Red Allen - The Jazz Archive

DISCOGRAPHY 

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1927 - 1970 

HENRY“RED“ ALLEN 

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Jan., 7th, 1906 – Apr., 17th , 1967 

wikipedia: Red Allen's trumpet style has been said by some critics to be the first to fully 

incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong and to develop an emphasis on phrasing. Allen's 

recordings received much favourable attention. His versatility is shown by his winning of 

Down Beat awards in both the traditional jazz and the modern jazz categories. 

J.C. HIGGINBOTHAM 

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May, 11th , 1906 – May, 26th , 1973 

by 

Franz Hoffmann 

hoff-franz@t-online.de 

Kortumstr.27, D-44787 Bochum, Germany 

1982 / 1994 / reprint 2000/ 

CD-ROM 2011 incl. The RA-CD/JCH-CD-collection 

You can use your PC-search programme

This books lists 

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INTRODUCTION 

- all known recordings for commercial record and transcription companies (including unissued titles and 

alternate takes) with the original 78" releases. Not mentioned are other 78" & Ep issues and for lack of 

place often not single reissues on Lp samplers whereas I tried to listen all known Lp, CD & video issues. 

But I fear I am not up to date in the complete US CD/video-field. I let out CD-issues of samplers or when 

they do not bring the complete sessions 

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- all known recordings for non-commercial record and transcription companies as AFRS, Music Branch 

of Special Services Division (V-Disc) including unissued titles and alternate takes. Especially in the 40's 

and early 50´s several club- and concert-jamsessions have been transcribed for broadcasts one or several 

weeks and occasionally even years later (a special list is availahle). 

- all known taped broadcasts (air-checks and air-shots) of TV and radio shows all known taped soundtracks 

from films and telecasts (video-tapes with special marks). For research of more anywhere existing film & 

TV stuff ,a special list is available. 

- all known taped concerts and other life appearances (unfortunately often only of poor quality but of histo- 

rical interest). 

- I would like to encourage everybody who is able to make any corrections or addition or remarc, especially 

details about engagements in New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston. 

Series of non-commercial RA/JCH-CDs, DVDs of unissued RED ALLEN broadcasts, TVs and 

live-concerts , as also Red Allen /J.C.H. as sidemen with sveral other orchestras & bluessingers 

RA-CD-1-44 & JCH-CD-1-12 partly with prefixes a,b 

Not listed in the disco are burned non-commercial CD-copies - only available for libraries & jazz Institution. 

They are from commercial CDs with complete sessions of: The Rhythmakers-1932 (RA-CD-c3); 

Fletcher Henderson-33+34 (RA-CD-c4); L.Armstrong Fleischmann hours 1937 (JCH-CD-5b); Red Allen 

1929-30 / 1933-44 ; 1957 (RA-CD-c1-c9) ; Kid Ory 1959 (c42-c44); w. Alex Welsh 1967 (RA-CD-c28). 

other non-comercial books available in small xeroxeditions : 

HENRY”RED”ALLEN COLLECTION – A RED ALLEN BIO DISCO COMPILATION 

of engagement dates and all stuff (photos, advertisements, previews, reviews, record reviews, notes out of the press 

papers (N.Y.Amsterdam News, N.Y.Age, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro Am., Chicago Defender, N.Y.Times) 

and nearly all periodicals and jazz magazins. A survey about the world of jazz with his different facettes of music 

and styles as also the different & controverse opinions by critics in the publications through the years. 

1. part.1a: chapters 1 - 3 (1906-1934), Index in part 1b 196pp, 10 Euro 

2. part.1b: chapters 4 - 5 (1934-1940), w.Index for 1a & 1b 196pp, 10 Euro 

3. part.2: chapters 6 - 7 (1940-1954), with Index 156pp, 10 Euro 

4. part.3: chapters 8 - 10 (1954-1967) with Index 196pp, 10 Euro 

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5. RED ALLEN – J.C.Higginbotham DISCO, 1927 – 1968 150pp, 10 Euro 

incl.a lot of unissued bcs/TVs/films/concert-tapes; photos, advertisements 

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6.. "Jazz Advertised in the US-negro press 1910-67 & New York Times 1922-50" a documentation of about 

21.300 advertisements and 3.000 photos (often of poor quality out of old microfilmed papers) on 2.700 pp in 

seven volumes plus index-book 30,00 Euro/ 10,00 Euro for the Index . 

sample pages look at the end of this booklet 

7. “Jazz Reviewed” – Working Book Addition to JAZZ AD. with press clips (*incl.Louis Armstrong 1935-37/40-41) 

Vol.1: New England 1910-49 + specials of L.Russell*/ Baron Lee- L.Millinder-E.Hayes; 396 A4pp incl.Index ; 30 Euro

III 

Contents 

Introduction II 

Other available books II 

J.C. HIGGINBOTHAM by John Chilton IV 

HENRY”RED”ALLEN by John Chilton V 

Credits, Instrumental abbreviations VI 

Label Abrreviations VII 

References VIII 

Red Allen research list for unissued broadcasts-transcriptions & recording sessions IX 

Red Allen research list for TV-, film-sessions and video-tapes X 

DISCO 

RED ALLEN with CLARENCE WILLIAMS & King Oliver 1927 1 

LUIS RUSSELL ORCHESTRA & first mixed bands 1928-1933 2 - 20 

FLETCHER HENDERSON ORCHESTRA 1932-1934 20 - 29 

THE MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND & pick-up-bands 1934-1937 30 - 43 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL & Bluesrecords 1937-1940 43 - 60 

OWN ORCHESTRA & avantgarde sessions 1940-1947 61 - 76 

REVIVAL BANDS 1947-1954 75 - 86 

THE METROPOLE ALL STARS 1954-1960 86 - 105 

AT FORD JAZZ PARTIES-WNTA-TV 1958 96 - 100 

KID ORY on Europa-Tour 1959 101 - 103 

OWN QUARTET 1961-1966 106 - 121 

UK-LOCAL BANDS on Tours through England 1964/66/67 110 - 120 

INDEX 122 - 131 

Survey about JAZZ ADVERTISED 1910-1967 132 - 148 

Survey about non commercial series RA-CD-1-44 & JCH-CD-1-12

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HIGGINBOTHAM, J. C. (trombone). 

Born: Social Circle, near Atlanta, Georgia, 11th May 1906. 

Two brothers were also brass players - Higgy's niece is song-writer Irene Higginbotham. 

He first played bugle, then his sister bought him his first trombone. Worked in family 

restaurant, also played with Neal Montgomery Orchestra (1921) and 'gigged' with pianist 

Harvey Quiggs. Moved to Cincinnati to learn tailoring at a training school, left to work as 

mechanic at the General Motors factory. Joined Wesley Helvey's (c.1924), led own band, 

also `gigged´ with WINGIE CARPENTER. In late 1925 toured with pianist Eugene 

Landrum's Jazz Band in the 'Ragtime Steppers' show. In 1926 he was sent for 

by WINGIE CARPENTER and joined drummer Eugene Primus Band in Buffalo, New: 

York, after seven months he joined another band in Buffalo led by a pianist named Jimmy 

Harrison. Whilst on a visit to New York in September 1928 he sat-in at the Savoy 

Ballroom with CHICK WEBB and with drummer Willie Lynch's Band, was subsequently 

signed by LUIS RUSSELL and remained with RUSSELL until 1931 - during this period 

played for two brief spells with CHICK WEBB (no recordings). With FLETCHER 

HENDERSON from spring 1932, then with BENNY CARTER in autumn of 1933. Brief 

absence from music scene until summer 1934(note: correct until Feb.35), then joined the 

Mills Blue Rhythm Band (directed by LUCKY MILLINDER). Left in late. 1936, briefly 

with FLETCHER HENDERSON early in 1937, then with LOUIS ARMSTRONG Big 

Band - until November 1940. Joined HENRY 'RED' ALLEN Sextet (as co-leader) in 

December 1940 and worked regularly with HENRY ALLEN until February 1947 (during 

this period appeared with LOUIS ARMSTRONG and. SIDNEY BECHET at a New 

Orleans Jazz Foundation Concert in January 1945). During the late 1940s and early 1950s 

worked mainly in Boston, occasionally led own band, also featured with JOE THOMAS, 

REX STEWART, etc. Worked in Cleveland and Boston in 1955, then.from 1956 began 

regular appearances at Central Plaza, New York, soon moved into The Metropole and 

worked there on and off throughout the late 1950s (including several stints with HENRY 

ALLEN). Took part in FLETCHER HENDERSON Reunion in 1957, also did extensive 

free-lance recordings, to Europe with SAM PRICE in October 1958 (sharing trombone 

duties with ELMER CRUMBLEY). During the 1960s has regularly led own band, various 

residencies in New York including Freedomland, Room at the Bottom, The Purple Onion, 

etc., also played many 'gigs' with trumpeter JOE THOMAS. Was featured at Newport 

Jazz Festival in 1963; also played in Scandinavia. In December 1966 he briefly returned 

to his home town in Atlanta to record an L.P. Continued to play regularly in the late 1960s. 

Spent several months in hospital (1971). 

With kind permission from John Chilton: Who's Who of Jazz 

1925 Allen-Casimi Jazz Band contract; band included: “Kid-Sony”Allen (c,t) John Casimir (cl) Loochie Jackson (tb) 

Leonard Bocage (bj) Albert Glenny/Sanofer Mitchell (b,bb) Johnny Thomas (d) courtesy: Tulane University, New Orleans

henry red allen 

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ALLEN, 'Red' Henry James (trumpet/vocals/composer). 

Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, 7th January 1908 (but very probably 1906). 

Died: New York City, 17th April 1967. 

Son of the famous New Orleans Brass Band leader, trumpeter Henry Allen 

(1877-1952), Red's uncles, George and Sam, were also parade musicians. Began playing 

violin, took a few lessons from Pete Bocage, played alto horn briefly before specialising 

on trumpet. Played in his father's band from an early age - received trumpet tuition 

from his father and from Manuel Manetta. 'Gigged' with the Excelsior Band (1924), 

also 'subbed' in Sam Morgan's Band, co-led band with clarinettist John Casimir (1925), 

played regularly in George Lewis' Band and with John Handy at The Entertainers' 

Club. Played on the S. S. 'Island Queen' with Sidney Desvignes' Band, returned to 

New Orleans, then joined King Oliver in St. Louis (April 1927), then travelled on to 

New York 'with Oliver (May 1927) - during first trip to New York made recording 

debut with Clarence Williams. Returned to New Orleans (summer 1927), joined 

Walter Pichon at the Pelican Cafe. Worked on riverboats with Fate Marable (1928- 

29), was then invited to New York to record under own name for Victor, subsequently 

joined Luis Russell's Band (summer 1929). Worked mainly with Luis Russell until 

late 1932, also briefly with Fletcher Henderson in 1932. With Charlie Johnson's 

Band (late 1932-spring 1933), then joined Fletcher Henderson on a regular basis 

until November 1934, when he became a member of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band 

(directed by Lucky Millinder). Remained with Millinder until February 1937 - during 

this period Red 'subbed' in Duke Ellington's Band and worked briefly in the Eddie 

Condon - Joe Marsala Band. Prolific free-lance recordings during the late 1920s and 

1930s with Fats Waller, Victoria Spivey, Wilton Crawley, Putney Dandridge, 

Billie Holiday, etc. With Louis Armstrong's Orchestra from March 1937 until 28th 

September 1940. After a vacation in New Orleans, returned to. New York, 'gigged' with 

Benny Goodman (late October 1940), then began year's residency with own newly 

formed sextet at Famous Door, New York, Red's sextet (featuring J. C. Higginbotham) 

played residencies in New York, Chicago, and Boston before playing in California 

(February 1943). 

Long stint at the Garrick Lounge, Chicago (autumn 1943 to summer 1945), in San 

Francisco (August 1945), Onyx, New York (November 1945 to February 1946). For 

the next six years the sextet worked mainly in Chicago and Boston, occasional 

residencies in California and New York. Red played regularly at the Central Plaza, 

New York in 1952 and 1953, appeared occasionally at The Metropole during 1953, 

then from spring 1954 until May 1965 was regularly featured at The Metropole, also 

toured with own band - including trip to Bermuda - and toured as a soloist. First visit 

to Europe in autumn 1959 as a member of Kid Ory's Band, led own sextet/quartet at 

The Metropole, The Embers, etc., toured Britain as a soloist in 1963, 1964 and 1966. 

Worked at the Blue Spruce Inn, Long Island (June 1965), L'Intrigue Club, New York 

(late 1965), Ryan's, New York (1966), etc., was featured at several U.S. Jazz Festivals 

in the late 1950s and 1960s. Was taken seriously ill in late 1966, shortly after undergoing 

an operation Red made his final tour of Britain (February-March 1967). He 

returned to New York City, and died of cancer six weeks later. 

With kind permission from 

John Chilton: Who's Who of Jazz 

(Bloomsbury Book Shop)

Allen, Dan"W.C." (Can) 

Allen, Dick (USA) 

Allen, P.Henry III (USA) 

Allen, Pearlie Mae (USA) 

Arie, Dr. Michael (Austria) 

Armstrong-House, Queens(USA) 

Barker, Danny (USA) 

Bärnheim, Björn (Swe) 

Bastide, Michel, MD (F) 

Baumeister, Heinz (Fin) 

Bela, Ulrich, MD (Ger) (Higgy-book) 

Benandrini, G. (Queen-I) 

Beranger, Philippe (F) 

Borthen, Per (Norge) 

Boughton, Joe (USA) 

Bradfield, Bert (F) 

Brooks, Michael (CBS-USA) 

Buckley, Ian (UK) 

Burke, Ed (Fanfare-USA) 

Cantor, Mark (USA) 

Carr, Peter (UK) 

Chertok, David (USA) 

Chilton, John (UK) 

Clayton, Buck (USA) 

Clement, John (USA) 

Cole, 'Dr."Cozy" (USA) 

Collier, James L. (USA) 

Coller, Derek (UK) 

Coverdale, Bill (UK) 

Crump, Charlie (UK) 

Daubresse, Jean Pierre (F) 

Driggs, Frank (USA) 

Elleson, George H. (UK) 

Esposito, Bill (USA) 

Evensmo, Jan (Norge) 

Fell, John (USA) 

Flakser, Harold (RRA-USA) 

Flückinger, Otto (Ch) 

Friedwald, Herb & Will (USA) 

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CREDITS 

Goodsell, Syd (UK) 

Griffiths, David (UK) 

Gross, Kennet (USA) 

Gugolz, Daniel (Austria) 

Hägglöf, Gösta (Amb.Rec.Swe) 

Hällstrom, Carl (Swe) 

Haesler, Bill(Swaggie-Austr.) 

Herling, Horst (G) 

Higginbotham, Margaret (USA) 

Hilbert, Bob (Pumpkin-USA) 

Hippenmeyer, Jean R. (Ch) 

Holmes, Charlie (USA) 

Hustad Thomas (USA) 

Inman, Robert (USA) 

Jenkins, L.C. (M.S.G.-UK) 

Johnston, Peter K. )Can) 

Kellam, Colin A. (UK) 

Kuhlman, Gus (WCTC-bc, USA) 

Knudsen, K.E. (CC-Rec.Dan) 

Kumm, Robert (USA) 

Lasker, Steven (USA) 

Lefevre, Claude (F) 

Lucie, Lawrence (USA) 

Mackenzie, Harry (UK) 

MacKinney, Jack (USA) 

Mall, Thomas (G) 

Marschall, Frank (G) 

Metzger, David"Red"(USA) 

Mikell, Gene (USA) 

Mohaupt, Wolfgang (G) 

Nowakowski, Dr.Konrad(A) 

Neuert, Dr.Ulrich (G) 

Parth, Johnny (Austria) 

Peerless Brian (UK) 

Polomsky, Lothar (G) 

Porter, Bob (Savoy/Phoenix) 

Rau, Karl B. (G) 

Riccardo, Ricky (US) 

Richards, Trevor (G/UK 

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Risch, Robert (USA) 

Rose, Boris (USA) 

Salemann, Dieter (G) 

Schiedt, Duncan ( USA) 

Schlitten, Don (Xanadu-USA) 

Schmidt, Rolf (G) 

Schröder, Harry (G) 

Segami, Yasuo (Japan) 

Selchow, Manfred (G) 

Shera, Michael (UK) 

Simmen, Johnny (Ch) 

Singer, Hal (F) 

Singleton, Marge (USA) 

Smith, Hal (USA/UK) 

Smith, Keith (Flutegr.-UK) 

Stumpf, Axel (G) 

Tanner, Frank (UK) 

Taylor, James 0. (USA) 

Terjanian, Leon (F) 

Teubig, Klaus (G) 

Trolle, Frank (USA) 

Tulane University-(USA) 

Valburn, Jerry (JA/Meritt-USA) 

Vinding, Terkild MD (USA) 

Vinding, Jens MD, (USA) 

Voce, Steve (UK) 

Vollmer, Al MD (USA) 

Von Rijn, Guido (NL) 

Warner, Will (USA) 

Weir, Bob (UK) 

Wessells, Robert (USA) 

Wethington, Crawford (USA) 

Willems, Jos (Satchmo) (NL) 

Williams, Johnny (USA) 

Williams, Martin (USA) 

Williams, Mary Lou (USA) 

Wilson, George (USA) 

Zeiger, Les (USA) 

Zwicky, Theo (IRC-Ch) 

ABBREVIATIONS 

Instrumental abbreviations 

a/arr arranger cond conductor org organ 

acc accompanied by comp composer p piano 

as alto saxophone d drums ss soprano saxophone 

b string bass dir director t trumpet 

bb tuba el-g electro-guitar tb trombone 

bs bass saxophone fl flute ts tenor saxophone 

bars baritone saxophone fh french horn v vocal 

bj banjo g guitar valve-t valve trumpet 

c cornet ld band leader vib vibraphone 

cel celeste mc master of ceremonies vln violine 

cl clarinet narr narrator wb washboard 

for many performances there are solo-routines with following abbreviations: 

-ann = announcement ,b = bars ; brk = break ; brd = bridge ; ens = ensemble work ; intro = introduction; 

-in ens = the musician is clearly audible; growl = growl-t / mute = muted trumpet or muted trombone; 

-(obligato work) indicates that the musician is improvising behind a vocalist; e.g: -vRA (ens-Higginbotham) 20b- 

means 20 bars vocal by Red Allen with obligato work first by the ensemble then by Higginbotham

Label Abbreviations 

ABS-LP CBS-Records 

Aff. Affinity-CD (IJK.) 

AFRS Armed Forces Radio Service 

AM-Lp/CD American Music (USA) 

Ambas.CLA Ambassador-CD(Swe) 

Antip Antipodisc Australia 

AofH Ace Of Hearts 

A.o.J. Archives Of Jazz(Du) 

ASV-CDAJA ASV-Living ERA 

ARCD Arbors (USA) 

ASV ASV-CD (UK) 

Atl Atlantic 

BDCD Bandstand CD (USA) 

Ban Banner (78") 

BB RCA-Bluebird 

BBC BBC-Enterprises (UK) 

B.of J. Best of Jazz CD (F) 

B & W Black and White 

BMCD Blue Moon CD 

BN Blue Note 

Br Brunswick 

Cam Camden-RCA 

Cap Capitol 

CBS Columbia Broadc.Systems 

CC/ColClas Collectors Classics 

Charl.CDAFS Charly Rec. (UK) 

CDS Rec. CDS-Records-CD (UK) 

Class. Classics-CD (F) 

Clif.CARCD Clifford 

Coll´s Collector´s 

Coll´s Must Collector´s Must 

Co/Col Columbia 78"/Lp 

Com-LP/CMD Commodore 

Cor MCA-Coral 

CurcioG.del J. Curcio Giganti del Jazz(I) 

De/Dec Decca 78"/LP 

Dej.Rec. Dejavu Records-CD(It) 

DOCD Document Rec.CD(Austria) 

Epic Epic Records Lp/CD(USA) 

Esq Esquire 

EvB Everybody Lp/CD (Swe) 

Fam Family (Italy) 

FlapPAST-CD FLAPPER-CD 

Frem. Fremeaux Rec. CD(F) 

Fon Fontana 

Gen General 

G.o.J. Giants of Jazz CD(I) 

GRP-CD GRP-CD-Records 

Hal. Halcyon CD (UK) 

Har Harmony 

HEP HEP-Records Lp/CD(UK) 

Hist Historia 

HistRec Historical Records 

HMV His Masters Voice 

H&R Hot & Rare CD (F) 

HRS Hot Record Society 

Jass Jass Lp/Cas./CD (USA) 

JazzAnth Jazz Anthology 

JA/JazzArch Jazz Archives(USA) 

JazzArch.CD Jazz Archives(F) 

J.Averty Jazz Averty Video 

JazzCr.JCCD Jazz Crusade (USA) 

JazzDoc Jazz Document (Sweden) 

JazzPan Jazz Panorama 

JazzRec Jazz Records CD (USA) 

JazzSoc Jazz Society 

Jazztime Jazztime Records CD(USA) 

Jazzt Jazztone 

Nationality Of Labels: 

A Austria 

Aus Australia 

Arg Argentinia 

Ch Swiss 

Du Netherlands 

Eu European Continent 

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JazzologyJCD Jazzology JCD (USA) 

JSP-CD JSP-CD-Rec.(UK) 

Jub. AFRS-Jubilee Records 

King AKWA King AKWA Rec. (G) 

K.J. King Jazz KJCD-FS (I) 

Landsc. Landscape Rec.LSCD( 

Largo Largo Rec.CD (G) 

LeJ LeJazz CD (F) 

Lon London 

LVA LVA-Records 

Mainstr Mainstream 

MCA Decca Group 

MCD Moon MCD (UK) 

Me Br.Melotone 78" 

MJCD Media 7 Masters o.J.(F) 

MemMJCD Memoir Records CD 

Mid.CD Midget Rec.CD 

Mil.CD Milan Rec. CD (F) 

MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer 

MosaicLp/CD Mosaic Rec. (USA) 

MusMem-CD Music Memoria 

NAT National 

NoJ-No. Notes on Jazz (USA) 

Obj.JD Object Rec.CD 

Od Odeon 

OFC Only for Collectors 

OK Okeh (78") 

Parl Parlophone 

Per Perfect 

Phoenix-LP Phoenix (USA) 

Phon Phonstatic 

Phi Philips 

PhonCD Phonstatic Rec.CD(Swe) 

Prest Prestige 

Pump-Lp Pumpkin (USA) 

Queen Queen-Lps (It) 

Rar Rarities 

Raret Raretone 

RCA RCA Victor 

RST-JPCD RST-J.Perspectives(A) 

RTR-Lp/CD Retrieval RTR (UK) 

Riv Riverside 

Roul Roulette 

RST-JPCD RST-Records (Austria) 

Sony-WNR Sony-Video-Wienerworld 

Story-CD Story of Blues (Austria) 

StoryvSTCD Storyville Rec.(Dan) 

SZCD Suisa Records (I) 

Swag Swaggie (Australia) 

Swingf Swingfan 

Swingv Swingville 

Tax Tax Records Lp/CD(Swe) 

TL Time Life Records 

TICBCD Timeless CD (Du) 

TOM The Old Master 

TPZ CD Topaz Records (GB) 

Var Varsity 

VidSoundie Video-Soundie 

Vid.VVD Video Storyville(Dan) 

VidJazz VidJazz Video 

Vg Vogue 

Vi/Vic Victor 78"/LP 

Vo Vocalion 78" 

VOA Voice Of America 

VJM Vintage Jazz Music 

VJC-CD/vid. Vintage Jazz Classics(USA) 

VSP VSP-Verve 

WR World Records (CD) 

WRC World Record Club (UK) 

XTRA XTRA = RCA 

F France 

G Germany 

I Italy 

J Japan 

S Sweden 

UK Great Britain 

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discos & books: 

Brian Rust: Jazz Records 1897-1942 

Codrich & Dixon: Blues & Gospel Records 

Grunnet Jepsen: Jazz Records 1942-1962 

Walter C.Allen: Hendersonia 

Tom Bethell: Ceorge Lewis 

Egino Biagioni: Herb Flemming 

J. Chilton: Who´s Who Of Jazz / S.Bechet 

Eddie Condon: Scrapbook of Jazz 

Driggs & Lewine: Black Beauty,White Heat 

Jan Evensmo: Solography-series 

William Gottlieb: Golden Age Of Jazz 

Tom Lord: Clarence Williams 

Albert McCarthy: Big Band Jazz 

David Meeker: Jazz In The Moovies 

M.Selchow & K.Lohmann: Edmond Hall 

Dr.Klaus Stratemann: Negro Bands On Film 

dito: Duke Ellington-day by day,film by film 

Ken Vail: The Life Of Billie Holiday 

Bozy White: Eddie Condon Town Hall Conc. 

HENRY ALLEN by Alun Morgan-Jazz Monthly 11/66 

IN THE COURSE OF working with Henry "Red" Allen 

on an autobiographical volume, the Editor took the opportunity 

of raising a number of discographical points. 

Henry Allen has an unusually retentive memory and 

was able to clear up many outstanding matters. 

In the Walter Allen-Brian Rust King Oliver discography 

(Sidgwick and Jackson edition-page 110) it is suggested 

that Allen might have beeen present on an Oliver date of 

July 8th, 1927 wlich produced an unissued version of 

Aunt Jemina. Allen states quite categorically that he was 

not on this session and that he did not record with 

Oliver prior to January 1930. His first session was that 

of January 28, 1930, for Victor, and he agrees with the 

personnel given in the Allen-Rust book (page 155) 

except that he says there were only three saxes and not 

four. He gives the third “unknown” sax as Walter 

Wheeler (ten). For the session of April 10, 1930 that 

produced Edna, Boogie woogie and Mule face blues 

(Allen-Rust pages 158-9) he again agrees with the listed 

personnel but says that the pianist was definitely 

Norman Lester. For the September 10, 1930 session that 

produced Shake it and break it and Stingaree blues he 

claims that Arthur Taylor is the banjoist while the unknown 

tuba player is Lawson Buford, but says that 

Bubber Miley was on trumpet along with himself and 

Oliver. He can recall little on the September 12, 1930 

date (Allen-Rust page 162) but thinks that vocalist 

George Bias was the leader. 

Henry Allen is insistent that he made a number of 

titles with the Rev. J.M.Gates and recalls Dead Cat on 

the line as one of the titles. He says that the session was 

for Victor and that it took place in New York City. The 

title was first recorded in Atlanta on March 18, 1929 

and was issued on Okeh 8684, but despite a note to the 

effect that he was present, in Blues and Gospel Records 

1902-1942 no trumpet can be heard. The title was 

recorded again by Gates inNew York City – as Dead cat 

on the line No.2, 

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REFERENCES 

press papers 1910-1967 

BAA=Baltimore Afro American(weekly) 

CD= Chicago Defender (weekly) 

LAT=Los Angeles Times (daily) 

NYA=New York Age Defender (weekly) 

NYAN=New York Amsterdam News (weekly) 

NYT=New York Times (daily) 

PC =Pittsburgh Courier (weekly) 

VV = New York Village VOICE (weekly) 

record-magazins: 

Micrography (Dick Backer-NL) 

Collector´s Items (John Holley) 

Meritt Society (Jerry Valburn) 

jazz magazines: 

Down Beat;; Bulletin DHCDF; Jazz Information 

Jazz Beat; Jazz Hot (Delauney); J. Journal Intern; 

Jazz ; Jazz Monthly.; Jazz Records (Art Hodes); 

Melody Maker (M.Jones); orkestra journalien; 

Storyville (Laurie Wright, J.R.T.Davies, How.Rye); 

sample source for the RED ALLEN DISCO 

issued on Okeh 8799- in Oct.1930 and yet again as New 

dead cat on the line (Bluebird B-5627) in August 1934. 

The latter, according to Blues and Gospel Records, was 

recorded in Atlanta. Any readers having Okeh 8799 or 

Bluebird B-5627 might check as to whether a trumpet is 

present and we would welcome information on this. 

Allen made numerous records under his own name 

and cleared up various doubtful points. On the Allen- 

Hawkins Someday sweetheart and I wish I could 

shimmy like my sister Kate, issued on Pirate MPC513, 

he lists the unknown guitarist, bassist and drummer as 

Lawrence Lucie, John Kirby and Walter Johnson 

respectively.For the session of August 31, 1936, titles 

being Darling, not without you / Out where the blues 

begins (Vocalion 3305) and I´ll sing a thousand love 

songs / Picture me without you (Vocalion 3306), he says 

that the disco-graphies are wrong in giving Ted McRae 

on tenor as the musician was in fact Cecil Scott. For the 

session of No-vember 17, 1936-Did you mean it?/ In the 

chapel in the moonlight (Vocalion 3377) and Here´s 

love in your eyes / When my dreamboat comes home 

(Vocalion 3389)- he says that the personnel is as for the 

October 12 session except that Cecil Scott replaces Ted 

McRae. To the pub-lished personnels of the December 

29, 1936 sessions he adds John Williams (bs) and 

Alphonse Steele (d), while he confirms that Bingie 

Madison and Paul Barbarin were definitely present in 

the session of June 19,1937. 

Finally, Henry Allen mentioned that he had never recorded 

with Haven Johnson(see below) but in referring to a 

Putney Dandridge session of August2, 1935, the titles 

being I´m in the mood for love / That´s what you think 

(Vocalion 3007), Isn´t this a lovely day / Cheek to cheek 

(Vocalion 3006) and Shine (Vocalion 3024), said that 

Buster Bailey was on other titles than Shine and that on 

Isn´t this a lovely day he took a solo on alto sax. Henry 

Allen told the editor that when he recently mentioned 

this to Bailey the latter denied knowledge of it but is 

absolutely certain that he (Allen) is right.

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RED ALLEN TAPE RESEARCH LIST for transcribed broadcasts and unknown recording sessions 

I would like to encourage everybody who is able to make any correction or addition (see also in several cases my 

remarks for wants of detailed information or for audio- or video cassettes) to contact the author, address given on page-l. 

5/7/37, Fri., Chic., NBC- “FLEISCHMANN YEAST SHOW”- unissued transcriptions from THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE 

TIGER RAG -washboard and tub by the Two Zephyrs acc.by Luis Russell´s Band remained unissued 

5/21/37, Fri. WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE -dance Billy Adams acc.by orch. remained unissued because without Armstrong solo 

BOO HOO -v Bobbie Caston acc.by band.perhaps short Red Allen obbligato remained unissued for without Armstrong 

5/28/37, Fri., I’LL GET EVEN WITH YOU -v Edith Wilson acc. by orch.. remained unissued said because without Armstrong 

4/10/38 Sun. NYC.,Rockland Pal.- ? date WNEW-bc: M.Block´s Sun.Swing: L.Armstrong & L.Russell O./H.L.Page/Fats Waller 

4/29/38 poss. WNEW-bc – Rockl.Pal.- M.Block “Charity Ball” – L.Armstrong & L.Russell Orch. / 

9/1/38 ….-bc – Randall´s Island –“Bandfest” – several bands incl. full Luis Russell Band / Count Basie ; John Kirby; etc. 

4 rec.Village Vanguard Sessions rec. by Ralph Berton for WNYC: 12/29/40 & 1/5/ & 1/12/41 Higginbotham, Lester Young; 

1/19/41 R.Allen, Higginbotham, Ed Hall, Ken Kersey, B.Taylor, J.Hoskins & Dolly Arminra, Benny Carter: ?details? 

2/10/41 NYC. Renaissance Ballroom transcriptions for later broadcasts in St.Louis & New Orleans: “FATE MARABLE 

BENEFIT”: Red Allen, Frankie Newton(t) Nat Story(tb) Rod Cless(cl) H.Cauldwell(ts) Joe Sullivan(p) Al Morgan(b) 

Zutty Singleton(d) Half Pint Jaxon(v) etc. ( Singleton confirmed that his family heard that bc weeks later in St.Louis) 

4/23/41 Carnegie Hall –“Café Society Concert” part-8 Red Allen Band: K.K.Boogie / Ride Red Ride / prob.on Notes On Jazz 

(as “Digga, Digga Do” on No.17cut 5 and part-9 JAM SESSION on No.15cut 2&3) 

4 Eddie Condon Town Hall Concerts rec.by John Halpern, Rockefeller Com.: 2/21/42 Higgy, S.Bechet, P.W.Russell, & 

3/742 w.Red Allen, P.W.Russell, Ed Hall;: SHE HOLLERED / I SMELL SOMETHING COOKIN´; 

3/21/42 Higginbotham, Hot Lips Page ; 4/4/42 Red Allen,H.L.Page, P.W.Russell, Billie Holiday 

prob.3/ /43 L.A.Club 331; dubbed 3/22/43 AFRS-Jubilee No.17 part-1: Red Allen Band; Art Tatum, Slam Stewart; 

late June-late July 44 1:30 am WBBM-bc. Chic. Downbeat room, Garrick : Red Allen band vs. Stuff Smith Trio 

8/1/44 1:30 WBBM-Chic. same place Red Allen band: Get The Mop /Pomona/ Sunnyside / St.James/ Crawl ?better tape qualityd 

12/24/44, WBBM-bc , same place Red Allen band 

2/23/46 NYC. TOWN HALL-“Jazz Calvacade” byBob Streeter & Sam Poley: Red Allen Band; Art Hodes band; W.B.Davison; 

Stuyvesant Group incl. Al Nicholas, Pops Foster; Wellman Braud, Sidney Bechet, Tony Parenti, Danny Alvin 

3/16/46 NYC. TOWN HALL “Jazz Calvacade”: Red Allen-Higginbotham-Band 

4/28/46 Club Sudan; accetates for later on WOV-Fred Robbins´1280 club -JAM SESSION: Red Allen, J.C.Higginbotham, 

Dexter Gordon, Earl Bostic, Derryck Sampson, Junior Raglin, Sid Catlett, Stuff Smith; unknown debut Sextet; 

5/12/46 Club Sudan; accetates for WOR-Allen Courtney´s Sat.afternoon Record Carnival-JAM SESSION: Red Allen, Earl 

Bostic, Paul Bascomb, Eddie South, Johnny Levy, Dan Burley and some others 

3/15/47 Carnegie Hall– POLL WINNERS CONCERT transcribed for the air: also the part with ALLEN-HIGGINBOTHAM 

5/4/47 NBC/WBBM-bc Civic Opera House, Chic., “Cavalcade Of Jazz”: H.L.Page, Red Allen, Red Rodney(t) Jack Teagarden, 

Higginbotham (tb) Georgie Auld, Morris Lane (ts) Freddie Washington (p) Eddie Durham (g,tb) Flat Top Wilson (b) 

George Jenkins (d) Dinah Washington(v) 

8/1-4/47 NYC., Apollo Theatre – WMCA-bc – Red Allen Orch., Eddie Rochester, 4 Vagabonds, 3 Brown Buddies 

between 1947-ca.1951 , Chic., …..-bc “JIM AMECHE SHOW” feat. Red Allen Band 

between 1946-ca.1952 , Minneapolis, …..-bc “STAIRWAYS TO THE STARS” feat. Red Allen Band 

between 1950-ca.1954, unknown loc., ….-TV with cinema & music critic ROBERT SYLVESTER: feat. Red Allen 

Jan. – 6/30/51 NYC., several …..-bc Lou Terrasi´s Hickory Log : Red Allen, R.Moore, B.Bailey, K.Kersey, J.Kirby, A.Herbert 

4/ /49 or `55, Sun., 5-11 pm. WMGM-bc., “JAZZ AT HIS BEST” from Mike & Dave´s New Colonial Room: Red Allen Band 

1950 & again July/Aug.`51 New Orleans WDSU-bc : GEORGE LEWIS-RED ALLEN REUNION 

6/30-7/15/51 San Francisco-Hangover Club, unknown date of reported ……-bc Red Allen Band: 

8/late/52 Chic., recording session-unknown label – Red Allen Skinny Brown, Ken Kersey, Lloyd Trotman, Sonny Greer 

mid.Nov.54 NYC, Stuyvesant Casino - ….-bc 8:00 pm. – HOT LIPS PAGE MEMORIAL prom.Bob Maltz: Red Allen & others 

11/22/54 Central plaza ….-bc – 2nd HOT LIPS PAGE BENEFIT CONCERT prom Jack Crystall: Red Allen among others 

4/2-3/55 NYC., Carnegie Hall – CHARLIE PARKER MEMORIAL – 3:20-3:40 JAM SESSION FOR BIRD: Red Allen, Dizzy 

Gillespie, Charlie Shavers, Kai Winding, J.J.Johnson, Buster Bailey, Tony Scott, Gerry Mulligan, Julius Watkins, 

Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Teddy Charles (taped by N.Granz but without permission for release) 

11/25/56 Central Plaza …..-bc WILLIE THE LION SMITH CONCERT transcriptions incl. Red Allen were made for bc 

2/1/58 Sat. NYC., Carn.Hall 8:30-12:00 pm “DODY IN DIXIELAND” recorded; part-2 &3 were issued on Coral/Roul.; 

part-4 Red Allen Metropole All Stars remained unissued / part-5 R.Eldridge / -6 Ch.Shavers / -7 B.Hackett 

7/5/59 NPT. Jazz Festival, RED"ALLEN ALL STARS & JACK TEAGARDEN: YELLOW DOG BLUES (wanted) 

wanted in better audio-quality: 7:53 I FOUND A NEW BABY / 4:03 BUGLE CALL RAG - 

7/3/60 Sun. Newport-Fest , WCTC-bc RED ALLEN ALL STARS: details unknown 

11/61/60 NYC., studio recording „ALLEN PLAYS OLIVER”: three unknown sides remained unissued on Verve 

between 1/8-27/63 Chic., London House, 3/15/63 WBBM-ONS-5828: 30min. session RED ALLEN QUARTET details unknown 

1/14/63 Chic. WBBM-bc-“HERB LYON SHOW”- Red Allen Quartet: ………./ Cherry / ………../ 

7/20/64 NYC., Carnegie Hall -"SALUTE TO EDDIE CONDON"- telerec.by Charles Arden for Chandell Prod./WABC-TV; 

a poor tape fragment broadcasted 7/20/65 found by the late Bob Hilbert is lost; incl. I AIN´T GOT NOBODY w.Red Allen 

9/19/65 Monterey VoA… “Trumpet Kings” I look for a better tape quality: Dizzy; Terry, Rex, Red Allen 30 min.

