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BDW8021
Dallas Rhythm - Recorded in Dallas and St. Louis, 1924-1929
Includes the complete recordings of Dallas-based bandleader
Jack Gardner, as well as selected recordings by Randolph McCurtain, Phil
Baxter and Herman Waldman. The 32 page booklet includes extensive liner
notes by researcher Dick Raichelson, as well as previously unpublished
information and newly-found details of the activities of these territory
bandleaders.
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Jack Gardner’s Orchestra
Johnnie Mills-?Charlie Willis (c), Stanton Crocker (tb, v), Robert B. Dean-Robert K. Harris-?Bernie Dillon (reeds), Jack Gardner (p, dir), ?Earl D. McMahan (bjo), ?Ralph W. “Cricket” Brown (bb), Bob Blassingame (d), Dillon White (v, possibly an instrument), Belcanto Quartet (v). Someone doubles on violin, probably one of the reedmen.
Dallas, early September 1924
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| 1. 8746-A |
Too Late Now (Jack Gardner-Gene Rodemich-Larry Conley) |
OK 40265 |
| 2. 8747-A |
Ponjola (Gardner-Crocker-McMahan) |
OK 40245 |
| 3. 8748-B |
Who? You? (Jack Gardner)-vDW |
OK 40339 |
| 4. 8749-A |
I Know She Does (Because She Told Me So) (Jack Gardner)-vSC |
OK 40245 |
| 5. 8750-A |
Who’d A Thunk It (Jack Gardner) |
OK 40339 |
| 6. 8751-A |
By The River Nile (Jack Gardner) |
OK 40495 |
| 7. 8752-B |
Blackin’ Blues (M. La Porte-Nat. Nathanson)-vSC |
OK 40265 |
| 8. 8753-A |
You’ll Never Know The Difference (A Hundred Years From Now)
(Gardner)-vBQ |
OK 40572 |
?Lou J. Harris-?Oren M. Barnett (c), Stanton Crocker (tb, v), Robert B. Dean-Robert K. Harris-?Bernie Dillon (reeds), Jack Gardner (p, dir), unknown (bjo), Ralph W. “Cricket” Brown (bb), Bob Blassingame (d). Someone doubles on violin, probably one of the reedmen. On The Camel Walk, someone may double on goofus; unknown scat/grunt vocal duet.
Dallas, c. October 16-17, 1925
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| 9. 9352-A |
Ida, I Do (Isham Jones) |
OK 40501 |
| 10. 9353-A |
Give Me Just A Little Bit (Of Your Love) (Palmer-Williams) |
OK 40555 |
| 11. 9354-B |
Hitch Up The Horses (Con Conrad-Faul Bernie-Jack Meskill)-vSC |
OK 40495 |
| 12. 9355-A |
Hot Aire (Schoebel) |
OK 40518 |
| 13. 9356-A |
The Camel Walk (Smith-Brymn)-v2 |
OK 40518 |
| 14. 9357-B |
When A Blonde Makes Up Her Mind To Do You Good (Sammy
Fain-Willie Raskin-Irving Mills)-vSC |
OK 40501 |
| 15. 9358-B |
Japp-A-Jazz (Gardner) |
OK 40555 |
Irene Taylor
Irene Taylor (v), accompanied by Jack Gardner’s Orchestra: ?Lou J. Harris or ?Oren M. Barnett (c), Stanton Crocker (tb), probably Robert B. Dean (cl), either Robert K. Harris or Bernie Dillon (as), Jack Gardner (p), unknown (bjo), Ralph W. “Cricket” Brown (bb).
Dallas, c. October 18, 1925
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| 16. 9363-A |
I Did Wanta, But I Don’t Wanta Now (Gardner) |
OK 40527 |
| 17. 9364-A |
I Ain’t Thinkin’ ‘Bout You (Gardner) |
OK 40527 |
Jack Gardner’s Orchestra
Same personnel as for c. October 16-17, 1925 session.
Dallas, c. October 18, 1925
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| 18. 9365-A |
I’m A Little Prairie Flower (I’m Wild, I’m Wild) (Gardner)-vSC |
OK 40572 |
Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers
?Boyce Barnett-?Raymond C. Jasper (c), unknown (tb), three reeds, (vln), (p), (bjo), (bb), Randolph McCurtain (d, dir).
Dallas, c. October 18, 1925
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| 19. 9366-A |
Sweet Girl Mary (Barnett-Jasper) |
OK Ramblers 1 |
| 20. 9368-A |
Low Down Brown (Barnett) |
OK Ramblers 1 |
Phil Baxter’s Orchestra
Mortimer “Red” Millard (c), Al Jennings (tb), Ben “Ole” Wilkins (cl,as,ts), Phil Baxter (p, dir), R. D. “Red” Reeves (bjo), J. D. “Shorty” Johnson (d).
St. Louis, c. October 24, 1925
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| 21. 9401-A |
If I Had You And You Had Me (Baxter) |
OK 40637 |
| 22. 9403-A |
Waiting (Baxter) |
OK 40522 |
| 23. 9404-A |
Something Tells Me (Baxter) |
OK 40522 |
Herman Waldman and His Orchestra
Kenneth Switzer-Lee Mac Rogers (t), William V. E. Clements (tb), Robert B. Dean, Arno Navratil, and Robert K. Harris (reeds), Herman “Hymie” Waldman (vln, dir), Thomas Blake (p), J. V. “Red” Mills (bjo), Barney Dodd (bb), Reggie Coughlin (d).
Dallas, c. November 1, 1929
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| 24. DAL-567 |
Marbles (---) |
Bruns 4649 |
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