BDW 8046 Wilbur Sweatman 1916-35 (2 CD Set) A compilation of pioneering recordings made by African-American clarinetist Wilbur Sweatman, a veteran of the vaudeville stage who made an important contribution to the popularization of jazz music in the late Teens and early Twenties. This set was compiled by Mark Berresford, an authority on Sweatman, and includes extensive liner notes written by Mark based on his research into Sweatman's life and music. Disc 1 Clarinet solo by Wilber C. Sweatman (Sic), Accompanied By Emerson Symphony Orchestra -1 Clarinet solo by Wilber C. Sweatman (Sic), Accompanied By Emerson Trio -2 Clarinet solo by Wilber S. Sweatman (Sic), Accompanied By Emerson String Trio -3 Wilbur Sweatman, cl; acc. by (1) Unknown t; tb; Nathan Glantz, c-mel; vn; Malvin Franklin, p; bb; James Lent, d. (2) Nathan Glantz, c-mel; unknown vn; Malvin Franklin, p. New York City, c. December 1916. 1. 1200-1 My Hawaiian Sunshine (L. Wolfe Gilbert)-1 Em 5166 2. 2375-1 My Hawaiian Sunshine (L. Wolfe Gilbert)-1 Em 7120 3. 1201-1 Down Home Rag (Wilber C. Sweatman (sic))-2 Em 5163 4. 2377-1 Down Home Rag (Wilber C. Sweatman (sic))-3 Em 7161 Wilbur Sweatman and his Jass Band Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Vess Williams, Clarence ‘Piccolo’ Jones, as; Henry Minton, ts; Charlie Thorpes, bar; Frank Withers, bsx. New York City, April 1917. 5. 66030-3 Dance And Grow Thin (Meyer) Pat 20147-A 6. 66031-2 I Wonder Why. From “Love O’ Mike” (Kern) Pat 20145-A 7. 66032-2 Boogie Rag (Sweatman) Pat 20147-B 8. 66033-1 Joe Turner Blues (Handy) Pat 20167-A 9. 66037-2 A Bag Of Rags (McKanlass) Pat 20167-B Wilbur Sweatman and his Jass Band As last session New York City, April-May 1917. 10. 66096-1 Dancing An American Rag (Ward) Pat 20145 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band (Sic) William ‘Crickett’ Smith, t; Arthur Reeves or Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Ogese T. McKay or Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; Henry Bowser, d. New York City, Thursday 28 March 1918. 11. 77740-1 Regretful Blues (Hess)-1 Co A2548 12. 77741-1 Ev’rybody’s Crazy ‘Bout The Doggone Blues But I’m Happy (Creamer and Layton)-2 Co A2548 Dance Music William ‘Crickett’ Smith, t; Arthur Reeves or Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish or Palmer Jones, p; Henry Bowser, d. New York City, c. late March - early April 1918. 13. 851-2 Ev’rybody’s Crazy ‘Bout The Doggone Blues (---) LW 851 14. 852-2 Regretful Blues (---) LW 852 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band (Sic) William Hicks, t; Arthur Reeves, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, Palmer Jones, p; Henry Bowser, d. New York, Tuesday 28 May 1918. 15. 77856-3 The Darktown Strutters’ Ball (Introducing (1) I’m Sorry I Made You Cry) (Shelton Brooks, 1- Clesi) Co A2596 16. 77857-3 Goodbye Alexander (Introducing (1) Oh! Frenchy) (Creamer and Layton, 1- Conrad) Co A2596 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band (Sic) William Hicks, t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Henry Bowser, d. New York, Friday 14 June 1918. 17. 77889-3 Indianola (Introducing: Those Draftin’ Blues) (Henry and Onivas - Pinkard) Co A2611 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band (Sic) William Hicks, t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; unknown, d. New York City, Tuesday 25 June 1918. 18. 77924-3 Oh! You La! La! (Introducing:(1) I Want Him Back Again (Tush, 1-Brown) Co A2611 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band William Hicks, t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones or Ogese T. McKay, bb; Zeno Lawrence, d. New York City, Friday 16 August 1918. 