THE TERRITORY BANDS - JAZZ INFORMATION / CAH 3005

THE TERRITORY BANDS - JAZZ INFORMATION / CAH 3005

Side 1:

DON ALBERT AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Don Albert (trumpet/leader), Billy Douglas (trumpet/arranger), Alvin Alcorn, Hiram "Goat" Harding (trumpets), James "Geechy" Robinson (trombone/arranger), Frank Jacquet 

(trombone), Herb Hall (clarinet/alto and baritone sax/arranger), Gus Patterson, Harold "Dink" Taylor (alto saxes), Louis Cottrell (tenor sax/clarinet), Lloyd Glenn 

(piano/arranger), Ferdinand Dejan (guitar), James "Jimmy" Johnson (string bass), Albert "Fats" Martin (drums), Merle Turner (vocal), Phil Tiller (arranger). San Antonio, 

Texas, November 18, 1936

1. THE SHEIK OF ARABY

(Smith - Wheeler) 2:34   v > ^T A*A &»»t (arr. Herb Hall or Phil Tiller)

2. TRUE BLUE LOU

(Robin • Coslow • Whiting) 2:58 Vocal by Merle Turner (arr. Billy Douglas)

3. ROCKIN' AND SWINGIN'

(Albert) 2:38

(arr. James "Geechy" Robinson)

4. YOU DON'T LOVE ME

(Albert - Cottrell - De Jan) 2:58 Vocal by Merle Turner (arr. probably Lloyd Glenn)

ERNIE FIELDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Ernie Fields (leader), Jeff Carrington, Amos Woodruff, Vernon "Geechie" Smith (trumpets), Edward Middleton, Russell "Big Chief" Moore (trombones), Luther "Lard" West, 

Hunter Gray (alto saxes), Roy Douglas, Harry Garnett (tenor saxes), Rozelle Claxton (piano/arranger), Ren6 Hall (guitar/trombone), Robert Lewis (string bass), Clarence 

Dixon (drums), Melvin Moore, Leora Davis (vocals) New York, September 15, 1939

5. JUST LET ME ALONE

(Colburn) 3:02 Vocal by Melvin Moore (arr. Rozelle Claxton)

6. BLUES AT MIDNIGHT

(Hall) 2:42 Vocal by Leora Davis

7. HIGH JIVIN'

(Hall- Fields) 2:58

8. BLESS YOUR HEART

(Drake - Stride - Enston) 2:46 Vocal by Melvin Moore

Side 2:

CAROLINA COTTON PICKERS ORCHESTRA

Wesley Jones (leader), Ben Martin and two of John H. Williams, Thaddeus "Thad" Seabrook, Joseph Williams (trumpets), Leroy Hardison, Julius Watson, Eugene Earle 

(trombones), BookerT. Starks, Albert "Pepper" Martin (alto saxes), Walter Bash, Lew Williams (tenor saxes), Cliff Smalls (piano), W. J. Edwards (guitar), Lee Turman 

(string bass), Otis Walker (drums). Birmingham, Alabama, March 24 (1 and 2) and March 25 (3 and 4), 1937

1. MARIE

(Berlin) 2:40

2. WESTERN SWING

(Moten) 2:30

3. IT'S OUR BUSINESS

(Unknown) 2:52

4. LET'S GET TOGETHER

(Webb • Sampson) 2:38

BOOTS AND HIS BUDDIES

Theodore Gilders, Percy Bush, Douglas Byers, Charles Anderson (trumpets), Johnny Shields (trombone), Alva Brooks, Wee Demry (alto saxes), Baker Miilian, David El I is 

(tenor saxes), A. J. Johnson (piano), Jeff Vant (guitar), Walter McHenry (string bass), Clifford "Boots" Douglas (drums/leader). San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1937

5. SAN ANTONIO TAMALES —2

(Brunies - Yules) 2:50

C. H. Jones, Percy Bush, L D. Harris, Charles Anderson (trumpets), George Corley (trombone), Alva Brooks, Artie Hampton (alto saxes), Baker Miilian, David Ellis (tenor 

saxes), A. J. Johnson (piano), Jeff Thomas (guitar), Walter McHenry (string bass), Clifford "Boots" Douglas (drums/leader), unknown (vocal). One of the saxophone players 

doubles on clarinet on East Commerce Stomp San Antonio, Texas, October 28,1938

6. EAST COMMERCE STOMP -2

(Unknown) 3:12

7. LONESOME ROAD STOMP —2

(Shilkret) 2:38

8.1 DON'T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU —2

(Young - Crosby - Washington) 2:58 Vocal unknown