BDW 8047 A Gift From The President This CD was the brainchild of our President, John R.T. Davies, and is offered as a gift with the purchase of any Jazz Oracle CD. It includes a selection of rare alternative takes and other previously-unissued material, including the legendary 1925 recording of Mother Me, Tennessee by Wingy Manone's San Sue Strutters. This is a limited edition, and in order to make it available to as many people as possible we have a limit of one per customer. Wingie Mannone (sic) & His San Sue Strutters Joe “Wingy” Manone (c), Jerry Bump (tb), George Harper (cl,as), Paulie Freed (p), Lennie Esterdahl (bjo), Min Leibrook (bb), Earl “Buddy” McDowell (d). New York, c. February, 1924 1. 9500-B Mother Me, Tennessee (---) OKeh test New Orleans Jazz Band Harry Gluck (t), Mike Martini (tb), Sidney Arodin (cl), Wilder Chase (p), Tommy de Rose (d). Chicago, November, 1925 2. 10032-2 Maybe (She’ll Phone Me, She’ll Write Me) (Ted Snyder-Fred E. Ahlert) Domino 310 Red McKenzie & His Music Box Red McKenzie (comb,v), Joe Venuti (vln), Eddie Lang (g), Eddie Condon (bjo). New York, May 28, 1928 3. 400721-C From Monday On (---) - vRM OKeh test Mound City Blue Blowers Red McKenzie (comb,v), Dick Slevin (k), Jack Bland (bjo). New York, September 1, 1925 4. E16307 If You Never Come Back (---) - vRM Brunswick test Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Duke Ellington (p,arr) directing Louis Metcalf-Bubber Miley (t), Joe Nanton (tb), Johnny Hodges (cl,ss,as), Harry Carney (cl,as,bar), Barney Bigard (cl,ts), Fred Guy (bjo), Wellman Braud (sb), Sonny Greer (d). New York, June 25, 1928 5. E27772-B Tishomingo Blues (Williams) Brunswick (Cdn) 3987 Joe Venuti’s Blue Four Joe Venuti (vln), Don Murray (bar), Rube Bloom (p), Eddie Lang (g). New York, March 28, 1928 6. 400179-C The Wild Dog (---) OKeh test Al Steele & His Orchestra Unknown 2 (t), (tb), (cl,as (or Cm)), (as,ts), (p), (sb), (d). New York, c. April 18, 1929 7. E29707-A Singing The Blues (---) Brunswick test Unknown Band Unknown 2 (t), (tb), (cl), (as), (ts), ?(p), (g), (bb), (d). Possibly Chicago, c. 1930 8. Sweet Sue-Just You (---) Test Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra Henry Allen (t), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Hilton Jefferson (cl,as), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Horace Henderson (p,arr), Bernard Addison (g), John Kirby (sb), Walter Johnson (d). New York, September 29, 1933 9. 265144-1 Jamaica Shout (---) - arrHH Columbia test King Oliver and His Orchestra Carroll Dickerson directing King Oliver-Dave Nelson (t), Jimmy Archey (tb), Bobby Holmes (cl,as), Glyn Paque (as), Charles Frazier (ts), Eric Franker (p), Arthur Taylor (bjo), Clinton Walker (bb), Fred Moore (d). New York, May 22, 1930 10. 62238-1 Olga (---) Victor test Blue Steele and His Orchestra Blue Steele directing possibly Clyde Davis and another (t), possibly Jesse James (tb), 2 unknown (cl,as,bar), unknown (cl,ts), possibly Brick English and another (vln), unknown (p), (g), (sb), Moe Goodman (d), unknown (hca). Memphis, September 19, 1929 11. 55550-3 Freddy’s Fog (---) Victor test Blue Steele directing possibly Clyde Davis and another (t), possibly Jesse James (tb), Frank Myers (cl,as), Jack Eacholls (cl,as), Ernie Wimburn (ts), possibly Brick English (vln), Galen Grubb (p), Red Rountree (bjo), Cookie Trantham (bb), unknown (d), (speech). Memphis, May 14, 1930 12. 59922-3 Pumpernickel (---) - sp Victor test Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra Fletcher Henderson (p) directing Louis Armstrong-Elmer Chambers-Howard Scott (t), Charlie Green (tb), Buster Bailey-Don Redman (cl,as), Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts), Charlie Dixon (bjo), Ralph Escudero (bb), Kaiser Marshall (d). New York, c. November 24, 1924 13. 5749-2 Naughty Man (Redman-Dixon) Oriole 437 Bubber Miley and His Mileage Makers Bubber Miley-Ward Pinkett and another (t), Wilbur de Paris (tb), Hilton Jefferson and another (cl,as), Happy Caldwell (ts), Earl Frazier (p,cel), Bernard Addison and another (bjo,g), Bill Benford (bb), Tommy Benford (d), Frank Marvin (v). New York, May 16, 1930 14. 62233-2 Without You Emaline (Tobias-DeRose) - vFM Victor V-38138 Carolina Cotton Pickers Probably: William “Cat” Anderson and two from John Williams-Thad Seabrook-Joseph Williams (t), Leroy Hardison-Eugene Earl (tb), Booker Starks-Lew Williams-Addison White-Aaron Harvey (reeds), Cliff Smalls (p), W.J. Edwards (g), Len Thurman (sb), Otis Walker (d). Augusta, Georgia, June 25, 1936 15. AUG104-1 Charleston Swing (---) Vocalion test Eddie Lang’s Orch. Andy Secrest (c), Charlie Margulis (t), Bill Rank (tb), Bernard Daly-Charles Strickfadden (as), Izzy Friedman (cl,ts), Henry Whiteman (vln), Hoagy Carmichael (p,cel), Eddie Lang (g), Mike Trafficante (sb), George Marsh (d). New York, October 5, 1929 16. 403032-B Walking The Dog (---) OKeh test The Westernaires Mannie Klein and another (t), 2 (tb), Benny Goodman (cl,as), (as), possibly Art Karle (ts), (vln), (p), (g), (bb), (d). New York, late 1932 or early 1933 17. 6354-2 Lazy Day (Gus Kahn-Grace Kahn) Western Electric Wide Range Transcription 483 Benny Carter and His Orchestra Benny Carter (cl,as,ts,p) directing Max Goldberg-Tommy McQuater (t), Leslie Thompson (t,tb), Lew Davis-Ted Heath (tb), Freddy Gardner-Andy McDevitt (cl,as), Buddy Featherstonhaugh (ts), Billy Munn (p), Albert Harris (g), Wally Morris (sb), George Elrick (d). London, mid-June, 1936 18. S117-1 You Understand (---) Vocalion test 19. S119-2 If I Could Only Read Your Mind (---) Vocalion test The Anglo-American Alliance Richard Sudhalter (c), Jim Shepherd (tb), Alan Cooper (bcl,cl), John R.T. Davies (as,bar), Nevil Skrimshire (g), Henry “Thins” Francis (p), John Arthey (sb), Mike Scott (d). London, August 30, 1967 20. Peg O’ My Heart (Bryan-Fischer) Unissued Jeff Healey and Friends Jeff Healey (t,g,v), Richard Sudhalter (c), Jim Shepherd (tb), John R.T. Davies (as), Reide Kaiser (p), Colin Bray (sb). Liquid Sound Studios, Toronto, May 1, 2001 21. You’re Lucky To Me (Andy Razaf-Eubie Blake) - vJH Unissued BDW8045 | BDW8048 http://www.jazzoracle.com info@jazzoracle.com