* requested assist for reasearch on DVDs + on audio-cassettes 

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RED ALLEN ON FILMs & TVs 

*+ 1930 Paramount feature “Devil´s Holiday“ - Luis Russell orch. 18 

Aug./Sept-`33 "Emperor Jones" ca.1 min.clip with studio band Jame P.Johnson + Fl.Henderson's men 22 

late `34: "Symphony In Black" Duke Elington with members of the M.B.R.B. on screen only 32 

*+ 6/11/36, Thurs., newsreel from L.Millinder & M.B.R.B. guests in Joe Louis' Lakewood Training Camp 

- Mills Blue Rhythm Band plays "Sock, Joe, Sock"(Ride, Red Ride) ChicDef. 6/13/36p22; research 

* Oct.,`38 Baton Rouge, Hearst Metrotone News –(oiriginal wanted) Louis Armstrong-Luis Russell orch. 49 

*+ March-MAY 1943: picture work unknown title in L.A. withRed Allen 69 

1946: five soundies - Red Allen band: Drink Hearty/ Mop / Crawl / Count Me Out / House of 52nd St. 72 

21/16/48: WPIX-TV - Eddie Condon F1oor Show 78 

1/1o/49 : WPIX-TV - Stage Show 79 

*+ between 1950-54: unknown loc:; ….-TV: BOBERT SYLVESTER SHOW (?details) 79 

*+ late June/July 1950 NYC., …..-TV with Red Allen 79 

*+ late Sept.`51: NYC., ….-TV with Red ALLEN (?details) 82 

*+ between 1952-54: Central Plaza, ….-TV: Jam Session with Red Allen (?details) 87 

* 8/7/54, CBS-TV - Stage Show: Tommy Dorsey Orch.& Metropole All Stars 87 

*+ mid.Nov.`54, Stuyvesant Casino, ….-TV: Hot Lips Page Benefit Concert 87 

*+ ca.Aug.55, prob.NYC, ….-TV Vaughan Monroe Show with Red Allen 88 

* 9/25/56 NBC-TV, Steve Allen´s TONIGHT SHOW – Red Allen Metropole All Stars (poor sound tape fragm.) 89 

*+ 11/25/56, Central Plaza, ….-TV: Willie The Lion Smith Concert 89 

12/8/57, CBS-TV/film - "SOUND OF JAZZ" 92 

* 6/19/58 WNTA-TV: ART FORD JAZZ PARTY with Allen, P.Hucko, G.Auld (poor sound tape) 96 

6/26/58 WNTA-TV: ART FORD JAZZ PARTY with Allen, Bailey, Hal Singer (DVD/NTSC-video-tape) 97 

* 9/4/58 WNTA-TV: ART FORD JAZZ PARTY with Allen, Ed Hall, King Curtis 98 

*+ 10/ 5/58 CBS-TV Savoy Ballroom - Bill Leonard´s"Eye on New York" Basie & Calloway; music:Allen, 100 

* 11/6/58 WNTA-TV: ART FORD JAZZ PARTY with Allen, Bailey, Hawkins 100 

* 7/5/59 telerec.,CBS-bc/TV: NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL w.Allen, Teagarden 100 

l0/4/59 telerec.,Paris ORTF-TV: KID ORY-RED ALLFN Concert (Averty-E) 101 

*+ 7/3/60 ….-TV: NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL- RED ALLEN 104 

11/26/61 CBS/NTV-TV kinescope CHICAGO AND ALL THAT JAZZ l07 

* 7/4/62 NBC-Today-TV: Red Allen Quartet 109 

*+ 11/14/63 WBBM-bc or TV Chic., "HERB LYON SHOW" Red Allen Quartet 109 

* 1/26/63 Chic., ….-TV, "'THE MARTIN FAYE SHOW" w.Red Allen Quartet 109 

* 9/21/63 Louisville, KY opening day at WHAS-TV Crusade For Children; Red Allen (t,v) & Quartet 109 

5/5/64, UK, Shepherds Bush, telerec.BBC-2TV Jazz 625 part-1 ALEX WELSH & ALLEN 110 

* 5/5/64, same, part-2 telerec.for US-TV (july-64)-ALEX WELSH-RED ALLEN (poor sound tape exists) 110 

* 2/2o/66 UK BBC-2 TV-Jazz 625 transmitted 8/24/66 - ALEX WELSH-RED ALLEN 115 

* 7/4/66 NEWPORT-"TRUMPET KINGS”telerec. byWGBH-TV, WJAR-TV, WITW-TV ;+VoA13/66 117 

* 12/17/66 NBC-TV: Red Allen Quartet 119 

*+. between 1950 and 1966 at Mardi Gras & Aug./Sept., New Orleans - WDSU-TV several TV-guest parts 

were reported but none details are known, 7/31/1966 with George Finola Band;

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King Oliver´s Orch. for one rainy week at Baltimore´s Wonderland Park before Red Allen returned to N.O.; BAA:6/11 & 6/18/27p8 

6/7?or between Mo.6/20 and Wed.7/71927 . NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS BOTTOMLAND ORCH.: Ed Anderson, 

Red Allen (t)?Charlie Irvis (tb) ?Al Socarras, unknown (as) Clarence Williams (p) Floyd Casey (d) Evelyn Preer (v) 

E-23499 Slow River (Henry Myers-Charles M.Schwab) T.Lord saw a Br.ledger, but no copy has been found 

E-23500 3:11 SLOW RIVER –vEP Br.3580 /MCA 510144/Cor.(G)/ Classics /Col.Clas.(Dan)/RA-CD-5 

-ens 32b-vEP (ens) 32b-Allen in ens 32b-ens 2b- /-94257/(F)CD736/ -COCD19 / 

E-23501 3:10 SLOW RIVER Br..A-457/ --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-ens intro 8b-ens 32b-reeds & ens 32b-Allen in ens 32b-ens 2b- 

E-23502 2:59 ZULU WAIL (Irving Bibo-Frank Skinner) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-1/RA-CD-12 

-ens 32b-Irvis & ens 16b-Irvis 16b-reeds 16b-Allen in ens 32b- 

E-23503 3:07 ZULU WAIL -vEP Br.3580 / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-5 

-ens 32b-Irvis & ens 16b-vEP (ens) 32b-Allen in ens 32b- 

7/8/27 NYC., KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE SYNCOPATORS: Vo-session, but without Allen who had left the band late june 

Clarence Williams´ Orch., summer 1927: Left to Right: ?Albert Socarras, Buddy Christian, Prince Robinson, Clarence 

Williams, Charlie Irvis, Eva Taylor, Henry”Bass”Edwards, Floyd Casey, Ed Allen; insert Evelyn Preer; (courtesy: Tom Lord)

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9/10 & 9/12/28 NYC., KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE SYNCOPATORS: King Oliver, Ed Anderson (c) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Omer Simeon (cl,as) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (bj) Bass Moore (bb) Paul Barbarin (d) 

E-28185- Speakeasy Blues (Joe Oliver-Cl.Williams) Voc.1225/Classics(F)CD-618 /JCH-CD-1a 

E-28186- Aunt Hagar's Blues (W.C.Handy) -Benny Waters (arr) --- / ---- /JCH-CD-1a 

E-28203- I'm Watching The Clock (Joe Oliver-Cl.Williams) Br.4469/ -CD-607 /JCH-CD-1a 

E-28204-B Janitor Sam rej. 

9/28/28 NYC., ALBERTA JONES = *RUBY GOWDY (voc), Walter Bennett (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Mabel Horsey (p) 

?Omer Simeon (cl added on -2087, 2088, 2089, 2090) (Higginbotham & Simeon, both from King Oliver´s Orch.) 

GEX-2086 Red Beans & Rice (typical Higgy) (GEX-2085 Wild Geese Blues without tb) Gnt-6642/JCH-CD-1a 

GEX-2087 *Florida Flood Blues Gnt-6708/JCH-CD-1a 

GEX-2088 *Breath And Britches Blues --- /JCH-CD-1a 

9/29/28 NYC., HORSEY´S HOT FIVE same as above unknown (vln, partly played like a banjoj) added; without Ruby Gowdy; 

GEX-2089 Weeping Blues Gnt-6722/Arcadia-2008/JCH-CD-1a 

GEX-2090 Waitin´ For You Blues (signifacant Higgy solo) --- / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

GEX-2091 Take It Now & GEX-2092 Too Long Blues (both rejected) /Arcadia lists ?James Archey; ?Ben Whittet or ?Ernest Elliott 

11/14/28 NYC., KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE STOMPERS: King Oliver, Louis Metcalf (c) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Charlie Holmes (cl,ss,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (bj) Bass Moore (bb) Paul Barbarin (d) 

E-28757- Slow And Steady Benny Waters (arr) Br.4469/ Classics(F)-CD-607JCH-CD-1a 

1/15/29 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS BURNING EIGHT: as above but without King Oliver, Benny Waters; Walter 

'Fats"Pichon (v) added 

401532-A Savoy Shout (L.Russell-L.Metcalf-E.Victor) OK 8760/Class.CD-588 /JCH-CD-1a 

401533-B The Call Of The Freaks (P.Barbarin-L.Russell) OK 8656/ --- /JCH-CD-1a 

401534-A It's Tight Like That -vWFP (T.Dorsey-H.Whittaker) --- / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

1/16 & 2/1/29 NYC., KING OLIVER & HIS ORCH.: same, but possibly Greely Walton for Hill; King Oliver (c) added 

49649-2 Freakish Light Blues (L.Russell-P.Barbatin) rej. 

49650-1 West End Blues (Joe Oliver) Meritt-24 /Neatwork-CD-RP2022/JSP-2CD-3404/JCH-CD-1 

49650-2 West End Blues Vi V-38034/Classics CD-607 / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

49651-1 I've Got That Thing -vWFP (Russell-Barbatin) X LX-3018/Neatwork-CD-RP2022/ --- /JCH-CD-1 

49651-2 I've Got That Thing -vWFP Vi V-38521/Classics CD-607 / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

49649-3 Freakish Light Blues (L.Russell-P.Barbarin) X LX-3018/Neatwork-CD-RP2022/ --- /JCH-CD-1 

49649-4 Freakish Light Blues Vi V-38521/Classics CD-607 / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

48332-3 Easy Goin' rej. 

48333-1 Call Of 'Me Freaks (P.Barbarin-L.Russell) RCA(F)741055/Neatwork-CD-RP2022/ --- /JCH-CD-1 

48333-2 Call Of The Freaks Vi V-3803W/Classics CD-607 / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

48334-1 The Trumpet's Prayer (Joe Oliver) --- /Classics CD-607 / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

48334-2 The Trumpet's Prayer RCA(F)7061/Neatwork-CD-RP2022/ --- /JCH-CD-1 

3/5/29 NYC., - LOUIS ARMSIRONG & HIS SAVOY BALLROOM FIVE: Louis Armstrong (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Albert Nicholas, Charlie Homes (cl,as) Teddy Hill (ts) LuisRussell (p) Eddie Condon (bj) Lonnie Johnson 

(g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

401690-C I Can't Give You Anything But Love -vLA (Fields-McHugh) OK 8669/Classics CD-570 / JCH-CD-1a 

401690-D? I Can't Give You Anything But Love -vLA Jazum LP-8/CBS(F)65251/Neatwork-RP2020/JSPCD315/JCH-CD-1/ 

401691-B Mahogany Hall Stomp (Spencer Williams) OK 8680/Classics CD-557 /JCH-CD-1a 

Luis Russel Band as played “Muggin´Lightly”-Hot News Vol.1.No.5; Aug.35p16 / Jazz Classics Of Jazz No.10

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7/16/29 NYC., HENRY ALLEN AND HIS NEW YORK ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas 

(cl.as) Charlie Holmes (cl,ss,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,celeste,arr) Will Johnson (bj,g,v) Pops Foster (b) Paul 

Barbarin(d,vib) 

/RCA(F)FX/Raret.(I)/ 

55133-1 3:14 IT SHOULD BE YOU (H.Allen) uniss.78"/M1-7060/24006/7/ Neatwork-RPCD2031/ 

-2 3:17 IT SHOULD BE YOU uniss.78”/ --- / --- /”X”LVA 3033/RCA(Ja)R-5317/Jazz(Du)601/ --- / 

/RCA(E)RD 8049/ Cam(Ar)CAL 3054/Vi.556/ 

-3 3:07 IT SHOULD BE YOU Vi V38073/ --- / --- /RCA(I)LPM34024/RCA(F)430602/TL(Au)J-16/ 

-Allen in ens 30b-Allen 18b-Higginbotham-Holmes-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Nicholas-Allen in ens 22b- 

55134-1 3:20 BIFF´LY BLUES (H.Allen) uniss.78"/ --- / --- /"X"LVA 3033/RCA(Ja)R-5317/Jazz(DU)601/ --- / 

/RCA(E)RD 8049/Cam(Ar)CAL3054/Vic.556/Best of Jazz/ 

-2 3:25 BIFFLY BLUES Vi V-38073/ --- / --- /RCA(I)LPM34024/RCA(F)430602/TL(Au)J-16/-CD4031/ 

-rhythm-Allen in ens 16b-Johnson-Nicholas Higginbotham-Allen 18b-Higginbotham & Allen in ens l0b- 

7/17/29 same as above 

/”X”LVA 3033/RCA(Ja)R-5317/Jazz(Du)601/ 

53929-1 3:29 FEELING DROWSY (H.Allen) uniss.78"/ --- / --- /RCA(I)LPM34024/Vi.556/ --- / 

-2 3:31 FEELING DROWSY uniss.78"/ --- / --- / --- / 

-3 3:35 FEELING DROWSY Vi V-38080/ --- / --- /RCA(F)430602/Cam-CAL 3054/TL J16/B.of J.CD4031/** 

-vib-reeds-Higginbotham-Holmes-Higginbotham-Allen 32b-ens-Holmes-ens-vib- 

53930-1 3:25 SWING OUT (Higginbotham-Allen) uniss.78"/ --- / --- /"X"LVA 3033,RCA(Ja)R-5317/Jazz(Du)601/Hist.-33/ --- / 

-2 3:17 SWING OUT BB B-1 0702/ --- / --- / 

/RCA(E)RD 8049/Cam(Ar)CAL3054/TL(Au)J16/ 

-3 3:17 SWING OUT Vi V-38030/ --- / --- /RCA(I)LPM34024/RCA(F)430602/RCA LEJ5/Vi.556/ --- / 

-ens-Hill-Allen 8b-Hill-Higginbotham-Allen 18+8b, Holmes brd-Nicholas-ens & rhythm- 

Vi-38073/80 on Classics(F)CD-540; all sides & takes mixed on JSP-CD-332 &-333=JSP-2CD-3403/ **om JAZZ(Greats)CD040/ 

9/6/29 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: same & Bill Coleman (t) Allen, Higginbotham & Louis Metcalf (v-trio) 

402938-C 3:08 THE (NEW) CALL OF FREAKS -vtrio OK 8734/OD X0C145/Swag.828/VJM-54/TL(Au)J16/ BestofJazzCD4031/ 

(P.Barbarin-L.Russell) /CBS 63721/Swag.1217/Parl.7025/ BBC-REB685/ 

-Russell & Barbarin vib-Nicholas-Higginbotham 16b-Allen 8b-vtrio-Holmes-Allen 12b-Russell & Barbarin- 

402939-C 3:08 FEELIN´ THE SPIRIT (Savoy Stomp) -vJCH OK 8766/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Col.KG32338/ 

(L.Russell) -Nicholas-Higginbotham-Coleman 16b-Russell-vJCH-Allen 16b-Hill-Allen-; -aLR /CBS-88039/ 

402940-B 3:19 JERSEY LIGHTNING -aLR (L.Russell) OK 8734/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Nicholas-Russell-Foster-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Holmes-Higginbotham-Allen 8b-Nicholas as- 

all-on: Classics CO-588/ JSP(UK)CD-308/ CDS-J.Class.(UK)RPCD610/RA-CD-1a/ FEELIN´ SPIRIT also on RA-CD-12(Trumpet Kings) 

9/13/29 NYC., LOU AND HIS GINGER SNAPS /*DIXIE JAZZ BAND: same as 9/6/29 

/Antipodisc/Family/VJM(E)/Ristic-20/Col.KG32338/ 

9006-1 2:46 BROADWAY RHYTHM (B.Joffe-M.G.Thomas) Ban 6536/(Au)14449/(I)694 /VLP 54/Histor.19/CBS 88039/ 

-Allen in ens 8b-Higginbotham-Holmes-Coleman-Holmes-Nicholas-Hill-Nicholas-Higginbotham- 

9007-1 2:57 THE WAY HE LOVES IS JUST TOO BAD Ban 6540/ --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:57 THE WAY HE LOVES IS JUST TOO BAD *Or 1726/ --- / --- / / --- / --- / --- / --- /Neatw.-2022/ 

(B.Curtis-J.Rose-A.Robbins) -Allen in ens-Holmes-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Nicholas-ens- 

all on Coll.Classics(Dan) COCD-7/RA-CD-1a/ 9006-1/9007-1 on Classics CD-588/ 

9/16/29 NYC., WALTER "FATS" PICHON (p,v) acc.by Red Allen (t) Teddy Bunn (g) 

/RCA(F)/ BBC- / RST(A)- /CDS-J.Classics/ 

55843-2 3:26 DOGGIN´ THAT THING (W.Pichon) Vi V-38544/ -7060 /REB685/JPCD1509/(UK)RPCD610/RA-CD-1 

-Allen intro 4b-vWP (Allen 18b)-Bunn-vWP (Allen 16b)-Allen 18b-vWP (Allen l6b)- 

55844-1 3:04 YO-YO (Holman) --- / --- / / --- / /RA-CD-1 

-Allen intro 8b-vWP (Allen 32b)-Bunn-vWP (Allen 32b)-Allen 16b-vWP (Allen 32b)-Allen coda- 

9/18/29 NYC., THE LITTLE CHOCOLATE DANDIES: Rex Stewart (c) Leonard Davis (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb,v) 

Don Redman, Benny Carter (cl,as,v) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fats Waller (p) unknown (bj) Cyrus St.Clair (bb) Geor- 

ge Stafford(d) 

402965-C That´s How I Feel Today (Redman) OK 8728/Classics(F)CD522/ JCH-CD-1 

402966-D Six Or Seven Times -v ens (Waller-Mills) --- / --- / JCH-CD-1

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9/24/29 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS NEW YORK ORCH. & VICTORIA SPIVEY & THE FOUR WANDERERS(v) 

Herman Hughes, Charles Clinkscales (ten-v) Maceo Johnson, Oliver Childs (bass-v) Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Albert Nicholas (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (cl,ss,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,celeste,arr) Will Johnson (bj,g) 

Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib) 

/Raret(I)/RCA(F)/"X"LVA3033/Cam(Arg)3054/ 

55852-1 3:23 MAKE A COUNTRY BIRD FLY WILD -vFW uniss 78”/2406/7/ -7060 /RCA(Ja)5317/RCA(F)430602/Neatw.-2031/ 

-2 3:27 MAKE A COUNTRY BIRD FLY WILD –vFW Vi V38107/ --- / --- /RCA-Vi(Ar)3000/ClassicsCD540/ 

(Allen-Barbarin) -Allen intro 8b-Allen in ens 16b-Higginbotham- 

-vFW (Johnson bj)-Holmes--Allen 34b-Allen in ens 16+8b, Nicholas bridge- 

55853-1 2:50 FUNNY FEATHER´S BLUES -vVS (Spivey) uniss.78"/ --- / --- /RCA(Ja)5317/”X”LVA3033/ 

-2 2:57 FUNNY FEATHER´S BLUES -vVS Vi V-38088/ --- / -7090 /RCA Vi(Ar)3000/ClassicsCD540 

-Higginbotham intro-Allen in ens 16b-Hill-Higginbotham-vVS (Holmes)-Allen 26b-Allen in ens 8b- 

/“X“LVA3033/ Cam(Ar)3054/ 

55854-1 3:12 HOW DO THEY DO IT THAT WAY –vvs uniss.78"/ --- / --- /RCA(Ja)5317/RCA(F)430602/ 

-2 3:18 HOW DO THEY DO IT THAT WAY –vvs Vi V-38088/ --- / --- /RCA Vi(Ar)3000/ClassicsCD540/ 

in ens 16b-Holmes-Russell-vVS (rhythm)-Allen 24b-Allen in ens 8b- 

/"X"LVA3033/BBC REB-588/ 

55855-1 2:52 PLEASIN´ PAUL (H.Allen-P.Barbarin) uniss.78"/ --- / --- /RCA(Ja)5317/ /Neatw.-2031/ 

-2 2:51 PLEASIN´ PAUL Vi V-38107/ --- / --- /RCA Vi(Ar)3000/ClassicsCD540/ 

-Russell intro-Allen in ens 8b-Higginbotham-Russell-Holmes-Allen 26b-Allen in ens 8b- 

all on JSP-2CD-3403/all 2nd takes on JSP-CD 332; all 1st takes on –333// 55853-1/-2 & 55854-1/-2 on Document(A) DOCD-5317 

9/30/29 NYC., FATS WALLER AND HIS-BUDDIES: Charlie Gaines, Red Allen (t) Jack Teagarden (tb) poss .... Vikes, 

Albert Nicholas, Otto Hardwick (as) Larry Binyon (ts) Fats Waller (p) Eddie Condon (bj,g) Al Morgan (b) Gene Krupa 

(d) The Four Wanderers: Herman Hughes, Charles Clinkscales, Maceo Johnson, Oliver Childs (v) 

/ Vi V-/RCA(F)/Coll.(CH)12-7/ Classics /Halcyon(UK)DHL115/ 

56727-2 2.31 LOOKIN´ GOOD BUT FEELIN´ BAD -vFW 38086/-741094/J.Soc.(S)12-1/(F)CD702/RCA-CD07863 61005/RA-CD-1 

(Waller) -Allen in ens-saxes-vFW-Allen in ens 16+8b, Teagarden brd-Waller-Allen in'ens- 

56728-1 3:29 I NEED SOMEONE LIKE YOU -vFW (Waller) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-Waller-Allen 2b-vFW-.............as-vFW-Allen l8b-Teagarden-Allen in ens 8b-vFW- 

56727-2 also on: Bl.Ace(F)12-3602/ CDS J.Clas.RPCD610/ 

10/1/29 NYC., VICTORIA SPIVEY (v) & HENRY ALLEN AND HIS NEW YORK ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C. Higgin- 

botham (tb) Charlie Holmes (as) Teddy Hill (ts, except on 56735) Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b,bb on 

56735) 

/RCA(F)/ RCA / Classics / JSP- /JSP-2CD/Docum.(A)-/Best of J./ 

56732-1 2:35 BLOODHOUND BLUES (Spivey) Vi V-38570/ -7090/LPV534/(F)CD588/CD332/ -3403 /DOCD5318/ CD4031/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vVS (collective work)- 

56733-2 3:05 DIRTY T.B. BLUES (Spivey) --- / --- / / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-5 

-Allen intro 4b-vVS (ens)-Allen 20b-vVS (ens)- 

56734-1 3:00 MOANIN´ THE BLUES (Spivey) Vi V-38546/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Higginbotham intro 4b-vVS (ens)- /(F)42039/ 

56735-1 3:05 TELEPHONIN´ THE BLUES (Spivey) --- / --- /Spivey20011/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vVS (Allen mute ine ens)-Higgy-vVS (Allen mute in ens)- 

10/3/29 NYC., WILTON CRAWLEY AND HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) prob.James Archey (tb) Wilton Crawley (cl,v) 

Charlie Holmes (as) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

(G.Walton confirmed his presence and Archey on trombone) 

/RCA(F)/Jazz Crusade/ 

56747-2 2:53 SNAKE HIP DANCE -vWC (W.Crawley) Vi V-38094/ -7090 / JCCD-3019/ RA-CD-2 

-Allen in ens 10b-Crawley-Allen 8b-Allen & Crawley 8b+8b-vWC-Crawley-in ens- 

56748-2 2:52 SHE´S DRIVING ME WILD -vWC (W.Crawley) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-2 

-Allen & Crawley in ens-vWC-Crawley in ens-vWC-Crawley in ens-

- 5 - 

11/13/29 NYC., JELLY ROLL MORTON & HIS RED HOT PEPPERS (LUIS RUSSELL´S ORCH.): Henry Red Allen 

(t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

/Joker(I)3553/Hotń´Sweet/Bluebird CD/RCA730599/-LPM524/ Classics./ 

57080-1 2:48 SWEET PETER (Morton) Vi 23402/RCA(F)43690/(F)152132/(5)-ND82361/RCA430720/-RD7807/(F)CD627/ 

-2 2:58 SWEET PETER uniss.78”/ --- / --- / --- / --- /RCA 741070/Coll.Clas.CC-1/ 

-Allen in ens 8b-Morton-Allen in ens 48b-Morton-Allen in ens 8b-Nicholas-Allen in ens 20b- 

57081-1 2:24 JERSEY JOE (Morton) Vi 23402/ --- / --- / --- / --- /same as 57080-1/ 

-2 2:30 JERSEY JOE uniss.78“/ --- / --- / --- / --- /same as -2/ 

-Allen in ens 32b-Higginbotham-Allen 16b-Johnson-Allen in ens 16b- 

57082-1 3:20 MISSISSIPPI MILDRED (Morton) Vi 23424/ --- / --- / --- / --- /same as 57080-1&CC-1/ 

-2 3:00 MISSISSIPPI MILDRED uniss.78”/ --- / --- / --- / --- /RCA 741070/ 

-Allen in ens 8b-Allen 24b-Allen in ens 56b-Morton-Allen in ens 24b- 

57083-1 3:02 MINT JULEP (Morton) Vi 23424/ --- / --- / --- / --- /same as 57080-1/ 

-Allen in ens 8b-Nicholas & Higginbotham-Allen 18b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens8+8+8+8b- 

the three alternate takes 57080-2; ..81-2; ..82-2 on Neatwork-CD-RP2013; all four 78 issues on RA-CD-2; three alt.takes on RA-CD-1 

11/25/29 NYC., SWEET PEA (ADDIE SPIVEY) (v) acc.by : Red Allen (t) Charlie Holmes (as) Luis Russell (p) Will 

Johnson (g) DAY BREEAKIN´ also on RA-CD-5/ RCA(F)/J.Perspectives / JSP- /JSP-2CD/ 

57554-1 2:59 DAY-BREAKIN´ BLUES (DAY DREAMING BLUES) (A.Spivey) Vi 23361/ 7090 / JPCD-1506-2/CD 333/ -3403 / 

-Allen intro 4b-vAS-Holmes-vAS-Allen-vAS-Holmes-Allen coda- (brief obligato parts) 

57555-1 2:47 HEART-BREAKIN´ BLUES (HEARTLESS BLUES) (A.Spivey) uniss.78”/ --- / --- /CD-332/ --- / 

-2 2:49 HEART-BREAKIN´ BLUES Vi V38565/ --- / --- /CD-333/ --- / 

-Russell intro-vAS-Allen-vAS-Holmes-vAS-Allen- (brief obligato parts) 

57556-1 2:49 LEAVIN´ YOU BABY (A.Spivey) Vi 23361 / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:47 LEAVIN´ YOU BABY uniss.78” / --- / --- /CD-332/ --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-vAS with brief obligato parts- 

57557-1 2:46 LONGIN´ FOR HOME (A.Spivey) Vi V38565/ --- / --- /CD-333/ --- / 

-Allen & Russell intro 4b-vAS(ens)-Johnson-vAS with brief obligato parts- 

Red Allen was named for following sessions in several sources; none of Red´s trademarks can be heard. 

11/19/29 NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS WASHBOARD BAND: ? Charlie Gaines (t) ?Arville Harris (cl,db,as) James P 

Johnson (p,celeste) Clarence Williams (p,v) Floyd Casey (wbd) 

/Natchez/Swaggie/Classics/Col.Clas./ 

403280-C 2:55 You Don´t Understand (Cl.& Sp.Williams-J.Johnson) OK 8752/ -3002 / -1282 /CD-810/COCD29/ 

-as in ens 32b-cl in ens 16b-vCW 32b-ens 32b-cel.JPJ 28b-ens 4b- 

403281-A 3:19 (Oh Baby) What Makes Me Love You So? (F.Longshaw-C.Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens 32b-ens 16b-cl in ens 32b-Gaines 16b-cl & ?Gaines 16b-vCW 32b-as 16b-ens 16b- 

12/3/29 NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS JAZZ KINGS: Leonard Davis, unknown (t) ?Geechie Fields (tb) ?Don Redman 

(cl,as) Arville Harris (cl,ts) James P.Johnson (p) Leroy Harris (bj) ?Richard Fullbright (b) Eva Taylor( v) 

OFC(Arg)/ VJM-/Classics/ 

149665-4 2:43 Zonky -vET (Fats Waller-Andy Razaf) Co 14488-D/ Lp 43 /VLP47/CD-810/ 

-ens 4b-Davis & saxes 32b-ens 2b-saxes 12b-vET 32b-ens 2b-Fields 16b-saxes 16b-as 8b-ens 8b- 

149666-3 2:48 You´ve Got To Be Modernistic –vET (J.P.Johnson) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-unknown t 16b-vET (ens) 16b-cl 16b-ens 20b-Fields 16b-cl 16b-Davis in ens 16b- 

12/10 & 12/13/29 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG (t,v) & HIS ORCH. (LUIS RUSSELL`S ORCH.): Otis Johnson, Henry 

Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (as,cl,ss) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,ld, 

arr) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib) Hoagy Carmichael (v) (the new releases of CBS-467919 are a must) 

CBS 62474/Swaggie/Parlo./CBS-Lp-467919/ 

403493-A 2:43 I AIN´T GOT NOBODY -vLA (Graham-Williams) OK 8725/CBS 88003/ 1267 / 7045 /CBS-CD467919/RA-CD-1 

-ens-vLA-Allen brd 4b-Armstrong & Allen 4+4+4+4b-Armstrong & Allen in ens-vLA- 

490014-A 2:57 I AIN´T GOT NOBODY uniss.78“/ / --- / --- /RA-CD-12 

-ens-Higginbotham-Holmes-Higgy-?Allen bridge 4b-Armstrong-Armstrong & Allen in ens- 

403494-C 3:15 DALLAS BLUES -vLA (Garett-Ward) OK 8774/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-2 

-Allen in ens-Higgy-Armstr.-saxes-?Allen-Russell-vLA-Nicholas-Armstr. in ens-Holmes & Higgy brks-Armstr.- 

490015-A 3:15 DALLAS BLUES uniss.78”/ / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-Allen in ens-Higginbotham-Armstrong-saxes-Allen-Russell-Armstrong mute-W.Johnson- 

- Nicholas in ens-Armstrong in ens-Holmes & Higginbotham brks-Armstrong in ens- 

403495-B 3:00 ST. LOUIS BLUES -vLA (W.C.Handy) OK 41350/62475/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-2 

-Allen lead in ens-Higginbotham & Foster-Allen brd-vLA(ens,Allen lead)-Higginbotham-Armstrong lead- 

490016-A 2:59 ST. LOUIS BLUES uniss.78”/ / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-B 2:56 ST. LOUIS BLUES uniss.78”/ / --- / --- /RA-CD-12 

-Allen lead in ens-Higginbotham & Foster- Allen brd-Allen 8b-Nicholas-Higginbotham-Armstrong lead- 

403496-C 3:21 ROCKIN´ CHAIR -vLA & HC (H.Carmichael) OK 8756/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

490017-A 3:16 ROCKIN´ CHAIR -vLA & HC uniss.78”/ / Meritt-Lp-19 /RA-CD-4 

-Armstrong in ens-vLA & HC-vib PB-Armstrong in ens-ens-Armstrong in ens- 

all five unissued alternate takes also on Neatwork-CD-RP2020

- 6 -

- 7 -

- 8 - 

12/17/29 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH. : same as 12110 but without Louis Armstrong & Hoagy Carmichael 

/Od XOC145 /Swag.1217/Swag.828/CBS 88039/ BBC-REB590/JSP-CD308/ 

403524-C 3:26 DOCTOR BLUES OK 6766/CBS 63721/Parl.7025/VJM-54/CBS 66403/Col.KG 32338/ Class.-CD588/RA-CD-1a 

(Russell-Barbarin) -Allen in ens 48b-Higginbotham-Holmes-Allen 30b-Allen in ens 8b- 

12/18/29 NYC., FATS WALLER & HIS BUDDIES: Leonard Davis, Red Allen (t) Jack Teagarden (tb,vib) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes (cl,as) Larry Binyon (ts) Fats Waller (p) Will Johnson (bj,g) Pops Foster (b) 

Kaiser Marshall (d) Orlando Roberson (v) 

/ RCA(F)/JazzSoc./ / Classics / 

57926-1-3 3:07 LOOKIN´ FOR ANOTHER SWEETIE -vOR Vi V-38110/-741094 /(S)12-1 / /(F)CD720/RA-CD-1 

=CONFESSIN´ (Chick Smith-Grant) -ens-saxes-vOR-Allen in ens 30b-Allen coda- 

57927-2-3 2:30 RIDIN´ BUT WALKIN´ (Waller) Vi V-38119/ --- / --- /Coll´s12-7/BA3602/ --- /RA-CD-1 

-ens-Nicholas&Waller-Allen 12b-Holmes-Higginbotham-ens-Allen in ens-coda- 

57928-l or 2 2:59 WON´T YOU GET OFF IT, PLEASE (Waller) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-ens-Holmes in ens-Allen 32b-Binyon-Higginbotham-Allen in ens 32b- 

57929-2 3:29 WHEN I´M ALONE -vOR (Smith) Vi V-38110/ --- / --- / / --- /RA-CD-1 

-ens-saxes-ens-vOR-Waller-Holmes-Allen 8b-Allen in ens 32b- 

Another Williams session with Red Allen´s or Roy Eldridge´s name in some sources, although Chilton gives the date of Roy´s 

arrival in NYC. in Nov.1930! 

1/15/30 NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCH.: Charlie Gaines or unknown (t) ?Geechie Fields (tb) poss. Russell 

Procope (as) Arville Harris (cl,ts) .James P.Johnson (p) Cyrus St.Clair (bb) Floyd Casey (cymb) 

/ Natchez /Swag. / Classics /Coll.Class./ 

403630-B 3:25 Left All Alone With The Blues (Sp.Williams-J.Johnson) OK 6763/(Arg)3001/1282 /(F)CD810/COCD-29 / 

-ens 20b-saxes&bras 32b-StClair&saxes 16b-unknown-t 16b-Fields 16b-ens 16b 

403631-A 3:29 I´ve Found A New Baby (Sp.Williams-Jack Palmer) --- /0d. 82347/ --- / --- / --- / 

-ens 4b-ens 32+16b-saxes 32b-unknown-t 32b-JPJ 16+8b,Procope 8b-Fields 16+8b, Harris cl 8b brd-ens 32b- 

1/24/30 NYC., *LOUIS ARMSTRONG (t, v) & LUIS RUSSELL AND HIS ORCH.: same as 12/10/29 added three(vln) 

on 403681 only, & humming of the band 

/Od.X0C145/Swag.1217/Swag.828/CBS 88039/T.L -J / Classics / JSP(UK)/ 

403680-A 3:17 SARATOGA SHOUT OK 8780/CBS 63721/Parl.7025/VJM-54/Col.KG 32338/CD-16/(F)CD606/ CD-308 /RA-CD-1a/ 

(Russell-Holmes) -ens-Higginbotham-Holmes-ens-Nicholas-Higginbotham-Allen 32b-ens- 

403681-A 3:28 *SONG OF THE ISLANDS OK 41375/CBS 62474/88003/62474/Swag.1267/Parl.7045/CBS467919/ --- /JCHCD1a 

-vLA&ch (King) -vib&vln&Barbarin-Armstrong-Higginbotham-vLA&ch-reeds-Armstrong in ens- 

403682-C 3:25 SONG OF THE SWANEE OK 8780/ same as 403680-A / --- /RA-CD-1a/ 

(L.Russell-W.Dux) -Higginbotham in ens-Holmes-Higginbotham & reeds-Allen 16b-Holmes-Higginbotham-ens- 

1/28/30 NYC., KING OLIVER AND HIS ORCH.: King Oliver, Red Allen, Bubber Miley (c) James Archey (tb) Bobby 

Holmes (cl,ss) Glyn Paque (c1,as) Walter Wheeler (ts) Don Frye (p) Arthur Taylor (bj) Jean Stultz (g) Clinton Walker (bb) 

Carroll Dickerson (vln,ld) Frank Marvin (d,v) in Jazz Monthly-11/66 Red Allen said that there were only three saxes with Walter 

Wheeler (ts)-Rust gives four-s. both on reissued JSP-2CD-3404/also on RA-CD-1 

/RCA(F)/RCA529/JSP(UK)/Class. /RCA-ND2/ 

58527-3 3:37 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vFM (J.Primrose) Vi 22298/741057/“-430709/CD-347 /CD607/CD89770/ 

-chimes&ens intro 4b-Miley mute 16b-Archey in ens brd 4b-vFM (Miley)24b-Frye 4b- 

-Allen mute & Walker 8+6b, Archey brk-Holmes cl 8b-Allen 2b-ens 8b- arr.K.Oliver 

58528-2 3.17 WHEN YOU´RE SMILING - The Whole World Smiles With You --- / --- /Jazz 603 / --- / --- / --- / 

(Fisher-Goodwin-Shay) -Miley mute-Archey 16b-Holmes ss 16b-vFM 32b(Dickerson&Stultz)- 

-Allen 4&8b-Dickerson 8b-ens- 

1/28/30 Tues., NYC., REV.MC GEE ( v, preach) AND CONGREGATION: acc.by Red Allen (c) two unknown (g) 

59126-1 3:47 TESTIFYIN´ MEETIN´ Vi V-38579/ Roots-338 /Document BDCD6032/RA-CD-5 

-vMcGee&Cong.(Allen)-vMcGee&Con.-vMcGee&Con.(Allen)-vMcGee&Con.-vMcGee&Con.(Allen)- 

59127-1 3:13 DEAD CAT ON THE LINE --- /Eden(A)ELE l-200/ --- /RA-CD-5 

-vMcGee&Cong.(Allen)-vMcGee&Con.ZvMcGee&Con.(guitars & Allen)- 

59128-1 3:39 I´VE SEEN THE DEVIL Vi V-38583/ Roots 338 / --- /RA-CD-1 

-vMcGee&Cong.(Allen)-vMcGee&Con.-vMcGee&Con.(Allen)- 

59129-1 3:41 HOLES IN YOUR POCKETS --- / ---- / --- /RA-CD-1 

-vMcGee(Cong.)-vCon.(Allen)- 

Since 1935, several Red Allen interviewe brought his statement, that he backed also Rev.M.Gates & Congregation and recorded 

with them several sides for Victor incl. “DEAD CAT ON THE LINES". After unsuccessfull research for such recorded work, in 

1966 Red Allen conceded Al McCarthy that possibly he had changed the names of the wellknown Rev.M.Gates with Rev.McGee. 

Surely Red Allen is present on the following session incl. DEAD CAT ON THE LINE recorded at same date and studio after he 

had recorded playing an unusually cornet-work with King Oliver. Although he had mastered the cornet-work masterly on this 

Oliver session, Red´s cornet backing the congregation is weak and unfamilar for him. - In Storyville-133 Dick Spottswood repor- 

ted Red´s presence on 4/15 & 7/16/30 Rev.McGee-sessions (look there), but surely without any backgrounds.

