / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl / Harry Hoffman, vn / Martha Boswell, p / Eddie Lang, g / Artie Bernstein, sb / Stan King, d. New York, April 9, 1932.

B-11682-A Lullaby Of The Leaves

Br 6297, 01315

B-11683-A My Lips Want Kisses (My Heart Wants Love)

Br 6297, 01315

Dick McDonough, g, replaces Lang; Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, vc, added. New York, September 27, 1932.

B-12378-A I'll Never Have To Dream Again

Br 6405, 01382, SE 5002-S

B-12379-A Me Minus You

Br 6405, 01382

Helvetia Boswell omitted; Chauncey Morehouse, d, vib, replaces King. New York, August 21, 1934.

B-15714-A A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder

Br 6962, 01865

EUDAY L. BOWMAN

Piano solos. Richmond, IN, February 2, 1924.

11748 Twelfth Street Rag (Euday L. Bowman)

Gnt unissued

Pseudonym on Mayfair for the ARC-Brunswick studio band, q.v.

Vocal, acc. by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra: Bennie Moten, p, dir: Lammar Wright, c / Thamon Hayes,

8457-A Chattanooga Blues

OK 8102

8461-A Selma 'Bama Blues

8463-A *Waco Texas Blues

OK 8123

NOTE: Matrices 8456, 8458, and 8462 are by Ada Brown, q.v.; 8459 and 8460 are by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, q.v.

20365-1 Loafing Blues

Pm 12617

20366-1 Awful Lawdy Lawdy Blues

Pm 12617

PERRY BRADFORD

PERRY BRADFORD'S JAZZ PHOOLS: Gus Aiken, c / Bud Aiken, tb / Garvin Bushell, cl, as / Charles Smith, p / Samuel Speed, bj. New York, May-June, 1923.

1429-1-2-3 Fade Away Blues

Pm 12041, Cx 40255, Emb / Tri 1128, Fam 3249, Hg 828, Nat 12255, Pur 11255

1430-1-2-3 Day Break Blues (Original Bugle Blues)

Pm 12041, Cx 40255, Emb / Tri 1128, Fam 3249, Hg 828, Nat 12255, Pur 11255

Herb Flemming, tb, dir: Johnny Dunn, Bubber Miley, c / ? Garvin Bushell, Herschel Brass­field, cl, as / ? Leroy Tibbs, p / Samuel Speed, bj / ? Harry Hull, bb. New York, February, 1924.

1668-1-2 Charlestown, South Carolina [sic]

Pm 20309, Cx 40309, Hg 912, Pur 11309

1669-1-3 Hoola Boola Dance

Pm 20309, Cx 40309, Hg 912, Pur 11309

Instrumentation probably similar to the foregoing; Perry Bradford, v, dir: unknown personnel. New York, October 7, 1925.

E-1434 / 35 / 36W Lucy Long - vPB

Voc unissued

E-1437 / 38 / 39W I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - vPB

Voc unissued

Perry Bradford, v, dir: Louis Armstrong, c / Charlie Green, tb / Buster Bailey, cl / Don Redman, as / James P. Johnson, p / ? Sam Speed, bj / Kaiser Marshall, d. New York, November 2, 1925.

E-1580 / 82 Lucy Long - vPB

Voc 15165, V-1030, HJCA 604, JD 011

E-1583 / 85 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - vPB

Voc 15165, V-1030, HJCA 604, JD 011

PERRY BRADFORD AND HIS GANG: Perry Bradford, v, dir: c / tb / cl / as / p / bj. New York, April 16, 1926.

80001-A-B So's Your Old Man - vPB

OK unissued

80002-A Just Met A Friend From My Home Town - vPB

OK unissued

Unknown male quartet, v. New York, April 21, 1926.

141992-2 Just Met A Friend - v4

Col 14142-D

141993-1 So's Your Old Man - v4

Col 14142-D

New York, c. May 10, 1926.

74164-B So's Your Old Man - v4

OK 8324

OK 8324

74428-A Original Black Bottom Dance - vPB

OK 8416

74429-A Kansas City Blues - vPB

James P. Johnson, p, replaces Spaulding; Walter Wright, bb, added. New York, February 16, 1927.

80429-C All That I Had Is Gone - vPB

OK 8450, Od A-189104

80430-B Lucy Long

OK 8450, Od A-189104

Tiny Bradshaw, v, dir: Lincoln Mills, Shad Collins, Max Maddox, t / George Matthews, Eugene Green, tb / Bobby Holmes, Russell Procope, cl, as / Edgar Courance, Happy Caldwell, cl, ts / Clarence Johnson, p / Bob Lessey, g / Ernest Williamson, sb / Arnold Bolden, d. New York, September 19, 1934.

