The Bix Beiderbecke Legend / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 30/31 - 731 36/37

The Bix Beiderbecke Legend / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 30/31 - 731 36/37

FACE A   Volume 1

1) I DIDN'T KNOW (W.R. Williams-C.M.Jones)  (A)

2) SUNDAY (Miller-Conn-Styne-Kreuger) (B)

3) MY PRETTY GIRL (C. Fulcher) 1 (C)

4) MY PRETTY GIRL (C. Fulcher) 2 (C)

5) SLOW RIVER (H. Myers-C.M. Schwab) (D)

6) CLEMENTINE (H. Creamer-H. Warren) (E)

7) CHANGES (W. Donaldson - arr. : Bill Challis) (F)

8) MARY (What are you waiting for ?) (W. Donaldson) (F)

FACE B    Volume 1

9) LONELY MELODY (Coslow-Meroff-Dyson)  (G)

10) SAN (Me Phail-Michels-Arr. : Bill Challis) (H)

11) BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer)  (I)

12) THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN THAT'S WORTH THE SALT OF MY TEARS (F. Fisher)  (J)

13) DARDANELLA (Bernard-Black-Fischer)  (K)

14) LOVE NEST (from " MARY ") (Otto Harbach-L.A. Hirsch)  (L)

15) FROM MONDAY ON (H. Barris-Bing Crosby)  (M)

16) MISSISSIPPI MUD (Barris - arr. : Satterfield) (N)

FACE A    Volume 2

1) SUGAR (Maceo-Pinkard) (N)

2) SHOW BOAT (O. Hammerstein-J. Kern) (0)

3) WHEN (Razaf-Shafer-Johnson) (P) '

4) LOVABLE (Holmes-Simons-Whiting)  (0)

5) LOUISIANA (Razaf-Schafer-Johnson)  (R)

6) YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME (Hart-Rodgers)  (S)

7) ROCKIN'CHAIR (H.Carmichael)  (T)

8) BARNACLE BILL, THE SAILOR (Luther)  (T)

FACE B    Volume 2

9) DEEP DOWN SOUTH (Monty Collins-G. Green) (U)

10) I'LL BE A FRIEND (With Pleasure) 1 (Pinkard)  (U)

11) I'LL BE A FRIEND (With Pleasure) 2 (Pinkard)  (U)

12) I DON'T MiND WALKIN' IN THE RAIN (Max Rich-AI Hoffman)  (U)

13) GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Carmichael-Gorell) (V)

14) ONE NIGHT IN HAVANA (Carmichael-Porter)  (V)

15) BESSIE COULDN'T HELP IT 1 (Warner-Richmond-Bayha)  (V)

16) BESSIE COULDN'T HELP IT 2 (Warner-Richmond-Bayha)  (V)

Personnel

(A) Jean GOLDKETTE and his Orchestra : Bix BEIDERBECKE (c), Fred " Fuzzy " FARRAR, Tex BRUSSTAR (tp), Bill RANK, Tommy DORSEY (tb), Doc RYKER, Don MURRAY, George WILLIAMS (saxes), Paul MERTZ (p), Howdy QUICKSELL (bjo), Irish HENRY (tuba), Charlie HORVATH (dm). Detroit 24/11/1924.

(B) Jean GOLDKETTE and his Orchestra : Bix BEIDERBECKE (c), FARRAR, Ray LODWIG (tp), Bill RANK, Speigan WILCOX (tb), Don MURRAY, Doc RYKER, Frankie TRUMBAUER (saxes), Joe VENUTI (vln), Paul MERTZ (p), Howdy QUICKSELL (bjo), Eddie LANG (g), Steve BROWN (b), Chauncey MOREHOUSE (dm), Al LYNCH, The KELLER Sisters (voc.). New-York 15/10/1926

(C) Jean GOLDKETTE and his Orchestra : Comme pour (B) mais Danny POLO remplace DorwMURRAY, Itzy RISKIN remplace Paul MERTZ, Eddie LANG et les vocalistes sont remplaces par Ray MUERER. New-York, 1/2/1927.

(D) Jean GOLDKETTE and his Orchestra : Comme pour (C) mais Don MURRAY remplace Danny POLO, Lloyd TURNER remplace Speigan WILCOX, Joe VENUTI est absent et c'est I'arrangeur Eddie SHEASBY qui dirige I'orchestre. Camden 6/5/1927.

(E) Jean GOLDKETTE and his Orchestra : Comme pour (D), mais avec VENUTI et LANG. GOLDKETTE dirige lui-meme et le chanteur est Lewis JAMES. New-York 15/9/1927.

(F) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : II est impossible de dresser pour chaque plage une liste exhaustive des musiciens qui ont participe a I'enregistrement. II etait rare en effet que WHITEMAN emploie le meme nombre d'instrumentistes pour deux morceaux successifs. D'autre part, la posterite n'a pas toujours retenu le nom de tous les participants a ces seances. Nous nous contenterons done ici de preciser la date etle lieud'enregistrement. Ainsi pour CHANGES et MARY : New-York 23 et 25/11/1927. 

(G) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York   4/1/1928

(H) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 12/1/1928

(I)   Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 28/1/1928

(J)   Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York   8/2/1928

(K)  Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York   9/2/1928

(L)  Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 10/2/1928

(M) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 13,2,1928

(N) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 18/2/1928

(O) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York   1/3/1928

(P)  Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 12/3/1928

(Q) Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 15/3/1928

(R)  Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 23'4/1928

(S)  Paul WHITEMAN and his Orchestra : New-York 25/4/1928

(T) Hoagy CARMICHAEL and his Orchestra : BEIDERBECKE, Bubber MILEY (c), Tommy DORSEY (tb), Benny GOODMAN (cl), Jimmy DORSEY (as), Bud FREEMAN (ts), Joe VENUTI (vln), Irving BRODSKY (p. voc dans Rockin'Chair). Eddie LANG  (g), Harry GOODMAN (b), Gene KRUPA (dm), CARMICHAEL (voc), Carson ROBINSON (voc dans Barnacle Bill seulement). New-'York 21/5/1930.

(U) Bix BEIDERBECKE and his Orchestra  : BEIDERBECKE (c),  Ray LODWIG  (tp), Tommy DORSEY (tb), Benny GOODMAN (cl), Jimmy DORSEY (cl, as), Bud FREEMAN (ts) ou Pee Wee RUSSELL (cl, ts), probablement Min LEIBROOK (bs-s), Joe VENUTI (vln), Irving BRODSKY (p), probablement Eddie LANG (g), Gene KRUPA (dm), Weston VAUGHN (voc). New-York 8/9/1930.

(V) Hoagy CARMICHAEL and his Orchestra : BEIDERBECKE, Ray LODWIG (t), Jack TEAGARDEN,   Boyce  CULLEN   (tb),  Jimmy  DORSEY,   Pee  Wee' RUSSELL,   Arnold BRILHART (cl), Bud FREEMAN (ts), Joe VENUTI  (vln),  Irving  BRODSKY (p), Eddie LANG (g), Min LEIBROOK (tuba), CJhauncey MOREHOUSE (dm), Hoagy CARMICHAEL (voc). New-York 15/9/1930.