THE TERRITORY BANDS / TAX M-8009

THE TERRITORY BANDS / TAX M-8009

Side 1:

1. LINE-A JIVE (a)

2. YOU AIN'T LIVIN' RIGHT (a)

3. MAKE BELIEVE (b)

4. I'LL ALWAYS BE IN LOVE WITH YOU (b)

5. WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME (c)

6. ALWAYS (c)

7. OFF AND ON BLUES (d)

8. 'DEED I DO (d)

Side 2:

1. SWINGIN' AT THE CHAT AND CHEW (e)

2. CROSS STREET SWING (e)

3. LADY FROM ST. PAUL (f)

4. LOVELESS LOVE (f)

5. ETHIOPIAN STOMP (g)

6. PLEADING (g)

7. ECHO IN THE DARK (h)

8. LONESOME MOMENTS (h)

PERSONNEL:

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(a) BLANCHE GALLOWAY AND HER BAND:

Richard Jones, Tommy Stevenson, Archie Johnson (tpts), Eli Robinson, Vie Dickenson (tbns),

Chauncey Haughton, Joe Eldridge (alt/cits), Alvin Campbell, Prince Robinson (tens/cits), Clyde Hart (pno/arr), Earl Baker (gtr), Abbie Baker (bass), Percy Johnson (dms), Blanche Galloway (vcl/ldr).

New York, November 6, 1935.

(b) JETER-PILLARS "CLUB PLANTATION" ORCHESTRA: • Ralph Porter, Walter Stanley, George Hudson (tpts), Ike Covington, John "Bones" Orange (tbns), James Jeter, Charles Pillars (alts), Hayes Pillars (ten/bar), Chester Lang (pno), Floyd Smith (gtr), Vernon King (bass), Henry Ross (dms), Ted Smith (vcl). Chicago, August 25, 1937.

(c)   BOB POPE AND HIS ORCHESTRA:

Bob Pope (tpt), unknown tpt, 2 tbns, clt/alt, alt, ten, pno, gtr, bass, Johnny Blowers (dms). Birmingham, Alabama, April 11, 1937.

(d) CAROLINA COTTON PICKERS ORCHESTRA:

Probable personnel: William "Cat" Anderson and two from John Williams, Thad Seabrook, Joseph Williams (tpts), Leroy Hardison, Eugene Earl (tbns), Booker Starks, Lew Williams, Addison White,   Aaron Harvey (saxes) Cliff Smalls (pno), W. J. Edwards (gtr), Len Thurman (bass), Otis Walker (dms/vcl). Birmingham, Alabama, March 24, 1937.

(e)   ORIGINAL YELLOW JACKETS:

Aubrey Yancey, Earl Watkins (tpts), Monroe Fingers, Clifton Jones (alts), William Pate (ten), Durant Alien (pno), Jesse Saville (gtr), Wiley Fuller (bass), Theodore Saville (dms). One of the alto saxes doubles on clarinet. Hot Springs, Arkansas, March 5, 1937.

(f)   BOBBY GORDON AND HIS RHYTHM:

2 unknown tpts, tbn, clt/alt, ten, pno, gtr, bass, dms, Bobby Gordon (vcl). Los Angeles, February 25, 1935.

(g) J. H. BRAGG AND HIS RHYTHM FIVE:

Unknown alt, pno, J. H. Bragg (bjo), bass, dms, vcl; vcl ensemble.

San Antonio, August 28, 1935.

(h) ORIGINAL ST. LOUIS CRACKERJACKS:

Elmer Ming, Levi Madison, George Smith (tpts), Robert "Buster" Scott (tbn),

Walter Martin, Freddie Martin (alts/cits), Ernest Franklin (ten/clt), Chick Finney (pno/ldr),

William Bede Baskerville (gtr), Kermit Haynes (bass), Nicholas Haywood (dms),  Austin Wright (vcl).

Chicago, October 16, 1936.