38693-A Shout, Sister, Shout - vTB

Dec 456, Br 01919

33694-A Mister, Will You Serenade? - vTB

Dec 317, Br 01919

38695-A The Darktown Strutters' Ball - vTB

Dec 194

Dec 194

38785-A Ol' Man River - vTB

Dec 236

38786-A I Ain't Got Nobody - vTB

38787-A I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - vTB

Dec 236, F-42109, F-42134

38788-A She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain - vTB

Dec 317

(KING) BRADY'S CLARINET BAND

Pseudonym on Gennett 6393, Champion 15455, and 15491 for Ernest Michall and his New Orleans Boys or his Clarinet Band, q.v.

ARDELL BRAGG: Vocal, acc. by Tiny Parham, p, with unknown g*. Chicago, c. August, 1926.

3028-1 Pig Meat Blues

Pm 12398

Pm 12398, Her 92015

3030 Bird Nest Blues

Pm 12410, Her 92015

3031 Don't Fail On Me, Bones

Pm 12410

ARDELLA BRAGG AND HER TEXAS BLUE BLOWERS: Vocal, acc. by Vance Dixon, cl, as / ? Kline Tyndall, p / bj. Chicago, c. December, 1926.

2765-1 That's Alright - clVD

Pm 12429

Pm 12429

4215-2 Wolf Man

Pm 12458

4216-1 Doggin' Me

Pm 12458

TOM BRANNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Tom Brannon, t, dir: J. T. Bourne, t / Jim Emert, tb / George McCullough, Kenneth Turner, cl­, as, vn / Dutch Young, ts, v / Vivian R. McGowan, p / Larry Semon, g, a / George MacMillan, bb / Hugh Orrell, d. Memphis, June 2, 1930.

62565-1-2 They Played Like That

Vic unissued

62566-1-2 Someone I Love - vDY

Vic unissued

George Brashear, tb, dir. unknown band. New York, c. August 1922.

I Wish I Knew

BS 10074, 2078

Stuttering

BS 10074, 2078

NOTE: Black Swan 2106, also credited to Brashear's California Orchestra, is actually by an unknown (probably white) band, from matrices recorded by Olympic.

LEW BRAY

Vocal, acc. by Phil Napoleon, t / Russ Morgan, tb / Joe Gillespie, cl, as / Rube Bloom, p / Charles Kegley, d. New York, October 31, 1929.

403212-B Lucky Me, Lovable You

OK 41334, Par E-6269

NOTE: Parlophone E-6269 as SYDNEY BUXTON. See also Sunny Clapp and his Band O' Sunshine.

BRAYBROOK SOCIETY ORCHESTRA

Pseudonym on Australian Melotone for the following items listed in this book: ­

M-10001 Rio Rita (Johnny Sylvester and his Orchestra)

M-10011 Is She My Girl Friend? (Varsity Eight)

PERLEY BREED'S SHEPARD COLONIAL ORCHESTRA: Perley Breed, as, ts, bar, dir: Warren Hookway, t / Brad Gowans, cl / Frank Cornwell, vn, v / Newell Chase, p / Junie Anderson, bj / bb / George Dussault, d. New York; c. November 23, 1924.

9204 Tell Me, Dreamy Eyes - vFC

Gnt 5608, St 9612

9205-B Where's My Sweetie Hiding?

Gnt 5608, St 9612

PERLEY BREED'S ORCHESTRA: As above, plus unknown tb (Gowans doubles vtb?). New York, c. April 30, 1925.

9501 Sweet Georgia Brown

Gnt unissued

9502 Honey, I'm In Love With You - vFC

Gnt 3059

BRENAN'S BROADWAY BAND

Pseudonym on Grafton for the following items listed in this book: ­

9132 Copenhagen (Five Birmingham Babies)

9169 Sonya (California Ramblers)

2 t / tb / 2 cl, as / cl, ts / p / bj / bb / d. New York, October 5, 1932.

73769-1 Tiger Rag

Vic unissued

Unknown c / tb / as / p / d. New York, September 6, 1921.

Honeymoon Blues

Vic test (unnumbered)

Zowie!

Vic test (unnumbered)

Unknown c / tb / cl / vn / vc / p / bj. New York, July 18, 1921.

Wang-Wang Blues

Vic test (unnumbered)

Vocal, acc. by Reuben Walker, p. St. Louis, April, 1925.