- 9 - 

2/1/30 NYC., BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE EDWARDS (v) & EDDIE HEYWOOD AND HIS SONS OF HARMONY: 

Arthur Williams (t) Robert"Red"Freeman (tb) Leon Spruell (as) Eddie Heywood Sr.(p) Earl Tryce (bj) Eugene Hill (d) & 

Red Allen (t) on 403711 & possibly also on other takes & blankets 403708-10; the lineup is surely the same as reported by the Chic. 

Def. 5/10/30p10. If Louis Armstrong was present as confirmed by Red Allen then only as a studio-guest or on unissued = rej. Sides of 

403708- / 403709- / 403710- / /CBS(2)/ Col.- / Raret.(I) / Clifford(F) /JSP(UK)/ 

403711-B- 3-21 WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING YOU BACK OK 8950/-66218 /30008/RTR 24005/CARCD-1501/-CD-329/RA-CD-5 

-ens intro-Allen in ens-vB&S (Heywood-ens)-Freeman-Allen-vB&S (Heywood-ens)- 

403712-B- 3:14 Better Stop Knockin´ Me Around OK 8769/ / ---- / --- / 

-Williams intro-vB&S (Heywood-weak ens)-Williams in ens, &brks-vB&S (Heywood & weak ens)- 

403713-B- 3:08 Ain´t Gonna Do That No More --- / / --- / --- / 

-Williams in ens intro-vB&S (Williams-ens-Heywood-Williams-ens)- 

2/1/30 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG (t,v) & HIS (LUIS RUSSELL´S) ORCH.: Otis Johnson, Red Allen (t) J.C.Higgin- 

botham (tb) William Thornton Blue, Charlie Holmes (cl,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,ld,arr) Will Johnson (g) Pops 

Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

/CBS 88003/Swag.1402/Parl.PCM7045/Classics/JSPCD315/ 

403714-B 3:22 BESSIE COULDN´T HELP IT -vLA OK 8774/CBS 62474/Swag.1267/ CBS 467919 /CD557/ASVCD5049 

(Warner-Richmond-Baylna) -Armstrong intro-Armstrong in ens-reeds-Higginbotham-Armstrong- 

-reeds brd-reeds-Armstrong-Hill-Higginbotham-vLA-Higginbotham-Armstrong- 

403715-B 3:28 BLUE TURNING GREY OVER YOU -vLA OK 4678/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Razaf-Waller) -Allen & Blue intro-Armstrong mute-Russell-vLA-Higginbotham-Armstrong- 

both on JCH-CD-1a/ 403715-B on RA-CD-4 

2/5/30 NYC., JAY C.HIGGINBOTHAM &,HIS SIX HICKS: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Charlie Holmes (as) 

Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b,string-b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

Col.KG32338/Fam.694/CBS(F)/0d,X0C145/Swag.1217/ 

403736-B 3:09 GIVE ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER OK 8772/VJM VLP-57/Jazz 601/ -8803 /CBS 63721/ Parl.7025 / 

-aLR (Higginbotham) -ens-Holmes-Allen in ens 8b-Holmes-Allen in ens 4b-Holmes- 

-Higginbotham--Holmes--Higginbotham-Allen 16b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens 8b- 

403737-C 3:26 HIGGINBOTHAM BLUES (Higginbotham-Russell) ---- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Fon.TL682072/Swag.1267 

-aLR -Allen in ens 8b-Allen 12b-Higginbotham&Holmes-Holmes-Johnson-Allen mute 12b- 

-Higginbotham-Higginbotham & Allen in ens 12b-Higginbotham coda- (Foster throughout string-b) 

2/18/30 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS NEW YORK ORCH. : Otis Johnson (t on 58583 only) Red Allen (t ld) J.C.Higgin- 

botham (tb) William Thornton Blue, Charlie Holmes (cl,as) Teddy Hill (cl,ts) Luis Russell (p,arr) Will Johnson (g,bj,v) 

Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) all on reissued JSP-2CD-3403/ 

/RCA(F)/ Raret./ RCA(Arg. /TimeLife/ Classics/JSP(UK)/ 

58581-2 3:00 SUGAR HILL FUNCTION (C.Holmes) Vi V-38140/ -7192 /24006/7/AYLT3000/ TL J16 /(F)CD540/CD332/ 

-ens-Hill-Allen 16b-Holmes-Higginbotham-Holmes-Allen 8b-saxes-Allen 8b 

58582-2 3:05 YOU MIGHT GET BETTER, BUT YOU´LL --- / --- / --- / --- /Camd.CAL3054/ --- / --- / 

NEVER GET WELL -vWJ (Russell-Metcalfe) 

-Higginbotham & Allen 20b-vWJ-Russell-Allen 32b-saxes-ens-Blue-cl-Allen & Higginbotham- 

58583-2 2:24 EVERYBODY SHOUT (Barbarin-Russell) Vi V-38121/ --- / --- / --- / / --- / --- / 

-ens-Hill-Higginbotham-reeds-Blue cl-Allen 16b-Allen in ens- 

58584-2 3:10 DANCING DAVE (H.Allen-P.Barbarin) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-Allen break 4b-Blue cl-Allen 16b-Holmes-Allen mute 18b-Blue-Allen coda- 

3/31/30 NYC., WASHBOARD SERENADERS: ?Red Allen (t) Chick Smith or Clarence Profit (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Bruce 

Johnson (wb) 

59568-2 2:57 TAPPIN´ THE TIME AWAY (Dowell-Johnson) Vi V-38610 / RCA(F)430700 /RST(A)BDCF-1509/RA-CD-2/ 

59569-2 2:56 TEDDY´S BLUES (Teddy Bunn) --- / Jazum-13 / --- / --- / 

RCA 430700 and Jazum list Red Allen on this session. Hearing the records Teddy Bunn said in an interview with Peter 

Tanner (Storyville-79/Oct.78 and Peter's letter to me) that Red recorded with the Washboard Serenaders “TEDDY'S 

BLUES”.- "That's Red on trumpet. We brought him on account of Hal (Harold Randolph) was out of town; I remember 

because I wrote the tune.It was Chick Smith on that one. You say it's Clarence Profit! No I'm sure it was Chick." Johnny 

Simmen wrote that Red Allen did not agree when he heard “TAPPIN' TIME”. 

1930 unknown date, Paramount´s Long Island Studios – The LUIS RUSSELL´s ORCH. took part in the film “THE DEVIL´S 

HOLIDAY” starring Morton Downey(v) details unknown / wanted; a new source of Al Nicholas to Uwe Dürr (in his Al 

Nicholas Disco) names this 1930 Paramount feature instead of the unknown 1932 feature. research assist wanted? 

Mark Cantor had found a film-copy at the West-Coast in which the night-club-scene was cut; we look for an alternate copy at the US-East coast

- 10 - 

4/4/30 NYC., JACK PURVIS & HIS ORCH.: Jack Purvis (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb,v) Castor McCord (*ts) Adrian Rollini 

(bs) Frank Froeba (p) Will Johnson (g) Charles Kegley (d) (*In a letter Michael Brooks wrote that Bob Stephens studio-manager 

from Okeh race sessions stated categorically that he booked McCord because he organized also the Blue Rhythm Band as an rival 

attraction to Fletcher Henderson with Coleman Hawkins, more info in Jan Evensmo´s “Coleman Hawkins Solography 1929-42”) 

403891-A Dismal Dan (Purvis) OK 8808/CBS 68227/Classics(F)CD587/JCH-CD-1 

403892-A Poor Richard -v ens OK 8782/ --- / --- /JCH-CD-1 

403893-B Down Georgia Way (Purvis) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-1 

4/10/30 NYC., KING OLIVER AND HIS ORCH.: King Oliver, Dave Nelson, Red Allen (t) James Archey (tb) Hilton Jef- 

ferson, Glyn Paque (cl,as) Walter Wheeler (ts) Norman Lester (p) Arthur Taylor (bj) Clinton Walker (bb) Fred Moore (d) 

Carrol Dickerson(dir) (in Jazz.Monthly-11/66: Red Allen agreed with all; Norman Lester was definitely present). 

RCA(G)LPM10017/RCA(F)/RCA-LPV/Classics / JSP /JSP2CD/RCA-ND/ 

59747-2 2:38 EDNA (Oliver-Nelson) Vi V-38137/RCA(F)430709 / 74105 / 529 /CD-594/CD348/ - 3404 /CD89770/ 

-Oliver 16b-Wheeler 16&14b, Archey, Taylor, Walker brks-Archey 8b, Jefferson, Moore brks- 

59748-2 3:o5 BOOGIE WOOGIE (Oliver-Nelson) Vi V-38134/ --- / --- / --- /Fam.SFR DP/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen mute 16b-Archey 8b-Allen mute 8b-s trio 16b-Walker 8b-s trio 8b, Jefferson brk-Allen 8b- 

-Wheeler 24b-Paque cl 8b-Lester 32b-Jefferson 4&8b& p coda- arrD.Nelson 

59749-1 2:52 MULE FACE BLUES (Oliver-Nelson) --- / --- / --- / --- /RCA529/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-t duet in ens-?Oliver 4b-Wheeler 4b-?Oliver 4b-Wheeler 4b-Allen 16+14b-Archey 16b- 

-Paque as 14b-Allen?mute 4b coda- arr:D.Nelson 

RCA 430709 lists 59749-2 in error! / all three items on RA-CD-2 / MULE FACE also on RA-CD-12(Trumpet Kings)/ 

In Storyville-133 Dick Spottswood reports that notes in the Vi.-ledgers confirm the presence of Red Allen on the 4/15 & 7/16 dates, 

but not on the 1/28/30 date. According H.Rye supposed that enthusiasts made such notes after 1940. I do not know these sides but 

I ask for any kind that Allen played just cornet on such session in contrast to the 1/28 date after the King Oliver session with cornet. 

4/15/30 NYC., REV. MC GEE (v, p) & HIS CONGREGATION acc. by unknown (c) two (g) (d) / Document / 

59589-2 I Got To Leave Here Vi 23366 /Eden(A)ELE-1-200/BD CD6032/ 

59590-2 On A Hill Lone And Grey -solo Mother B.A. Hooks Vi 23431 / / --- / 

59591-2 Every Don´t Know Who Jesus Is Vi V38596/ --- / --- / 

59592-2 My Wife's A Holy Holler --- / --- / --- / 

Often Gaines or Allen were named for this session. Gaines was with Leroy Smith in Philadelphia at this time and is not present. 

Roy Eldridge - also named - had come to N.Y.C. in Nov.30 (J.Chilton). There are no undoubtly trademarks of Allen´s style. On 

the other side, Allen often subordinated his style in feedback to the style of the rhythm section and the sound of the orchestra. 

The two titles were not reversed !(wrong on CC-44, correct on Swaggie). 

4/23/30 NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS & WASHBOARD BAND: unknown or poss. ?Red Allen (t) ?Prince Robinson (cl, 

ts) Clarence Williams (p) Floyd Casey (wbd) 

/Swag.33714/Col.Clas.CC44/ClASSICS/Coll.Clas./ 

403972-A 3:09 WHIP ME WITH PLENTY OF LOVE (Williams-Urquhart) OK-8790/Swag-1282/Co(E)33S1067/(F)CD810/COCD-29/ 

-B 3:12 WHIP ME WITH PLENTY OF LOVE OK-8790/ / --- / 

-t&cl 16b-t&ts 16b-ts 16b-CW 16b-*t 16b-t&cl 16b (*different t-solo on two bars of take-B) 

403973-A 3:24 WORN OUT BLUES (Rogalle) *t-solo-break --- / / --- / 

-B 3:14 WORN OUT BLUES *t & ts duet break OK-8790/ Lps same as 403972-A / --- / --- / 

-ens 32b-ts 32b-t 32b-t & cl-ens 24+8b, FC brk-t+ts 16+16b, *brk- 

both takes-A on RA-CD-1; both takes-B on RA-CD-2; from OKeh 8790 different have been found in (G), 

one shows mx. 403972-A (stamper B-3) / mx. 403973-A (stamper B-2). The other one shows mx. 403972-B (stamper 1) / mx. 403973-A (stamper 1). 

5/1/30 NYC., JACK PURVIS & HIS ORCH. : same as 4/4/30 but Greely Walton (ts) for McCord 

403992-B What-s The Use Of Cryin´, Baby Od ONY-36093/JCH-CD-1 

403993-A When You´re Feelin´ Blue --- /JCH-CD-1 

403994-A Be Bo Bo OK 8808 /JCH-CD-1 

5/19/30 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL AND HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl,ss,as) Charlie 

Holmes (ss,as) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,ld,arr) Will Johnson (g,bj) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib) Andy Razaf, 

Jesse Cryor (v) 404047-A also on sampler Best Of Jazz CD4031 

/CO.KG 32338/0d.XOC-145/Swag.1217/Swa.828/ Classics /JSP(UK)/ 

404047-A 3:10 LOUISIANA SWING (L.Russell) OK 8811/ CBS-88039 / CSS 63721 / Parl.7025 /VJM-54/(F)CD606/ CD308 / 

-C 3:03 LOUISIANA SWING OK 8811/ --- / --- / Swag.1267 / --- /Neatwork-RP2022 / --- / 

-Nicholas in ens-Holmes-Higginbotham-ens-Allen 48+8b, Holmes brd- 

404048-C 3:19 POOR LI´L ME -vJC (H.Allen-P.Barbarin) OK 8830/ --- / --- / Lps same as 404047-A /Cl.CD606 / --- / 

-Allen in ens 8b-vJC-Holmes-Allen in ens 8bHolmes ss-ens-Allen 32b- 

404049-B 3:03 ON REVIVAL DAY -vAR (A.Razaf) OK 8811/ --- / --- / Lps same as 404047-A /Cl.CD606 / --- / 

-C=A 3:05 ON REVIVAL DAY –vAR OK 8811/ --- / --- / Swag.1267 /Family-694/Neatwork-RP2020 / --- / 

-Allen in ens 8b-Higgy-Allen 8b-Higgy-ens-Allen in ens 8+4b-vAR (Allen in ens)16b-Higgy--reeds-Higgy-ens- 

all on RA-CD-1a, alternate takes on RA-CD-2a

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6/3/30 NYC., WILTON CRAWLEY & HIS ORCH./ WASBOARD RHYTHM KINGS: Red Allen (t) Wilton Crawley 

(cl,v) Charlie Holmes (as) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Pops Foster (bb) Bruce Johnson (wb,percussion) 

/ RCA /RCA RD/RCA/RCA(F) / Classics / J.Crusade-/ 

62188-2 3:18 She's A BIG TIME WOMAN -vWC (Crawley) Vi 23292/741087/ -8048 /-559/43693(2)/(F)CD642/JCCD3019/RA-CD-2 

-Morton-Allen&Crawley-Crawley-Morton-vWC-Crawley-Holmes-ens-Allen & Crawley coda- 

62189-1 3:20 I´M HER PAPA, SHE´S MY MAMA –vWC uniss.78"/Meritt-5/ / --- /Neatw.RP2013/ --- /RA-CD-5 

-2 3:21 I´M HER PAPA, SHE´S MY MAMA –vWC Vi 23344/RCA741087/7807/-524/ --- /Cl.CD 642/ --- /RA-CD-2 

(Crawley) -Crawley-Holmes-vWC-Allen 16b-Allen & Crawley in ens-16b- 

62190-1 2:59 NEW CRAWLEY BLUES (Crawley) --- / --- /8048/-559/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-2 

-Morton intro-ens-Bunn-Crawley-Allen & Holmes 12b-Crawley & Allen mute-Morton- 

-Allen & Crawley in ens 12b- (throughout Foster bb) 

62191-1 2:56 SHE SAVES HER SWEETEST SMILES FOR ME Vi 3292/ --- /7807/-524/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-2 

(Crawley) -Allen & Crawley in ens 8b-Allen 16b-Bunn-Morton-Holmes-Crawley-Allen brk- 

-Bunn-Allen & Crawley in ens 16b, Crawley brd- 

all 5 takes also on RCA CD7432-126411 & -2126411 

For the second trumpet several sources named Allen. There are only few Allen trade-marks to the some sluggish orchestra sound. 

But at this time, often Allen subordinated his style in feedback to the orch. and of all to the rhythm group. Trumpeter Keith Smith , 

who had studied Allen's style and lived and played with Red a long time says hearing the sides it is Allen. 

6/25/30 NYC., LAZY LEVEE LOUNGERS (THE RED HOT SYNCOPATORS): Charlie Gaines, Red Allen (t) unknown 

(tb) Albert Socarras (cl,as,fl) Prince Robinson (cl,ts) Clarence Williams (p,v) Leroy Harris (bj) Cyrus St.Clair (bb) 

/Natchez / Classics / 

150612-1 3:09 IF I COULD BE WITH YOU –vCW (Cremer-Johnson) Co 2243-D/-3004/-5/(F)CD823/ RA-CD-1 

-ens intro 4b-saxes 16b-Allen&saxes 16b-saxes 8b-Robinson ts&ens 12b-vCW(ens)18b-ens 13b- 

150613-1 2:47 SHOUT , SISTER , SHOUT –vCW (Williams-Brymn-A.Hill) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-1 

-ens intro 4b-ens 16b-Socarras as 8b-ens 8b-Robinson ts 32b-vCW (reeds) 32b-...tb 16+8b, 

-Socarras cl 5b on brd-Gaines or Allen 24b-ens 8b- 

7/15/30 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS NEW YORK ORCH.: Otis Johnson (t) Red Allen (t,v) James Archey (tb) Albert 

Nicholas (as,cl) Charlie Holmes (ss,as) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p,arr) Will Johnson (g,bj) Pops Foster (b) Ernest 

"Bass"Hill (bb) Paul Barbarin (d) For the presence of Foster & possibly also of the ill J.C. Higginbotham last without solos read 

Ch. Holmes´ & G.Walton´s coments in Storyville-51 . 

/ RCA(F) / Raret.- /Vic//Cam CAL3054/RCA(Arg)3000/ Classics/ JSP- / 

62343-2 3:36 ROAMIN´ -vRA (Chick Smith) Vi 23006/FXM 7192/24006/7/556/ RCA(I) 34024 /*BBC REB 685/CD540/CD332/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen 16+6b, Archey brd-vRA 30b-Allen in ens 32b- 

62344-1 3:20 (SINGIN´ ) PRETTY SONGS uniss.78”/ --- / --- / /CD333/ 

-2 3:18 (SINGIN´ ) PRETTY SONGS Vi 23338/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / *--- / --- /CD332/ 

(Allen-Russell-Barbarin) -Allen in ens 6b-Allen 16+8b, Archey brd-Walton-Allen 16b-Holmes-Archey-Allen in ens 64b- 

62345-2 3:20 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA Vi 23006/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / *--- / --- / --- / 

(P.Grainger) -vib-Allen mute 10b-Holmes-vRA 24b-Russell-Allen 4b-Archey-Allen 12+lob-coda in ens- 

62346-1 3:22 (I FELL IN) LOVE (WITH YOU) -vRA uniss.78”/ --- / --- / / *--- / /CD333/ 

-2 3:28 (I FELL IN) LOVE (WITH YOU) -vRA Vi 23338/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RCA3000/ / --- /CD332/ 

(Allen) -Allen intro 4b-Allen in ens 32b-Walton-ens-vRA 32b-Holmes-Allen 32b-Allen in ens 32b- 

all on reissued JSP-2CD-3403 / all Vi-releases also on CDS-J.Clas.RPCD6120/ 62344-1 & 62346-1 on Neatwork (A)CD-RP-2031 

“PATROL WAGON“ on: Best of Jazz CD-4031 & on: JAZZ(Greats)CD040/ plus on RA-CD-5 

7/16/30 NYC., REV.MC GEE (v,p) & unknown (t) unknown(g) it is the same to say as for 4/15/30 session 

62352-2 Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room Vi 23401/BB 85345/Sr. 3426/ Truth / Eden(A) / Document / 

62353-2 Soul, Don't You Be Uneasy Vi.uniss. / /TLT1001/ELE 1-200/BD CD6032/ 

for this next session it is the same to say as for 6/25/30 

7/23/30 NYC., CLARENCE WILLIAMS AND HIS JAZZ KINGS: Charlie Gaines or Red Allen or ?Roy Eldridge (t) 

unknown (tb) Albert Socarras (c1,fl,as) unknown (as,cl) poss. Arville Harris (ts,cl) unknown (ts) Clarence Williams (p) 

prob. Leroy Harris (bj) unknown (bb) 

/Natchez/ VJM / Classics / 

150659-2 3:00 HIGH SOCIETY BLUES (Williams-Piron) Co 14555-D/-3004/5 /VLP-47/(F)CD823/ RA-CD-2 

-ens intro 4b-saxes&brass 32b-...bb 2b-cl-trio 30b-brass 16b-ts&as&fl 32b-ens 32b- 

150660-1 2:44 LAZY LEVEE LOUNGERS (W.Robinson-I.Berlin) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-2 

-ens intro 8b-saxes 32b-?Allen & ens 16&5b-clts 16+Bb,?Allen brd 8b-...tb&ens 32b-ens 2b-

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- 13 - 

9/5/30 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl, ss,as) Charlie 

Holmes (ss,as) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p,arr,ld) Will Johnson (g bj)Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib) 

/CSS 86039 /Col.KG32338/Swag 1217/Swag.828/Classics CD606/ 

404428-B 2:57 MUGGIN´ LIGHTLY (L.Russell) OK 8830/CBS 63721/ Od XOC-145/ Parl.-7025/ VJM-57/'JSP(UK)CD308/ 

-ens-Walton-Higginbotham-Holmes-ensAllen in ens-saxes-ens- 

404429-A 3.17 PANAMA (W.H.Tyers) OK 8849/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Best of J.4031/ 

-ens-Foster-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Walton-Allen in ens 18b-Nicholas-Holmes in ens-ens- 

404430-B 2:56 HIGH TENSION (D.Bee-P.Packay) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-Holmes-Allen 14b-Russell brk-Nicholas-Higginbotham-Russell-saxes-ens-Holmes- 

all on RA-CD-1a 

9/10/30 NYC., KING OLIVER & HIS ORCH.: King Oliver, Bubber Miley, Red Allen (t) James Archey (tb) Hilton Jef- 

ferson, Glyn Paque (cl,as) Charles Frazier (ts) Henry Duncan (p) Arthur Taylor (bj) Lawson Buford (bb) Fred Moore (d) 

confirmed by Red Allen in J.Monthly 11/66 both on JSP(UK)2CD-3404 & RA-CD-2 

/RCA(F)430709/RCA-Vic.LPV 529/ClassicsCD594/KingJazz138FS/ 

63639-2 2:28 SHAKE IT AND BREAK IT (Friscoe- Vi 23009/RCA(F)741055/RCA(G)LPM10017/ JSP CD-348 /RCA ND89770/ 

-Qualli Clark) -ens- s-trio,JeffersonTaylor,Archey breaks-Archey 4b-?Miley mute 16b- 

-Jefferson 16b-Archey 16b-Paque as 16b-ens, s-trio, Buford, Duncan breaks 8b-Allen 16b- 

63640-1 3:07 STINGAREE BLUES (Clinton Kemp) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /BoJ 4031/ 

-Duncan 4b-Frazier 10b-Archey 12b-Paque as 12b-Oliver mute 12b-Allen 24b & coda- 

9/12/30 NYC. KING OLIVER & HIS ORCII.: King Oliver, Dave Nelson, Red Allen(t) James Archey (tb) 2 unknown (as) 

unknown (ts) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (bb) unknown (d) George Bias (v) 

/JSP-2CD/ 

63134-3 3:20 WHAT´S THE USE OF LIVING WITHOUT LOVE Vi 23011/RCA(F)7061/Jazz 603/ --- / --- / --- / -3404 / 

(J..McCarthy-J.F.Hanley) -sax trio 16b-Archey Bb-cl 8b-vGB (cl&p)-ts 8b-Allen mute 8b- 

63135-1 2:56 You Were Only PASSING TIME WITH ME -vGB --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-3 2:48 You Were Only PASSING TIME WITH ME -vGB Vi 23011/ --- / RA-CD-5 

(Alex Hill) -Archey intro-cl 8b-ens-vGB-Allen in ens-Archey 8b-Allen in ens- 

63134-3 & 63135-1 both on RA-CD-2 

10/15/30 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: as 9/5/30 & Otis Johnson (t) Dick Robertson(v) 

E 34924 YOU´RE LUCKY TO ME Br.rejected/ 

10/24/30 same: 

E 35024 YOU´RE LUCKY TO ME Br.rejected/ 

/ Coll Classics./Antipodisc / Classics / JSP(UK)-/RA-CD-1a 

E 35025 3:20 I GOT RHYTHM -vDR (I.&G.Gershwin) Me M-12000/CC34/COCD/(Aus)14449/(F)CD606/2CD-3403/ 

-Higginbotham in ens-Allen in ens-Higginbotham-vDR-Nicholas & Allen in ens-Allen8b-ens-Walton-ens 

E 35026 MEMORIES OF YOU -vDR Br.rejected/ 

Some sources named the Russell band incl.Red Allen instead of the Bingie Madison band on this Williams date. There´s no 

reason to believe Allen's presence, but this & the other Williams sessions of 11/24/30 & 2/1'9/31 and of James P.John-son 

3/25/31 are good examples of the influences of the Luis Russell band and especially of Red Allen, Higginbotham, Holmes 

and Pops Foster on other bands and musicians at this time. 

10/31/30 NYC.? CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS (BINGIE MADISON´S) ORCH.: prob.: Bill Dillard (t) Ward Pinkett (t,v) James 

Archey (tb) Fred Skerritt (as,bars) Henry Jones (as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts) Gene Rodgers (p) Goldie Lucas (bj,g) Bill Beason (d) Eva 

Taylor, Clarence Williams, Clarence Todd (v-trio) 

/ Classics. / 

10199-1-2 2:55 Hot Lovin´ -v (Charles Warfield) Pe 15403-a/VJM-5/(F)CD832/ 

10200-1-3 2:55 Papa De Da Da -v (Cl.&Sp.Williams-Cl.Todd) Ba 32021- / --- / --- / 

10201-2-3 2:36 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home -v (Warfield-Williams) Ba 32021- / --- / --- / 

12/16/30 NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: as 9/5/30 & Otis Johnson, unknown (t) Vic Dickenson (v) 

/ Coll.Ćlassics / Antipodisc /Br 10301/ Classics /JSP(UK)-/ 

E-35758-C 3:06 SARATOGA DRAG (Russell-Walton Greely) Vo 1579/CC34/COCD7/(Aus)14449/Swag.49/(F)CD606/2CD-3403/ 

-ens-Allen 16+8b, Walton on brd-Holmes-ens-Higginbotham brk-ens- 

E-35759-C 2.57 EASE ON DOWN (CASE ON DOWN) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Williams-Russell) -ens-Walton-Higginbotham-Allen 32b-ens-Walton in ens- 

E-35760- 3:10 HONEY, THAT REMINDS ME -vVD (Nesbitt) Br 6046/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Holmes-Higginbotham brd-vVD-Allen mute brd-Higginbotham-vVD- 

all on RA-CD-1a

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- 15 

1931-33 while regularly member of the Luis Russell band Allen was often a featured sideman 

in other orchestras and studio bands 

For this session it is to say the same as for 10/31/30. There´s a very Allen-like solo on"Just A Crazy Song", but.. 

3/25/31 NYC., JIMMY JOHNSON & HIS ORCH.: Ward Pickett, unknown (t) ?Ferd Arbello (tb) Fred Scerritt (cl,as) Henry L. 

Jones, Bingie Madison (ts) James P. Johnson (p) Goldie Lucas (g) Richard Fullbright (b) Bill Beason (d) Andy Razaf (v) 

/ Classics/ 

151457-2 3:29 Go Harlem -vAR (good t-solo but not Allen) Col 2448-D /Swag.849/(F)CD671/ 

151459-2 3:20 A Porter´s Love Song -vAR Col 14668-D/ --- / --- / 

151460-3 3:02 Just A Crazy Song -vAR (Allen-like-t-solo) Col 2448-D / --- / --- / partly on RA-CD-2 

ca.8/ /31 NYC., (FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS) CONNIE´S INN ORCH.: Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (t) Rex 

Stewart (c) Claude Jones (tb,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Edgar Sampson (cl,as,vln) Coleman 

Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p,ld,arr) Clarence Holiday (g) John Kirby (bb,b) Walter Johnson (d) Nat Leslie(arr) 

1431-2 You Rascal, You -vCJ (Theard) Crown 3180/Neatw.-RP2016/JCH-CD-1 

-3 You Rascal, You -vCJ Crown 3180/Classics-CD546/JCH-CD-1a 

1432-1 Blue Rhythm -aNL (Leslie-Mills) Crown 3180/Neatw.-RP2016/JCH-CD-1 

-3 Blue Rhythm -aNL Crown 3180/Classics-CD546/JCH-CD-1a 

1433-3 Sugar Foot Stomp (Armstrong-Gliver) Crown 3194/ --- /JCH-CD-1a 

1434-3 Low Down On The Bayou -aNL (Leslie-Mills) --- / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

8/28/3l NYC., LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Bobby Cheek, Gus Aiken (t) Dicky Wells (tb) Albert 

Nicholas (cl,as) Henry Jones (as) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p,ld,arr) Will Johnson (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul 

Barbarin (d,vib) Chick Bullock (v) YOU RASCAL also on Best of Jazz CD4031 

/VJM VLP-57/Antipodisc/Coll.Clas.(Dan)/TimelessHist.1-010/ 

70195-1 3:05 YOU RASCAL YOU -vRA (Sam Theard) Vi 22793/RCA(F)71921/(A)14449/CC34/COCD-7/Classics(F)CD606/ 

-Allen in ens-saxes-Walton-Wells-ens-vRA 64b-Allen in ens 36b- 

70196-1 2:57 GOIN´ TO TOWN -vCB (H.Prince-H.Mooney) Vi 22789/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-vCB (Allen) 32b-Wells-Walton-Wells-Nicholas in ens-?Jones-Allen in ens 20b- 

70197-1 3:04 SAY THE WORD -vCB (H.Adamson-B.Lane) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens-vCB-Allen mute l6+8b, orch.brd-ens-vCB-ens- 

70198-1 3:27 FREAKISH BLUES (Russell-Barbarin) Vi 22793/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen lead in ens-Jones as-ens-Wells-…....... mute t-reeds-Jones as in ens-ens- 

all on RA-CD-1a 

9/24/31 NYC., DON REDMAN & HIS ORCH.: Bill Coleman, Leonard Davis, Red Allen (t)Claude Jones Fred Robinson, 

Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge (cl,as,v) Rupert Cole (cl,as) Don Redman (as,v,ld,arr) Robert Carroll (ts) Horace 

Henderson (p,arr) Talcott Reeves (bj,g) Bob Ysaguirre (b,bb) Manzie Johnson (d,vib) Lois Deppe (v) 

(Coll´s 12-5 brings CHANT OF THE WEED twice, not an alternate take) SHAKIN´ also on Best of Jazz CD4031 

E-37222-A 3:16 I HEARD -vDR, -aHH (Redman) soli as 10/15/ rejected/ test isued on …..-CD-… / /RA-CD-3/ 

/Coll's/ Hep/MCA 1323/Classics(F)/ Br-87097 / 

E-37223-A 2:44 TROUBLE, WHY PICK ON ME -vLD,-aDR Br 6233/ 12-5/1001/MCA 510070/CD 543/Br(G)EPB10301/RA-CD-5/ 

(Redman) -saxes-vLD-Allen 4+4b,ens brd-Carroll-Redman-Allen 4b-Allen in ens-Redman & Allen in ens- 

E-37224-A 2:44 SHAKIN´ THE AFRICAN -v&aDR (Koehler-Arlen) Br E-0l244/ --- / --- / / --- /Phonst.NOST7619/RA-CD-3/ 

-vDR-Allen brk-ens-Allen 16+8b, Carroll brd-vDR-Inge & reeds-vDR-ens-Morton & reeds- 

E-3722S-A 3:12 CHANT OF THE WEEDS -aDR (Redman-Mills) Br 6211/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Stash -ST-119 /RA-CD-3/ 

-orch.-Redman in ens-orch.-Inge in ens-Redman in ens-Henderson-orch.- / --- /MCA 510178-180/ 

10/15/31 NYC., same but Langston Curl (t) for Coleman 

E-37291-A 2:35 SHAKIN´ THE AFRICAN -v&aDR - soli as above Br 6211/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Br EPB10301/TOM2/RACD-3/ 

E-37292-A 3:17 I HEARD -vDR&EI,-aHH (Redman) Br 6233/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /TimeL.J16/MCA510178/ --- / 

-orch.-saxes-Morton-Inge & Carroll-ens-vDR & reeds-ens-Morton-ens-vDR&EI-Inge in ens-Carroll-Inge in ens- 

ca.10/ /31 NYC., CONNIE´S INN ORCH. : same as Aug.31 but C.Jones left for Redman 

1503-2=3 12th Street Rag (E.L.Bowman) Crown 321/Classics CD546/JCH-CD-2a 

1506-3 Milenberg Joys (N.O.R.K.) --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a

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- 17 - 

10/15 & 10/16/31 NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (t) Rex Stewart (c) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Edgar Sampson (cl,as,vln) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Hender- 

son (p,ld,arr) Clarence Holiday (g) John Kirby (bb,b) Walter Johnson (d)Les Reis(v) Archie Bleyer (arr) 

151845-1 Singin´The Blues -vLR (McHugh-Fields) Col 2565-D/Classics CD546/ JCH-CD-2a 

151846-3 It´s The Darndest Thing -vLR (McHugh-Fields) --- / --- / JCH-CD-2a/Mosaic-MD8-251/ 

151847-1 Blues In My Heart -vLR (Carter-Mills) Col 2559-D/ --- / JCH-CD-2a 

151848-1 Sugar -vLR (Meyer-Young) --- / --- / JCH-CD-2a 

151851-1 Business In F -aAE3 (Bleyer) Col 2615-D/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/Mosaic-MD8-251/ 

3/10&3/11/32 NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS CONNIE´S INN ORCH./*BABY ROSE MARIE & HER 

ORCH.: as above & Sandy Williams (tb) Ikey Robinson (g,v) for Holiday on 3/10 only; Baby Rose Marie, John 

Dickens, Harlan Lattimore (v) 

/Classics/ / Mosaic- / 

71938-1 Strangers -vJD (C.O´Flynn-J.F.Coots) Vic 22955/ CD546/ JCH-CD-2a/MD8-251/ 

71939-1 Take Me Away From The River -vIR (L.Parker) Vic 24008/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ 

71940-1 *Say That You Were Teasing Me -vBRM (Turk-Ahlert) Vic 22960/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ 

71941-1 *Take A Picture Of The Moon -vBRM (Little-Young) --- / --- / JCH-CD-2a/ 

71942-1 I Wanna Count Sheep -vHL (L.Jack Little-Young) Vic 22955/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/MD8-251/ 

71943-1 Poor Old Joe -vHL&ch (H.Carmichael) Vic 24008/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ 

11445-A Casa Loma Stomp (Giff ord) Mt M-12340/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ --- /HEP-CD-1016/ 

11446-A Blue Moments (Fl.Henderson) test exists/ / --- / 

11446-B Blue Moments (Fl.Henderson) Col.CL 1685(Lp)/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ --- / --- / 

11447-A How Am I Doin´ , Hey, Hey -vHL (Branch-Redman) Per 15603/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ --- / --- / 

-B How Am I Doin´ , Hey Hey –vHL test exists/ / --- / 

11448-A Good Bye Blues –vHL (McHugh-Fields-Johnson) Mt M-12340/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/ / --- / 

4/18/32 NYC., BILLY BANKS & HIS ORCH. (THE RHYTHMAKERS/ EDDIE CONDON´ S CHICAGO RHYTHM. 

