Jimmie Lunceford & Mills Blue Rhythm Band - "Memphis to Harlem" (1930-1934) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 55 - 741 045

Jimmie Lunceford & Mills Blue Rhythm Band - "Memphis to Harlem" (1930-1934) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 55 - 741 045

SIDE ONE

1.  IN  DAT MORNIN'   (J.  Lunceford)   (a)

2.  SWEET  RHYTHM   (M.   Wilcox)   (a)

3. WHITE  HEAT   (Will  Hudson)   (b)

4. JA2ZNOCRACY   (Will  Hudson)   (b)

5. CHILLUN, GET UP (Koehler - Parker)   (b)

6.  LEAVING  ME   (Razaf - Waller - Mills)   (b)

7. SWINGIN1  UPTOWN  (Parish - Oliver - Lunceford}   (c)

8.  BREAKFAST  BALL   (Koehler -  Aden)   (c)

SIDE TWO

9.  HERE GOES   (Koehler - Arlen)   (c)

10. HERE GOES  (Koehler - Arlen)   (c)

11.  REMEMBER WHEN   (W.  Hudson  -  E. de Lange)   (c)

12.  MOANIN'   (Mills - H.  White)   (d)

13.  HEEBIE  JEEBIES   (B.  Atkins)   (e)

14.  MINNIE THE  MOOCHER  (C.  Galloway.- I.  Mills)   (e)

15. THE STUFF  IS  HERE   (Joe  Garland)   (f)

16. THE GROWL  (Edgar Hayes)   (f)

PERSONNEL AND DATES :

(a) JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS CHICKASAW SYNCOPATORS : Sy OLIVER (?) and Unknown (tp) ; Henry WELLS (? - tb) ; Jimmie LUNCEFORD (as - Idr) ; Willie SMITH (? - as) ; Earl CARROTHERS or George CLARK (ts) ; Edwin WILCOX (p) ; Unknown (bjo) ; Moses ALLEN (bbs-preaching) ; Jimmy CRAWFORD (? - dr). Memphis, June 6, 1930.

(b) JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRA : Sy OLIVER, Tommy STEVENSON, William « Sleepy » TOMLIN (tp) ; Henry WELLS (tb - vcl) ; Russell BOWLES (tb) ; Willie SMITH, Earl CARROTHERS (cl, as, bs) ; Joe THOMAS (cl, ts) ; Edwin WILCOX (p, eel) ; Al NORRIS (g) ; Moses ALLEN (bbs) ; Jimmy CRAWFORD (dr, vib) ; Will HUDSON (arr) ; Jimmie LUNCEFORD (arr, Idr). New York, January 26, 1934.

(c) Same as b, but Sy OLIVER is responsible for the arrangements and vcl in 82218/19 ; vcl by Henry Wells in the last three titles. New York, March 20, 1934.

(d) MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND : Warden JONES, Shelton HEMPHILL, Ed ANDERSON (tp) ; Harry WHITE, Henry HICKS (tb) ; Charlie HOLMES (cl, as) ; Ted McCORD, Castor McCORD (cl, ts) ; Edgar HAYES (p, arr) ; Benny JAMES (bjo) ; Hayes ALVIS (bbs, sbs) ; Willie LYNCH (dr) ; George MORTON (vcl) ; Bob STEPHENS (Jdr). New York, June 18, 1931.

(e) Same as (d) ; but Benny CARTER (arr) and Chich BULLOCK (vcl) added. New York, June 26, 1931.

(f) Warden JONES, Shelton HEMPHILL, Ed ANDERSON (tp) ; George WASHINGTON, Henry HICKS (tb) ; Crawford WETHINGTON (as, bs) ; Gene MIKELL (cl, as) ; Joe GARLAND (cl, ts, bs, arr) ; Edgar HAYES (p, arr) ; Benny JAMES (bjo, g) ; O'Neil SPENCER (dr) ; Lucky MILLINDER (Idr). Chicago, February 20, 1934.