19. 78000-1 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Schwartz) Co A2645 20. 78001-1 Those Draftin’ Blues (Introducing: Somebody’s Done Me Wrong) (Pinkard. 1- Skidmore and Friedlander) Co A2645 Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Unknown t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; Zeno Lawrence, d. New York City, Wednesday 21 August 1918. 21. 78016-3 Has Anybody Seen My Corrine (Introducing: (1) Down On Bull Frog’s Isle; (2) Livery Stable Blues) (Graham and Johnson, 1-White, 2- Lopez and Nunez) Co A2663 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band William Hicks, t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; Zeno Lawrence, d. New York City, Friday 4 October 1918. 22. 78096-1 Dallas Blues (Introducing: (1) At The Funny Page Ball (2) Lovin’ (I Can’t Live Without It) (Wand, 1-Speroy, 2-Warfield) Co A2663 23. 996-1 Dallas Blues (---) LW 996 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band William ‘Crickett’ Smith, t; Major Jackson, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Henry Bowser, d. New York City, Wednesday 4 December 1918. 24. 78191-2 Ringtail Blues (Robinson and Williams) Co A2682 25. 78192-1 Bluin’ The Blues (Ragas) Co A2682 26. 1039-3 Has Anybody Seen My Corrine? (---) LW 1039 27. 1041-2 Ringtail Blues (---) LW 1041 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Arthur Briggs, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr, unknown, possibly Mazie Mullins, Cm; Dan Parrish, p; Henry Bowser, d. New York City, Friday 17 January 1919. 28. 78255-2 Rainy Day Blues (Frank Warshauer) Co A2707 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Arthur Briggs, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; George Smith, vn, Dan Parrish, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; unknown d (and celeste on 78256) New York City, Wednesday 5 February 1919. 29. 78256-4 Ja-Da! (Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing) (Bob Carleton) Co A2707 30. 78292-3 A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Introducing: Sweet Child) (Eddie Green - Erving and Stovall) Co A2721 Disc 2 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Arthur Briggs, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; George Smith vn; Dan Parrish,p; unknown, d. New York City, Saturday 8 February 1919. 1. 78294-1 That’s Got ‘Em (Sweatman) Co A2721 Jazz Band Arthur Briggs, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; unknown, d. New New York City, c. 8 February 1919. 2. 1091-1 A Good Man Is Hard To Find (---) LW 1091 3. 1092-2 Lonesome Road (---) LW 1092 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band William Hicks, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr, Unknown, possibly Mazie Mullins, ts; Dan Parrish, p; unknown d (same drummer as 5 Feb. 1919). New York City, Saturday 22 March 1919. 4. 78366-2 Kansas City Blues (Bowman) Co A2768 5. 78367-2 Slide, Kelly, Slide (Briegel) Co A2775 Jazz Band William Hicks, t; John Reeves or Frank Withers, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; unknown d (as 22 Mar. 1919). New York City, c. mid-late March 1919. 6. 1192-2 Kansas City Blues (---) LW 1192 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band William Hicks, t; John Reeves, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr, Dan Parrish, p; Walter Gray, bj; Arnold Ford, Arthur Shaw, Arthur Gray, banjolines; unknown d (same as previous session). Someone shouts at the end of 78373. New York City, Saturday 29 March 1919. 7. 78373-2 I’ll Say She Does (Intro.: N’Everything) (De Sylva, Kahn and Jolson) Co A2752 8. 