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Various Artists - Harlem Big Bands 1925-1931 (Timeless Cbc-1-010-Jazz)

Track listing:
  1. Don't Forget You'll Regret Day By Day - Charlie Johnson's Paradise Orchestra 2:33
  2. Meddlin' With The Blues - Charlie Johnson's Paradise Orchestra 2:57
  3. Paradise Wobble - Monette Moore With Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 3:15
  4. Birmingham Black Bottom - Monette Moore With Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 3:01
  5. Don't You Leave Me Here - Monette Moore With Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 3:40
  6. You Ain't The One - Monette Moore With Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 3:27
  7. Charleston Is The Best Dance After All - Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 2:50
  8. Hot Tempered Blues - Charlie Johnson's Original Paradise Ten 3:25
  9. The Boy In The Boat - Charlie Johnson And His Paradise Band 3:46
  10. Walk That Thing - Charlie Johnson And His Paradise Band 3:31
  11. Harlem Drag - Charlie Johnson & His Orchestra 3:16
  12. Hot Bones And Rice - Charlie Johnson & His Orchestra 3:24
  13. Harlem Shuffle - Lloyd Scott & His Orchestra 3:09
  14. Symphonic Scronch - Lloyd Scott & His Orchestra 2:58
  15. Happy Hour Blues - Lloyd Scott & His Orchestra 2:46
  16. Lawd, Lawd - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys 3:13
  17. In A Corner - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys 3:00
  18. Bright Boy Blues - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys 3:12
  19. Springfield Stomp - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys 3:12
  20. You Rascal You - Luis Russel And His Orchestra 3:10
  21. Goin' To Town - Luis Russel And His Orchestra 2:58
  22. Say The Word - Luis Russel And His Orchestra 3:10
  23. Freakish Blues - Luis Russel And His Orchestra 3:34
  24. I've Found A New Baby - Andy Preer & The Cotton Club Orchestra 3:06

Notes

Harlem Big Bands 1925-1931
Timeless CBC-1-010-JAZZ


CHARLIE JOHNSON'S PARADISE ORCHESTRA
Gus Aiken, Leroy Rutledge (tp), Regis Hartman (tb), Ben Whittet, Alec Alexander (cl, as), Elmer Harrell (cl, ts, vn), Charlie Johnson (p), Bobby Johnson (bj), Cyrus St. Clair (bb), George Stafford (dm).
New York City, c. February, 1925.
01. 2623-3 Don't Forget You'll Regret Day By Day [Emerson 10854]
02. 2624-1 Meddlin' With The Blues [Emerson 10854

CHARLIE JOHNSON'S ORIGINAL PARADISE TEN
Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis, Tom Morris (tp), Charlie Irvis (tb), Benny Carter (cl, ss, as, a), Ben Whittet (cl, as), Elmer Harrell (cl, ts), Charlie Johnson (p), Bobby Johnson (bj), Cyrus St. Clair (bb), George Stafford (dm), Monette Moore (vo).
New York City, February 25, 1927.
03. 38115-1 Paradise Wobble - vMM [Victor 20551]
04. 38116-1 Birmingham Black Bottom - vMM [Victor 20551]
05. 38117-1 Don't You Leave Me Here - vMM [Victor 20653]

CHARLIE JOHNSON'S PARADISE TEN
Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis (tp), Charlie Irvis (tb), Benny Carter (cl, ss, as, a), Edgar Sampson (as, vn), Elmer Harrell (cl, ts), Charlie Johnson (p), Bobby Johnson (bj), Cyrus St. Clair (bb), George Stafford (dm), Monette Moore (vo).
New York City, January 24, 1928.
06. 41639-2 You Ain't The One - vMM/aBC [Victor 21247]
07. 41640-1 Charleston Is The Best Dance After All - aBC [Victor 21491]
08. 41641-2 Hot-Tempered Blues [Victor 21247]

CHARLIE JOHNSON AND HIS PARADISE BAND (.... AND HIS ORCHESTRA on Bluebird)
Leonard Davis, Sidney de Paris (tp), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Ben Whittet (cl, as), Edgar Sampson (cl, as, vn), Ben Waters (cl, ts, a), Charlie Johnson (p), Bobby Johnson (bj), Cyrus St. Clair (bb), George Stafford (dm), unknown male (vo).
New York City, January 24, 1928.
09. 47531-2 The Boy In The Boat (The Rock) - aBW/v [Victor 21712]
10. 47532-2 Walk That Thing - aBW [Victor 21712]

CHARLIE JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Leonard Davis, Sidney de Paris (tp), George Stevenson (tb), Ben Whittet, Edgar Sampson (cl, as), Ben Waters (cl, ts, a), Charlie Johnson (p), Bobby Johnson (bj), Billy Taylor (bb), George Stafford (dm).
New York City, May 8, 1929.
11. 51298-2 Harlem Drag [Victor V-38059]
12. 51299-1 Hot Bones And Rice [Victor V-38059]

LLOYD SCOTT AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Kenneth Roane (tp, a), Gus McClung (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Fletcher Allen, John Williams (cl, as), Cecil Scott (cl, as, bar), Don Frye (p, a), Hubert Mann (bj), Chester Campbell (bb), Lloyd Scott (dm, dir).
New York City, January 10, 1937.
37529-1 Harlem Shuffle (1)
Victor unissued
13. 37529-2 Harlem Shuffle (2) [Victor 21491-B]
14. 37530-2 Symphonic Scronch [Victor 20495-B]
15. 37531-2 Happy Hour Blues (2) [Victor 20495-A]

CECIL SCOTT AND HIS BRIGHT BOYS
Bill Coleman (tp), Frankie Newton (tp, vo), Dickie Wells (tb), John Williams, Harlod McFerran (as), Cecil Scott (cl, as, bar, bsx), Don Frye (p, a), Rudolph Williams (bj, g), Mack Walker (bb), Lloyd Scott (dm).
New York City, November 19, 1929.
16. 57709-1 Lawd, Lawd - vFN [Victor V-38098]
17. 57710-1 In A Corner [Victor V-38098]
18. 57711-2 Bright Boy Blues [Victor V-38117]
19. 57712-1 Springfield Stomp [Victor V-38117]

LUIS RUSSELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Henry Allen (tp, vo), Robert Cheek, Gus Aiken (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Albert Nicholas (cl, as), Henry Jones (as), Greely Walton (ts), Luis Russell (p, dir), Will Johnson (g), Pops Foster (sb), Paul Barbarin (dm), Chick Bullock (vo)
New York City, August 28, 1931.
20. 70195-1 You Rascal, You - vHA [Victor 22793]
21. 70196-1 Goin' To Town - vCB [Victor 22789]
22. 70197-1 Say The Word - vCB [Victor 22789]
23. 70198-1 Freakish Blues [Victor 22815]

ANDY PREER AND THE COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
R.Q. Dickerson, Sidney De Paris (tp), De Priest Wheeler (tb), William Thornton Blue, George Scott (cl, as), Andrew Brown (cl, ts), Earres Prince (p), Morris White (bj), Jimmy Smith (tuba), Leroy Maxey (dm), Andy Preer (ldr).
New York City, c. February 9, 1927.
24. GEX 513 I've Found A New Baby [Gennett 6056]