9035-A My Man Is Somebody Else's Too

OK 8256

OK 8256

Arthur Briggs made most of his many records in Europe. The following, issued under his own name, are known or believed to be of considerable interest as jazz. A complete account of his German recordings is given in Horst Lange's discography of German 78s.

ARTHUR BRIGGS' SAVOY SYNCOP'S ORCHESTRA [sic]: Arthur Briggs, t, dir: Jean Naudin, tb / Rene Dumont, as, ts / George Jacquemont, as / Mario Scanavino, ts / Gide van Gils, p / Harold M. Kirchstein, bj / Al Bowlly, g, v / Hans Holdt, bb, sb / Chappy Eugene Obendorfer, d. Berlin, January, 1927.

T-5663 Black Bottom

Clausophon 364

T-5667 Up And At 'Em

Clausophon ?

T-5669 Syrena Blues

Clausophon 364

Arthur Briggs, speech, this side only. Berlin, c. June, 1927.

1537-BB Bugle Call Rag

Vox 8470

592bd Song Of The Wanderer - vAB

DG / Pol 21034

5936d Muddy Water - vAB

DG / Pol 21035

599bd Hallelujah! - vAB

DG / Pol, 21034, Pol W-103

600bd Miss Annabelle Lee - vAB

DG / Pol 21036

601bd Memphis - vAB

DG / Pol 21036.

Berlin, c. November, 1927.

648bd Ain't She Sweet?

DG / Pol 21095

649bd Do The Black Bottom With Me

DG / Pol 21096

651bd One O'Clock Baby

DG / Pol 21096

652bd There's A Little White House [sic]

DG / Pol 2197, Pol W-102

653bd The Yale Blues

DG / Pol 21095

NOTE: Matrices 602bd, 603bd, 604bf, and 650bd from this and the previous session are waltzes or tangos.

Berlin, c. December, 1927.

681bd Ain't She Sweet? - vAB

DG / Pol 21124

682bd Do The Black Bottom With Me - vAB

DG / Pol 21122

683bd Allahabad, Pearl Of The East

DS / Pol 21094

684bd Souvenirs - vAB

DG / Pol 21122, Pol W-104

685bd Rubinesque

DG / Pol 21123

691bd Since I Found You - vAB

DG / Pol 21125

692bd Mean Dog Blues

DG / Pol 21126

693bd Who-oo? You-oo, That's Who! - vAB

DG / Pol 21128

694bd Rosy Cheeks - vAB

DG / Pol 21127

695bd Roses For Remembrance - vAB

DG / Pol 21123

701bd I'm Coming, Virginia - vAB

DG / Pol 21125

702bd It All Depends On You - vAB

DG / Pol 21124

703bd Oole-De-Doo - vAB

DG / Pol 2126

Berlin, c. January, 1928.

718bd Me And My Shadow - vAB

DG / Pol 21130

719bd Are You Happy? - vAB

DG / Pol 21130

720bd You Should See My Tootsie - vAB?

DG / Pol 21129

721bd My Regular Gal - vAB

DG / Pol 21131

722bd Maybe I Will - vAB?

DG / Pol 21132

733bd The Faraway Bells

DG / Pol 21097

734bd Sometimes I'm Happy - vAB

DG / Pol 21127, Pol W-103

7356d Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling? - vAB

DG / Pol 21135, Pol W-102

736bd Sweet Marie - vAB

DG / Pol 21134

737bd Baby Your Mother - vAB

DG / Pol 21132, Pol 21098

738bd Snag It

DG / Pol 21133

739bd I'm Walking On Air - vAB

DG / Pol 21131

740bd Take Your Finger Out Of Your Mouth - vAB

DG / Pol 21134, Pol 21095

741bd Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues - vAB?

DG / Pol 21133

742bd The Little White House - vAB

DG / Pol 21135, Pol W-104

ARTHUR BRIGGS AND HIS BOYS: Arthur Briggs, t, dir: Rene Bassart, tb / Jean Vidal, as / Rene Dumont or Francis Julierie, ts / Gide van Gils, p / ? Maceo Jefferson, bj / bb / Jean Taylor­, d / Rudy Bayfield Evans, v. Paris, c. April, 1929.

4804 Lazy River - vRBE

Azurephone 1018

4806 Glad Rag Doll - vRBE

Azurephone 1019, Hébertot CX-20020

4807 Pour vous - vRBE

Azurephone 1019

Then Came The Dawn - vRBE

Azurephone 1018

NOTE: Other titles from this session are waltzes.