KINGS): Red Allen (t,v) Pee Wee Russell (cl,ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Eddie Condon (bj) Jack Bland (g) Al Morgan (b) Zutty 

Singleton (d) Billy Banks (v) maybe all sides of following sessions without alternate takes on Jazz Archives 158842-No.101(CD) 

/VJM53/CBS-52732/ OFC-9/Coll.Clas./Classics/BBC/ 

11716-1 2:43 BUGLE CALL RAG (Pettis-Meyers-Schoebel) Ban 32459/CC-14/ABS-52732/IAJRC4/COCD-1/ CD-969/-685/** 

-2 2:46 BUGLE CALL RAG uniss. 78"/Meritt-26/ / --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen & Russell in ens 72b, brks by Allen, Russell, Zutty-Sullivan-Russell ts- 

-Sullivan-Allen & Russell-cl 8b-Foster-Allen & Russell in ens 40b- 

11717-1 3:02 OH! PETER (You're So Nice) –vRA Co 35841 /as 11716-1 /J.Arch.JA-1/ 

-2 3:05 OH! PETER (You're So Nice) –vRA uniss.78"/Time-Life STL-J27/Coll.C1-55/CoCD-1/Neatwork-RP2031/J.Arch.JA-1/ 

(Wiedoeft-Rose-Stafford) -Allen & Russell cl 18b-vRA 36b-Sullivan-Allen & Foster 32b-Allen & Russell cl 32b- 

11718-1 2:48 MARGIE -vBB (B.Davis-R.Robinson-C.Conrad) Ban 32462/as 11716-1 

-Russell ts & Allen intro-vBB-Russell ts-vBB-Allen 32b-Allen & Russell cl 32b 

11719-2 SPIDER CRAWL –vBB (Bland-Condon) Ban rejected/ 

11716-1 also on CDS-J.Clas.RPCD610/ 

all on RA-CD-C3 

5/23/32 NYC., BILLY BANKS & HIS ORCH. : same as 4/18/32 

11717-3 2:54 OH! PETER (You're So Nice) –vBB Ban 32462/as 11716-1/ /J.Arch.JA-1/ 

-4 3:00 OH! PETER (You're So Nice) –vBB uniss.78"/Coll.C1-55/CoCD-1/ Neatwork-RP2031/J.Arch.JA-1/ 

-Allen & Russell cl 16b-vBB & Allen & Russell cl 18b-Sullivan- 

-vBB & Allen & Russell cl 18b-Russell cl-Allen & Russell cl 32b- 

11719-4 2:57 SPIDER Crawl –vBB (Bland-Condon) Ban 32459/as 11716-1/ /TimeLife-STL-J27/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen & Russell cl 12b-vBB & Russell cl & Allen 36b-Sullivan- 

-vBB & Russell cl & Allen 24b-Russell cl-Allen & Russell cl 24b- 

11881-1 3:03 WHO´S SORRY NOW -vBB (Kalman-Ruby-Snyder) Per 15642/as 11716-1 

-Russell ts-vBB & rhythm-Allen & Foster 16b-Russell cl-Allen 32b-Allen & Russell cl 32b- 

11882-1 2:36 TAKE IT SLOW AND EASY -vBB (Bland-Condon) HRS-17/as 11716-1 

-Foster intro-Allen & Russell cl 18b-vBB-Allen 18b-vBB-Sullivan-Allen & Russell 36b- 

11883-1 2:46 BALD HEADED MAMA –vBB (Bland-Sullivan) Per 15642/as 11716-1 

-Allen & Russell cl 12b-vBB-Sullivan-Allen 12b-Russell cl-vBB-Allen & Russell cl 24b- 

all on RA-CD-C3

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7/26/32 NYC., THE RHYTHMAKERS: Red Allen (t) Jimmy Lord (cl) Pee Wee Russell (ts) Fats Waller (p,v) Eddie 

Condon (bj) Jack Bland (g) Pops Foster (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Billy Banks(v) several sides on Jazz Archives 158842No.101(CD) 

/CBS-52732/ VJM-53/Collect.Classics /Classics/ 

12119-1 2:55 I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU -vBB Me M12457/ABS-52732/IAJRC-4/COCD-1/CC-55/CD969/ 

-2 I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU -vBB Ban 32530 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /CC-14/OFC-1 4/Neatw.-2031/ 

(Hill-Williams-Hopkins) -Allen intro 4b-Allen in ens 32b-vBB-Russell-ens-Waller-vBB & Lord-Allen in ens 8b- 

12120-1 3:05 MEAN OLD BED BUG BLUES -vBB&FW Ban 32502 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / CD969/ 

-2 2:56 MEAN OLD BED BUG BLUES -vBB&FW Co 35882 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /CC-55/OFC-14/Neatw.-2031/ 

(Wood) -Waller-vBB-Lord-vFW & Russell-Russell-vBB&FW & Allen 24b-Allen in ens 8b- 

12121-2 3:10 YELLOW DOG BLUES –vBB (Handy-Pace) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Neatw.-2031/ 

-3 3:12 YELLOW DOG BLUES –vBB Ban 32502 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /CC-14/CD969/CBS-87273 

-Waller intro-Allen in ens 24b-vBB-Waller-Allen in ens 36b- 

12122-1 2:46 YES SUH ! -vBB&ch (Razaf-Dowell) uniss.78"/Neatw.-2031/ / --- /CC-55/CD969/J.Arch.JA-1/ 

-2 2:50 YES SUH ! -vBB&ch Ban 32530 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /CC-14/OFC-14/ 

-Allen intro 8b-vBB&ch-Waller-Allen 16b-vBB&ch-Allen in ens 32b- 

all on RA-CD-C3/12120-1 also on RA-CD-5 

Billy Banks headed the Russell band at the Lafayette Theatre the week of 7/16-22/32 (see adv.) and toured with the band in 

New York City and New England until late August-1932. Surely Banks had used members of the Russell band incl. Bill 

Coleman for this session as he used members of the MBRB for the 5/10/32 and 4/28/32 sessions. Unfortunately, in contrast 

to suggestions of some American musicians and Allen fans, Red Allen is not present. 

8/18/32 NYC., BILLY BANKS & HIS ORCH. - members of the Luis Russell band & MBRB): Bill Coleman (t) unknown (tb) 

unknown (cl,as) unknown (as) unknown (ts) Edgar Hayes (p) Bill Johnson (bj.g) Pops Foster (b) Joseph Smith (d) 

73306-1 Oh! You Sweet Thing -vBB -feat.Bill Coleman Vi 24148 / Harrison"K"/Classics(F)CD969/ 

73307-1 It Don't Mean A Thing -vBB --- / / --- / 

73309-1 You Wonderful Thing -vBB Vi 23399 / / --- / 

1930 unknown date, Paramount´s Long Island Studios – The LUIS RUSSELL´s ORCH. took part in the film “THE DEVIL´S 

HOLIDAY” starring Morton Downey(v) details unknown / wanted; a new source of Al Nicholas to Uwe Dürr (in his Al 

Nicholas Disco) names this 1930 Paramount feature instead of the unknown 1932 feature. research assist wanted? 

Mark Cantor had found a film-copy at the West-Coast in which the night-club-scene was cut; we look for an alternate copy at the US-East coast 

../../1932 NYC., Paramount-studios - LUIS RUSSELL & HIS BAND: unknown Paramount feature (title & details unknown) 

possibly Billy Banks or the Mills Brothers (v) sources: Greely Walton; and David Meeker: "JAZZ IN THE MOOVIES" 

if it is not infact the 1930 Paramount feature “The Devil´s Holiday” then concerning my own experiences with jazz-film-research in the 

negro-press I suggest for research about this NYC. studio feature to have an eye also on mentioned names like the Mills 

Brothers or Billy Banks (both in several relations to the Russell-band in late 1931 until late 1932 with such show titles as 

"JAZZ-MAD"; "RADIO LAND" ; "HOT-CHA-CHA" ; "LEONARD HARPER´s REVUE / CHORUS". 

10/8/32 NYC., JACK BLAND & HIS RHYTHMAKERS (CHICAGO RHYTHM KINGS): Red Allen (t,v) Tommy 

Dorsey (tb, not on 12455) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Happy Caldwell (ts) Frank Froeba (p) Eddie Condon (bj) Jack Bland (g) 

Pops Foster (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Chick Bullock (v) several sides on Jazz Archives 158842 No.101(CD) 

/VJM/ /IAJRC-4 /CBS-52732/JAZZ Greats CD40 

12452-1 2:36 WHO STOLE THE LOCK -vRA&ch Co 35841 / -53 /CC-55/CC-COCD-2/ABS-52732/OFC-14/Neatw.-2031/ 

-2 2:38 WHO STOLE THE LOCK -vRA&ch Ban 32605/ --- /CC-14/CC-COCD-1/ --- /ClassicsCD969/ 

(Razaf-Dowell) -Allen in ens 16b-Russell-vRA&ch 16b-Caldwell-Dorsey-vRA&ch 16b- 

-Froeba-Foster-Allen in ens 16+16b, Singleton break- 

12453-1 2:58 A SHINE ON YOUR SHOES –vCB Per 15689 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /OFC-1 4/ 

-2 3:01 A SHINE ON YOUR SHOES –vCB uniss.78" / /CC-55/CC-COCD-2/JazzArch.JA-1/Neatw.-RP2031/ 

(Dietz-Schwartz) -Allen in ens 32b-vCB-Allen in ens 18b-Dorsey-Russell- 

-Dorsey-vCB-Allen in ens 18+8b, Caldwell brd- 

-3 2:55 A SHINE ON YOUR SHOES -vCB uniss.78" / / --- / --- / --- / Neatw.-RP2031/ 

-Allen in ens 50b-Dorsey-Russell-Dorsey-vC6-Allen in ens 18b-cut (slower tempo) 

12454-2 2:45 IT´S GONNA BE YOU -vCB (Young- Per 15689/VJM-53/CC-14/CC-COCD-1/OFC-14/ClassicsCD969/ 

-Schuster-Little) -Caldwell intro-Allen in ens 16+8b, Caldwell brd- 

-vCB-Froeba & Zutty, Allen brk-Allen in ens 16+8b, Dorsey brd- 

12455-1 3:01 SOMEBODY STOLE GABRIEL´S HORN -vRA Ban 32605/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:59 SOMEBODY STOLE GABRIEL´S HORN -vRA uniss.78" / /CC-55/CC-COCD-2/JazzArch.JA-1/ Neatw.-RP2031/ 

(Washington-Hayes-Mills) -Singleton & Caldwell intro-Allen in ens 16b--Caldwell- 

-Russell-vRA 48b-Froeba-Allen 8b-Froeba-Allen in ens 16b- 

all on RA-CD-C3/12455-2 also on RA-CD-5

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- 20 -

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12/9/32 NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH.: Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (t) Rex Stewart (c) J.C.Higgin- 

botham, Sandy Williams (tb) -Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) 

Freddie White (g) John Kirby (aluminium-b) WalterJohnson (d) Katherine Handy (v) 

/ Classics- /HEP(UK)/ Mosaic- / 

152324-1 3:14 Honeysuckle Rose (Waller-Razaf) Col 2732-D/(F)CD535/ CD-1016/MD8-251/JCH-CD-1a 

152325-1 3:09 New King Porter Stomp (Henderson) Col (E)CB 701/ --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

152326-1 3:15 Underneath The Harlem Moon -vKH (Revel-Gordon) Col 2732-D/ --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-1a 

Red Allen had played with the Charlie Johnson band regularly from fall-32 until March-33 with interruptions when the Luis Russell 

band had special band contests and theatre-engagements in NYC featuring Red Allen as there have been at Loew´s 2/4-2/10/33 & at 

the Lafayette 3/4-3/10/33 

1/25/33 NYC., airchecks , CHARLIE JOHNSON & HIS SMALL´S PARADISE ORCHESTRA unknown, ?Frank Newton, 

Henry Red Allen(t) unknown(poss.Dicky Wells)(tb) Ben Whitted, unknown (cl,as) Chu Berry (ts,cl) Charlie Johnson(p) Bernard 

Addison (g) Billy Taylor(b) George Stafford(d) (accetates of very poor quality in possess of Jan Evensmo (Norge); band-line-up from 

K.B.Rau (G); the accetates have a terrible sound quality and are incomplete turning the record in the middle of the sides, but a 

worthwhile document of this orchestra. 

01 1:37 unknown title (12 bar blues) RA-CD-10/ 

02 2:26 Tiger Rag (with interrupton after 1:31; you can hear a Red Allen solo behind a lot of noises) --- / 

03 0:57 leave out announcement to unknown title --- / 

3/27/33 Mon., NYC., ALLEN - HAWKINS ORCHESTRA: Red Allen (t) Dicky Wells (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Coleman 

Haw-kins(ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (d) 

/ CBS /GAPS/HEP-CD/ C1assics / Mosaic- / 

13183-A- 2:48 SOMEDAY SWEETHEART (Spikes Brothers) uniss.78"/68227/ -070 / -1028 /(F)CD540/MD8-251/RA-CD-C2/ 

-Hawkins intro 4b-Allen mute over Procope as 32b-Hawkins 32b-Wells 8b-Procope cl in ens 8b- 

13184-A- 2:36 I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

KATE (A.J.Piron) -Allen lead 2+18b-Procope in ens cl 18b-Wells 18b-Hawkins 32b-Hawkins & ens 10b- 

5/18/33 NYC., SPIKE HUGHES & HIS NEGRO ORCH.(BENNY CARTER´S ORCH.): Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard 

(t) Red Allen (t,v) Wilbur DeParis, George Washington, Dicky Wells (tb) Wayman Carver (cl.as,fl) Howard Johnson, 

Benny Carter (c1,as,ss) Leon Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Ernest"Bass"Hill 

(b) Sid Catlett (d) Spike Hughes (arr) 

/Lon.LL1387/Ace of H./Dec(G)158002/Jasmine/Retr.RTR79005/ 

13352-A 3:04 ARABESQUE -no piano (Hughes) DeE F3639/DecLK 4173/ACL1153/Dec ACL1153/(E)2012/Class.-CD522/ 

-Berry intro-Hawkins 32b-Wells-ens-Wells-Hawkins 16b & coda- 

13353-A 2:53 FANFARE -aLH (trad.) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Berry 12b-Hawkins 12b-Wells-Allen 24b-Carter cl 24b- 

13354-A 3:04 SWEET SORROW BLUES -aSH (trad.) DeE F5101 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Wells-ens-Allen 12b-ens-Hawkins 24+4b, ens brd- 

13355-A 2:44 MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT -aSH (Hughes) DeE F3836/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Wells-Berry 16b-Carter as 12b-Hawkins 16b-Carter cl 6b-Allen 8b- 

5/18/33 NYC., Red Allen (t,v) Dicky Wells (tb) Wayman Carver (fl,as) Benny Carter (as,ss) Leon Chu Berry, Coleman 

Hawkins (ts) Red Rodriguez (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Spike Hughes (b) Sidney Catlett (d) 

13358-A 3:02 SWEET SUE, JUST YOU (Harris-Young) DeE F3972/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 32b-Hawkins 32b-Carver fl-Wells-Carter as 32b-Allen 16+8b, Berry 8b brd- 

5/19/33 NYC., full band but Howard Scott (t) Red Rodriguez (p) for Davis or Dillard, Luis Russell, 

13359-A 3:0l AIR IN D-FLAT -aSH (Hughes) DeE F5101/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-saxes-brass-saxes-brass-Allen-Wells-Hawkins 16b-ens-saxes- 

13360-A 3:02 DONEGAL CRADLE SONG -asH (Hughes) DeE F3717/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Lucie in ens intro-reeds-ens-Hawkins 16+8b, brass brd-ens- 

13361-A 3:18 FIREBIRD -aSH (Hughes) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-clarinets-brass-reeds-Berry 12b-Hawkins 16b-Allen 32b-Wells-ens-Carver fl-ens- 

13362-A 3:04 MUSIC AT SUNRISE -aSH (Hughes) DeE F3836/ / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-saxes-ens-saxes-Wells-saxes-ens-Hawkins 8b-ens- 

same date small band as 13358 

13363-A 3:04 HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE YOU DO ?DeE F3972/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Austin-Bergere) -Allen in ens 16b-Hawkins 16b-vRA 16b-Allen in ens 16b--Wells-Rodriguez-Berry 16b-Carver fl-ens- 

13354-A & 13358-A also on BBC-685/ CDS J.Clas.RPCD-610/ Jazz Greats JAZZ CD040/ 13363-A also on RA-CD-5 

all ten sides on RA-CD-2a

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7/21/33 Fri., NYC., HENRY ALLEN AND COLEMAN HAWKINS & THEIR ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Dicky Wells (tb) 

Hilton Jefferson (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Bernard Addison (g on 13616, bj on others) John Kirby 

(b on 1316/-17, bb on -18/-19) Walter Johnson (d) John Hammond reported in Melody Maker 10/14/33 that the Brunswick 

moguls had recorded Hawkins and Allen for their cheap label, with dire results, since they insisted on use of banjo and tuba. 

Red Allen lists two alternate takes of 13618 and -19 from test-recors available on his cartridge-cassette – Together with J.R. 

T.Davies I can not hear any difference in opposite to an US-Coleman Hawkins-fan circle around Ren Mocklar are sure to 

believe differrences in clarinet and sax solos and it´s impossible to keept the takes simultaneously. 

/Suisa(I)JZCD362/GAPS/ HEP / Classics / Mosaic- / 

13616-1-2 2:34 THE RIVER´S TAKIN´ CARE OF ME -vRA Me M12769/CBS 8227/ -070 /CD1028/(F)CD540/MD8-251/ 

(Addams-Green) -Allen intro in ens 16b-saxes Sb-Hawkins 8b-vRA 16b-Allen in ens 8b- 

13617-1 2.41 AIN´T CHA GOT MUSIC -vRA (Razaf-Johnson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Henderson intro 4b-vRA 32b-Jefferson 14b-Allen lead 16+2b-Hawkins 16b-Wells 8b- 

-Hawkins 8b-Allen lead 16b-Hawkins 8b- 

13618-1 2:40 STRINGIN´ ALONG ON A SHOE STRING -vRA Me M12759/ --- / --- / --- / ---- / --- / --- / 

-2?? 2:40 STRINGIN´ ALONG ON A SHOE STRING -vRA ?uniss.test 78”/ /RA-CD-C9/ 

(Adamson-Lane) -Allen 4b-Henderson 2b-Allen muted 32b-vRA 32b-Hawkins 24b- 

13619-1 2:37 SHADOWS ON THE SWANEE (Young-Burke-Spina) Me M12759/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251 / 

-2 2:37 SHADOWS ON THE SWANEE (Young-Burke-Spina) ?uniss.test78”/ /RA-CD-C9/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Hawkins 4+4b-Wells 8b-Hawkins 4+8b-Allen 4b- 

8/18/33 Fri., NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : Russell Smith, Bobby Stark, Red Allen (t) Dicky Wells 

(tb on all titles) Sandy Williams(tb last two titles only) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts) 

Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (d) Horace Henderson (arr) 

"Yeah Man" had been the title of a short-lived Negro musical of mid.1932 (see p-28). There was also a Harlem cabaret of that name. 

/Co C3K575(3CD)/ Classics /HEP(UK)/ 

13827-1 2:47 YEAH MAN -aHH (Sissle-Robinson) Vo 2527/Co CL1685/CBS BPG62004/(F)CD535/CD-1016/ 

-2 2:55 YEAH MAN Vo test/Meritt-13/14/ /NEAT-RP-2016/ 

-Procope cl 32b-Stark 32b-Hawkins 32b-Allen 8b-Hawkins 9b (different soli between the takes) 

13828-1 2:50 KING PORTER STOMP -aFH (J.R.Morton) Vo 2527/Co CL1685/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 3:02 KING PORTER STOMP Vo test/Meritt-13/14/ / --- / 

-Stark muted & saxes 24+16b-Procope cl 16b-Wells 16b-Hawkins 16b-Allen 32b-Saxes 16b- 

13829-1-2 2:45 QUEER NOTIONS –aHH (Hawkins) Vo 2583/Co CL1685/ --- / --- / --- / --- /Topaz-CD022/ 

-Hawkins intro 4b-muted brass 32b-Hawkins 10b-Allen muted 16b-Hawkins 2+2b- 

-Allen muted 8b-saxes lead 16b-Hawkins 8b- 

13830-1 2:48 CAN YOU TAKE IT -aFH (F.Henderson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:56 CAN YOU TAKE IT Vo test / Col. 35671 /GAPS(Du)090 / /NEAT-RP-2016/ 

-cl trio lead 4+32b-Hawkins 32b-Williams 24b-Jefferson as 24b-Allen 12b-Henderson 8b- 

all three Vo-tests also on RA-CD-3; 13828-2 also on RA-CD-12(Trumpet Kings), all four takes-1 on RA-CD-2a / all on Mosaic MD8-251/ 

early Auq. or Sept.33, Astoria, L.I., film. or synrhron sequences studio band of J.P.Johnsons plus members of Fletcher Henderson´s 

Orch. for the film "EMPEROR JONES", released through United Artists; cr. 9/29/33; Fl. 89 min. 9 reels, B&W; prod.: John 

Krinsky & Gifford Co- chran; dir.: Dudley Murphy; based on the play by Eugene O'Neill; script: DuBose Heyward; music-score: 

J.Rosamund Johnson; Paul Robeson, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Rex Ingram, Jimmy Mordechal, Dudley Digges, Ruby 

Elzy, Harold Nicholas,The Hall Johnson Billie Holiday appeared as an extra in a crowd 

scene, James P. Johnson (p) prominently featured Choir , in a Harlem night club sequence; 

According to a report by John Hammond in MELODY MAKER 10/7/33,"the Henderson 

band recently made several sequences for EMPEROR JONES, the new Paul Robeson 

film..". Red Allen in an interview to Al McCarthy 1966 regretted the missing influence of 

the Henderson-men on directives , posing and music. On another occasion of this interview, 

speaking about the two different trumpets in New Orleans style, he mentioned his backgroundwork 

at this filmmusic. Dr.Stratemann: “It is normally assumed that these sequences 

were cut from the final release print. On the soundtrack, however, in accompaniment 

to a dance act by H. Nicholas an orchestra of regular big band instrumentation is heard 

which could well be the Henderson aggregation. Positive identification is impossible 

though by aural means. For the interested reader, here s a rundown of the first half, 

approximately,of the film's soundtrack. The 2nd half contains hardly any music at all. 

Music: 1:50 Opening chants: Voodoo & Spritual -Hall-Johnson Choir,drums,hand-cl. 

1:15 Let Me Fly (breaks off) -Paul Robeson & ch., v,studio-band 

0:24 Same Train -Hall-Johnson Choir 

0:37 St.Louis Blues (breaks off) -girls choir w.J.P.Johnson on dial 

0:55 St.Louis Blues (fast tempo) -James P.Johnson-p behind dial 

1:20 St.Louis Blues (medium tempo) -James P.Johnson-p behind dial 

1:01 unident.tune (closing) -MIXED STUDIO BAND;-dH.Nicholas 

0:55 CASA LOMA STOMP (ending fades) -same big band 

0:30 unident.slow instrumental -same big band behind dial into 

2:50 unident.blues number -v Ruby Elzy? with p acc. 

0:25 same tune (reprise) -ditto 

0:35 same tune (reprise) -ditto 

1:43 John Henry & Water Boy -P.Robeson & Hall-Johnson Choir 

1:54 orchestra parts on RA-CD-3 & RA-DVD-1; shorter 0:55 CASA LOMA on RA-CD-10;

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8/19/33 NYC., WASHBOARD RHYTHM KINGS / BOYS: unknown personnel with poss. Frank Humphries, Dave Page(t) Calvin 

Clement(tb) unknown 2as,ts,p,bj,b,wb,v recorded 8 sides for Melotone. (see Storyville-34/-125). Often Red Allen was mentioned 

as featured soloist on “I COVER THE WATERFRONT”(hear on RA-CD-3) but Allen was on New England tour with Henderson´s 

band, started at 8/l8/33 

9/22/33 Fri., NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (t) Red Allen (t,v) Dicky Wells, 

Claude Jones (tb) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (c1,as) Coleman Hawkins (ts,cl) Horace Henderson (p,arr) Bernard 

Addison (g) JohnKirby (b) Walter Johnson (d) unknown (vib on 265138) Fletcher Henderson (ld,arr) Will Hudson (arr) 

all on Mosaic MD8-251/ Dec.DL/MFP/Prest./ Regal(F) /Family/ WR /Swing-SW/ Classics / 

265135-2 2:32 QUEER NOTIONS -aHH (C.Hawkins) Co CB-678/ 5383 /1085/7645/REG1038/ (I)716 /SHB42/ 8453/54 /(F)CD535/ 

-Hawkins 4+l0b-Allen 18b-Hawkins 2+2b-Allen 8b-saxes & trumpets 16b-Hawkins 8b- 

265136-2 3:32 IT´ S THE TALK OF THE TOWN RA-CD.-3/ 

265136-3 3:30 IT´ S THE TALK OF THE TOWN Co 2825-D/ 5384 / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Levingston-Symers-Neiburg) -aFH -Jefferson cl intro 4b-brass & saxes 4+4+4+4b- 

-Hawkins 4b-saxes 8b-Allen 4b-Hawkins 32b- 

265137-2 3:24 NIGHT LIFE -aWH (Will Hudson) Co CB-727/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Jefferson & Hawkins.intro-Henderson 8b-Allen 8b-Henderson 8b-saxes 24b-Stark 32b-Hawkins 18+8b- 

265138-2 3:25 NAGASAKI -vRA, (Warren-Dixon) Co 2825-D/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-aHH -Hawkins 2b-Allen 2b-ens 4b-saxes 8+4b-brass 4b-vib 4b-Henderson 32b- 

-vRA(cl & rhythm) 32b-Allen 64b-Henderson brd 4b-Wells 4b-Stark 4b-Hawkins 8b- 

all on: HEP(UK)CD-1016 / 265138 also on Best of Jazz CD4031 / RA-CD-2a / 

265136&-38 also on Cap.W 2139/Cap.(Au)T-2139; 265136 also on Dec DL 6025/C.I.D.(F)UM-233517/ Fonit(I)USA-DL-6026/ 

9/29/33 Fri., NYC., COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) 

Coleman Hawkins (ts) Horace Henderson (p,arr) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson or Sid Catlett (d) 

W.C.Allen: Personnel with Johnson is from standard references; however John Hammond stated in Melody Maker 10/21/33 that 

Catlett played drums on this date. Except for Catlett, and for Higginbotham, then with Chick Webb, all men were from the Hen- 

derson band. 

all on Mosaic MD8-251/ /MFP/Prest./Regal/Family/ WR / Swin-SW/Classics/ HEP / 

265143-2 3:38 THE DAY YOU CAME ALONG Parl.E R-1685/1128/ 7647/1047/ (I)717/SHB42/ 8453/54 /CD 587/CD1028/ 

from the film "Too Much Harmony" (Sam Coslow-Coleman Hawkins) 

-Jefferson cl 16b-Higginbotham 8b-Jefferson cl brd 4b-Hawkins 32b-Allen 8b-Hawkins 4b coda- 

265144-1 2:56 JAMAICA SHOUT (H.Henderson) J.OracleBDW8047/ /RA-CD-3 

-2 2:59 JAMAICA SHOUT -aHH Parl.E R-1685/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Addison 4b&Allen 2b& Hawkins 2b intro-Allen 32b-Hawkins l6b-Allen 16b-Higginbotham 8b- 

-Allen 8b-Hawkins 32b-Jefferson as 4b-Higginbotham 4b-Allen 4b-Hawkins 4b- 

265145-2 3:28 HEART-BREAK BLUES - Parl.E R-1766/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /Best of J. 

a B1ues Rhapsody (C.Hawkins) -Allen 32b-Hawkins 32b-Allen 8b-Hawkins 8b- CD4031 

10/3/33 Tues., NYC., HORACE HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : same as 9/22/33 - Fletcher Henderson (ld, arr) 

/Dec.DL/Prest./Regal/Family/ WR /Swing/Classics/Best of J./ 

265150-2 2:52 HAPPY FEET (Ager-Yellen) Parl.E R-1792/ 5383 /7645 /1108/(I)716 /SHB42/ 5383/CD-587/ CD4041/ 

-Henderson 32b-Allen 8b-Wells 2+16b-Procope? cl 16b-Hawkins 2+4b- 

265151-1 3:15 I´m RHYTHM CRAZY Now -aHH Parl.E R-1743/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251/ 

(Fl.Henderson-I.Mills) -saxes 16b-Jones muted 8b-saxes 8b-brass 16b-saxes 4b- 

-brass 12b-Hawkins 32b-Stark 32b-Wells 32b- 

265152-1 3:06 OL´ MAN RIVER -vRA (Kern-Hammerstein) Parl.E R-1766/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251/ 

-brass intro-saxes 16b-brass 8b-saxes 4b-brass 4b-Henderson brd 4b-vRA 32b- 

-brass brd 4b-Allen 32b-Hawkins 16b-Hawkins 6b-sazes 4b- 

265153-2 3:04 The Anniversary of MINNIE THE - Parl.E R-2031/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251/ 

MOOCHER´S WEDDING DAY from the floor show revue "21st Cotton Club Parade" of 1932 

-aHH (Arlen-Koehler) -saxes lead 32b-Wells 32b-Allen 32b-Hawkins 16b- 

-Allen & saxes 8b-Hawkins 8b-brass lead 16b-Procope cl 8b-brass lead 8b- 

265154-1 3:17 AIN´T CHA GLAD (F.Waller-F.Henderson) Parl.E R-1717/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-aHH -trumpets 4b-saxes & brass 32b-Jones 16b-trumpets 8b-Allen 8b-clarinets 16b-Hawkins 8b- 

265155-1 3:36 I´VE GOT TO SING A TORCH SONG Col.E CB-701/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251/ 

from "Gold Diggers of 1933" (H.Warren-A.Dubin) 

-saxes intro 2b-ens 16b-Allen 8b-ens 8b-Henderson 4b-Hawkins 32+24b+coda- 

265151 & -52 also on M.F.P.1128/ 265153 also on CDS J.Clas.RPCD610/ 265145 & 265152 also on JAZZ Great CD040/ 

10/7/33 Sat., & 10/9 Mo. & 10/10 Tu. & 10/13 Fr., N.Y. at WABC (CBS)-broadcasts: FLETCHER HENDERSON ORCH.

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10/16/33 NYC., BENNY CARTER & HIS ORCH.: Eddie Mallory, Bill Dillard, Dick Clark (t) J.C. Higginbotham, Fred 

Robinson, Keg Johnson (tb) Benny Carter (cl,as) Wayman Carver (as,fl) Glyn Paque (as) Johnny Russell (ts) Teddy 

Wilson (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Ernest Hill (b) Sid Catlett (d) 

/Classics / 

265160-1 Devil's Holiday Col.2898-D/ CD-530/JCH-CD-1 

265161-1 Lonesome Nights OK 41567 / --- /JCH-CD-1 

255162-2 Symphony In Riffs Col.2898-D/ --- /JCH-CD-1 

265163-2 Blue Lou OK 41567 / --- /JCH-CD-1 

11/9/33 NYC., ALLEN - HAWKINS & THEIR ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge (cl, as) Coleman 

Hawkins (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Bernard Addison (g,bj) Bob Ysaguirre (b) Manzie Johnson (d) 

(occasionally through 1933/34 Red Allen played with Don Redman's Orch. for short engagements and used members of both orch. for 

recording sessions. The alternate takes are from Red Allen's own Cartridge cassette.) 

all on Mosaic-MD8-251/ /CBS-/GAPS/HEP(UK)/Classics/ 

14282-1 2:56 HUSH MY MOUTH If I Ain' t Goin' South Me M-12858/68227/ -070 /CD-1028/CD-540/ 

(Singler-Cleary-Hoffmann) -Allen lead-saxes-vRA 32b-Inge-Morton-Inge-Hawkins-Allen 8b+in ens 8b- 

14283-1 2:57 YOU'RE GONNA LOOSE YOUR GAL -vRA Me M-12842/ --- / --- / --- /CD–551/ 

-2 2:58 YOU'RE GONNA LOOSE YOUR GAL -vRA Me-test / /RA-CD-3 

(Young-Monaco) -Allen lead-Morton-vRA 44b-Hawkins-Inge-Allen in ens 12b-Hawkins brd-Allen coda2b 

14284-1 2:58 DARK CLOUDS -vRA ( (Boretz-Samuels) Me M-12858/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-Hawkins 30b-Henderson-vRA 30b-Henderson-Allen 8b-Morton-Allen coda- 

14285-1 2:58 MY GALVESTON GAL -vRA (Harris-Adlam) Me M-12842/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:58 MY GALVESTON GAL -vRA Me-test / /RA-CD-3 

-Allen lead-saxes-vRA 32b-Morton~Inge-Henderson-ens-Hawkins 8b-ens- 

several sources list Allen on the following session. This might be possible because Allen was lent out for Don Redman for 

about one week by Fletcher Henderson without own engagements between early Nov.1933 after the week at the Howard 

Theatre, Washington D.C. and 11/18 opening date for one week at the Harlem Opera House, NYC.. With exception of 14315 

I miss any trademarks of Red Allen. 

In Jan.34 Red Allen played again with the Redman band at Connie's Inn and has been present on the rec.sessions. 

