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BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- London, England, January 11-16, 1937
Gin and jive, Nagasaki, There’s a small hotel (bc vcl), I’m in the mood for swing, Rambling in C (bc,em,wm,unk tp & vcl only)
Leslie Thompson, Tommy McQuater (tp) Lew Davis, Bill Mulraney (tb) Benny Carter (as,tp,vcl) Freddy Gardner, Andy McDevitt (cl,as) George Evans, Bud
BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH ORCHESTRA
- New York, April 20, 1939
Strange fruit, Fine and mellow, I gotta right to sing the blues
Frankie Newton (tp) Tab Smith (as,ss) Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin (g) Johnny Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (d) Billie Holiday (vcl) - New York, April 20, 1939
Yesterdays Frankie Newton, Tab Smith, Stanley Payne out
MEZZ MEZZROW MEZZROW/LADNIER QUINTET
- New York, December 19, 1938
Royal garden blues, I ain’t gonna give nobody none o’ this jelly-roll, If you see me comin’ (tb vcl)
Tommy Ladnier (tp) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Teddy Bunn (g,vcl) Pops Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (d)
BENNY MORTON
- New York, February 23, 1934
Get goin’ (jb vcl), Fare thee well to Harlem (jb vcl), Taylor made, The gold digger’s song (hra vcl)
Henry “Red” Allen (tp,vcl) Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge (cl,as) Jerry Blake (cl,as,vcl,arr) Teddy McRae (ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Billy Taylor, Sr. (b,arr) Manzie Johnson (d) - New York, May 30, 1944
Where or when
Benny Morton, Vic Dickenson, Bill Harris, Claude Jones (tb) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Al Hall (b) Sidney Catlett (d)
