Saturday 12 March 2011

McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Volume 1 (1928) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 81 - 741 080


McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Volume 1 (1928) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 81 - 741 080

SIDE 1
1. FOUR OR FIVE TIMES (B. Gay - M. H. Hellman) (a) 
2. PUT IT THERE (SHAG NASTY) (T. Rhodes) (a)
3. PUT IT THERE (SHAG NASTY) (T. Rhodes) (a)
4. CRYING AND SIGHING (John Nesbitt) (a) 
5. MILENBERG JOYS (J. R. Morton) (a)
6. MILENBERG JOYS (J. R. Morton) (a) 
7. FORGETTING YOU (de Sylva - Brown - Henderson) (b)
8. CHERRY (Don Redman)  (c)

SIDE 2
9. CHERRY (Don Redman) (c)
10. STOP KIDDING (NECKBONES AND SAUERKRAUT) (John tiiesbitt) (c)
11. STOP KIDDING (NECKBONES AND SAUERKRAUT) (John Nesbitt) (c)
12. NOBODY'S SWEEHEART (Kahn-Schoebel) (c)
13. SOME SWEET DAY (Rose - Jackson - Holman) (c)
14. SHIM-ME-SHA-WABBLE (Sp. Williams) (c)
15. MY BLACKBIRDS ARE BLUEBIRDS NOW (I. Caesar - C. Friend) (d)
16. MY BLACKBIRDS ARE BLUEBIRDS NOW (I. Caesar - C. Friend) (d)

PERSONNEL AND DATES

(a) McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS : John NESBITT, Langston CURL (tp); Claude JONES (tb); Don REDMAN (cl, as, vcl, an); Milton SENIOR (cl, as); George THOMAS (cl, ts, vcl); Prince ROBINSON (cl, ts); Todd RHODES (p); Dave WILBORN (bj, vcl); Ralph ESCUDERO (bbs); Cuba AUSTIN (dr, vcl). Chicago, July 11,1928.

(b) JEAN GOLDKETTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA: an aggregation of uncertain size and composition but including some white players from the usual Goldkette's band of this period (Sterling BOSE, Steve BROWN, etc...) and other musicians from the McKinney's band (REDMAN, SENIOR, WILBORN, etc...); Don REDMAN (arr); Jean NAPIER (vcl). Chicago, July 12,1928.

(c) McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS : same as for (a) but Jean NAPIER (vcl) added. Chicago, July 12,1928.

(d) JEAN GOLDKETTE'S ORCHESTRA : same comments as for (b). Among this large group of players and singers (between 10 and 17), John NESBITT, Sterling BOSE (tp); Volly DE FAUT (cl); Don REDMAN (as, arr); Carroll HUXLEY (p); Dave WILBORN (bj); Cuba AUSTIN (dr); Van FLEMING (vcl) are certainly present. Chicago, November 23,1928.

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