11/14/33 Tues., NYC., EARL HARLAN & HIS ORCH.(*BOB CAUSER & HIS CORNELLIANS): Shirley Clay, Sidney De 

Paris, probably Red Allen (t) Gene Simon, Fred Robinson, Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge,Rupert Cole (cl,as) Jerry 

Blake (cl,as,bars) Don Redman (as,v,ld,arr) Robert Carroll (ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p,arr) Talcott Reeves (bj,g) Bob 

Ysaguirre (b) ManzieJohnson (d,vib) Chick Bullock (v) 

/ Classics-/ 

14298-1 2:55 OUR BIG LOVE SCENE -vCB (Freed-Brown) Me M-12840/JazzArch.JA-5/(F)CD553/ RA-CD-2a 

-ens-Morton inl-ens-vCR(ens)-ens-Inge-DeParis-ens-Morton-ens-Inge in ens- 

14299-1 2:57 AFTER SUNDOWN -vCB (Freed-Brown) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-2a 

-saxes in ens-vCB(ens)-Mortan in ens-ens- 

14315-1 2:54 PUDDING HEAD JONES -vCB *Me M-12848/ --- / --- / RA-CD-2a /RA-CD-3 

-Redman & Carroll in ens-vCB(ens)-probably Allen-ens- 

14316-1 3:0l MY OLD MAN -vCB --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-2a 

-?DeParis in brass section-vCB(Morton in ens)-Carroll-Inge-Carroll-Inge & Carroll & ens- 

14317-1 2:51 TIRED OF IT ALL -vCB Me M-12867/ --- / --- / RA-CD-2a 

-ens-Redman & Carroll in ens-ens-Carroll-?DeParis mute-vCB(ens)-ens~Redman in ens 

14318-1 2:51 KEEP ON DOIN' WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' -vCB --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-2a 

-ens-vCB(ens)-?DeParis in ens-DeParis-Morton-ens- 

1/5/34 & 1/9/34 NYC., DON REDMAN & HIS ORCH.: same as 11/14 but with Red Allen (t) Harlan Lattimore (v) 

14536-A 2:57 I WANNA BELOVED -vHL (Rose-Heyman-Green) Br 6745/Coll.'sMust(I)M8002/Classics-CD553/RA-CD-3 

-ens-vHL-Allen 8b-ens- 

14559-A 2:41 GOT THE JITTERS -vDR (Rose-Webster-Leeb) Br 6745/Coll.'s 12-5/CBS(E-)52539/ --- /RA-CD-3 

saxes-brass-saxes-vDR-ens-Inge-ens

- 24a - 

Red Allen, the only one black performer among great white personalities court.:M.Pointon 

11/9/33 2/23/34 

exemplary “78-labels photo-scans“ from orchestras w. Red or Higgy 1927-57 out of the BIO-DISCO-LABEL-ADDENDA on CDs

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2/23/34 NYC., BENNY MORTON AND HIS ORCH. Henry Red Allen (t, v) Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge (cl,as) 

Jerry Blake (cl,as,v,arr) Ted McRae (ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Billy Taylor (b,arr) Manzie Johnson (d) 

152717-2 is an European take dubbed from -l; perhaps the same for 15720-2=-1?; 

152717-1 3:12 GET GOIN´ -v&aJB (Conrad-Oakland-Drake) Co 2902D/Meritt-13/14/ RA-CD-2/ 

-3 3:15 GET GOIN´ -v&aJB Co 2902D/J.Document VA-7999/Class.CD906/CDS J.Clas./RA-CD-3/ 

-vJB-ens-McRae-Kirkpatrick-Blake as-Morton-Inge cl-Blake as-Allen 22b-ens- RPCD610 

152718-1 3:03 FARE THEE WELL TO HARLEM -v&aJB --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-3/ 

(Hanigham-Mercer) -ens-McRae-Inge cl-Morton-Blake as-Allen 32b-Inge cl-Allen coda- 

152719-1 3:o6 TAILOR MADE -aBT (Billy Taylor) Co 2924D/ --- / --- / RA-CD-3/ 

-Allen in ens intro 4b-saxes-Allen 16+8b,McRae brd-Inge cl-Morton-Inge-Kirkpatrick-Blake-Allen in ens 8b- 

152720-2 3:03 GOLD DIGGER´S SONG -vRA (Warren-Dubin) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-3/ 

(not-1) from "Gold Diggers of 1933" -Morton-vRA 32b-McRae-Inge cl-Morton-Kirkpatrick-Morton-Allen 36b-

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3/6/34 Tu., NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : Russell Smith, Joe Thomas, Red Allen (t) Claude Jones, 

Keg Johnson (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson 

(p,arr) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Vic Angle (d) Charles Holland (v) Will Hudson, Russ Morgan (arr) 

/ RCA- / RCA-/ RCA- /RCA-LPM/-AXM2/ RCA-/HEP-CD/ 

81787-1 3:15 HOCUS POCUS (Will Hudson) BB B-5682/LPV501/730566/430710/ -10121 / 5507 /741071/ -1009 / * / 

/ RCA- / RCA-/RCA-RD/RCA-LPM/Bluebird/ 

-2 3:15 HOCUS POCUS uniss.78"/LPV556/730584/ -8049 / -34024 /NL-90413/ / --- /Neatw.-RP2016/ 

-tb&saxes 32b-Bailey 32b-Hawkins 32b-saxes 16b-Allen 16b-tb&saxes 16+6b+coda- 

81788-1 3:17 PHANTOM FANTASIE (R.Morgan) uniss.78"/ / --- / / --- / --- / 

/ RCA- /RCA-LPM/-AXM2/ RCA- / 

-2 3:09 PHANTOM FANTASIE Vi-24699/ /430710/ -10121 / 5507 /741071/ --- / * /**/ 

-muted brass intro 8b-?Allen mute 6b-Henderson 2+4+2b-Hawkins 32b-Henderson lb- 

/ RCA- / RCA- / / RCA- / /RCA-RD/ 

81789-2 3:28 HARLEM MADNESS -vCH,-aFH --- /130429/430671/ --- / --- /730548/ --- / * / -7598 / 

(Ned Williams-Fl.Henderson) -trumpets intro-Hawkins 2+8b-saxes gb-Hawkins 16b-Henderson 2+2+2+2b- 

-Bailey 8b-brass 8b-Bailey,16b-vCH(Allen mute) 32b-saxes 8b-Jefferson as 8b 

81790-1 3:03 TIDAL WAVE -aWH (W.Hudson) BB B-5682/RCA430710/Blueb.NL904131/ --- /741071/ --- / * / 

81790-2 3:03 TIDAL WAVE -aWH unissued 78” / RA-CD-3/ 

-Hawkins 32b-Henderson 6+6+6b-muted brass 8b-Allen 8b-brass 8b- 

-Hawkins 6b-Bailey 6+6b-saxes 6b-Bailey 6b-saxes 8+8b- 

* also on Classics(F)CD 515/ &RCA-J.Trib.74321226182-2CDs / ** on JazzGreats CD-040 // 81787-2 plus 81788-1 on RA-CD-3 / 

all except plus 81788-1 on Mosaic-MD8-251/ 

5/1/34 Tu., NYC., HENRY "RED" ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Dicky Wells (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,s) Hilton 

Jefferson (as) Horace Henderson (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (bb on 15146, b on 15147/-4131-49) Walter Johnson 

(d) (All except Wells & Kirby were in Fl.Henderson's band) 

/GAPS /Coll.Clas.(Dan)-/ Classics- / 

15146-1 2:45 I WISH I WERE TWINS -vRA Me M 13045/ -070 /CC-55/COCD-2/(F)CD551/ 

-2=4 I WISH I WERE TWINS -vRA?., Me test on ?M 13045 re-recorded 

(Loessner-DeLange-Meyer) -Allen intro 4b-Jefferson 32b-Bailey 32b-vRA 32b-Jefferson 14b~Allen lead 2+16+32b 

15147-1-2 2:56 I NEVER SLEPT A WINK LAST NIGHT ~vRA Me M 13045/ -070 /CC-55/COCD-2/ --- / 

(Razaf-Simon) -Jefferson intro 4b-Wells lead 16b-Allen mute 8b-Allen lead 8b- -vRA(Henderson) 32b- 

-Wells 8b-Allen 8b-Jefferson 6b-Bailey brk-Bailey in ens 6+4b- 

15148-2 3:03 WHY DON'T YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Me M 13016/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-vRA (Whiting-Schwartz-Johnson) -saxes 8b-vRA 32b-Jefferson 16b-Henderson 6b-Allen lead 8b- 

15149-1-2 2:45 DON'T LET YOUR LOVE GO WRONG -vRA --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffmann) -saxes 8b-vRA 32b-Wells 16b-Jefferson Ob-Wells 8b-Bailey 16b-Allen 16+8b- 

7/28/34 Sat., NYC., HENRY "RED" ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Keg Johnson (tb on 15471/-72) Claude 

Jones (tb on l5473/-74) Buster Bailey (cl,as) Hilton Jefferson (as) Horace Henderson (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) 

Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) 

/Col.Clas.(Dan)- / Classics- / 

15471-1-2 2:47 THERE'S A HOUSE IN HARLEM FOR SALE Me M-13145/CC-13/COCD-2/(F)CD-551/ 

(Van Heusen-H.Arlen) -Henderson 4b-Allen 16b-Jefferson 8b-Johnson 8b-Bailey 16b-Allen 16b- 

15472-1-2 3:03 PARDON MY SOUTHERN ACCENT -vRA Me M-13096/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Mercer-Malnek) -Johnson 8b-saxes 8b-vRA 32b-Johnson 16b-Bailey 16b-p brd-Allen 16b-Jefferson 8b- 

15473-1-2 2:43 RUG CUTTER SWING (Henry Allen) Me M-13145/ --- / --- / --- /Best of J./JAZZ Greats/ 

-Bailey 32b-Jefferson 16b-Henderson 8b-Jefferson 8b-Allen mute 48b-Johnson 8b-Allen mute 8b- /CD-4031/-CD-040 / 

15474-1-2 2:53 HOW'S ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT -vRA Me M-13096/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Koehler-Bloom) -Allen mute lead 16b-saxes 8b-Allen mute lead 8b-Jefferson 16b-Bailey 8b- 

-Jefferson 8b-vRA 32b-Henderson 4+16b-Allen lead 16b-

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- 28 -

- 29 - 

9/11/34 Tu., NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH.: Russell Smith, Irving Randolph, Red Allen (t) Claude Jones, 

Keg Johnson (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (as) Ben Webster (ts) Fletcher Henderson (arr,p on 

the lst title) Horace (arr,p on the other three) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) Benny Carter (arr) 

/ AofH/Dec.DL/DecDL/CorCOPS/MCA(F)/Classics/HEP/ 

38598-A 2:42 LIMEHOUSE BLUES -aBC (Furber-Braham) Dec 157/AH-61/ -9228 /-79228/ -1912 / 510060/ CD535/1009/ 

-W.Johnson intro-Allen 32b-Bailey 32b-Johnson 8+8b-Webster 30b-trumpets 16b-trombones 8b-trumpets 8b- 

38599-A 3:04 SHANGHAI SHUFFLE -aFH (Rodemich-Conley) Dec 158/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / -- / 

-saxes 32b-Bailey 32b-Randolph 32b-Procope 8b- 

38600-A 2:54 BIG JOHN SPECIAL -aHH (F..Henderson) Dec 214/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-saxes lead 32b-Randolph 16b-Jefferson 8b-Randolph 8b-Henderson 8b-,saxes 8bHenderson 8b- 

-trumpets brd-Allen & Randolph 16b-; -arr.H.H. 

38601-A-B 2:49 HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG (Koeler-Arlen) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

from "Cotton Club Parade” -aBC; -saxes 32b-Jones ? 32b-Webster 32b-Allen 32b-Jefferson obligato 4b and coda- 

9/12/34, Wed., NYC., same but: Procope & Jefferson (as, cl) Fletcher (p on the first two) Horace(p, on the last two) Russ 

Morgan(arr) Alternate take of WRAPPINÍT UP has been rumored; some European pressings of -A were dubbed from B. 

38602-A 3:07 TIDAL.WAVE -aRM (R.Morgan-Trask) Dec 213/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-saxes & trombones 32b-Webster 32b-F.Henderson 6+6b-saxes Ob-f.Henderson 6b-muted brass 8b- 

-Allen 8b-muted brass 8+2b-Jefferson 2b-Bailey 6+6+6+6b-; (Cf. Vi-version 3/6/34) 

38603-A 2:59 DOWN SOUTH CAMP MEETING -aFH (Henderson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- --- / 

-saxes lead 28b-Allen muted 24b-Jefferson brd 2b-Allen 2b-saxes & brass 28bclarinet trio & brass 4+32b- 

38604-A-B 2:45 WRAPPIN´ IT UP "The Lindy Glide" -aFH Dec 157/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Henderson) -saxes lead 32b-Jefferson 32b-Allen 8+16b-brass & clarinets 8b-Bailey 8b-sax 8 

38605-A 2:45 MEMPHIS BLUES -aFH Dec 158/Neatw.CD-RP2016/ / --- / 

-B 2:45 MEMPHIS BLUES -aFH (W.C.Handy) Dec 158/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-saxes 12b-Webster over brass 12b-Johnson 16b-Webster (high-ts) or Procope(as) & brass 12b 

-Jefferson 4+4b-Randolph 12b- 

38605-B on RA-CD-3; 38600-A 0n RA-CD-12(Trumpet Kings) 

9/25/34 Tu., NYC., same but: & Benny Carter (as,arr) Fletcher (p on 38724, -25, -28) Horace (p on -23, -.28) Will Hudson(arr) 

38723-A 3:03 WILD PARTY -aWH (W.Hudson) Dec 342/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / CD527/ --- / 

-Bailey intro 8b and obligato 32b-saxes 16b-Bailey 8b-saxes Bb-Johnson 16b-Jefferson 8b- 

-?Johnson 8b-Allen muted 16b-Webster 8b-Allen muted 8b-Bailey obligato 16b- 

38724-A 3:02 RUG CUTTER´S SWING -aHH (Allen-Henderson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen muted 32b-Bailey 16+8b-Jones 6+6b-Jefferson 8b-Jones 6b-Webster 16b- 

-Johnson 8b-Webster 8b-saxes 16b-Allen 8b-Allen muted 8b- 

38725-A 2:51 HOTTER THAN ÈLL (= YEAH MAN) -aHH Dec 555/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(F.Henderson) -?Jones 32b-Bailey lead 4b-Bailey 28b-Allen 32b-Webster 32+8b- 

38728-A 2:41 LIZA (All The Clouds `ll Roll Away) -aFH --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

from Ziegfield´s “Show Girl" (Gus Kahn-I.& G. Gershwin) -F.Henderson intro 8b-chimes-saxes 32b-?Randolph 8b 

-H.Henderson 4b-Carter 32b?Randolph 8b-?Johnson 16b-Procope 8b-?Keg Johnson 8b-F.Henderson 8b- 

matrices 38726-27 are by Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orch.; 38729 by the Buccaneers. 

all Decca-sides also on : MCA(USA) GRP-16432-CD”TIDAL WAVE” (1931-34; 21 sides)/ 

poss.Oct./Nov./34, unknown broadcast – rerecorded in a studio Henry Red Allen(t,?scat-v) & unknown broadcaster (ann, ?scatv) 

in front of a mike to 9/25/34 Decca records 38724-A & 38723-A from FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. 

Aircheck 3:00 RUG CUTTER SWING -v? (H.Allen) rec.by Squirrel Ashcraft on a very corroded aluminium/ RA-CD-10 

-saxes 12b-Allen 4b-saxes 6b-muted trumpets 8b- 

--- 2:57 WILD PARTY (W..Hudson) --- / / RA-CD-10 

-Bailey intro 8b-obligato 32b-Allen & reeds 16b-Bailey 8b-Allen 8b-Jones 16b-Jefferson 8b- 

-Jones 8b--Allen t over Randolph muted-t 32b-saxes & brass 32b- with Bailey obligato 16b- 

W.C.Allen believed at an undated life-broadcast and wrote in HENDERSONIA: c.Aug./Sept.34, unknown location, broadcast: 

“The fact that the same soloists and routines are heard as on the corresponging Decca versions, indicates that these were made 

about the same period of time, before the band broke up in November. They might have been made during engagements in 

Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburg or other midwest cities. Another possibility would be from broadcasts at the Roseland Ballroom 

late Sept.. There is a great deal of static and distortion on the tape available to me; the ballance is poor, one trumpet being very 

close to the mike. Someone can be heard scatting on the first title, and it does not sound like Red Allen.” 

F. Hoffmann: In fact it is a rerecorded session in the broadcast studio of 9/25/34 Decca-records with unknown broadcaster (v). 

Red Allen added on (t) and played new long solos backing his own and to other solos. Charly Parker did so later playing on 

broadcast to his own record. I brought the two pieces of very poor audio quality on RA-CD-10 – that anybody can make his 

own opinion. Several audio-engeneers denied any possibility to get any better digital-quality.

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Oct. 1934 - Feb.`37, Red Allen with the MILLS BLUE BAND; own pick-up-studio bands; 

together with Eddie Condon & Joe Marsala in first mixed bands at 52nd street, N.Y.C.; 

subbed- also in orchestras of Duke Ellington 1935-37 and Louis Armstrong 1935-37 

personnel-corrections of the M. B. R. B. : I made several corrections of the recorded sessions in contrast to the Rust-disco 

& record-/CD-covers. These resulted on negro-press notes, Radio-Pictorial notes and interviews with several musicians: 

Red Allen & Lawrence Lucie had left Fletcher Henderson Oct.2nd 1934 to join Lucky Millinder's M.B.R.B.. 

Gene Mikell is present on the 10/4/34 session confirmed by himself (see solo-routines). Hayes Alvis is present too and left 

the band May-35 in Washington for Duke Ellington. He was replaced then by Elmer James (who had left the Henderson 

band fall-`34 for Benny Carter). James was replaced by John Kirby in Oct.`36 (first press note) other sources say Aug. `36. 

J.C.Higginbotham, out of full time music in 1934, had not joined the band for regularly member before late Jan./early 

Feb.`35. It is reported, that Red Allen brought his old friend Nat Story into the band for fall 1934 until early 1935 and very 

probably he is present on some recording sessions of this period. 

Buster Bailey had left Henderson early Nov.`34 to join the band. He returned to "Smack" in Oct.`35 and was replaced by 

Willie Humphrey (Lawrence Lucie interview) who stayed until June `36 (John Chilton). Tab Smith had not joined the band 

before the quote in “Radio-Pictorial 3/27/36” which lists Humphrey besides others, but not Tab Smith and not(!)Joe Garland. 

Other personnel changes in late 1936 incl. Ed Hall, Johnny Williams, or Millinder´s 2nd parallel orch. incl. Charlie Shavers 

of late Dec. until Feb.`37 and even a third one under leadership of Edgar Hayes (who had left early Nov.'37) are without of 

interest for this disco. solo-routine of all 1934/35 sides identified by Gene Mikell 

10/4/34 NYC., LUCKY MILLINDER (v, dir) AND THE MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: Wardell Jones, Shelton 

Hemphill, Red Allen (t) prob.Henry Hicks, George Washington (tb) Eugene Mikell (cl,as,bars) Crawford Wethington 

(cl,as) Joe Garland (ts,cl,bars,arr) Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Benny James or Lawrence Lucie (g) Hayes Alvis (b) OŃeil 

Spencer (d)Chuck Richards (v) Alex Hill (arr) all three items on RA-CD-3a/ SWINGIN´ also on Best of Jazz CD4031 

/Jazz Arch/ Everybody/ Classics /Arch.ofJ./ 

16035-A 2:50 SWINGIN´ IN E-FLAT -aGW (G.Washington) Co 3038D/ JA-10 /(S)Lp1013/(F)CD686/-3891102/ 

-ens-Garland-Mikell-ens-Garland-Allen 32b-Hayes-ens- 

16036-A 2:46 LET´S HAVE A JUBILEE -aAH (A.Hill-I.Mills) Co 2963D/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-Allen muted-t 8b-Mikell-Hayes-ens-Washington-Allen-Mikell-ens-Garland-ens- 

16037-A 3:03 OUT OF A DREAM -vCR (E.Hayes-G.Washington) --- ./GAPS(DU)170/ --- / --- / 

-Washington-Hayes-vCR-Jones growl-t-vCR- 

screen work prob. 10/18 & 19/34, NYC.. Paramount studios - sound short film: "SYMPHONY IN BLACK" – A Rhapsody of 

Neqro Life - DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH. (& members of the MBRB on screen only): details look on next page 

12/5/34 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Red Allen (t) prob. Nat Story, 

George Washington (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Gene Mikell (cl,as,bars) Crawford Wethington (as,cl) Joe Garland (ts,cl, 

bars,arr) Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Hayes Alvis (b) OŃeil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) Alex Hill, 

Will Hudson (arr) Lucky Millinder (dir.,arr) all three items on RA-CD-3a/ 

/Jazz Arch/ 

16271-1 2:53 AFRICAN LULLABY -aEH (E.Hayes-I.Mills) Co 3038D/ JA-10 / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-Washington-Garland-Mikell & Washington-Allen 2b-reeds-Jones in ens 

16272-1 3:01 SOLTTUDE -vCR (E.DeLange-I.Mills-D.Ellington) Co 2994D/GAPS-170/ --- / --- /RA-CD-5/ 

-ens-vCR(Garland)-reeds-Allen 8b-Hemphill muted-t in ens- 

16273-1 2:41 DANCING DOGS -aWH (W.Hudson) Co 3044D/ JA-10 / --- / --- /AoJ3891102/ 

-ens-Mikell as-brass-Jones growl-t-Garland-Bailey-ens- 

12/11/34 NYC., same as 12/5/34; (CHUCK RICHARDS & HIS ORCH. on Br. & Vo.) all three items on RA-CD-3a/ 

16465-1 3:oo LOVE´S SERENADE -vCR (E.Hayes) Vo 2867 /GAPS-170/ / --- / 

-reeds-vCR-reeds-Hayes-reeds- (similar tune as “Solitude”) 

16466-1 2:44 KEEP THE RHYTHM GOING -aJG (J.Garland) Co 2994D/ JA-10 / --- / --- / --- / 

-Garland bars & Allen growl-t in ens-Jones growl-t-ens- 

16467-1 3:03 LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE -vCR (Oakland-Parish-Mills) Vo 2867/GAPS-170/ / --- / 

-Hayes intro-vCR (Hayes & Lucie)-Hayes-Allen 8b-Washington-vCR- 

12/19/34NYC., CHUCK RICHARDS (v) acc.by: Red Allen (t) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Charlie Beal (p) 

Lawrence Lucie (g) Billy Taylor (b) all three items on RA-CD-3a/ 

/ Classics / 

16523-1 2:52 BLUE INTERLUDE -vCR (Benny Carter) Vo 2877 / --- / /(F)CD710/ 

-Bailey intro-vCR(Bailey-& Hayes)-Morton-vCR (Allen)-Allen coda- 

16524-1 2:43 A RAINBOW FILLED WITH MUSIC -vCR (E.Hayes) --- / --- / / --- / 

-Bailey-vCR (Hayes & Bailey)-Allen muted t 16b-vCR (Allen)- 

16525-1 2:55 DEVIL IN THE MOON -vCR (I.Mills) Br.01990/ --- / / --- / 

-Hayes-vCR (Allen & ens)-Bailey-vCR-Bailey-vCR (ens)-

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In 1935-37 Red Allen subbed occasionally in Duke´s Orch. and in an interview in Jazz Journal-8-55, Red stated, that 

he is to be seen in Duke's film "SYMPHONY IN BLACK". Duke had used several members of the MBRB, mannaged 

by Irving Mills too, posting for the picture work but not for the Soundtrack-work. (In fact the date of 3/12/35 for the 

sequence with Billie Holiday, who never is to be seen on screen together with the orch., given by a film projectionist 

to Steven Lasker / Jack Millar was of wrong source. The presence of Bessie Dudley who returned from England 

12/28/34 is questionable.) Very very probably the film sound-track & the scene with the MBRB-members was 

recorded around 10/18 & 19 when both bands had freetimes of engangements (read Steven Lasker´s article 5/1/05). 

Benny James (?on screen) had left the MBRB before 10/4/34 replaced by L.Lucie, the last one mentioned the fact of 

James´presence due to his friendship w. H.Alvis; B.Bailey joined the MBRB in Nov. & Higginbotham( both not present) 

joined in late Jan.35. Fred Jenkins left Duke´s band late Dec.34 (see also Dr.Stratemann: ”Duke Ellington-day by day, 

film by film”). The filmwork was mentioned at first by Ken Steiner in the "New York after Dark" column of the 

Chicago Defender (11/3/34p8: "Duke Ellington just made another short. There's no stopping him!" 

Following personnell is to be seen on screen only: 

screen work & prerecordings prob. 10/18 & 19/34, NYC.. Paramount studios - sound short film: "SYMPHONY IN BLACK" – 

A Rhapsody of Neqro Life - DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH. (& members of the MBRB on screen only): 

back row, left to right: Hayes Alvis (b) Benny James (g) OŃeil Spencer (tymp) Sonny Greer (d) unknown (vib) Fred Guy (g,bj) poss. 

Billy Taylor (b); middle row: Red Allen, poss.Rex Stewart, Arthur Whetsol, Cootie Williäms, Freddy Jenkins(t) Joe Nanton, poss. 

Henry Hicks, Juan Tizol, poss.Lawrence Brown, poss.George Washington (tb) Front row: Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, ?Crawford 

Wethington, Joe Garland, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard (reeds); Duke Ellington(p) not on screen together with this above orch.: 

Billie Holiday, Snakehips Tucker, ?Bessie Dudley Lps: Biograph-M2/Privateer(F)102/SandyHook-2068/MAX-1001/Meteor1005 

CDs:JAZZ UP(I)TB3035/6/7/Sandy Hoo-2068/I Maestri Del J.(I)”12-2/ 

9:00 part-1: The Laborers ( part of "Jealousy" used as intro ) both bands on screen film/video:VSL-10042/Storyv.SV6033/RA-DVD-1 

part-2: A Triangle: Dance ( based on"Ducky Wucky" ) - Tucker, Dudley --- / --- / 

Jealousy (original music) --- / --- / 

Blues ( based on "Saddest Tale" ) -vBillie Holiday --- / --- / 

part-3: A Hymn Of Sorrow (original music) --- / --- / 

part-4: Harlem Rhythm (based on "Merry-Go-Round") danced by S.T. --- / --- / 

12/28/34 NYC., BUSTER BAILEY AND HIS SEVEN CHOCOLATE DANDIES: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Charlie Beal (p) Danny Barker (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) Fletcher 

Henderson (arr); W.C.Allen: “This can be considered the ”first Henderson-revival" recording session. Sidney Mills´ notebooks 

revealed that Fletcher Henderson was paid $15 each for three arrangements: CALL OF THE DELTA and SHANGHAI SHUFFLE, 

which were recorded, and I´M RHYTHM CRAZY NOW , which was not recorded. Take 16446-2 is rumored, but not confirmed. 

Mx to 16444 by Leroy Carr; 16447-49 are private recordings. 

16445-1 3:10 CALL OF THE DELTA (Bailey-Mills) Vo 2887 / Rarities-14 /Classics CD904/RA-CD-3/ 

-2 3:07 CALL OF THE DELTA Co 35677/ Meritt-13/14/Neatwork-RPCD2031/RA-CD-2/ 

-Beal intro 2b-Bailey 16b-Higginbotham 4b-Beal 4b-Bailey 6b-Allen 2+16b-Carter 8b (different solis) 

16446-1- 2:52 SHANGHAI SHUFFLE (Rodemich-Conley) Vo 2887 / Rarities-14 /Classics CD904/RA-CD-3/ 

-Carter 8b-Bailey 32b-Allen 16b-Carter 14b-Allen break-Bailey lead 14b-Higginbotham 8b- 

1/23/35 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Pee Wee Erwin (t) George Washington (tb) Buster 

Bailey (cl) Luis Russell (p) Danny Barker (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

/Coll.Classics(Dan)/Classics/ 

16671-1 3:08 BELIEVE IT BELOVED -vRA (Whiting-Schwartz-Johnson) Me M-133o4/CC-13/COCD-2/(F)CD551/ 

-Russell-Erwin muted t-vRA 24b-Bailey-Russell-Bailey-Allen t 24b-Washington-Allen & Bailey 

-2 3:08 BELIEVE IT BELOVED uniss.78"/Epic-3252/ --- /Epic-5059/Neatw.-2031/ 

-Russell-Erwin muted t-Bailey-Russell-Bailey-Allen t 48b-Washington-Allen- also on RA-CD-12 

16672-1 3:08 IT´S WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE (Schwartz-Adarn) Me M-13304/CC-13/ --- /(F)CD551/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Erwin muted t-Bailey-Erwin muted t-Allen 32b-Russell-Allen 8b- 

16673-1 2:53 (We're Gonna Have) SMOOTH SAILING -vRA Me M-13322/ --- / --- / --- /JAZZ Greats/ 

(Sherman-Lewis-Ager) -ens-Bailey-vRA 32b-Washington-Allen 64b- CD 040 

16674-1 2:45 WHOSE HONEY ARE YOU -vRA (Gillespie-Coots) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro 8b-lead in ens-vRA 32b-Washington-Bailey-Allen 24b-vRA coda- /CDS-RPCD610/ 

1/25/35 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Red Allen (t) prob. Nat Story, J.C. 

Higginbotham; George Washington(tb) Buster Bailey(cl) Gene Mikell (cl,as, bars) Crawford Wethington (cl,as) Joe 

Garland (ts,bars,arr) Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Hayes Alvis (b) OŃeil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) 

Will Hudson, Alex Hill (arr) Lucky Millinder (dir) 

/SwingFan/Everybody/ Classics / 

16700-1 2:41 BLACK BEATS -aAH (A.Hill-Woods-Mills) Co 3020D / Lp-1019/ Lp-1013 /(F)CD710/RA-CD-3a/ 

-Hayes & ens-Allen muted t 16+8b, tb on bridge-Hayes-Allen t-ens-Garland 

16701-1 2:54 SPITFIRE -aWH (W.Hudson) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-3a/ 

-ens-Allen 8+8b-Garland-ens-Bailey-Mikell as-ens- 

16702-1 3:11 BROWN SUGAR MINE -vCR (Joe Garland) Co 3044D/GAPS(DU)170/ --- / --- /RA-CD-3a/ 

-?Higginbotham-vCB-saxes-Hayes-reeds-brass-

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4/29/35 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen( t, v) Dicky Wells (tb) Cecil Scott (cl) Leon Chu Berry (ts) 

Horace Henderson (p) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) George Stafford (d) 

/CollectorsClass./ Classics- /Best of J./ 

17395-1 3:03 ROSETTA -vRA (E.Hines-Woods) Vo 2965/ CC-13/C0CD-2/(F)CD-551/CD 4031/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen 32b-Chu Berry-vRA 32b-Berry-Wells-Allen 32b- 

17396-1 3:07 BODY AND SOUL -vRA (Heyman-Sour-Eylon-Green) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 31b-Berry-vRA 31b-Henderson-Allen 16b-Allen coda- 

17397-1 2:58 I´LL NEVER SAY "NEVER AGAIN" AGAIN -vRA Vo 2956/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Woods) -Allen in ens 32b-Wells-Scott-Wells-vRA 32b-Berry-Allen 8b-Allen in ens 8b- 

17398-1 2:45 GET RHYTHM IN YOUR FEET (And Music In Your Soul) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-vRA (Robinson-Livingstone) -Berry-Allen mute in ens 32b-Berry-vRA 32b-Henderson-Allen 16b-ens- 

7/2/35 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Red Allen (t) George Washington, 

J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Gene Mikell (cl,as, bars) Crawford Wethington (cl,as) Joe Garland (ts, 

bars ,arr) Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) OŃeil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) Will Hud- 

son, Alex Hill (arr) Lucky Millinder (dir.,v) all three sides on RA-CD-3a/ 

/JazzPan./GAPS/Classics/Everybo-/CDS-RPCD610/ 

17759-1 2:59 RIDE, RED, RIDE ! -vLM&ch, -aWH (Millinder-Mills) Co 3087D/ LP-3 /Lp170/CD 710/-dy 1013/JAZZ-CD040/ 

-vLM-tbns-Mikell-Garland-Allen mute 16b-Bailey-vLM-Allen 64b, ens brks- 

17760-1 2:51 HARLEM HEAT -aWH (W.Hudson) Co 3071D/JazzArch/ / --- / --- /Arch.of J. / 

-Hayes-saxes&brass-Allen 18b-ens-Garland-Higginbotham-Bailey- /-JA-10 / /-3891102/ 

17761-1 2:55 ONCE TO EVERY HEART -vCR (Kahn-Romberg) Br 7534 / / --- / --- / --- / 

-ens-vCR-Hayes-Washington-ens- 

7/9/35 NYC., as above all three sides on RA-CD-3a/ 

17796-1 2:40 CONGO CARAVAN -aJG (J.Garland) Co 3087D/J.P. LP-3/ --- / --- / 

-Mikell in ens-ens-Bailey in ens-Allen 16b-Garland-Higginbotham-ens, Spencer brks-ens- 

17797-1 2:58 THERE´S RHYTHM IN HARLEM Co 3071D/ -JA-10 / / --- /Phonstatic/ --- / 

(= IN THE MOOD) (Garland) -Garland in ens-ens-Washington-Jones-Garland-Jones-ens- /NOST7657/ 

17798-1 2:27 TALAHASSE (Hayes-Kurtz-Mills) Br 7534 / --- / / --- / / --- / 

-ens-Garland-ens-Garland-Bailey-ens-Mikell-tbns-Hayes-ens-Allen 8b-ens- 

7/19/35 NYC., BOB HOWARD & HIS ORCH. with unknown (t) & Cecil Scott & Lawrence Lucie who recorded with Allen at the 

same day. Bob Howard stated categorically - confirmed by Cozy Cole - that Red Allen recorded with him one Decca session. On 

this session and of 7/10 and 7/18/35 the trumpeter is not sure, but it is not Allen. 

7/19/35 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Cecil 

Scott (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Kaiser Marshall (d) 

/CollectorsClas. /Classics/ 

17845-1 2:39 DINAH LOU -vRA (Koehler-Bloom) Vo 2913/CC-13/C0CD-2/CD-551/ 

-Allen 30b-Nicholas-vRA 30b-Scott-Higginbotham-Allen 16b- 

17846-1 2:49 ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON –vRA Vo 2997/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Fio Rito-McPerson-Von Tilzer) -Lucie-Allen mute & Nicholas 24b-vRA 32b- 

-Allen shouts to Scott-Allen shouts to Higginbotham-Allen 8b-Allen in ens 8b- 

17847-1 2:41 I WISHED ON THE MOON -vRA (Parker-Rainger) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Higginbotham-Henderson-vRA 30b-Higginbotham-Allen mute 8b-Nicholas- Allen 8b-Allen in ens 8b- 

17848-1 2:50 TRUCKIN´ -vRA (Koehler-Bloom) Vo 2998/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Higginbotham-Allen 24b-Higginbotham-vRA 32b-Henderson brd-Higginbottham-Allen 16b-Scott-ens- 

8/1/35 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: same as 7/2/35, Red Allen (t,v) 

/ GAPS- / Classics- / 

17922-1 2:40 WAITING IN THE GARDEN –vCR (unknown) Co 3083D/(DU)170/(F)CD710/ RA-CD-3a/ 

-ens-?Hemphill-saxes-vCR-ens- 

17923-1 2:45 DINAH LOU -vCR (Koehler-Bloom) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-3a/ 

-ens-Hayes-vCR-Allen 18b-Higginbotham-Bailey-ens-vCR- 

17924-1 3:07 COTTON (Koehler-Bloom) Co 3078D/ --- / --- / RA-CD-3a/ 

-saxes-Hayes-Garland-Hayes-Mikell-vCR-Allen & ens 16b-Higginbotham-ens- 

17925-1 2:36 TRUCKIN´ -vRed Allen (Koehler-Bloom) --- / -JA-10 / --- /Arch.of J./ RA-CD-3a/ 

-ens-Hayes-ens-vRA 32b-ens-Allen 16b-Higginbotham-ens-vRA&ch coda- /3891102/

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- 35 - 

8/2/35 NYC., PUTNEY DANDRIDGE (v) & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) Buster Bailey (cl,as) Teddy Wilson 

(p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (d) 

/ Classics / Timeless Hist. / 

17934-1 2:43 I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE -vPD Vo 3007/Rarities-26/(F)CD-846/CBC 1-923-2CD/RA-CD-4/ 

-Wilson-Allen in ens 16+8b, Bailey brd-vPD (Allen t 8b & mute 8b)-Wilson-Bailey-Allen 8b-vPD-ens- 

11935-1 3:06 ISN'T THIS A LOVELY DAY -vPD Vo 3006/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen intro 8b-Bailey as-Wilson-vPD (Allen mute 24b)-Allen 32b-vPD-& Allen- 

17936-1 2:57 CHEEK TO CHEEK -vPD --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Wilson intro-vPD (Allen in ens), Allen brk 4b-Wilson-Bailey-Allen in ens 16b- 

17937-1 2-.36 THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK -vPD Vo 3007/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Bailey intro-vPD (Allen mute 26b)-Allen mute 16+8b, Lucie brd-Wilson-Bailey-vPD-Allen 4+2b- 

17938-1 2:58 SHINE -vPD (Dabney-Mack-Brown) Vo 3024/(bad)--/-27/ --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-3 2:56?..SHINE -vPD Vo test exists (G.Ellison (UK)) 

-Bailey intro-vPD-Allen 32b-vPD-Wilson-Bailey-Allen in ens 16b-vPD (Allen in ens 16b)- 

10/21/35 NYC., This Putney Dandridge session is not with Red Allen 

11/8/35 NYC., HENRY ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Gene Mikell (as) Joe Garland 

(ts) Edgar Hayes (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) 0'Neil Spencer (d) 

/ Col.Classics(Dan) /Classics/ 

18253-2 3:12 I FOUND A DREAM -vRA (Gorney-Hartman) Vo 3097/CC-146/CO-CD-13/(F) 575/ 

-Hayes-Allen & Higginbotham 24b-Higginbotham in ens-vRA 30b-Hayes-Allen 12b & code- 

18254-1 2:55 ON TREASURE ISLAND -vRA (Leslie-Burke) Vo 3098/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen 24b-Higgy-vRA 30b-Hayes-Mikell cl-Hayes-Mikell as-Allen 22b- 

18255-1 2:57 RED SAILS ON THE SUNSET -vRA (J.Kemedy-H.Williarns) Vo 3097/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen mute intro 4b-Allen mute 31b-Mikell-vRA 32b-Higgy-Mikell-Higgy-Allen 14b & code- 

18256-1 3:13 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLE -vRA Vo 3098/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Powell-Whitcup-Samwls) -Hayes-Allen 40b-Higginbotham-vRA 54b (Hayes)- 

-Mikell-Higginbotham-Hayes-Higgy-Mikell-Allen in ens 16b- 

12/20/35 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Red Allen (t;v) George 

Washington (tb,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Willie Humphrey, Crawford Wethington (cl, as) Gene Mikell (cl,as,bars) 

Joe Garland (ts,bars,arr) Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) O'Neil Spencer (d) Chuck 

Richards (v) Lucky Millinder (v,dir.) Buster Bailey joined Fl.Henderson's band in Oct.1935; he was replaced by New 

Orleans man Willie Humphrey who belonged to the band until June'36. Tab Smith has not joined before late Apr.'36-John 

Chilton says June-36. 

/GAPS 

18419-1 2:55 BLUE MOOD (E.Hayes-I.Mills) uniss.78" / Meritt-10 /(DU)170/ RA-CD-4 / RA-CD-3a/ 

-2 2:59 BLUE MOOD uniss.78' /JazzPan.LP-3/ --- /Classics-710/RA-CD-3a/ 

-ens-Garland-Mikell-Garland-brass-reeds-Hayes-Hill in ens,Hayes brk-tbn-Hayes-ens- 

18420-2 2:56 E-FLAT STRIDE (unknown) uniss.78" /JazzArch.JA-10/ / --- /Arch.of J.13891102/RA-CD-4a/ 

-saxes-Hayes in ens-Allen 32b-brass-saxes-Higgy- 

18421-1 2:43 BROKEN DREAMES OF YOU -vCR Co 3111-D/ / --- / --- / /RA-CD-4a/ 

(Kerr-Spitanly) -Allen intro 4b-vCR-Heyes-reeds-Allen 8b-saxes- 

18422-1 2:47 YES! YES! -vLM&ch (unknown) --- /JazzArch.JA-10/ / --- /J.Classics RPCD-610/ RACD-4a/ 

-ens-Garland-ens-Higgy-ens-vLM&ch-Hayes-Allen 16b-Humphrey-vLM&ch in ens- 

1/21/36 NYC., same as above 

/ Classics / 

18547-2 2:40 SHOE SHINE BOY -vCR (Kahn-Chaplin) uniss.78' /JazzPan.LP-3/ /(Dan)710/RA-CD-4a/ 

-brass-Hayes-vCR-ens-Garland-ens-Higgy-Allen 16b-Allen code 

18548-2 2:54 MIDNIGHT RAMBLE (xxx) uniss.78' / --- / / --- /RA-CD-4a/ 

-Washington-ens-Garland-Washington-ens-Garland-Mikell-Allen 12b- 

12/23/35 - 1120/36, nightly broadcasts-WCBM from Baltimore, Club Astoria - M.B.R.B.

