Original Indiana Five
Tom Morton (d, k) dir. Tony Tortomas (t), Pete Pellizzi (tb), Nick Vitalo (cl,as), Harry Ford (p).
New York, October, 1926 |
| 1. 31021-1 |
Brown Pepper (---) |
NML 1186 |
| 2. 31022-2 |
Brown Sugar (Harry Berris) (sic) |
Bell 463 |
| 3. 31023-1 |
There Ain’t No Maybe In My Baby’s Eyes (Kahn-Egan-Donaldson) |
Bell 463 |
Unknown (bb) and possibly Tony Colucci (bjo) added.
New York, January, 1927 |
| 4. 7017-2 |
Indiana Shuffle (Indiana Five) |
Oriole 819 |
| 5. 7018-2 |
The Crawl (Indiana Five) |
Jewel 5002 |
| 6. 7019-1 |
Coffee Pot Blues (Indiana Five) |
Regal 8248 |
Unknown (bb) and ? Colucci (bjo) omitted.
New York, c. January, 1927 |
| 7. 31073-2 |
Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Bell 500 |
| 8. 31074-2 |
Thrown Down Blues (Signorelli) |
Emerson 3119 |
| 9. 31075-1 |
St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Emerson 3119 |
Possibly Gus Fetterer (as) and Tony Colucci (bjo,gtr) added.
New York, April, 1927 |
| 10. 2407-D |
Some Of These Days (Shelton Brooks)-vTM |
Cameo 1138 |
| 11. 2408-C |
The Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Cameo 1138 |
Unknown (bsx) added.
New York, May, 1927 |
| 12. 7289-2 |
Some Of These Days (Shelton Brooks)-vTM |
Domino 3971 |
| 13. 7290-2 |
Sugar (Mitchell-Alexander-Pinkard)-vTM |
Oriole 926 |
| 14. 7291-2 |
Struttin’ Jerry (Harry Ford-Indiana Five) |
Domino 3997 |
Dixie Daisies
Unknown personnel consisting of 2 (t), (tb), (cl,as), (cl,ts), (p), (bjo), (bb), (d).
New York, c. May 23, 1927 |
| 15. 2475-A |
Stompin’ Fool (H. Ford and Indiana Five) |
Cameo 1168 |
| 16. 2476-A |
Indiana Mud (H. Ford and Indiana Five) |
Cameo 1168 |
| Note: These sides seem to be by Sam Lanin and His Orchestra. |
The Original Indiana Five
Tom Morton (d,v) dir. Tony Tortomas (t), Pete Pellizzi (tb), Nick Vitalo (cl,as), Harry Ford (p), possibly Tony Colucci (bjo,gtr).
New York, July 19, 1927 |
| 17. 7392-3 |
My Melancholy Baby (Norton-Burnett)-vTM |
Banner 7027 |
| 18. 7393-2 |
The Light House Blues (Schuster-Schuster-Yellman) |
Banner 6028 |
| 19. 7395-2 |
Rarin’ To Go (Indiana Five) |
Oriole 960 |
Bob Merwin (v).
New York, c. February 16, 1928 |
| 20. 2895-A |
Nobody’s Sweetheart (Kahn-Erdman-Meyers)-vBM |
Romeo 577 |
| 21. 2896-B |
Where Will I Be? (Cootes-Tortomas-Ford)-vBM |
Romeo 577 |
New York, February 17, 1928 |
| 22. 7790-3 |
Where Will I Be? (Coots-Tortman-Ford)-vBM |
Starr 10436 |
| 23. 7791-1 |
Moten Stomp (Bennie Moten) |
Banner 7084 |
| 24. 7800-2 |
Somebody’s Making A Fuss Over Somebody (Howard)-vBM |
Apex 8809 |
BDW8033 | BDW8035
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