78374-2 Lucille (Wadsworth and Arden) Co A2752 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Russell Smith, t; John Reeves, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Bobby Lee, p; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; Herbert King, d. . New York City, Wednesday 24 September 1919. 9. 78588-5 Hello, Hello! (King) Co A2818 10. 78692-3 I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None O’ This Jellyroll (Introducing: Just Leave It To Me) (Williams and Williams - Pinkard) Co A2818 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Russell Smith or Charlie Gaines, t; Calvin Jones, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Bobby Lee, p; unknown, bj; Herbert King, d. New York City, Thursday 10 June 1920 11. 79257-2 But (Introducing: Tiddle-Dee Winks) (Berlin-Handman) Co A2994 Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band Russell Smith or Charlie Gaines, t; Calvin Jones, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Bobby Lee, p; Herbert King, d. New York City, Tuesday 22 June 1920 12. 79277-4 Think Of Me Little Daddy (Introducing: I’m Going Back To My Used To Be) (Whitman-Cox) Co A2994 Wilbur Sweatman and his Acme Syncopaters (Sic) Eugene ‘Bud’ Aiken, Leslie (Leonard?) Davis, c; Calvin Jones, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, bcl, ldr; Percy Green, as; Raymond Hernandez, ts; Walter Hall or Duke Ellington, p; Clyde Johnson or Mike Danzi, bj; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb. 9-11 E. 37th St., New York City, Thursday 18 September 1924. 13. 9083-A Battleship Kate (Sweatman - Rives) Ge 5584-B Wilbur Sweatman’s Brownies Eugene ‘Bud’ Aiken, Leslie (Leonard?) Davis, c; Calvin Jones, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, bcl, ldr; Percy Green, as; Raymond Hernandez, ts; Walter Hall, p; Harry Batcheldor, bj, v-1; Jerome ‘Romy’ Jones, bb; Maceo White, d, v. 79 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Friday 10 October 1924. 14. 9781-B Battleship Kate (Ada Rives & Wilbur C. Sweatman) vGW Ed 51438-L 15. 9782-A It Makes No Difference Now (---) Ed Rejected Wilbur Sweatman Wilbur Sweatman, cl, acc. by Walter Hall, p; Harry Batcheldor, bj. New York City, c. March 1926. 16. 3847-A Get It Now (Pearl) GG 1340-B 17. 3848-B Poor Papa (Rose - Woods) GG 1340-A Wilbur Sweatman, cl, acc. by Henry Green, tb; Ida Roberts, p; Hazel Vanverlayer -v. New York City, c. March 1929 18. 3296-A Battleship Kate (Sweatman)-vHV GG 7037 19. 3313-B Sweat Blues (Sweatman) Rx 1706 20. 3314-B Jim Town Blues (Sweatman) Rx 7037 Wilbur Sweatman, Clarinet With Banjo And Piano Wilbur Sweatman, Clarinet With Guitar And Piano (Matrix 62211-2) Wilbur Sweatman, cl, acc. by Benton Heath, p; Lester Miller, bj-1, g-2. New York City, Tuesday 29 April 1930 21. 62209-1 Sweat Blues (Wilbur Sweatman) -1 Vi V-38597 22. 62210-2 Got ‘Em Blues (W. Sweatman) -1,2 Vi 23254 23. 62211-2 Breakdown Blues (Wilbur Sweatman) -1,2 Vi V-38597 24. 62212-1 Battleship Kate (W. Sweatman) -1 Vi 23254 Wilbur Sweatman and his Orchestra Russell Smith, t; Calvin Jones, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Benton Heath, p; Lester Miller or Eddie Gibbs, g; Ogese T. McKay, bb; Zeno Lawrence, d; Gerald ‘Corky’ Williams, v-1. New York City, Tuesday 26 March 1935 25. 17189-1 Battleship Kate (Sweatman - Rives) -1 Vo 2945-A 26. 17190-1 The Florida Blues (Phillips - Jenkins - Jones) Vo 2945-B New York City, Wednesday 27 March 1935. 27. 17187-1 Whatcha Gonna Do (Williams) -1 Vo 2983-B 28. 17188-1 The Hooking Cow Blues (Williams - Handy) -1 Vo 2983-A BDW8045 | BDW8047 http://www.jazzoracle.com info@jazzoracle.com