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4/1/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Willie Humphrey (cl,as) 

Cecil Scott (ts) Norman Lester (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

/Coll.Classics(Dan)/ Classics / 

18907-1 2:53 THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS -vRA (Ray Noble) Vo 3215/CC-46/COCD-13/(F)CD-575/ 

-Lester-Allen 30b-Lester-vRA 30b (Lester)-Higgy-Allen 24b- 

18908-1 3:04 LOST -vRA (Ohman-Mercer-Teetor) Vo 3214/ --- / --- / --- /Epic LN24027 

-Allen 16b-saxes-vRA 32b-Lester-Higgy-Scott-Allen 32b- 

18909-1 3:13 I'LL BET YOU TELL THAT TO ALL THE GIRLS -vRA --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Tobias-Stept) -Allen 24b-Higgy-vRA 24b-Higgy-Allen 32b-Scott-Allen 22b- 

18910-1 3:00 EVERY MINUTE OF THE HOUR -vRA (N.& C.A.Kenny) Vo 3215/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen mute 16b-Humphrey cl-vRA 16b-Scott-Higgy-Allen 26b- 

5/20/36 NYC., MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND: same as 12/20/35, Tab Smith (as) added 

/JazzPan./ Classics / 

19296-1 3:00 RED RHYTHM -vLM (H.Allen) Co 3135-D/ Lp-3 /(F)CD-710/ RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-Garland-Allen 8b-Higgy-Smith-vLM-Allen 32b-ens- 

19297-1 3:12 EVERYTHING IS STILL OKAY -vCR (Higginbotham) Co 3l34-D/ --- / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-reeds-vCR-saxes-Hayes-Higginbotham-Higginbotham code- 

19298-1 3:04 JES' NATCHULLY LAZY -vCR&GW (Stone-Tharpe-Bishop) --- / --- /(F)CD-731/ RA-CD-4a/ 

-reeds-Smith-Higginbotham-Smith-vCR & GW-Allen 6b- 

19299-1 2:53 ST. LOUIS WIGGLE RHYTHM (Millinder-Smith) Co 3135-D/ --- / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-Allen 34b-Smith-saxes-Hayes-ens-Humphrey-ens-Smith-brass- 

5/21/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Cecil Scott (cl) Happy 

Caldwell (ts) Jimmy Reynolds (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) (no as-work by Tab 

Smith can be heard) 

/Col.Classics(Dan)/ Classics /Best of J./ 

19300-1 2.:57 YOU -vRA (Adamson-Donaldson) Vo 3244/CC-46/COCD-13/F)CD-575/CD-4031/ 

-Allen 56b-saxes-Higgy-vRA 60b-Caldwell-Allen in ens 8b- 

19301-1 3:05 TORMENTED -vRA (Will Hudson) Vo 3245/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro mute 8b-vRA (Reynolds) 32b-Reynolds-Allen 14b-Reynolds-Allen code- 

19302-1 2:53 NOTHING'S BLUE BUT THE SKY -vRA (Newman-Spina) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 30b-Higgy-vRA 32b-Reynolds-Scott-Reynolds-Caldwell-Allen 8b-Caldwell-ens- 

19303-1 2:41 WOULD YOU -vRA (Freed-Brown) Vo 3244/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 24b-reeds-vRA 32b-Higgy-Allen 32b- 

6/11/36, Thurs., newsreel from L.Millinder & M.B.R.B. guests in Joe Louis' Lakewood Training Camp – M.B.R.B.plays 

"SOCK, JOE, SOCK" (=Ride, Red Ride) note-ChicDef. 6/13/36p22; research-assist wanted 

"LUCKY MILLINDER IS GUEST ning camp in their automobiles and ar- set up and took pictures of the event 

OF JOE LOUIS - Mills Blue Rhythm rived in time to be luncheon guests of while the usually sober Joe grinned 

Band Plays "Sock,Joe,Sock" the uncrowned champion. Then they widely and shadow-boxed in rhythm to 

CD 6/13/36p22: Lakewood, N.J. June 12- accompanied Joe over the workout the hot swing tune. 

Lucky Millinder & the MBRB were ho- quarters where they surprised the Lucky & the MBRB are now heading 

nored guests of Joe Louis at his Lake- champ and all the press and public the Loew Theatre in New York City 

wood training camp here on Thursday of assembled, to see the Brown Bomber having just completed an engagement 

this week. Lucky and Joe met several in action by jumping into the ring with at the State theatre. They are now at 

months ago while the band was headli- Joe and playing a version of “Ride, the Metropolitan theatre in Brooklyn. 

ning the Fox theatre in Detroit. They Red, Ride,” Lucky´s own hit composi- Lucky has risen to greatest entertai- 

again crossed paths when Lucky was the tion with the lyrics changed to “Sock, ning orchestra unit on the stage today. 

star attraction at the Chicago theatre, Joe, Sock,” and dedicated it to the The band features Chuck Richards as 

Chicago early this year. 

Detroit Duster. 

soloist, Edgar Hayes at piano, and 

Lucky and his boys toured on the trai- The newsreel and newscameramen Edith Wilson, famous recording star.. 

assigned to the training camp quickly 

6/19/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Tab Smith (as) Joe Garland 

(ts) Edgar Hayes (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) O'Neil Spencer(d) 

Collector'sClassics/ Classics / 

19451-1 3:01 TAKE MY HEART –vRA (Young-Ahlert) Vo 3261/CC-46/CO-CD-13/(F)CD-575/ 

-Allen in ens 32b-reeds-vRA (ens)32b-Higgy-Smith-Allen 22b- 

19452-1 3:02 CHLOE (Song Of The Swamp) -vRA (Kahn-Moret) Vo 3262/ --- / --- / --- / 

-reeds-Allen in ens 32b-reeds-vRA (ens)32b-Smith-Allen 32b-Garland-Allen 8b- 

19453-1 2:46 YOU'RE NOT THE KIND -vRA (W.Hudson-I.Mills) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 16b-Hayes-vRA (ens)32b-Lucie-Allen 16b- 

19454-1 2:38 ON THE BEACH AT BALI-BALI -vRA (Sherman-Meskill Vo 3261/ --- / --- / --- / 

Silver) -Allen 4b-Higgy in ens-Allen 8b-vRA (ens)32b-ens brd-Allen 8b-Smith-Allen in ens-

- 38 -

- 39 - 

8/3/36, NYC., PUTNEY DANDRIDGE (v) & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) Joe Marsala (cl,as) James Sherman (p) Eddie 

Condon (g) Wilson Myers (b) Cozy Cole (d) (this studio-band gives an impression about the first mixed bands at 52nd str.) 

Classics / Timeless Hist. / 

19645-1 2:30 A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN Vo 3287/Rarities-34/(F)CD-869/CBC-1-023~2CD/RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen in ens 20b-Marsala-Allen break-vPD (weak ens)-Allen in ens ab-vPD (ens)- 

19646-1 2:39 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Sherman intro-Allen in ens 32b-vPD(weak Marsala&Allen)-Allen breaks & vPD 

-Marsala-Allen 8b-vPD(Allen &ens)- 

19647-1 2:30 HERE COMES YOUR PAPPY Vo 3291/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen in ens 16b-Sherman-vPD (Allen&Marsala)-Marsala as-vPD (Allen&Sherman) 

-Allen 16b-vPD (ens)-Cole break-Allen in ens coda- 

19648-1 2:34 IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Sherman intro-vPD (ens)-Allen 18b~Marsala-vPD (Allen-Allen in ens)- 

8/5/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Rudy Powell (cl,as) Tab Smith (as) Cecil Scott (ts) 

Edgar Hayes (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

/Coll.Classics(DAN)/ Classics / 

19659-1 3:06 WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN -vRA (Whiting-Bullock) Vo 3302/CC-51 /CO-CD-13/(F)CD-575/RA-CD-5/ 

-Allen in ens 24b-vRA (ens)32b-Allen 22b- 

19660-1 2:58 AM I ASKING TOO MUCH -vRA (Himber-Grennard) Vo 3292/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 34-Hayes brd-vRA (Hayes in ens) 32b-Smith-Allen 16b- 

19661-1 3:09 UNTIL TODAY -vRA (Benny Davis-J.Fred Coots-O.Levant) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 16+6b, reeds brd-reeds-vRA 30b (ens)-Hayes-Allen 16b- 

19662-1 2:58 ALGIERS STOMP -vRA (Henry Allen) Vo 3302/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-reeds-Smith-Powell-Scott-Allen 36b- 


J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Crawford Wethington (cl,as) Gene Mikell (cl,as,bars) Tab Smith (as) Joe Garland (ts,bars,arr) 

Edgar Hayes (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) O'Neil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) Lucky Millinder (dir) 

/Jazz Arch./Arch.of J./Classics / 

19685-1 2:44 MERRY GO ROUND (D.Ellington-I.Mills) Co 3147-D/JA-10/3891102CD/(F)CD731/ RA-CD-4a/ 

-Garland in ens-Allen growl 8b-ens-Smith-ens-Higginbotham-Smith-Allen growl 12b- 

-ens-Smith-Garland-ens-reeds-brass-Allen t-shouts in ens- 

19686-1 2:44 UNTIL THE REAL THINGS COME ALONG -vCR --- / / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

(Chaplin-Nichols-Kahn) -ens-Hayes-vCR (reeds-Hayes & Lucie-reeds)-reeds-Hayes-ens-Hayes- 

- vCR (reeds-Hayes & Lucie-reeds)-reeds-Hayes-Garland-Higginbotham-Allen 8b-ens-vCR- 

19687-1-2 2:44 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD -vCR (.Ellington-I.Mills) Co 3148-D/ Jazz Panorama-3 / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-vCR (ens)-Smith-ens- 

19688-1 3:05 CARRY ME BACK TO GREEN PASTURES -vCR --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

(Harry S.Pepper) -reeds-Smith-Garland-Smith-reeds-Allen mute 4b- 

-Higginbotham-Hayes inens-vCR (ens)-Allen 8b-ens- 

8/31/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Albert Nicholas (cl) Pete Clark (as) Cecil Scott 

(ts) Clyde Hart (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) according Red Allen in Jazz Monthly 11/66, Cecil 

Scott plays tenorsax instead of Ted McRae. 

/Col.Classics(DAN)/ Classics / 

19780-2 3:12 DARLING NOT WITHOUT YOU -vRA (Silver-Sherman-Heyman) Vo 3305/CC-46/ COCD-13/(F)CD575/ 

-Allen 15b-Hart-vRA (reeds & Hart) 32b-Scott-Allen 12b-Allen in ens 4b- 

19780-2 3:12 I'LL SING YOU A THOUSAND LOVE SONGS -vRA (Warren-Dubin) Vo 3306/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens intro-reeds-vRA (Hart & reeds)32b-Hart-Scott-Allen 48b- 

19780-2 3:12 PICTURE ME WITHOUT YOU -vRA (McHugh-Koehler) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 30b-reeds-vRA (ens) 30b-Hart brd-Allen 12b-Allen in ens 4b- 

19780-2 3:12 Trouble Ends OUT WHERE THE BLUES BEGINS -vRA Vo 3305/ --- / --- / --- / 

(McHugh-Fields) -Allen 16b-vRA (ens) 30b-Scott-Allen 24b-

- 40 - 

9/1/36 NYC., PUTNEY DANDRIDGE (v) & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) Joe Marsala (cl,as) Clyde Hart (p) Eddie 

Condon (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

/Rarities/Classics/ Timeless Hist.-/ 

19794-1 2:25 SING, BABY, SING (Yellen-Pollack) Vo 3304/ Lp-34/CD-869/CBC 1-023-2CD/RA-CD-4/ 

-Hart intro-Allen in ens 32b-vPD (Hart-Allen)-Marsala as-Allen 16b-vPD (ens)-Allen coda- 

19795-1 2:39 YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME (Mitchell-Alter) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vPD (Allen 16b-Hart)-Allen 10b-Marsala-vPD (weak Allen in ens)- 

19796-1 2:40 IT´S THE GYPSY IN ME (Tobias-Franklin) Vo 3315/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen & Marsala as 32b-vPD (Hart-Allen& weak Marsala)-Marsaia as-Allen 16b-Hart-vPD- 

19797-1 2:39 WHEN A LADY MEETS A GENTLEMAN DOWN SOUTH --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

(Opppenheim-Cleary-Krakeur) -Hart intro-Allen & Marsala as 32b-vPD (ens)- 

-Allen brk-Marsala as-Allen 8b-vPD (ens)- 

10/12/36 NYC., HENRY -,"RED" ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) *Gene Mikell (cl) Tab Smith (as) Ted 

Mc Rae (ts) Clyde Hart (p) Danny Barker (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) *l can not hear any clarinet work 

/Collect..Classics/ Classics- / 

20049-1 2:55 MIDNIGHT BLUE -vRA (Leslie-Burke) Vo 3339/CC51/C0CD-15/(F)CD590/ 

-Allen 8b-Hart brd-vRA 30b(Hart & reeds)-?McRae-Allen 19b- 

20050-1 2:41 LOST IN MY DREAMS -vRA (Sidney D.Mitchell-Sam H.Stept) Vo 3340/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 16b-reeds-vRA 30b(reeds)-McRae-Allen 12+4b in ens- 

20051-1 2:48 SITTING ON THE MOON -vRA (Sidney D.Mitchell-Sam H.Stept) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Hart intro-Allen 30b-Hart brd-vRA 32b-Smith-Allen 34b- 

20052-1 2:58 WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THERE AIN´T NO SWING –vRA Vo 3339/ --- / --- / --- / 

(H.Allen) -Allen 14b-Hart brd-vRA 32b-Hart-Smith-Allen 34b- 

10/14/36 NYC., PUTNEY DANDRIDGE (v) & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t) Joe Marsala (cl, as) Clyde Hart (p) Eddie 

Condon (g) Wilson Myers (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

/Rarities/Classics/Timeless Histor./ 

20069-2 2:29 A HIGH HAT, A PICCOLO AND A CANE (Brown-Fain-Akst) Vo 3352/ Lp-34 /CD-869/CBC 1-023-2CD/RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen in ens l0b-vPD (ens-Hart-ens, Allen brk)-Marsala-Hart-Marsala-Allen 8b-vPD(ens)-Allen in ens 8b- 

20070-1 2:42 EASY TO LOVE (Porter) Vo 3351/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Hart intro-vPD (Allen mute)-Hart-Marsala-Hart-Allen mute 8b-vPD (weak ens)- 

20071-1 2:41 YOU DO THE DARNDEST THINGS, BABY (Pollack-Mitchell) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen in ens 8b-vPD (ens)-Hart-Marsala as-Hart-vPD (weak ens)-Marsala-Allen 8b-vPD (ens)- 

20072-1 2:34 THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET (Burke-Johnston) Vo 3352/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-2 THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET Vo rej. But matrix said to exist! 

-cries-Cole brk-talk RA&PD-vPD (ens-Allen)-Hart-Marsala-Allen 16b, Cole brk-vPD (ens)- 


J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Crawford Wethington (cl,as) Gene Mikell (cl,as,bars) Tab Smith (as,arr) Joe Garland (ts,bars, arr) 

Billy Kyle (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) OŃeil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) Lucky Millinder (v,dir) 

/JazzArch./Classics/Arch.o.J/ 

20073-1 2:56 BALLOONACY (Millinder-Smith) Co 3156-D/ JA-10 /CD-731/3891102/ RA-CD-4a/ 

-reeds-Smith-ens-Mikell-Smith-Allen 32b-brass&reeds-Mikell-brass&reeds- 

20074-1 3:03 BARRELHOUSE (Smith) -aTS --- / --- / --- / --- /CDS-J.Clas./RACD-4a/ 

-ens-saxes-Hemphill in ens-Allen mute 32b-Garland-Smith-Kyle-Smith-saxes-Higgy-ens- /RPCD610/ 

20175-1 2:58 THE MOON IS GRINNING AT ME -vCR (Hudson-Jones- Co 3157-D/ / --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

Mills) -ens-Smith-ens-Kyle brd-ens-vCR (ens)-Kyle-Garland in ens-Kyle-Mikell-Allen 6b-ens- 

20076-2 3:11 SHOWBOAT SHUFFLE (Ellington) --- /TOM-57/ --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-Smith in ens-Jones growl in ens-Garland in ens-ens-Allen 12b-?Garland in ens-

- 41 - 

11/17/36 NYC., HENRY “RED” ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Gene Mikell (cl) Tab Smith (as) Cecil Scott 

(ts) Clyde Hart (p) Danny Barker (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) according Red Allen in J.M.11/66 Cecil Scott plays (ts) 

instead of Ted McRae listed in B.Rust`s disco 

/Collector´s Clas./ Classics / 

20267-1 2:30 DID YOU MEAN IT -vRA (Lyman-Baker-Silvers) Vo 3377/CC51/COCD15/(F)CD590/ 

-Allen 20b-reeds brd-vRA 32b(ens)-Smith-Mikell-Scott-Allen 16b- 

20268-1 2:41 IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT -vRA ([Billy Hill) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen 6b-Hart brd-vRA 30b(Hart&ens)-Scott-Allen 14b-Allen coda- 

20269-1 2.37 HERE´S LOVE IN YOUR EYES -vRA (Rainger-Robin) Vo 3389/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 36b-vRA 32b(ens)-Hart-Mikell-Smith-Allen 24b- 

20270-1 2:37 WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME -vRA (Franklin-Friend) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Hart intro-Allen in ens 32b-vRA 32b(Hart-ens)-Smith-Allen 32b- 


J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Crawford Wethington (cl,as) Gene Mikell (cl, as,bars) Tab Smith (as) Joe Garland (ts,bars,arr) 

Billy Kyle (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) OŃeil Spencer (d) Chuck Richards (v) Lucky Millinder (v,dir) 

/Jazz Arch./Classics /Arch.of J.(Du)/ 

20294-1 2:55 BIG JOHN´S SPECIAL (Henderson) Co 3162-D/ JA-10 /(F)CD731/ CD-3891102 / RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-Smith-Jones growl-Garland in ens-Jones growl-brass-Kyle-Smith in ens-Mikell-brass-Allen 16b-ens- 

20295-1 3:20 MR.GHOST GOES TO TOWN (Mills-Parish-Hudson) Co 3158-D/JazzPan.-3/ --- /TOM-57/ RA-CD-4a/ 

-ens-Garland in ens-Spencer brks-ens-Smith-Lucie-Garland-Lucie-Allen 32b-ens- 

20296-1 2:59 CALLIN´ YOUR BLUFF -aBilly Kyle (B.Kyle) Co 3162-D/ JA-10 / --- /Arch.of J-3891102/RA-CD-4a/ 

-Kyle intro-ens-Allen 32b-Kyle-Smith-ens-Garland-ens- 

20297-1 3.02 ALGIERS STOMP (Henry Allen) Co 3158-D/JazzPan.-3/ --- / RA-CD-4a/ 

-trumpets-ens-Smith-Washington-brass-Mikell-brass-Allen 24b-brass-Allen coda 

11/21/36 Sat., NYC., 485 Madison Ave., WABC(CBS)-6:45 p.m.-"Saturday Night Swing Club"-BUNNY BERIGAN (t) & 

WILL HUDSON & HIS CBS HOUSEBAND: incl. Pete Pumiglio, Dave Hamilton (sax) Hank Ross (ts) Louis Shoobe (b) 

Johnny Williams (d) Mark Warner (dir) Paul Douglas (ann) plus featuring guest contingent from *MILLS BLUE 

RHYTHM BAND: Red Allen (t,v) Tab Smith (as) Billy Kyle (p) OŃeil Spencer (d) Lucky Millinder (cond.,v) 

JazzArch./Arch.of J.(Du)/Soundcraft/ 

1:25 theme: I Can't Get Started (Ellington-Gershwin) feat.B.Berigan JA-19 / CD-3891192 /CDSC5005/ 

1:20 Notre Dame Victory March (trad.) feat.H.Ross --- / --- / --- / 

2:48 The Jazzeroo (Marks) feat. J.Williams(d) B.Berigan, L.Shoobe --- / --- / --- / 

0:23 announcement for Red Allen & Lucky Millinder --- / --- / --- /RACD-10/RACD-4a/ 

& *MBRB 4:31 BODY AND SOUL -vRA (If I Could Be With You - on 2nd-t-solo) --- / --- / --- /RACD-10/RACD-4a/ 

(Green-Sour-Eyteon-Heyman) -Kyle in ens-vRA 32b(saxes & rhythm)-Allen 32b-Kyle in ens-Allen l8b-Allen coda- 

& *MBRB 2:54 RIDE, RED, RIDE -vLM&ch (Millinder) --- / --- / --- /RACD-10/RACD-4a/ 

2:48 Mr.Ghost Goes To Town (Mills-Parish-Hudson) feat.Ross &Berigan --- / --- / --- / 

Delovely -v Margaret McCrea unreleased 

I Can't Get Started -t solo B.Berigan unreleased 

Organ Grinders Swing unreleased 

12/29/36 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) unknown (cl) unkown (ts,bars) Tab Smith (as) 

Billy Kyle (p) Danny Barker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Alphonse Steele ( d) (in contrast to the Rust disco, two men for (cl) 

&(ts,bars) are present; Red Allen confirmed A.Steele(d) in J.M.11/66.) Harry Carney reported his presence confirmed by Johnny 

Williams, the last reported that Red liked Carney´s music when he subbed in Duke´s orch.; but Carney was with Duke in L.A. 

/Collector´s Class./ Classics/ 

20458-1 3:02 I ADORE YOU –vRA (Robin-Rainger) Vo 3422/CC53/COCD15/(F)CD590/ 

-Allen 16b-Kyle-vRA 30b(ens)-Kyle-unknown cl-Allen 18b- 

20459-1 2:56 HE AIN´T GOT RHYTHM -vRA (Irving Berlin) Vo 3432/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 14b-Kyle-reeds-vRA 40b(ens)-Kyle-unknown bars-Allen 56b- 

20460-1 3:07 THIS YEAR´S KISSES -vRA (Irving Berlin) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Kyle intro-Allen 12b-unknown cl-vRA 26b(ens)-Smith-Allen 18b- 

20461-2 2:50 LET´S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER -vRA (Harburg-Arlen) Vo 3422/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Kyle intro-Allen 30b-ens brd-vRA 32b(ens)-Kyle-unknown cl-unknown bars-Smith(as)-Allen 34b-

- 42 - 

2/18/37 NYC., BILLIE HOLIDAY(v) & TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) Cecil Scott (cl,as,ts) Prince 

Robinson (ts) Teddy Wilson (p,ld) James McLin (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

CBS BPG/CBS-CD / Classics / Media-7(F)/ 

20698-2 2:48 THE MOOD THAT I´M IN (A.Silver-A.Sherman) Br 7844/ -62037 /460820-2/(F)CD521/ MJCD-32 / 

-Allen intro 4b-Wilson-Allen 8b-Robinson-vBH (Scott cl)-Allen coda 4b- 

20699-2 2:58 YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY (Ella Fitzgerald-T.McRae) Br 7840/ -62814 / --- / --- / --- / 

(C.Webb-B.Green) -Wilson-Scott cl-Wilson-Allen l0b-vBH (Scott cl)-Allen in ens 4b- 

20700-2 2:35 SENTIMENTAL AND MELANCHOLY (J..Mercer-R.Whiting) Br 7844/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Scott cl-Allen 20b-vBH (Scott cl)-Wilson-Robinson-or Scott-Allen in ens 4b- 

20701-1 3:07 This Is MY LAST AFFAIR (H.Johnson) Br 7840/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Wilson-Allen 8b-Robinson-vBH (Scott cl & Robinson)-Allen in ens l0b- 

also all on: FLAPPER PASTCD9756 / Blue Moon BMCD 1022 / RA-CD-7/ first 2 on: HEP CD-1020/ last 2 on: -1029/ 

3/4/37 NYC., HENRY ALLEN AND HIS ORCH. : Henry”Red”Allen (t,v) Buster Bailey (cl) Tab Smith (as)Sonny 

Fredericks (ts) Billy Kyle (p) Danny Barker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Alphonse Steele (d)' 

/Coll.Classics(Dan)/ Classics / 

20759-2 3:10 AFTER LAST NIGHT WITH YOU -vRA (D.Barker) Vo 3524/CC-53/COCD-15/(F)CD590/ 

-Smith intro-Allen 16b-Bailey brd-vRA 32b(ens)-Smith-Allen 32b-Allen coda- 

20760-1 2:40 GOODNIGHT MY LUCKY DAY -vRA (Koehler-Stept) Vo 3490/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Kyle-Allen 8b-ens brd-vRA 32b(ens)-Fredericks-Allen 16b- 

20761-1 2:42 THERE´S A KITCHEN UP IN HEAVEN -vRA --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Bernard-Leaman) -Steele intro-Allen 24b-Smith-vRA 32b(ens)-Bailey-Allen 32b- 

20762-2 2:55 I WAS BORN TO SWING -vRA (Russell-Harrison) Vo 3524/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Barker intro-Allen 24b-Fredericks-vRA 32b(ens)-Kyle-Bailey-Kyle-Smith-Allen 24b- 

About the below session exist difficult statements that Charlie Holmes had confirmed his own and Red Allen's presence. 

He remembered, `that it was one with difficulty, and a lot of mistakes were made´.(This would account for 209794/-95 

not being released). Allen had left the M.B.R.B. mid Feb. to join the Louis Armstrong-Luis Russell-band for rehearsals in 

March. Therefore his presence is possible! The presence of Albert Nicholas is very doubtful. But there are also strong 

doubts about the performers given by Spivey 2001: Sidney DeParis, Garvin Bushell, Porter Grainger, unknown (b),(d); 

3/12/37 NYC., VICTORIA SPIVEY (v) acc. by poss. ?Red Allen (t) poss. ?Albert Nicholas (cl) poss. ?Charlie Holmes 

(as,ts) poss. Luis Russell (p) poss. Pops Foster (b) 

/RST-JPCD/ 

20793-1 2:43 ONE HOUR MAMA (Spivey) Vo 03505/Meritt-13/14/(A) 1506-2/ RA-CD-8/ 

-ens intro-vVS (muted trumpet-brass brks)- 

20794-1 2:53 HARLEM SUSIE-Q (Spivey) uniss.Vo/ --- / --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-ens intro-vVS(trumpet in ens)-trumpet in ens-sax-trumpet in ens-vVS(trumpet in ens)- 

20795-1 2:51 GIVE IT TO HIM (Spivey) uniss.Vo/ --- / --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-2 2:52 GIVE IT TO HIM Spivey 2001/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8/ 

-ens intro-vVS(trumpet in ens&brks)-trumpet brk-ens-sax-clarinet-ens-vVS(trumpet in ens)- 

20796-1 2:37 GOT THE BLUES SO BAD (Spivey) Vo 03505/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8/ 

-clarinet in ens-vVS(different ens-work)-ens coda- 

3/21/37 Sun.NYC., Savoy Ballroom - Red Allen subbed in .Fl. Henderson's Orch. in battle vs.Chick Webb & Teddy .Hill 

3/2 & 22/37 NYC. - FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCH.: Dick Vance, Russell Smith, Emmett Berry (t) 

George Washington, Ed Cuffee, J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Jerry Blake (cl,as,v) Hilton Jefferson (as) Elmer Williams, 

Chu Berry (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p,ld) Lawrence Lucie (g,hawai-g) Israel Crosby (b) Walter Johnson (d) Dorothy 

Derrick (v) ; Henderson, B. Carter, Blake, Vance(arr) l 

/ Classics / 

20752-1 What Will I Tell My Heart -vDD, -aFH (Tinturin-Lawrence) Vo 3485/(F)CD527/JCH-CD-2a 

20753-1 It´s Wearin´ Me Down -vDD, -aFH (Johnson-Henderson) Vo 3487/(F)CD519/ JCH-CD-2a 

20754-1 Slumming On Park Avenue -vJB, -Ajb (I.Berlin) Vo 3485/ --- / JCH-CD-2a/Mosaic MD7-236/ 

20754-2 Slumming On Park Avenue -vJB, -Ajb (I.Berlin) Vo 3485/TwoFlatsDisc(It)TFD5005/ --- / 

20755-1 Rhythm Of The Tambourine -aBC D.Franklin) Vo 3487/(F)CD519/ JCH-CD-2a/ --- / 

20857-2 Stampede -aFH (F.Henderson) Vo 3534/ --- / JCH-CD-2a 

20858-1 Back In Your Own Backyard -aFH (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) Vo 3511/ --- / JCH-CD-3a 

20859-1 Rose Room -aFH (Williams-Hickman) --- / --- / JCH-CD-3a 

20860-2 Great Caesar-´s Ghost -aDV (D. Vance) Vo 3534/ --- / JCH-CD-3a

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March 1937 - Sept. 1940, THE YEARS AS SIDEMAN 

with Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell & his Orch. (see pages 48-49), studio bands & bluessingers 

4/6/37 Fr. NBC-“Blue Network" - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL-S ORCH.: ---------------------- p48 

4/29/37 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t,v) Glyn Paque (cl) Tab Smith (as) Harold Arnold 

(ts) Luis Russell (p) Danny Barker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

/CollectorsĆlas. / Classics- /JAZZ Gr./ 

21070-1 2:20 STICKS AND STONES -vRA (Cavanaigh-Razaf-Palmer) Vo 3564/CC-55/C0CD-15/(F)CD590/ CD-040/ 

-Allen intro 4b-Allen 16b-Russell-vRA 32b-Smith-Paque-Arnold-Allen 32b- 

21071-2 2:41 MEET ME IN THE MOONLIGHT -vRA (Stillman-Dillon-Ernie) Vo 3574/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 16b-vRA 34b(ens)-Arnold-Allen 24b- 

21072-1 2:48 DON´T YOU CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS -vRA (Cahn-Chaplin) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 16b-Russell-vRA 32b- Paque-Smith-Arnold-Allen 16b- 

21073-1 2:59 A LOVE SONG OF LONG AGO -vRA (Kahn-Romberg) Vo 3564/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen mute 30b-vRA 30b(ens)-.Paque -Smith-Allen 32b- 

6/14/37 NYC., MEZZ MEZZROW & HIS ORCH.: Sy Oliver (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Mezz Mezzrow (cl,arr) Hap- 

py Caldwell (ts) SonnyWhite (p) Bernard Addison (g) Pops Foster (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) Edgar Sampson, Larry 

Clinton(arr) 

010569-1 Blues In Disguise -aMM & ES (Mezzrow-Sampson) Vi 25636/Cassics CD694/JCH-CD-1/ 

010570-1 That-s How I Feel Today -aES (Mezzrow) --- / --- /JCH-CD-1/ 

010571-1 Hot Club Stomp -aES (Mezzrow) Vi 25612/ --- /JCH-CD-1/ 

010572-1 The Swing Sessions Called To Order -aLC (Clinton) --- / --- /JCH-CD-1/ 

6/19/37 NYC., HENRY”RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Bingie Madison (cl) Tab Smith, Charlie Holmes 

(as) Harold Arnold (ts) Luis Russell (p) Danny Barker (g) Pops Foster (b)Paul Barbarin (d) Red Allen confirmed the 

presence of Madison & Barbarin in J.M.11/66; Charlie Holmes was hired specially for his 20b solo on 21276-2 only. 

/Coll.Classics(Dan)/ Classics/ 

21275-2 2:29 TILL THE CLOCK STRIKES THREE -vRA (Billy Bill) Vo 3609/CC-53/C0CD-15/(F)CD628/ 

-Russell-Allen 8b-vRA 32b(ens)-Arnold-Madison-Allen 14b+coda- 

21276-2 2:42 THE MERRY-GO-ROUND-BROKE DOWN -vRA (Friend-Franklin) Vo 3594/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen 8+8b-vRA 8+8+2b,ens brks-Holmes 20b-Madison-Arnold-ens brks-Barbarin brks- 

-Allen 8+8b, Arnold brk-Foster brd-Allen in ens 8b-coda- 

21277-1 2:52 YOU´LL NEVER CO TO HEAVEN If You Broke My Heart –vRA --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Bryan-Santly) -Allen intro 6b-Smith-vRA 32b(Smith-Madison)-Madison-Allen 16b- 

21278-1 2:48 THE MILLER´S DAUGHTER, MARIANNE -vRA Vo 3609/ --- / --- / --- /JAZZ Gr./ 

(Hill-Kennedy-Grosz) -Allen mute 32b-Russell-vRA 32b-Arnold-Allen 16b- /CD-040/ 

mid 1937 NBC-"Aunt Jemina Pancake Floor Show" LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL´S ORCH. -------------- p 48 

7/2 & 7/7/37 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL´S ORCH. : -------------- p 48 

7/20/37 NYC., HALF PINT JAXON (v) acc.by: ?Red Allen(t) Buster Bailey (cl) Horace Malcolm (p) Joe McCoy (p) 

Charlie McCoy(g,md) Ransom Knowling(b) Fred Flyn(d) (from: HARLEM HAMFATS) Keith Smith (with the best 

"Allen ears") has no doubts this is Red Allen . There are some forceful and attacing trademarks of Allen´s style before his blues 

accompaniments in 1939-40. Evensmo/Per Borthen have doubts. Allen played at this time with Armstrong and later with other 

Bluessingers for Decca label. 

/Document Rec./ 

62425-A 3:11 NO NEED KNOCKIN´ ON THE BLIND Dec 7360/ DO-CD-5259 /RA-CD-4/ 

-Bailey intro-Allen & Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey)-Allen-vHPJ (Bailey)-J.McCoy & HPJ shouts- 

-vHPJ (Bailey)-Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey-Allen & Bailey- 

62426-A 2:31 YOU CERTAINLY LOOK GOOD TO ME Dec 7345/ --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Bailey intro-Allen&Bailey-vHPJ (Allen mute)-Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey)-Allen & Bailey- 

62427-A 2:46 SHE SENDS ME --- / --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen & Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey-Allen mute-Bailey & Allen)-Allen-Bailey-vHPJ (ens)- 

62428-A 3:02 CHOCOLATE TO THE BONE Dec 7360/ --- /RA-CD-4/ 

-Allen & Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey)-Bailey-vHPJ (Bailey & Allen)-Allen & Bailey-

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9/7/37 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t,v) Ed Hall (cl) Tab Smith (as) Sammy Davis (ts) 

Billy Kyle (p) Danny Barker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Alphonse Steele (d) 

/ Coll.ClasSICS-/ Classics- / 

21630-2 2:38 I OWE YOU -vRA (Tinturin-Lawrence) Vo 3704/CC-5/C0CD-23/(F)CD-628/ 

-Allen in ens-Allen 8b-vRA 32b-Hall-Smith-Allen 16b- 

21631-2 2:24 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN HEAVEN -vRA (Tinturin-Lawrence) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens 32b-vRA 32b-Davis-Kyle-Allen in ens 32b 

21632-1 2:35 IS IT LOVE OR INFATUATION -vRA (Coslow-Hollaender) Vo 6390/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Kyle intro-Smith-vRA 32b-Hall-Allen over ens 24b- 

21633-2 2:41 CAN I FORGET YOU -vRA (Hammrstein-Kern) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Kyle intro-Allen over ens 14b-Kyle-Allen 24b- 

1/12/38 Los Ang. LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: ---------- p48 

prob.5/1/38, Sun. NSC-Blue Network - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL´S ORCH.: ---------- p48 

8/11/38NYC.,BLUE LU BARKER (v) & DANNY BARKER & HIS FLY CATS: Red Allen (t) Buster Bailey (cl) 

Sammy Price (p) Danny Barker (g) Wellman Braud (b) unknown (?d) Rust named Benny Carter on trumpet on this 

session. Godrich & Dixon give Allen on all items. Jan Evensmo forgot it in his very fine Allen solography. Hearing the sides, he 

and Per Borthen have no doubts that Allen is playing trumpet on all sides. Keith Smith is sure with 64434 only. 

/JazzArch./ /Classics/ 

64432-A 2:26 YOU´RE GOIN´ TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME JIM Dec 7560/ JA-47 /Tax LP S-1/CD-704/RA-CD-6/ 

(Jackson) -Allen mute & Bailey-vBLB (Allen mute & Bailey)- 

64433-A 2:49 NEW ORLEANS BLUES (Barker) Dec 7538/MCA-630109/-82040-4/ --- /RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen mute & Bailey-vBLB (Barker-Price-Bailey & Allen mute-ens)- /Rosetta-/ 

64434-A 2:40 HE CAUGHT THAT B & O (Easton) Dec 7506/ JA-47 /Tax LP S-1/ --- /RR-1301/RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen & Bailey-vBLB (Bailey-Allen-Price-Barker-Price)-Allen & Bailey- 

64435-A 2:32 DON´T YOU MAKE ME HIGH (Barker --- / --- /Stash-102/ --- / --- /RA-CD-6/ 

-Price-vBLB (Bailey & Allen mute-Bailey)-Bailey-Allen mute-vBLB (Allen mute & Bailey)- 

9/9/38 NYC., LIL ARMSTRONG & HER SWING BAND: Reunald Jones (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey 

(cl) Lil Armstrong(p,v) Wellman Braud(b) 0-Neil Spencer(d) 

/ Classics- / 

64604-A Safely Locked Up In My Heart Dec 2234/(F)CD-564/JCH-CD-2/ 

64605-A Everything´s Wrong, Ain´t Nothing Right Dec 2542/ --- /JCH-CD-2/ 

64606-A Harlem On Saturday Night Dec 2234/ --- /JCH-CD-2/ 

64607-A Knocked-Kneed Sal (On The Mourner´s Bench) Dec 2542/ --- /JCH-CD-2/ 

9/13/38 NYC., BEA FOOTE (v) acc.by Charlie Shavers (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) unknown (cl)unknown (p) unknown 

(g) unknown (b) unknown (d) 

64658- Try And Get It Dec 7535/ JCH-CD-2/ 

64659- Jim Lover --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

64660- If I Don't Fit, Don't Force It Dec rejected 

64661-A I Want A Long Time Daddy Dec 7554/ JCH-CD-2/ 

early Oct.38, New Orleans - film Hearst Metrotone News -LOUIS ARMSTRONG- LUIS RUSSELL ORCH.: ---------- p49 

11/22/38 NYC., BLUE LU BARKER (v) & DANNY BARKER & HIS FLY CATS: Red Allen or Benny Carter (t) 

Buster Bailey (cl) Sammy Price (p) Danny Barker (g) Wellman Braud (b) unknown ( d) There are no undoubtful 

trademarks of Red Allen nor of Benny Carter ; Danny Barker believed it was Allen: 

64767- I FEEL LIKE LYING IN ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND'S ARMS Dec rejected 

64768- GIVE ME SOME MONEY Dec rejected 

/JazzArch./ Classics- / 

64769- 2:51 I GOT WAYS LIKE THE DEVIL (Barker) Dec 7560/Tax S-1/ -JA-47 /(F)CD704/ RA-CD-6/ 

-Price intro-vBLB(Price-…..muted t 12b-Bailey)-……open t 12b-vBLB(….muted t Bailey 24b)- 

64770-A 2:49 THAT MADE HIM MAD (Barker) Dec 7538/ --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-…t intro 4b-vBLB (… t 16b-Bailey)-Price-vBLB(…. t & Bailey 16b)-….t coda

- 46 -

- 47 -

- 48 - 

”RED”ALLEN & J.C.Higginbotham with LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH. from April `37 – Sept.`40 

late March-early April-37, NYC., “NORGE SHOW PROGRAM # 34” Decca Broadcast Transcription – LOUIS ARMSTRONG & 

HIS ORCH.: Louis Armstrong (t,v), Leonard Davis, or Scad Hemphill, Red Allen, Louis Bacon (t), Snub Mosley, Jimmy Archey, 

J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Pete Clarke(as,cl,bars) Charlie Holmes (as), Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison (cl, ts,bars?), Luis Russell 

(p), Lee Blair (g), Pops Foster (b), Paul Barbarin (d) Tess Gardella (v,hostess in the role of Aunt Jemima) - AUNT JEMINA PANCAKE 

FLOOR SHOW Note: The complete broadcast was recorded on a 16” Decca acetate at 33 1/3 rpm and is known to have survived. 