Trumpet solos, acc. by Freddy Johnson, p; Louis Cole, v. Paris, c. June, 1933.

6431bkp Nobody's Sweetheart - vLC

Br A-500262

6432bkp Grabbin' Blues

Br A-500263

6433kp I Got Rhythm - vLC

Br A-500262

6434bkp Japanese Sandman

Br A-500263

Ace Brigode, vn, dir: Lucien Criner, Bud Lincoln, t / Abe Lincoln, tb / Al Delaney, fh / Al Tresize, Cliff Gamet, cl, as / Eddie Allen, cl, ts / Ray Welch, vn / Frank Skinner, Nick Cortez, bj / Happy Masefield, bb / Fred Brohez, d. New York, June 2, 1925.

140569-5 Yes, Sir! That's My Baby - v2 of band

Col 398-D, 3730

NOTE: Columbia 3730 as DENZA DANCE BAND.

New York, July 15, 1925.

140764-2 I'm Tired Of Everything But You

Col 426, D-3782

NOTE: Columbia 3782 as DENZA DANCE BAND. Other records by Ace Brigode's bands may be of comparable jazz interest.

BRILLHARDT'S ORCHESTRA

Red Nichols, t / Bobby Davis, cl, ss, as / Arnold Brilhart, cl, as, ts / ? Arthur Hand, vn / p / bj / bb / d / Lester O'Keefe, v. New York, April, 1926.

106803 The Girl Friend - vLO'K

PA 36430, 11449, Per 14611

106804 Hello, Aloha! How Are You? - vLO'K

PA 36438, 11192, Per 14619, GP 18591

106805 State Street Shuffle

PA 36450, Per 14631

NOTE: Nichols recognized himself for this date. Grand Pree 18591 as GRAND PREE NOVELTY BAND.

CARL BRISSON

The following by this revue and cabaret artist of the 1920s and 1930s is of interest for its accompaniment.

Vocal, acc. by Max Goldberg, t / cl / 2 vn / p / g. London, October 18, 1933.

GB-6209-3 Thanks

Dec F-3759

FLORENCE BRISTOL

Vocal, acc. by Otto Hardwick, as / Duke Ellington, p. New York, c. November, 1924.

T-2018-2 How Come You Do Me Like You Do?

UTD 2019

This band, described in the Victor files as a "hillbilly" unit, made eleven sides for that company, eight of which were issued and the following seven are of some jazz interest.

Mart Britt, bj, v, dir: probably: Irwin Kunz, Tony Almerico, c / Blue Steele, tb / Sidney Arodin or Slim Lamar, cl / as / ts / Terry Shand, p / bb / d. Memphis, September 13, 1928.

47019-2 Sadness Will Be Gladness - vMB

Vic V-40012

47019-3 Sadness Will Be Gladness - vMB

Vic unissued (test exists)

Irwin Kunz or Tony Almerico, c / ? Blue Steele, tb / Sidney Arodin or Slim Lamar, cl / Terry Shand and another (possibly Arodin), p / Mart Britt, bj / sb / d. Memphis, September 14, 1928.

47026-2 Goose Creek - Stomp

Vic 21760

NOTE: Tests exist of take 1 and 3.

Mart Britt, g, v, dir: 2 t / Bill Robertson, tb, v / tb / 2 cl, as / cl, ts / vn / p / sb / d / Sue Miller­, members of the orchestra, v. Atlanta, February 23, 1932.

71879-1 Who Paid The Rent For Mrs. Rip Van Winkle (When Rip Van Winkle Went Away) - vMB

Vic unissued

71880-1 Learning - vMB

Vic 22933

71880-2 Learning - vSM

Vic unissued

71881-1 Who Played Poker With Pocahontas (When John Smith Was Away) - vSM

Vic 22956

71882-1 Mama Don't Want No Peas An' Rice An' Coconut Oil (Handy Brandy) - vO

Vic 22933, BB B-4955

71883-1 Down The Old Back Road - vBR

Vic 22956, BB B-6376

Pseudonym for the California Ramblers on Clarion 5041-C, 5220-C, and Velvet Tone 2299-V, q.v.

Pseudonym on Cameo for Peggy English, q.v.