753969-A THE SONG IS ENDED (few bars only) unissued 

few bars WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH --- 

2:13 DINAH Ave.(E)AVINT1006;Coll.Clas.(D)CC26;JazzAnth.(F)JA5238/Ambas.CLA1902/JCH-CD-4a 

(Tess Gardella, Announcement, talking) unissued 

HALLELUJAH, THINGS LOOK ROSY NOW –vTG --- 

CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ DAT MAN -vTG --- 

2:54 SWING THAT MUSIC (L.A.) King Akwa (G) LP-00851/Ambassador (Sd) CLA-CD-1902/ JCH-CD-4a 

(Closing) THE SONG IS ENDED unissued 

I hope that one day the Armstrong House will give non-commercial-access to several remained unissued sides of the 

Fleischmann hours although without solos of Armstrong, Allen, & Higginbotham but of general jazz interests 

4/9/37 Fri. ?NYC but prob. Philly; (Nixon Grand), station WJZ, 9:00-9:30 p.m. “FLEISCHMANN YEAST SHOW” - NBC-“Blue 

Network” broadcast transcriptions - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: same as early-37, without Tess Gardella; 

Note: This broadcast was recorded on 4 discs (8 sides). The L.Armstrong Houses are missing 1 disc (sides 1/3). 

few bars WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH remained unissued 

The Only Half Of Me -v Amanda Randolph acc. by piano-solo & only band coda on the last note remained unissued 

The Sheik Of Araby -v Four Boys of Rhythm acc. by band-riffs behind scat-v &Al Nicholas cl-solo remained unissued 

2:35 PENNIES FROM HEAVAN -LA(v)-LA(t) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

Fleischmann’s Yeast commercial remained unissued 

2:35 THEM THERE EYES -JA(tb) LA(t) JA(tb) BM or PC(cl) LA(t) BM or PC(cl) LA(v) JCH(tb) LA(t) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

Comedy Sketch by Eddie Green and Gigi James remained unissued 

3:41 TIGER RAG -AN(cl)-LA(speech)-JCH(tb) LA(speech)-LA(t)-band(spoken exhortations) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

few bars WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH - WJZ sign-off remained unissued 

F.H.note: until 6/25 each Fri. from different loc.; from 7/4/37 changed on each Sunday. PC-4/10/37p19; The NYAN-5/8 

writes: “… During the time they are out of city, it was learned the regular Fleischmann Friday evening radio programs 

will be broadcast at the regular time from one of the NBS studios in which ever city they may be appearing.” I will 

mention those actually Theatre-dates to all FLEISCHMANN YEAST SHOWS 

4/16/37 Fri, NYC., Paramount Theatre, 9:00-9:30 p.m. NBC-Blue Network Broadcast Transcription “FLEISCHMANN YEAST 

SHOW” - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: same as March-37 (it was reported this was broadcasted directly from the theatre 

audience noises are to be heard at the end of DINAH). J.W.: There is a gap in the coverage on disc of these programs. An 4/9 and 4/30 

program has survived, but none from April 16 or 23. Pumpkin issued the only one of any of the Fleischmann’s performances to have 

surfaced commercially, a track that does not cross over with any of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives performances. 

WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH unissued 

3:02 DINAH -vLA Pumpkin LP-109/Ambassador (Sd) CLA-CD-1903/ JCH-CD-4a 

unknown titles unissued 

4/30/37, Fri, NYC., (Paramount Theatre), 9:00-9:30 p.m. NBC-Blue Network Broadcast Transcription “FLEISCHMANN YEAST 

SHOW” - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: same as 4/16/37, prob. Shelton Hemphill (t) for Davis; B.Madison (bars) on 

After You´ve Gone, The Charioteers(v)*; 

0:48 WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

2:08 (I´ve Got) A HEART FULL OF RHYTHM -LA(v) AN(cl) CH(as) AN(cl) LA(t) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

Hallelujah -Pops and Louie, a song-and dance team remained unissued 

unidentified title -piano Frank ?Culliver (Fred Culliver(ts) w.H.Leonard K.C.Rockets) Frank Carter --- 

Ride, Red, Ride -*Billy Williams & Eddie Jackson(tenor) Ira Williams(bar) Howard Daniel(bass) James Sherman(p) --- 

3:14 YOU RASCAL YOU -LA(t) LA&band(v) LA(t) LA&band(v) LA(t) LA(v) LA(t) LA(v) LA(t) (Sam Thread) J.H.S.5289147 

Fleischmann’s Yeast commercial 

3:31 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET -LA(v) LA(t) (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) --- 

Comedy Sketch by Eddie Green and GeeGee James remained unissued 

2:40 AFTER YOU’VE GONE -LA(spoken intro) CH(as) JCH(tb) LA(t) (Henry Creamer-Turner Layton) --- 


few bars WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH - WJZ sign-off remained unissued 

5/7/37, Fri., Chic., (after Katz´s big Theatre) NBC-studios 9:00-9:30 p.m. NBC Blue Network bc Transcription - “FLEISCHMANN YEAST 

SHOW” - L.ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: same as 4/16; Shelton Hemphill (t) George Washington(tb) for Davis; Mosley 

few bars WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH remained unissued 

2:50 RHYTHM JAM (follows - I GOT RHYTHM (arr.Chappie Willet) -LA(speech) LR(p) BM(ts) LA(t) J.H.S.-5289147 

Some of these Days -v the Four Vagabonds: Ray Grant(g),Robert OŃeal,John Jordan,Norval Taborn, remained unissued 

TIGER RAG -washboard and tub by the Two Zephyrs acc.by Luis Russell´s Band --- 

Did You Mean It -piano Cleo Brown --- 


3:16 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE -LA(v) LA(t) (unknown) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

3:06 MEMORIES OF YOU -LA(v) LA(t) (Eubie Blake-Andy Razaf) --- 

Comedy Sketch by Eddie Green and GeeGee James remained unissued 

2:44 CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN -LA(spoken intro) LA(v) LA(t) (William Jerome-Jean Schwartz) --- 


few bars WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH - WJZ sign-off remained unissued

- 48a- 

5/14/37, Fri., Chic., (after the Regal Theatre), NBC-studios 9:00-9:30 p.m. NBC Blue Network Broadcast Transcription - “FLEISCHMANN 

YEAST SHOW” - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: same as 5/7/37, Mills Brothers (voc) added. 


2:20 IDA (SWEET AS APPLE CIDER) -LA(speech) BM(ts) LA(t) (Eddie Leonard-Eddie Munson) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

I’ve Got Swing for Sale -v Mills Brothers remained unissued 

2:38 Darling Nelly Gray -vLA,-vMills Bros. Bernard Addison(g) --- 

2:18 THE LOVE BUG WILL BITE YOU -LA(v) LA(t) (Pinky Tomlin) --- 


3:17 LAZY RIVER -LA(t) LA(speech) LA(v) LR(p) LA(t) (Sidney Arodin-Hoagy Carmichael) --- 

Comedy sketch by Eddie Green and Gigi James remained unissued 

2:51 WASHINGTON AND LEE SWING (T.W.Allen-M.W.Scheafe-C.A.Robbins) --- 

-ens-vLA(Nicholas)-Nicholas-Armstrong-reeds-Higgy-vLA&Foster-saxes-Madison-ens-Armstrong- 


few bars WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH - WJZ sign-off remained unissued 

5/21/37, Fri. Chic.-NBC-studios 9:00-9:30 p.m. Blue Network bc - “FLEISCHMANN YEAST SHOW” – L.ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: 

Louis Bacon (t,v) Three Sharps & a Flat: Arvin Garrett (g) Thurman Cooper (d) LeRoy Morrison or Clarence Mason (b 


3:03 I GOT RYTHYM -LA(t) PC(as) BM(ts) LA(speech) BM(ts) LA(t) LA(t)-PB(d) coda JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

Mama Don’t Allow no Rhythm in Here -v Three Sharps & a Flat remained unissued 

WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE -dance Billy Adams acc.by orch. remained unissued because without Armstrong solo 

BOO HOO -v Bobbie Caston acc.by band.perhaps short Red Allen obbligato remained unissued because without Armstrong 

3:05 I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW (Vincent Youmans-Anne Caldwell O´Dea-Otto Harbach) --- 

-ens-saxes-Archey-L.Bacon(muted-t)-Russell-Holmes-ens-Russell-Holmes-ens-Armstrong-Armstrong 


3:27 ROCKIN' CHAIR -LA(spoken intro) LB&LA(vl) LA(t) LA(v) LA(t) (Hoagy Carmichael) --- 

Comedy Sketch by Eddie Green and Gigi James remained unissued 

2:38 SUGAR FOOT STOMP -BM(ts) JCH(tb) AN(cl)-LA(speech) LA(t) band(v-break) LA(t) (Walter Melrose-King Oliver) --- 

few bars WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH - WJZ sign-off remained unissued 

5/28/37, Fri., NYC., (Apollo Theatre), 9:00-9:30 p.m. – NBC-bc – same asabove; George Matthews (tb) for Archey; Southenaires(v): 

Jay Stone?Fernon(bar) William Edmondson(bass) Lowell Peters(1st tenor) Homer Smith(2nd tenor) Clarence Jones(arr,v): 

few bars WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH remained unissued 

2:46 BUGLE BLUES (Count Basie) JazzHeritageSociety-5289147 

-ens-saxes-ens-Holmes-Bacon brk-Nicholas-Bacon brk-Higgy-Armstrong-Barbarin brk-ens-Armstrong 

I’LL GET EVEN WITH YOU -v Edith Wilson acc. by orch.. remained unissued said because without Armstrong 

Swanee River - My Blue Heaven - Where Are the Boys of the Old Brigade - v Southernaires remained unissued 

3:09 HUSTLIN´ AND BUSTLIN´ FOR BABY -LA(t) LA(speech) LA(v) LA(t) (Harry Woods) --- 

Fleischmann’s Yeast commercial presents Harlem, 

3:07 SHOE SHINE BOY -vLA (L.Bacon obbligato)- Armstrong&Armstrong (Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin) --- 

Comedy sketch by Eddie Green and Gigi James remained unissued 

2:22 WILL YOU DO A STOMP ? -LR(p) LA(speech) LA(t) LA(t)-PB(d). Arr. CW. (Chappie Willet) --- 

1:58 Fleischmann’s Yeast commercial presents Arthur Murray Dance Lessons --- 

1:29 WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH –vLA&announcer; WJZ sign- and station ID --- 

7/2 & LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS (LUIS RUSSELL´S) ORCH.: ( Decca recording session) same as 5/7/37 

MCA-Cor./MCA(F)/Classics /Ambassador CLA / 

62328-A 3:09 PUBLIC MELODY NO. ONE -vLA (Koehler-Arlen) COPS-7219/510038/(F)CD515/-1903/-1903-X/ JCH-CD-4a 

62329-A 2:41 YOURS AND MINE -vLA (Freed-Nacio-Brown) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

62330-A 3:08 RED CAP -vLA (Hecht-Armstrong --- /510084 / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

7/4/37, Maurice Casino, Asbury Park, NJ, WOR-bc 11:30 - LOUIS ARMSTRONG´s BIRTHDAY GAY PARTY & HIS ORCH.: 

same as 5/7/), Bobbie Caston, Sonny Woods (v) added; (Bob Inman notes) ; It is rumored that a recording of this broadcast has survived. 

ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND -feat.Armstrong SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN -vBobbie Caston 

ALL GOD’S CHILLUN’ GOT RHYTHM -feat Red Allen(t) CUBAN PETE -feat.Armstrong 

IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER -feat.B.Madison(ts)-etc.- WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART -vSonny Woods 

SWING THAT MUSIC -feat.Armstrong WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME -feat.Armstrong 

7/7/37 NYC., ( Decca recording session) same as 5/7/37 

62335-A 3:17 SHE´S A DAUGHTER OF A PLANTER FROM HAVANA -vLA (Kahn) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

62336-A 2:35 ALEXANDER´S RAGTIME BAND -vLA (Berlin) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

62337-A 3:06 CUBAN PETE -vLA (Norman) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

62338-A 3:08 I´VE GOT A HEART FULL OF RHYTHM -vLA (Gerlach-Armstrong) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

62339-A 3:06 SUN SHOWERS -vLA (Brown-Freed) Cor.COPS-7504/ --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

11/15/37 Los.Ang., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: Louis Armstrong (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Charlie 

Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts,arr) Luis Russell (p,arr) Lee Blair (g) Red Callender (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

DLA-1884-A Once In A While -vLA (Butler-Edwards-Green) Cor.COPS-7230/ / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

DLA-1885-A On The Sunny Side Of The Street -vLA (McHugh-Fields) --- / / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

?-B On The Sunny Side Of The Street -vLA (rumored on Dec(Can)3794) 

11/26/ & 12/3/ & 12/10/37, L.A. – WJZ-bc 12:30 from Vogue Club, LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: Louis Armstrong (t,v) 

Shelton Hemphill, Henry“Red”Allen, Louis Bacon (t) Wilbur De Paris, George Washington, J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Pete 

Clarke, Charlie Holmes (as) Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison (cl,ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Red Callender (b) Paul 

Barbarin (d) Bobbie Caston, Sonny Woods (v) (Bob Inman notes); If recordings of following broadcasts has survived is uncertain. 

IT’S A NATURAL THING TO DO MAHOGANY HALL STOMP 

DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET 

MUSKRAT RAMBLE IN A LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN 

CUBAN PETE -vL.A THEY ALL LAUGHED 

12/3/ same loc.: SATAN TAKES A HOLIDAY NELLY GRAY 

JUNGLE MADNESS THAT OLD FEELING -vSonny Woods 

AN OLD FLAME NEVER DIES -vS.W. SWING THAT MUSIC vL.A. 

THEM THERE EYES -vL.A. WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH

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12/10 same loc.: SUGAR FOOT STOMP -feat.B.Madison(s)-Higginbotham-clarinets-Armstrong 

PUBLIC MELODY NUMBER ONE (Public Enemy For You) -feat. Armstrong 

FUN FOR YOU -feat.wonderful Red Allen,collosal trumpet-.......(ts)-Foster- 

IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN -feat.Armstrong 

WHOA BABE -feat Red Allen´s fast nuthy trumpet again, great tenor sax- 

REMEMBER ME -vSonny Woods, too sweet and slow 

MUSKRAT RAMBLE -feat collosal ts, slow nuttsy temp- 

ALGIERS STOMP -feat marvellous Higginbotham-Red Allen-Madison(ts)-colossal 

1/12/38 Los Ang., same as 4/16/37:.Wilbur DeParis (tb) Red Callender (b) for G.Matthews & Pops Foster 

DLA1132-A 2:34 SATCHEL MOUTH SWING -vLA (L. & Lil Armstrong-Williams) Cor.6697/510084 / --- /.CLA1904/JCH-CD-4a 

DLA1133-A 2:37 JUBILE -vLA (Carmichael-Adams) --- /510038 / --- / --- /JCH-CD-4a 

DLA1134-A 2:57 STRUTTIN´WITH SOME BARBECUE (L.Armstrong) –arr.C.Willett --- / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-4a 

DLA1135-A 2:55 THE TRUMPET PLAYER´S LAMENT -vLA (Monaco-Burke) --- /510084 / --- / --- /JCH-CD-4a 

-C 2:55 THE TRUMPET PLAYER´S LAMENT –vLA? GRP(USA)GRD-649/ 

same date: Louis Armstrong (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Charlie Holmes, Pete Clarke (cl,as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts) 

Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) George“Red”Callender (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

-1136-A 2:55 I Double Dare You -vLA (Shand-Eaton) --- /510038 / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

-B 2:55? I Double Dare You -vLA? GRP(USA)GRD-649/ 

-1137-A 3:07 True Confession -vLA (Coslow-Hollander) --- /510104/ --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

-B 3:07? True Confession -vLA? --- / 

-1138-A 2:34 Let That Be A Lesson To You -vLA (Mercer-Whiting) --- / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

-B 2:34? Let That Be A Lesson To You -vLA? --- / 

-1139-A 3:05 Sweet As A Song -vLA (Gordon-Revel) --- / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

2/14 & 2/21/ & 3/2/ & 3/10/38, Chic. Grand Terrace – WEAF-bc 12:30 - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: Louis Armstrong 

(t,v) Shelton Hemphill, Henry“Red”Allen, Louis Bacon (t) Wilbur De Paris, George Washington, J.C. Higginbotham (tb) 

Rupert Cole (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (as) Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison (cl,ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul 

Barbarin(d) Bobbie Caston,Sonny Woods(v) ( R.Inman notes. If a recording of these broadcasts have survived is uncertain. 

TWO DREAMS GOT TOGETHER -vB.Caston 

RIFFS & SWEET AS A SONG -feat Armstrong 

MY GHOST GOES TO TOWN -feat.colossal Red Allen(t)-.......ts-..........tb-etc 

THIS IS MY NIGHT TO DREAM -vS.Woods 

IF MY HEART COULD ONLY TALK 

MAHOGANY HALL STOMP 

2/21/38: MAHOGANY HALL STOMP -feat.Armstrong,ts,tb 

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY -vB.Caston 

KEEP IN THE GROOVE -feat.colosal Red Allen(t)-Higginbotham,etc., 

SWEET AS A SONG -feat. Armstrong muted-t and v 

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE -feat. ...cl.....ts-trombones-Foster b-solo-Allen(t)- 

THIS IS MY NIGHT TO DREAM -vS.Woods 

I DOUBLE DARE YOU -feat. Armstrong 

DINAH -feat. throughout Armstrong on trumpet 

3/2/38: THEY ALL LAUGHED 

SUNDAY IN THE PARK -vBobbie Caston 

IF MY HEART COULD ONLY TALK 

BETWEEN DEVIL AND DEEP BLUE SEA 

THIS IS MY NIGHT TO DREAM -v S.Woods 

TRUE CONFESSION 

TIGER RAG 

3/10/38: A HEART FULL OF RHYTHM -feat.Armstrong 

SUNDAY IN THE PARK -vBobbie Caston 

PRELUDE IN C SHARP MINOR 

I DOUBLE DARE YOU -feat. Higginbotham & Armstrong 

SERENADE TO THE STARS -vSonny Woods 

CLIMAX RAG (L.Russell) -feat. Bacon(t)-…….clarinet-Holmes-tenor- 

JUBILEE -feat.Barbarin(d)-trumpets-Armstrong 

ST.LOUIS BLUES -feat.Cole(cl)-Allen(t)-Russell(p)-Madison(ts) 

MUSKRAT RAMBLE 

4/10/38 Sun. NYC., Rockland Palace rec.for unknown date WNEW-bc. “MARTIN BLOCK´S SUNDAY SWING” LOUIS ARM- 

STRONG & LUIS RUSSELL´S ORCH.,.Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orch.; Fats Waller, Ada Brown; Gene Krupa, Hot Lips Page & others 

prob.5/1/38 Sun., NBC-Blue Network, “Fleishmann hour”; same as 1/12/38: Otis Johnson(t) Rupert Cole(as) for Bacon & Clark; 

I can not believe another suggestion that this is probably an added 1/12/38 or 4/25/39 Decca recording; 5 month before Crosby´s 

birthday at 5/2. The Fleishmann hour was every Friday in 1937 and every Sunday in 1938. 

2:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Papa Bing Crosby -vLA Fam.(I)SFR-DP-655/Amb.CLA1906/JCH-CD-4a 

5/13/ & 5/18/38 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: Louis Armstrong (t,v) Shelton Hemphill (t) J.C.Hig- 

ginbotham (tb) Rupert Cole (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts,arr) Luis Russell(p,arr) Lee Blair (g) 

Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

63775-A 2:42 So Little Time (So Much To Do) -vLA (DeRose-Hill) Cor.COPS7504/(F)CD515/ CLA1904/JCH-CD-2a 

63776-A 2:38 Mexican Swing -vLA (Shand-Lee) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63777-A 2:13 As Long As You Live, you´ll be dead if you de -vLA (Hanighen- So Mercer) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63778-A 2:45 When The Saints Go Marching In -vLA (trad.) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63809-A 2:25 On The Sentimental Side -vLA (Monaco-Burke) --- /(F)CD523/ --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63810-A 2:35 It´s Wonderful -vLA (Wells-Parish-Smith) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63811-A 2:30 Something Tells Me -vLA (Warren-Mercer) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

63812-A 2:29 Love Walked In -vLA (G.& I.Gershwin) --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-2a 

9/1/38 Thurs., Randall´s Island Stadion; recorded for WNEW-Martin Block´s “2nd BANDFEST” with LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: 

feat. Red Allen, Dewey Washington & Sonny Woods on several sides incl. SWING CATS BALL; also orchestras of Count 

Basie, John Kirby; Teddy Hill; Cab Calloway; Erskine Hawkins; Ovie Alson; Willie Bryant; Hot Lips Page; Roy Eldridge;

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prob.9/30/38, Baton Rouge, La., Old Fellows Temple, Hearst Metrotone News – LOUIS ARMSTRONG (t,v) & HIS ORCH.: 

Shelton Hemphill, Otis Johnson, Red Allen (t) Wilbur DeParis, George Washington, J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert 

Nicholas (cl,ts) Rupert Cole, Charlie Holmes (cl,as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts,arr) Luis Russell (p,ld,arr) Lee Blair (g) Pops 

Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) This is the only occasion to see the Luis Russell band with Red Allen playing in a film-clip. Seeing 

screen-photos Ch.Holmes denied a suggested Oct.15 New Orleans location where they played in an auditorium without dancers. The 

Hearst team had come w. Armstrong from L.A. who joined at 9/30/38 Baton Rouge 1st concert they played for white dancers. I separated 

several silent seconds-short reed-section clips out of a 1999 BBC-Armstrong documentation (which used a longer David Chertok´s 

Armstrong-footage) and mixed them with the below known Medley with new syncrone sound from recorded “Swing That Music” 

(really identical with below sound). I was told that Hearst news often used news-clips without sound and mixed them with recorded 

music and applauses. uploaded on youtube < hoffmannjazz > 

KING AKWA/ 2:56 on RA-DVD-1 

film-news 2:50 MEDLEY: - SKELETON IN THE CLOSET (……………….) 32mm film reel/ Lp (G)00851 / JCH-CD-4a 

- SWING THAT MUSIC (Armstrong) --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

- CONFESSIN´ (Dougherty-Reynolds-Neiburg) --- / --- / JCH-CD-4a 

1/18/39 NYC., same as Oct. 38; Big Sid Catlett (d) for Barbarin MCA-Cor./MCA(F)/Classics/Ambassador/ 

64907-A 2:37 JEEPERS CREEPERS -vLA (Warren-Mercer) COPS7505/ 510108 /CD-523/(S)CLA1905 

64908-A 3:05 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE -vLA&ch (Mercer-Armstrong) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

4/5/39 NYC., same as 1/18/39: Joe Garland (ts,arr) for Nicholas 

65344-A 2:56 HEAR ME TALKIN´ TO YA (Armstrong) --- / 510064 / --- /(S)CLA1906/ 

65345-A 2:49 SAVE IT PRETTY MAMA -vLA (Redman) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

65346-A 3:06 WEST END BLUES -vLA (Joe Oliver-Williams) --- / --- /CD-615/ --- / 

65347-A 3:09 SAVOY BLUES (Kid Ory) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

4/25/39 NYC., same as above: Bernard Flood (t) for Otis Johnson 

65460-A 3:13 CONFESSIN´ -vLA (Dougherty-Reynolds-Neiburg) COPS7506/ 510108 / --- / --- / 

65461-A 2:35 OUR MONDAY DATE -vLA (Hines-Armstrong) --- / 510064 / --- / --- / 

65462-A 2:33 IF IT´S GOOD THEN I WANT IT -vLA (Marks-Hirsch) --- / 510108 / --- / --- / 

65463-A 2:42 ME AND BROTHER BILL -vLA (not –tLA) (Armstrong) --- / --- / --- / --- / 


65824-A 3:14 BABY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME -vLA (Warfield-Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

65825-A 2:54 POOR OLD JOE -vLA (H.Carmichaell) --- / 510113 / --- / --- / 

65826-A 3:20 SHANTY BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI -vLA (Shand-Eaton) 

10/2/39 Mo., NYC., Carnegie Hall, ……-bc; ASCAP-FESTIVAL – part with LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: as above 

0:49 intro: WHEN IT`S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH to band ann. Coll.Clas.CC-18/Saga-6931/ --- / 

0:12 ann. by LA BlackLion(E)/Fox/Queen(I)/ 

2:42 OLD MAN BLUES -vLA&ch (Armstrong-Randolph) BLM-52045/208/LpQ-038/ --- / --- / --- / 

0:30 ann. by LA 

4:49 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED SWING -vLA&ch (Gerlach-Armstrong) --- / --- / 

prob 12/17/39, Sun., NYC., …….-bc from the Cotton Club: same as above 

1:00 intro: WHEN IT´S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH to band-ann. --- /*/ 

2:41 HARLEM STOMP -vLA (J.C. & Irene Higginbotham) Musidisc(F)JA5238/AveInt.1006/Coll.Clas.CC-26/ --- /*/ 

12/18/39, NYC., same as above MCA-Cor./MCA(F)/Classics/ 

66984-A 3:00 POOR OLD JOE -vLA (H.Carmichael) COPS7506/ 510113 /CD-615/ --- / 

66985-A 3:15 YOU´RE A LUCKY GUY -vLA (Cahn-Chaplin) --- / 510064 / --- / --- / 

66986-A 2:51 YOU´RE JUST A NO ACCOUNT -vLA (Cahn-Chaplin) --- / 510113 / --- / --- / 

66987-A 2:29 BYE AND BYE -vLA (trad.) --- / 510064 / --- / --- / 

3/14/40, NYC., same as above 

67321-A 3:15 HEP CAT´S BALL -vLA (Armstrong-Robinson-Palmer) --- / 510113 / --- / --- / 

67322-A 2:56 YOU´VE GOT ME VOODOO´D -vLA (L.Russell-N.Lawrence) COPS7507/ --- / --- / --- / 

67323-A 3:00 HARLEM STOMP -vLA (J.C.& Irene Higginbotham) --- / --- / --- /(S)CLA1907/ 

67324-A 3:17 WOLVERINE BLUES (J.R.Morton-J.& B.Spikes) --- / 510064 / --- / --- / 

67325-A 3.16 LAZY `SIPPI STEAMER -vLA (V.Selman-L.Russell) --- / 510113 / --- / --- / 

3/22/40 Fr., NYC., ……-bc from opening date at the Cotton Club: same as above 

4:00 KEEP THE RHYTHM GOING (Garland-Mills) –prob.Hemphill growl-t-Allen-t-at the end LA-t in ens --- /*/ 

KEEP THE RHYTHM … also on RA-CD-11/ 

3/24/40 Su., NYC, ......-bc from Cotton Club, same as 3/14/40 

3:08 CONFESSIN´ -vLA (Doughty-Reynolds-Neiburg) *Ambassador-CLA1910 

4/15/40 Mo., ....-bc unknown loc.possible on route from Chicago´s Sherman Hotel or to Pittsburgh´s Stanley Theatre; as above 

3:13 LAZY RIVER -vLA (Arodin-Carmichael) Everybody’s EV 3006/Ambas.(S)CLA 1907/*/ 

2:58 STRUTTIN´WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong) --- / ---- /*/ 

0:30 WHEN IT´S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH *Ambassador-CLA1910 

4/19/40 Fr. NYC. ....-bc from Cotton Club, same as 3/14/40 

2:47 DARLING NELLY GRAY –vLA (Hanby) *Ambassador-CLA1910 

4/? /40 , NYC., ....-bc from Cotton Club, same as 3/14/40 

2:29 SONG OF THE ISLAND -vLA (King) *Ambassador-CLA1910 


67648-A 2:48 SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE -vLA (Carmen & Charles Lombardo) COPS7507/510113/CD-615/ --- / 

67649-A 3:07 YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH, I´LL RUN MY BUSINESS -vLA (Lil Hardin) --- / --- / --- / --- / 

67650-A 2:31 CUT OFF MY LEGS AND CALL ME SHORTY -vLA (Alexander-D.Raye) --- / --- /CD-685/ --- / 

67651-A 3:01 CAIN AND ABEL -vLA (Belle Penstock-Jules Lomon) --- / 510064 / --- / --- / 

all sides from 1/18/39 - 5/1/40 on JCH-CD-4a & 5a

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- 51 - 

1/18/38 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & (LUIS RUSSELL &) HIS ORCH.: ---------------------------------- p49 

3/9/39 NYC., ANNA ROBINSON, RUBY SMITH (v) & JIMMY JOHNSON & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Gene Sedric (ts) James P.Johnson (p) Al Casey (g) Johnny Williams (b) Sid Catlett (d) 

/Col.KG/CBS (DU)67263/ Classics /MOON Rec.//SwingFan/ 

24205-1 2:49 HARLEM WOOGIE –vAR Voc 4768/ 30788./ Tax(Swe)8034 /(F)CD711/ MCD082-2//(G)1018 /RA-CD-6/ 

-2 2:50 HARLEM WOOGIE -vAR Meritt-5/Everyb.(S))1000/ / --- / /RA-CD-5/&-5a 

(L.Douglas-J.P.Johnson) -Johnson intro-Allen in ens-Johnson-Allen in ens- 

-vAR (Allen 16b)-Allen 116+8b,Johnson brd-Sedric-Higginbotham in ens-vAR (ens)- 

24206-1 3:00 HUNGRY BLUES -vAR from one- Col CL1780/CBS-B PG62090/. / --- / --- / /RA-CD-6/ 

act opera “De Organizer” (L.Hughes-J.P.Johnson) -Johnson-vAR(ens)-Allen 12b-vAR (ens-Allen in ens)- 

24207-1 2:49 BACK WATER BLUES -RS Voc 4903/ same as 24205-1 / --- / --- /FonTFL5123/RA-CD-7/&-5a 

-2 2:52 BACK WATER BLUES -RS Meritt-13/14/ / --- / /RA-CD-6/ 

(Bessie Smith) -Johnson-vRS (Allen 12b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens)-Allen coda- 

24208-1 2:38 HE´S MINE ALL MINE -vRS Voc 4903/Tax-m8034/ / --- / --- / /RA-CD-6/ 

(Bessie Smith) -Allen intro 4b-vRS (Higginbotham, Allen brks-Allen-ens)- 

24209-1 2:30 AFTER TONICHT (J.P.Johnson) Voc 4768/EpicLN295/ / --- / --- /Parl(UK)R-2863/RA-CD-5a 

-Johnson & Casey intro-Johnson-Sedric-Johnson-Allen 16b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens 16b- 

4/5 & 4/25/39 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & (LUIS RUSSELL & HIS) ORCH.: ---------------------------- p49 

4/7/39 NYC., J.C.HIGGINBOTHAM QUINTET: J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Ammons (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Johnny 

Williams (b) Sid Catlett (d) GM-512-B is by Fr.Newton-5; GM-514-B by unkown group 

GM-513-A Weary Land Blues BN 501/Classics(F)CD715/ Mosaic MC1-108/BN-CPD828829-2/ JCH-CD-2/ 

same date, PORT OF HARLEM JAZZMEN: same as above & Frankie Newton(t) 

GM-515-A Port Of Harlem Blues BN 14 / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

GM-516-2 Mighty Blues BN 3 / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

GM 517-1 Rocking The Blues --- / --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

6/8/39 NYC., J.C.HIGGINBOTHAM QUINTET: J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Meade Lux Lewis (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Johnny 

Williams (b) Sid Catlett (d) GM-531 on BN-14 by Fr.Newton; GM-533 by S.Bechet 

GM-532-B Basin Street Blues BN 7 /Classics(F)CD743/ --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

same date, PORT OF HARLEM SEVEN: same as above & Frankie Newton(t) Sidney Bechet(cl.ss) 

GM-532-X Blues For Tommy BN 7 / --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

GM-536-II Pounding Heart Blues BN 6 / --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

6/14/39 NYC., ROSETTA HOWARD(v) acc.by Red Allen (t) Barney Bigard (cl) unknown (p) unknown (g) prob.Sidney 

Catlett(d) 

/RST Rec.(A)/ 

65811–A 2:57 PLAIN LENOX AVENUE (P.Grainger) Dec 7627/JazzArch.JA-47/JPCD1514-2/ RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vRH (Bigard-Allen 24b)-Bigard-vRH (Allen 24b)- 

65812-A 2:42 MEN ARE LIKE STREET CARS (Jordan) Dec 761 B/Dec DL 79230/ --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vRH ( ............. g-Allen 12b-Bigard-Allen 12b)- 

65813-A 2:35 HE´S MINE, ALL MINE (Bessie Smith) Dec 7658/ / --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Bigard intro-vRH (Bigard-...g-Allen 12b-Bigard-............g-Allen & Bigard 12b)- 

65814-A 2:57 HEADIN´ FOR THE RIVER (H.Morand) Dec 7801/JazzArch.JA-47/ --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen in ens intro-vRH (Allen 32b)-Bigard-............g-Bigard-vRH (Allen 16b)- 

same date NYC., TRIXIE SMITH (v) acc. by same as above, unknown(p) added 

/Docum.Rec.(A)/ 

65815-A 2:47 NO GOOD MAN (Smith-Bradford) Dec 7617/AoH AH 158/ DOCD-5333 / RA-CD-7/ 

-..................p-............g break-vTS (Bigard-Allen 12b-............g)-Allen 12b-vTS (Bigard-Allen & Bigard 12b)- 

6/15/39 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & (LUIS RUSSELL &) HIS ORCH.: --------------------------- p49

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- 53 - 

6/15/39 NYC. JAMES P.JOHNSON & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Gene Sedric (ts) J.P.Johnson 

(p) Eugene Fields (g) Pops Foster (b) Sid Catlett (d) ?Anna Robinson (v) (there are suggestions for Ruby Smith) 

/ CBS (Eu)- / Classics- / MOON- / 

24776-1 3:02 MEMORIES OF YOU (A.Razaf-E.Blake) Col.CL 1780/BPG-62090/(F)CD711/MCD082-2/ RA-CD-5a 

-2 3:05 MEMORIES OF YOU Meritt-5/Everybody(S)1000/ / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-Allen in ens.intro 4b-Sedric-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens.16b- 

24777-1 3:00 OLD FASHIONED LOVE (C.Mack-3.Johnson) Col.CL 1780 /CBS-62090/ --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-2 2:53 OLD FASHIONED LOVE Meritt-5/Everybody(S)1000)/ / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-Johnson intro-Sedric-Higginbotham, Allen brk-Johnson, Allen brk-Allen 8+4b,ens.brd- 

24778-o1 2:18 SWINGINÁT THE LIDO (J.Johnson-W.Smith) 16"safeties/ Meritt-26 / / RA-CD-5a 

-o2 1:39 SWINGINÁT THE LIDO /Cut --- / --- / / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-o3..2:18 SWINGINÁT THE LIDO --- / --- / / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-1 2:19 SWINGINÁT THE LIDO Col.CL 1780 CBS 62090/ --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-2 2:19 SWINGINÁT THE LIDO Meritt-5/Everyb.Swe)1000/ / --- / RA-CD-5a 

*-Allen in ens.-Johnson-Sedric-Allen in ens.-Johnson&Catlett-Sedric-Allen 16b-ens.- 

24779-01 2:49 HAVINÁ BALL (J.Johnson-A.Razaf) 16"safeties/ Meritt-26 / / / RA-CD-5a 

-04 2:52 HAVINÁ BALL --- / --- / / RA-CD-5a 

-1 2:53 HAVINÁ BALL Col.CL 1780 /CBS-62090/ --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-2 2:52 HAVINÁ BALL Meritt-5/Everyb.Swe)1000/ / --- / RA-CD-5a 