Pseudonym on Scala for the following items listed in this book; see also Victor Vorzanger, who directed a band of this name, also on Scala: ­

640 Louisville Lou (Broadway Syncopators)

640 One Night In June (Gene Fosdick's Hoosiers)

653 Henpecked Blues (Ben Bernie's Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra)

660 You've Got To See Mama Every Night (Gene Fosdick's Hoosiers)

Pseudonym on Regal Zonophone for the following items in this book:

G-22040 Harry Rosenthal and his Orch­estra

G-22027 Ben Pollack and his Orchestra

MR-1733 Harry Rosenthal and his Orch­estra

BROADWAY BELL-HOPS

Several titles by this Sam Lanin orchestra feature brief solos by Red Nichols, t, and Miff Mole, tb. Most of their output does not warrant inclusion here, but a full survey is included in The American Dance Band Discography, 1917-1942. One issue, however, is of obviously much greater importance.

Sam Lanin dir: Bix Beiderbecke, c / Hymie Farberman, t / Bill Rank, tb / Don Murray, cl / Frank Trumbauer, Cm / Bobby Davis, as / Joe Venuti, vn / Frank Signorelli, p / John Cali, bj / Joe Tarto, bb / Vic Berton, d / Irving Kaufman, v. New York, September 29, 1927.

144809-2 There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland - vIK

Diva 2504-G, Har 504-H, VT 1504-V, Davon 104, Tpl 547

144810-2 There's A Cradle In Caroline - vIK

Diva 2504-G, Har 504-H, VT 1504-V, Davon 104, Tpl 547

THE BROADWAY BROADCASTERS

This name was given to various Sam Lanin units recording for Cameo, and those that come within the terms of reference of this book will be found under Sam Lanin's name. The following does not seem to have any obvious connection with the Cameo bands, however.

Ray Lodwig, Tommy Gott, t / tb / cl, as / as / ts / vn / p / bj / bb / d / Claude Reese, v / Irving Mills, a. New York, October 30, 1928.

E-28394- Pompanola - vCR

Br 4124, A-8035

E-28395- I Must Have That Man

Br 4119, A-8044

E-28396- Maybe This Is Love - vCR

Br 4124, A-8035

See also Lou Gold and his Orchestra, and the Varsity Eight.

THE BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA

Despite suggestions that at least some of the considerable number of sides by this band on Edison Diamond Discs between 1921 and 1925 are by an augmented Original Memphis Five, no positive evidence for or against is yet to hand. The following coupling is of somewhat greater interest as hot dance music than most under the name.

2 t / tb / ? 2 cl, ss, as / cl, ss, ts / p / bj / bb / d. New York, October 16, 1924.

9794 Doodle Doo Doo

Ed 51421

9795 Oh Peter (You're So Nice)

Ed 51421

THE BROADWAY JAZZERS

Pseudonym on Guardsman for various American and British bands, but the only one so far reported to be of hot dance music interest is 1724, by Jeffries' Rialto Orchestra, q.v.

Instrumentation and personnel unknown, dir. by Catone and Wolfson, according to the Columbia file cards. New York, October 1, 1926.

142713-1-2 Tuck In Kentucky

Col unissued

142714-1-2 Wop Stomp

Col unissued

Pseudonym for the following items listed in this book: ­

Carnival 11404 Both sides by Sammy Stewart and his Orchestra

Grey Gull 1174 Papa, Better Watch Your Step (Fletcher Hender­son and his Orchestra)

Pennington 1349 Both sides by the California Ramblers

Puretone 11284 Wild Papa (Original Georgia Five)

11284 Two Time Dan (Original Indiana Five)

11373 Both sides by Al Siegel and his Orchestra

Puritan 11250 Papa, Better Watch Your Step (Fletcher Hender­son and his Orchestra)

11272 Papa, Better Watch Your Step (Fletcher Hender­son and his Orchestra)

11251 My Sweetie Went Away (Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra)

11310 Both sides by the California Ramblers

Resona 11320 Both sides by the California Ramblers

Triangle 11200 Bees Knees (Indiana Syncopators)

11284 Wild Papa (Original Georgia Five)

11284 Two Time Dan (Original Indiana Five)

11293 Both sides by Charley Straight and his Orchestra

BROADWAY MERRY MAKERS

See the Grey Gull studio bands.

BROADWAY MUSIC MASTERS

Pseudonym for the following items in this book (others on Grey Gull and other labels are of no interest).

Oriole 219 Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

Radiex 1195 California Ramblers, q.v.

1222 Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

BROADWAY ORCHESTRA

Pseudonym for the following items listed in this book: ­

Embassy E-129 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Mills Blue Rhythm Boys)

E-147 Begging For Love (The Travelers)

Ideal Scala 7210 Underneath The Weeping Willow (California Ramblers)

BROADWAY PICKERS

Pseudonym on Broadway 5069 for the Paramount Pickers, q.v.

Pseudonym on Paramount for Frank Melrose, q.v.