-3 2:53 HAVINÁ BALL --- / --- / / --- / RA-CD-5a 

*-Catlett intro-Johnson-Sedric-Allen 8b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens.32b-Higginbotham-Allen in ens.- 

24780-1 2:48 HUNGRY BLUES -v?AR (L.Hughes-A.Razaf) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-5a/RA-CD-7/ 

-Johnson-v?AR (Higginbotham weak obligato)-Allen 12b-Sedric-Allen in ens- 

*correct soloroutine; these sides inverted on Col./CBS 

10/2/39 Ma. NYC., Carnegie Hall …..-bc ASCAP-FESTIVAL - part of L:ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCH.: ----------L.Armstrong page 

10/12/39 NYC., LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Earl Bostic (as) Clyde Hart 

(p) Charlie Christian (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Sid Catlett (d) Lionel Hampton (vib v,ld) 

/RCA/ RCA /RCA/Classics(F)CD562/ 

042941-1 3:05 I´M ON MY WAY FROM YOU -vLH (Dan Burley-Hampton) Vi 26476/2318/731048/7285/Mus.Mem.304-17/ 

-Hampton intro-Allen 32b-vLH(rhythm)-Higgy-Hampton-Allen in ens.- 

042942-1 2:55 HAVEN´T NAMED IT YET (L.Hampton-Ch.Christian) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Hampton intro-Allen mute in ens.-Christian-Allen 8b-Christian-Higginbotham-Bostic-Higginbotham- 

-Hampton & Allen mute in ens-Bernstein, Allen mute brks-Hampton-Allen mute in ens.- 

042943-1 2:41 THE HEEBIE JEEBIES ARE ROCKIN´ THE TOWN -vLH Vi 26423/RCA 10024 / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 2:41 THE HEEBIE JEEBIES ARE ROCKIN´ THE TOWN -vLH --- /RCA741049/ --- / --- / --- / 

(Hampton-Atkins) -Christian intro-Hampton-Allen mute-vLH (Allen mute in ens.36b)-Higginbotham- 

-vLH (Allen mute in ens.12b) Bernstein-Allen mute & Hampton in ens.- 

also on RCA-ND-82433(CD) / all four sides on RCA Jazz Tribune 743-2122614-2-2CDs/ RA-CD-7/ 042943-2 on RA-CD-4/ & Neatwork CD-RP2036/ 

10/13/39 NYC., HELEN PROCTOR(v) & HENRY RED ALLEN & HIS SEXTET: Red Allen (t) Buster Bailey (cl)Lil 

Armstrong (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Wellman Braud (b) Sid Catlett or OŃeil Spencer (d) 

/ RST-Rec(A) / 

66764-A 2:42 CHEATIN´ ON ME (Lew Pollack-Jack Yeller) Dec 7666 /MCA(4)630109/MCA 82040-4/JPCD-1515-2/ RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vHP (ens.)-Allen mute 32b-vHP (Allen-Bailey-Allen mute-ens.)- 

66755-A 2:35 LET´S CALL IT A DAY (Proctor) Dec 7703 / Jazz Archives-47 / / --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vHP (Bailey-Allen&Bailey)-Allen 15b-vHP( Bailey-Allen&Bailey)- 

66766-A 2:43 TAKE ME ALONG WITH YOU (Proctor) --- / --- / / --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vHP (Bailey-Allen&Bailey)-Allen 16b-vHP (Bailey-Allen&Bailey)- 

66767-A 3..o5 BLUES AT MIDNIGHT (Johnson) Dec 7666 /MCA(4)630109/MCA 82040-4/ --- / RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vHP (Bailey, Allen brks)-Allen 12b-vHP (Bailey&Allen, Allen brks)- 

10/31/39 NYC., IDA COX(v) &.HER ALL STAR BAND: Hot Lips Page(t) J.C.Higginbotham(tb) Edmond Hall(c1) 

James P.Johnson ( p on 25509-11) Fletcher Henderson ( p on 26239-42) Charlie Christian(g) Artie Bernstein(b) Lionel 

Hampton(d) / Charly(UK) / Doc.DOCD-5651/ 

25509-1 Deep Sea Blues (Crump-Cox) Voc 05336/ /Queen-048/CDAFS-1015/Affinity-CD-1015/ 

-2=3 Deep Sea Blues /Coll.Clas.CC-56/Meritt-5 / --- / --- / --- / 

25510-1 Death Letter Blues without tb,c1,d (Crump-Cox) --- /(-5) --- /Queen-048/ --- / --- / --- / 

-2 Death Letter Blues with full band /(-4) --- / Meritt-5 / --- / --- / --- / 

25511-1 One Hour Mama (Ida Cox) /(-6) --- / Meritt-5 / --- / --- / --- / 

-2 One Hour Mama /(-4) --- /Rosetta RR1300/ --- / --- / --- / 

26239-A Four Day Creep (Ida Cox) Voc 05298/ --- /Queen-048/ --- / --- / --- / 

26240-A Pink Slip Blues (Porter Grainger) Voc 05258/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26241-A Hard Times Blues (Ida Cox) Voc 05298/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26242-A Take Him Off My Mind (Porter Gainger) Voc 05258/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

all ten sides on JCH-CD-3a

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between 10/14-11/19 & 12/17/39 Sun.-broadcasts f rom Cotton Club NYC. - LOUIS ARMSTRONG & L.RUSSEL 

ORCH.: -- p49 

11/17/39 NYC., BLUE LU BARKER (v) & DANNY BARKER & HIS FLY CATS: Red Allen (t) Sammy Price (p) 

Danny Barker (g) Wellman Braud (b) unknown (d) 

/Classics-/Best of J./ 

66893-A 2:51 BLUE DEEP SEA BLUES (Armstrong) Dec 7709/’Dec DL79230/MCA-1353/(F)CD704/CD-4031/RA-CD-7/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vBLB (Allen 12b-Barker)-Allen 12b-vBLB (Barker-Allen mute 12b)- & RA-CD-6/ 

66894-A 2:52 NEVER BRAGG ABOUT YOUR MAN (Andy Razaf) Dec 7683/JazzArch.46/Tax Sp-1/ --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vBLB (Barker-Allen 20b)-Allen 4b-vBLB (Barker-Allen mute 8b)- 

66895-A 2:49 HE´S SO GOOD (Hopkins-Perins) Dec 7695/Jazz Arch.47/ / --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vBLB (Allen 12b-Barker-Allen 20b-Barker-Allen 8b)-Allen coda- 

66896-A 2:53 I DON´T DIG YOU, JACK (Wilson) Dec 7770/ --- /RosettaRR1300/ --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vBLB (Allen mute 6+8b,Barker brd)-Allen mute 4b-vBLB (Allen mute 8+8b,Barker brd)- 

12/13/39 NYC., BLUE LU BARKER (v) acc. by the same as 11/17/39 

66956-A 3:10 HANDY ANDY (Andy Razaf) Dec 7709/Jazz Arch.46/Classics CD-704/ RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vBLB (Barker)-Allen 8b-vBLB (Allen 32b)- 

66957-A 2:52 JITTERBUG BLUES (Harry Dial-B.L.Barker) Dec 7713/ --- / --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-Allen intro 4b-vBLB (Barker-Allen 12b-Price)-Allen 20b-vBLB (rhythm-Allen 4b)- 

66958-A 2:56 YOU BEEN HOLDING OUT TOO LONG Dec 7695/ --- / --- / RA-CD-6/ 

(Williams-Wilson) Allen mute intro 4b-vBLB (Barker-Allen mute 4+12+4+12b, Barker & Price brd)- 

66959-A 3:01 LU´S BLUES (Barker) Dec 7770/MCA(4)630109/-82040/ --- / RA-CD-6/ 

-Barker-vBLB (Allen mute 20b)-Barker-vBLB (Allen mute 24b)- 

12/18/39NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH.: ------------------------- p49 

12/26/39 NYC., W.C.HANDY & HIS ORCH.: W.C.Handy (c,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed Hall (c1) Bingie Madison (ts) 

Luis Russell (p) Pops Foster (b) Sid Catlett (d) all accompanists are of the Armstrong-Russell-Band, 

except Ed Hall. Around this date Red Allen & Al Nicholas were on tour with J.R.Morton. 

/RST-Rec.(A)/ 

U51223-1 St.Louis Blues (Handy) Var 8163JPCD-1515-2/ JCH-CD-2/ 

US1224-1 Loveless Love –vWCH (Handy) Var 8162/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

US1225-1 Beale Street Blues (Handy) Var 8163/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

US1226-1 ‘Way Down South Where The Blues Begin -vWCH(Handy) Var 8162/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

1/3/40 NYC., COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ALL STAR OCTET: Benny Carter (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Danny Polo (c1) 

Coleman Hawkins (ts) Gene Rodgers (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) Johnny Williams (b) Walter Johnson (d) 

/ Mosaic- / 

046156-1 When Day Is Done (DeSylva-Katcher) BB B-10693/Classics-CD-634/ JCH-CD-2/MD8-251/ 

046157-1 The Sheik Of Araby (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) BB B-10770/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ --- / 

046158-1 My Blue Heaven (Whiting-Donalson) --- / --- / JCH-CD-2/ --- / 

046159-1 Bouncing With Bean (Coleman Hawkins) BB B-10693/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ --- / 

1/4/40 NYC., JELLY ROLL MORTON´S SEVEN: Red Allen (t) Joe Britton (tb); Albert Nicholas (cl) Eddie Williams 

(as) Jelly Roll Morton (p,v) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (d) 

/Fontana TL- /Lon.(G)624546/Mainstr.(Ar)9056/ 

R-2582 2:51 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vJRM (Morton) General 1703/-5415/-683740/Lon(J)GSW3005-6/Atl.SD2-308/RA-CD-9/ 

-Allen in ens-Williams in ens-vJRM-Allen 20b-Allen in ens 8b- 

R-2583 2:29 PANAMA (Tyers) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9/ 

-Allen intro-Allen in ens 64b-Morton-Allen in ens 16b-Nicholas-Allen in ens 32b- 

R-2584 2:44 GOOD OLD NEW YORK -vJRM (Morton) General 1704/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9 

-Allen in ens-Britton-Allen in ens-vJRM-Allen&Williams in ens-Singleton-Nicholas-Allen&ens- 

R-2585 2:39 BIG LIP BLUES -vJRM (Morton) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9 

-Morton intro-Nicholas-vJRM (Allen-Williams-Nicholas-Allen 12b-Britton)-Allen-Nicholas & ens- 

all 12 sides of 1/4 & 23 & 30/40 on Classics(F)CD-668 ; & Commodore CMD-14032; 

This Panama – soundtrack was used for a soundie: 3:00 1943, Freddie, Flo, Slap & Happy, Snap & Snappy dance "Rug Cutters Holiday”; available on a 

video tape “RHYTHMANIA” now brought on RA-DVD-1

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1/11/40, NYC., LEE BBOWN (v, prob.own-p) Red Allen (t) unknown (b) 

/ Document Rec.-/ 

67044-A 3:11 ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL (Brown) Dec. 7697/(A)DOCD-5344/ / RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 12+16+4b. Brown p on brd)- 

67045-A 3:10 RIPLEY RUMBLING BLUES (Brown) Dec. 7726/ --- /Jazz Arch.JA-46/ RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute tntro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 12+12+4b, Brown p on brd)- 

67046-A 3:15 ROLLING STONE (Brown) Dec. 7710/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 18+24b, Brown on brd)- 

67047-A 3:10 PERLINA BLUES (Brown) Dec. 7744/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 14+12+4b, Brown p on brd)- 

67048-A 3:09 CROSS THE SANTA FE (Brown) Dec. 7697/ --- / / RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mutte 14+14+4b. Brown p on brd)- 

67049-A 3:09 HOWLING MAN BLUES (Brown) Dec. 7710/ --- /Jazz Arch..JA-47/ RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 14+l4+6b, Brown p on brd)- 

67050-A 3:10 MIDNIGHT DREAM BLUES (Brown) Dec. 7726/ --- /Jazz Arch.JA-46/ RA-CD-8 

-Allen mute intro 4b-vLB(Brown p-Allen mute 14+12+4b, B@ p on brdi- 

1/23/40, NYC., JELLY ROLL MORTON SIX: Red Allen (t) Albert Nicholas (cl) Eddie Williams (as) Jelly Roll Morton 

(p,v,ld) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (d) 

/ Fontana TL- /Lon.(G)624546/Mainstr.(Ar)9056/ 

R-2621 2:51 WHY -vJRM (Morton-Carew) Gen.1706/-5415/-683740/Lon.(J)GSW-3005-6/Atl.SD2-308/ RA-CD-9 

-Allen in ens-Williams in ens-Allen in ens 16b-vJRM (Allen 4b-ens-Allen 4b-ens)- 

R-2622 2:51 GET THE BUCKET -vJRM & ch (Morton) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9 

-Morton intro-vJRM&ch-Nicholas-Allen 16b-Willims-vJRM&ch-Allen 16b-Morton shout&clappings- 

R-2623 2:40 IF YOU KNEW -vJRM (Mortou-Carew) Gen.1707/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9 

-Allen & Nicholas & Williams-vJRM(ens)-Nicholas-Williams-vJRM-(reeds-Allen & reeds 14b)- 

R-2624 2:52 SHAKE IT -vJRM (Morton) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-9 

-Morton intro-vJRM&ch-Allen in ens,Allen brk-Nicholas-Morton-vJRM (Allen & reeds)- 

-Singleton-Allen in ens 16b 

all sessions 1/4 & 23 & 30/40 on: Classics(F) CD-668; Commodore CMD-14032; 

1/30/40, NYC., JELLY ROLL MORTON SEVEN: same as 1/23/40 but Claude Jones (tb) added 

R-2632 2:51 DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY -vJRM (Morton) Gen-1711/ same as 1/23/40 /RA-CD-9/ 

-vJRM intro-reeds & Allen breaks-Jones in ens-Allen in ens-Morton-ens-Nicholas & ens-Allen in ens 12b- 

R-2633 2:52 SWINGING THE ELKS (Morton) --- / same as 1/23/40/RA-CD-9/ & JAZZ Greats CD-040 

-Allen in ens 4ob-Jones & reeds-Allen mute 32b-Williams-Jones & reeds-Allen in ens 32b- 

R-2634 2:40 MAMA´S GOT A BABY -vJRM (Morton) Gen.1710/ same as 1/23/40/RA-CD-9/ 

-vJRM intro-Allen &Jones-vJRM&ch-Jones-Allen & reeds 16b-Allen in ens 16b- 

R-2635 2:46 MY HOME IS IN A SOUTHERN TOWN –vJRM --- / same as 1/23/40 /RA-CD-9 

(Morton) -vJRM-Allen in ens-vJRM (ens-Nicholas-Williams)-Allen 18b-vRM (Allen in ens l0b)- 

3/5/40, NYC., FRANKIE "HALF PINT" JAXON (v) acc. by RED ALLEN & HIS QUINTET: Red Allen (t ) Rupert 

Cole (cl) Lil Hardin-Armstrong (p) Walter Martin (wb) poss.Wellman Braud (b) 

/Document Rec.-/ 

67271-A 2:43 WHEN THEY PLAY THEM BLUES…(Armstrong-Jaxon) Dec 7742/JA-46/(A)D0CD-5260/RA-CD-9 

-Allen mute in ens 12b-vHPJ (Cole,Armstrong brk-Allen mute in ens 12b- 

-Armstrong in ens-Cole in ens-Allen mute & Cole 16b)- 

67272-A 2:36 SOMETHING GOIN' ON WRONG (Frankie & Johnny) (Bradford-Williams) Dec 7742/ --- / --- /RA-CD-9 

-Allen mute & Cole 12b-vHPJ (Cole, Allen brk)-Allen 12b-vHPJ (Cole-Allen mute in ens 12b)- 

67273-A 3:03 WASN'T IT NICE (Jackson-Horsely) Dec 7733/ --- / --- /RA-CD-4 

-Allen & Cole intro 8b-vHPJ (Cole-Allen mute 8b-Cole-Allen mute & Cole 8b)- 

-Allen mute 16+8b, Cole brd-vHPJ (Cole-Allen mute & Cole 16b)- 

67274-A 2:40 YOU KNOW JAM DON'T SHAKE (Floyd Hunt) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-4 

-Allen mute & Cole-vHPJ (Allen mute & Cole)-Cole-Allen 24b-vHPJ (Allen mute & Cole)- 

3/14/40 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG / LUIS RUSSELL ORCH.: ----------- p49

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4/17/40 NYC., FRANKIE "HALF PINT" JAXON (v) acc.by Red Allen (t) poss.Fess Williams (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) 

poss.Wellman Braud (b) Walter Martin (wb) 

/MCA-4/MCA-4/ Document Rec.-/ 

67565-A 2:47 LET ME RIDE YOUR TRAIN (P.Grainger) Dec 7786/ 630109/-82040 /(A)D0CD-5260/ RA-CD-8 

-Allen & Williams intro-vHPJ (Allen mute & Williams)-Allen mute 16b & rhythm,HPJ shouts- 

-Williams-VHPJ (Allen mute & Williams)- 

67566-A 2:25 BE YOUR NATURAL SELF --- / / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen in ens-vHPJ (Allen & Williams)-Williams, HPJ shouts-Allen 16b-vHPJ (Williams & Allen)- 

67567-A 2:42 TURN OVER (Wilson) Dec 7806/ JazzArch.JA-47 / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen in ens intro-vHPJ (Williams &Allen-Armstrong)-Allen mute 16b-vHPJ (Williams-Allen)- 

-Williams-VHPJ (Allen mute & Williams)- 

67568-A 2:36 TAKE OFF THEM HIPS (Grainger) Dec 7795/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen in ens intro-vHPJ (Williams-Allen-Williams)-Allen 12b-vHPJ (Williams-Allen &Braud)- 

67569-A 2:32 GIMME A PIG´ S FOOT AND A BOTTLE (Wilson) --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen & Williams intro-vHPJ (ens-Williams & rhythm-ens)- 

67570-A 2:57 YOU CAN´T TELL Dec 7806/MCA(4)630109/-82040/ --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen & Williams intro vHPJ (Allen-Williams & Allen, Allen brks-Allen & Williams-Williams-Allen)- 

same date, LEE BROWN (v) & WASHBOARD BAND: Red Allen (t) Fess Williams or Rupert Cole (cl) prob. own (p) 

Wellman Braud (b) Walter Martin (wb) with a present clarinet there is more change in this session than on of 1/11/40. 

mtrx. 67563/4 and 67575/-8 are by Georgia White with Jonah Jones, Fess Williams, 

/ RST-Rec(A) / 

67571-A 2:48 MY LITTLE GIRL (Brown) Dec 7790/MCA(4)630109/ JPCD-1515-2/ RA-CD-8 

-Allen & ?Williams intro 4b-vL8 (?Williams&Allen 12b-?Williams-Allen 12b-Williams-&Allen 12b)- 

67572-A 3:00 LUCILLE BLUES (Brown) Dec 7775/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Williams intro 4b-vLB (Allen mute-?Williams-Allen mute-?Williams-Allen mute & ?Williams)- 

67573-A 2:56 MISSISSIPPI WATER BLUES (Brown) Dec 7744/JazzArch..JA-46/ --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen intro 4b-vLB (?Williams-Allen-?Williams-Allen mute-?Williams & Allen mute)- 

67574-A 2:56 LITTLE LEG WOMAN (Brown) Dec 7775/ --- / --- / RA-CD-8 

-?Williams intro-vLB (?Williams-Allen-Allen & ?Williams-?Williams-Allen & ?Williams)- 

5/2/40 NYC., LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LUIS RUSSELL & ORCH.: --- p49 

5/28/40 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & / *ZUTTY SINGLETON & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) Benny Morton (tb) 

Ed Hall (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Bernard Addison (g) Pops Foster (b) Zutty Singleton (d) 

/MCA(F)/A.of H./Classics/JSP(UK)/Coll.Clas./JAZZ CD040/ 

67839-A 2:51 DOWN IN JUNGLE TOWN (Morse-Madden) Dec 18092/-510111 /AH-61/ CD-628/ CD-336/C0CD-23/ 

-Allen in ens 40b-Hall-Morton-Allen in ens 64b- 

67840-A 3:06 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /NotesOnJazz No.20 

-Allen in ens 24b-Hall-Lil Armtrong in ens-Morton-Addison-Allen in ens 24b- / B.of J.CD4031/ 

67841-A 3:04 *KING PORTER STOMP (J.R.Morton) Dec 18093/-510088 / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Singleton in ens-Allen in ens 16b-Hall-Allen 16b-Morton-Hall-Allen&Singleton in ens 32b- 

67842-A 2:48 *SHIM-ME-SHA-WABBLE (Sp.Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Armstrong& rhythm intro-Allen in ens 16b-Allen 16b-Hall-Allen 16b-ens break-Morton-Allen in ens 16b- 

9/23/40 NYC.,JOHNNIE TEMPLE (v) acc.by RED ALLEN QUARTET: Red Allen (t) Buster Bailey (cl)Lil Armstrong 

(p) unknown (d) 

/Document Rec./ 

68136-A 3:17 BABY, DON´T YOU LOVE ME NO MORE Dec 7825/Jazz Arch.JA-46/(A)D0CD-5240/ RA-CD-8 

(J.Temple) -Allen mute intro 4b-vJT (Bailey-Allen mute 12b-Bailey-Allen 12b)- 

68137-A 3:05 MY PONY (J.Temple) Dec 7817/MCA-630109/-82040-4/-1353/ --- /DecDL79230/RA-CD-8 

-Armstrong intro-vJT (Allen mute 12b-Bailey-Allen mute 12b-Bailey-Allen mute 12b)- 

68138-A 2:54 JIVE ME, BABY (J.Temple) Dec 7800/ --- / --- / / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen intro 4b-vJT (Bailey-Allen 12b-Bailey-Allen 12b)- 

68139-A 3:01 CORRINE CORRINA (McCoy-Chatman) Dec 7825/Jazz Arch.JA-46/ --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen & Bailey intro 4b-vJT (Allen 12b-Bailey-Allen 12b-Bailey-Allen 12b-Bailey)- 

68140-A 3:19 BOW LEG WOMAN Dec 7817/A.of H. AH-72 / --- / RA-CD-8 

-Allen in ens 4b-vJT (Allen 12b-Bailey & Allen mute 12b-Bailey-Allen mute 12b-&Bailey)- 

68141-A 2:31 FIX IT UP AND GO (Brown) Dec 7800/ / --- / RA-CD-8 

-B 2:35 FIX IT UP AND GO Dec 7800/ JazzArch.-47-?take-B)/ --- / RA-CD-4 

-Allen in ens 4b-vJT(Bailey-Allen mute 12b-Bailey)-Armstrong-Allen mute 12b-vJT(Bailey-Allen mute 12b)-

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9/28/1940 start of HENRY"RED"ALLEN AND HIS BAND AT THE CAFÉ SOCIETY, DOWNTOWN, N.Y.C. 

prob.10/4-11/40, one week trip to new Orleans - Red Allen with local bands 

10/26/40 for one week, incl. rehearsals, Lehigh University, Lexington, the new BENNY GOODMAN ORCHESTRA: incl. 

Red Allen(t) Teddy Wilson(p) 

early `4o´s, experimental sessions at Minton´s: Red Allen in jam session with avantgarde musicians:.Unfortunately neither 

any session with Red Allen were recorded by Jerry Newman nor Red is one of the unidentified recorded trumpeters. 

12/20/40 NYC., IDA COX AND HER ALL STAR ORCH. (HENRY "RED" ALLEN & HIS CAFE SOCIETY ORCH.): Hen- 

ry Red Allen (t, ld) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed Hall (cl) Cliff Jackson (p) Billy Taylor (b) Jimmy Hoskins (d) Ida Cox(v) 

/Parl(E) / Col(S) / Charly(UK) /Document/Affinity CD/ 

29277-1 3:06 LAST MILE BLUES (Crump-Cox) OK6405 /R-2837/DS-1505/CDAFS-1015/DOCD5651/ASS1015/RA-CD-6/ 

-2 3:15 LAST MILE BLUES uniss.78"/Meritt-5/ CC-56 / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-5/ 

-Allen in ens.-vIC (Jackson in ens.-Higgy-Allen 8b-Hall-ens.)- 

29278-1 3:15 I AIN´T GONNA LET NOBODY BREAK --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-6/ 

MY HEART (Cox) -ens.intro-vIC(ens.w.Allen brks)-Higgy-Allen 6b mute-Hall-Higgy-vIC(ens.-Allen&Hall 16b-Higgy)- 

29279-1 2:53 I CAN´T QUIT THAT MAN uniss.78”/ / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-6/ 

(Brown-Cox-Glascoe) -Higgy intro-vIC (Hall&Allen mute)-Jackson-Higgy-vIC (Hall in ens.)- 

-2 2:50 I CAN´T QUIT THAT MAN OK6405 /Par-2837/Col-1505/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-6/ 

-3 3:14 I CAN´T QUIT THAT MAN uniss. 78"/ Meritt-5/ CC-56 / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-5/ 

-Higgy intro-vIC (Hall&Allen mute)-Allen 12b(open-t on #2, muted on #3)-Higgy-vIC (Hall in ens.)- 

29280-1=3 2:35 YOU GOT TO SWING AND SWAY (Cox) uniss.78"/ --- / --- (-2)/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-7/ 

-2 2:48 YOU GOT TO SWING AND SWAY uniss.78”/Meritt-13/ --- (-1)/ --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-6/ 

-Hall intro-(Allen in ens.16+8b, Higgy brd on-#2; Allen in ens 32b on -#1 without brd)-vIC(ens.)-Hall-Higgy-vIC(ens.-Hall-ens.)- 

12/29/40 NYC., Cafe Society - WNEW Bundles for Britain program - HENRY ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Ed Hall (cl) Ken Kersey (p) Billy Taylor (b) Jim Hoskins (d) (there´s no announcement on my audio-clip) 

2:38 K. K. BOOGIE (Kersey) RA-CD-10 

-Kersey-ens.-Hall-Allen 24b-Higginbotham-ens.-Kersey, ens.brks-ens.-

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4 Village Vanguard Sessions (recorded) according the NYAN from 1/11/41p17 the first two sessions were 

recorded by Ralph Berton on several 16"platters for later WNYC-broadcasts. Also the other two sessions might be recorded 

although not mentioned this in reviews. Jazz Info advertised some more performers than mentioned in NYAN-press reviews. 

12/29/40 Sun., NYC., Village Vanguard, 2-8 pm(recorded for WNYC-bc) RALPH BERTON - MATINEE JAM SESSION: Shad 

Collins (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Lester Young (ts) Sammy Price (p) Harold West (d) 

“Su., 4/16/2006, ImPRESsive Discovery: The Library of Congress has recently unearthed some recordings from the archives. Among them: a live recording 

of Lester Young; Hear a bit of the recording on NPR's Weekend Edition.;” I am so afraid that it was impossible to get detailed information grom the LOC-staff!! 

2:56 Variations On I Got Rhythm (exemplary with 2006-bc-announcement from . http://sowithorange.blogspot.com/2006/04/ JCH-CD-11 

Royal Garden Blues (listed as “Jam Session”by the LOC wanted from LOC for non-commercial use 

Blues (listed as “Blues by the Loc wanted from LOC for non-commercial use 

Its unknown whether other tunes exists played by the other reviewed performers from this session : Marty Marsala, Max 

Kaminski (t) Rod Cless (cl) Lester Brown (cl,as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Joe Sullivan, Art Hodes, Pete Johnson (p) Ted Bunn (g) 

unidentified item wanted info from LOC 

unidentified item 

1/5/41 Sun., NYC., Village Vanguard, 2-8 pm(prob.later on WNYC-bc) RALPH BERTON - MATINEE JAM SESSION: 

part-1: Max Kaminski, Frankie Newton (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Marlowe Morris, Joe Sul- 

livan. Art Hodes (p) Eddie Condon (g) Manzie Johnson (d) 

…………………………. 16" transcriptions said to exist 

…………………………. 

part-2: plus Johnny Carisi (t) Stan Facey (p) Jimmy Chaplin (d) 

Royal Garden Blues 

part-3: Dan Burley (p-solo): one boogie and three blues sides 

……………………(boogie) 

................…………(blues) 

1/8/41 NYC., SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Sidney Bechet (cl,as) James Tolliver (p) Wellman Braud (b) J.C.Heard (d) 

/ RCA / RCA- / RCA AX/ Classics /RCA ND/Giants o.J./ 

058776-1 2:58 COAL BLACK SHINE (Reid-Bechet) Vi 27386/430639/741069/M2-5516/(F)CD638/89760(2)/CD-53105/ 

-Allen in ens,Higginbotham brks-Higginbotham-Allen 16b-Allen in ens-Bechet, ens brk-Allen in ens- 

058777-1 3:00 EGYPTIAN FANTASIE (Reid-Bechet) Vi 27337/ /730560/ --- / --- /89759(2)/ --- / 

-Bechet&Heard-ens-Allen&Bechet in ens., Braud brks-Bechet coda in ens- (compare w. PETITE FLEUR) 

058778-1 2:33 BABY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME Vi 27386/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

(Williams-Warfield) -Allen in ens intro 6b-Bechet-Higginbotham-Allen 36b-Bechet-Allen in ens- 

058779-1 2:99 SLIPPIN´ AND SLIDIN´ (Nelson-Bechet) Vi 27337 --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens-Bechet-Allen 8+36b,Bechet brd-Higginbotham-Allen 8+18b, Higginbotham&Bechet brd-Allen in ens- 

also on Le Jazz(F)CD-30/ASV Living Era CDAJA5107/ Music Memoria 07777-824527/-824428/all on RA-CD-9/

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1/12/41 Sun., NYC. Village Vanguard. 2-8 pm(prob.later on WNYC-bc) RALPH BERTON -MATINEE JAM SESSION: 

Dolly Arminra, Frankie Newton (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Lester Young (ts) Joe Phillips (cl) Stan Facey, Marlowe 

Morris (p) Eddie Dougherty, Tom Candell (g) Alan Warner (b) Hal West, Lou From (d) & some more 

(Jazz Inform. 1/24/41p3 & NYAN-l/18/41p17) 30 min. recorded for WNYC-Metropolitan Review on 16' transcriptions 






1/16/41 NYC., METRONOME ALL STAR BAND: Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Cootie Williams (t) Tommy Dorsey, 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Toots Mondello, Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins, Tex Beneke (ts) 

Count Basie (p) Charlie Christian (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Buddy Rich (d) 

060331-1 Bugle Call Rag Vi 27314 / JCH-CD-2/Mosaic MD8-251/ 

060332-1 One O'Clock Jump --- / --- / --- / 

1/19/41 SW., NYC.. Village Vanguard,. 2-8 pm(prob.later an WNYC-bc) RALPH BERTON - MATINEE JAM SESSION - 

HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS CAFE SOCIETY BAND: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed Hall (cl) Ken Kersey 

(p) Billy Taylor (b) Jim Hoskins(d) & Dolly Arminra (t) Benny Carter (as) Earl Hines (p) & some more 

(Jazz Info 1/24/41p3) recorded for WNYC-Metropolitan Review on 16'transcriptions 

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1/26/41, Sun., 5-8 p,m., NYC., Jimmy Ryan's - MILT GABLER JAM SESSION: Hot Lips Page, Red Allen (t) J.C. Higginbotham, 

George Brunies, Brad Gowans (tb) Pee Wee Russell, Ed Hall (cl)Lester Young (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Eddie 

Condon, Jack Bland (g) Billy King, Bob Casey (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Billie Holiday (v) (JazzInfo II-12p3 & II-13p4 photo) 

2/10/41 NYC., Rennaissance Ballroom (later broadcasted In New Orleans & St.Louis) - one hour Jam session: FATE 

MARABLE BENEFIT: Red Allen, Frankie Newton (t) Nat Story (tb,organizer) Rod Cless (cl) Happy Cauldwell (ts) Joe 

Sullivan (p) Al Morgan (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Half Pint Jaxon (v) also added: Wilbur DeParis, Hot Lips Page, Art 

Hodes, Fred Moore, Cas Carr; Snub Moseley Trio; Sources: Jazz Info II:l4/41p7 & NYAN & Chic.Def.; transcriptions 

were made for broadcasts in N.O. & St.Louis; Marge Singleton's family confirmed the broadcast in St.Louis. 

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at 2/10/41 THE FATE MARABLE BENEFIT: MUSICIANS AND LISTENERS photo by Cas Carr left to right, 

front: Milt Gabler, Henry"Red"Allen, Timme Rosenkranz, Herman Rosenberg; Back row: Joe Sullivan, Zutty Singleton, 

Doc Sklow, Al Morgan, Rod Cless;(see page-63) 

2/24/41 NYC, NBC´s "Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street"- HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS FORTISSIMO FOUR: 

Henry Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham(tb) Ed Hall (cl) Ken Kersey (p) Billy Taylor (b) Jim Hoskins (d). 

audio-disc-rec WC0L/ 

0:41 ann. the band by Henry Levine -2-24-41 Basin St./ /RA-CD-10/ 

3:05 K. K. BOOGIE (Kersey) -soloroutine as 4/17 --- /Jazz Arch-40/RA-CD-10/ 

2:05 BLUES HOP (= A SHERIDAN SQUARE) (Allen) --- / Meritt-26 /RA-CD-10/ 

-Kersey intro-ens.-Hall-Allen-Higgy-Kersey, ens.brks-ens- 

4/17/41 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCHESTRA: same as above 

/ Meritt- /Col.Clas. / 

30270-01 1:44 K.K.BOOGIE (Kersey) /13&14(2)/C0CD-23/ 

-Kersey-ens-Hall-Allen 24b-Higginbotham-ens-(cut) 

/ CBS- /Harmony/ Font.- /Queen(I)/ --- / --- / Classics / 

-1 3:01 K. K. BOOGIE OK 6281/80049/ HL 7104/TFR6018/ -Q-020 / --- / --- /(F)CD628/ 

-2 2:41 K.K.BOOGIE /Meritt-5/ --- / --- /Neatw.RP2031 

-Kersey-ens-Hall-Allen 24b-Higginbotham-ens-Kersey, ens.brks-ens.-(Kersey boogie over all) 

30271-1 3:14 SOMETIMES I' M HAPPY PART-1 (Youmans-Caesar) Rarities(D) No-14/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens.-Allen 32b-Hall-Higginbotham-Allen in ens.- 

-02 0:20 SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY PART-1 -Allen in ens.(cut) / --- / --- / 

-2 3:30 SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY PART-1 -soloroutine as take-1 Meritt-8/ --- / --- / 

30272-01 1:25 SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY PART-2 -Allen in ens.-Kersey & rhythm-(cut) / --- / --- / 

-1 3:10 SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY PART-2 -soloroutine as take-2- Rarities(D) No-14/ --- / --- / --- / 

-2 3:15 SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY PART-2 Meritt-8/ --- / --- / 

-Allen in ens.-Kersey&rhythme, ens.brks-Hall, ens.brks- 

30273-01 1:20 OL' MAN RIVER (Hammerstein-Kern) -Kersey intro-ens.-Hall-Higginbotham-(cut) / --- / --- / 

-02 0:38 OL' MAN RIVER -Kersey intro-ens.- (cut) / --- / --- / 

-1 3:03 OL' MAN RIVER -vRA (boogie) Meritt-8/ /RA-CD10 

-Kersey intro-ens-Hall-vRA(ens.)32b-Higginbotham-Allen 16b-Kersey, ens.brks-Hall-ens.- 

-03 1:20 OL' MAN RIVER -vRA (boogie) -Kersey intro-ens.-Hall-vRA(ens.)-(cut) / --- / --- / 

-2 3:03 OL' MAN RIVER -vRA -soloroutine as take-1 OK 6281 / --- / 

-3 3:03 OL' MAN RIVER -vRA (the take-1 on Meritt-8 is not that take-1=3 on -13&14//COCD-23) / --- / --- / 

for my personal Red Allen collection (available to jazz-libraries I parted the incomplete-takes on a double RA-CD-C7 (together with 

Red Allen sessions 12/29/36-4/22/41) and the complete takes on RA-CD-C8 (together wit Red Allen sessions 4/17/41-1/14/46)

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Dec.1940-Aug.1941, several broadcasted "CAFE SOCIETY CONCERTS" from Cafe Society, Town Hall , Carnegie Hall, and Rennaissan- 

ce Casino; particularly the Sunday Afternnoon Sessions - started at 3/16/41 - with Joe Thomson producer of NBC "Chamber Music 

Society of Lower Basin Street" and the 12/12/41 Fri. WMCA-bc from the ApolloTheatre - ChristmasBasket Benefit ( look page 67) 

give suggestions to research for more accetates The below 41/23/41 Carnegie Hall concert has been widely reviewed and advertised. 

4/23/41 Wed. NYC., Carnegie Hall, broadcasted -"CAFE SOCIETY CONCERT - JAZZ & CLASSICS” for Musicians Union 

Medical Fund; -program see above advertisements witht Hazel Scott, Golden Gate Quartet, Kenneth Spencer & Calvin Jackson, Albert 

Ammons & Pete Johnson , Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet , Eddie South w. John Kirby´s Band; RED ALLEN & ORCH. and 

also members of Count Basie´s Orch., who flew in from Pittsburgh for a JAM SESSION. 

part-8 of 4/23/41 Carnegie Hall - CAFE SOCIETY CONCERT- HENRY”RED”ALLEN AND HIS ORCH.: Red Allen (t, v) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed Hall (cl) Ken Kersey (p) Billy Taylor (b) Jimmy Hoskins (d) 

K.K.BOOGIE (Kersey) probably on any accetate from which parts were later used on Notes On Jazz/ (info wanted) 

Mx-17-4192 4:48 DIGGA DIGGA DOO (Fields-McHugh) / Notes On Jazz No.17 cut No.5/ RA-CD-10/ 

-ens intro-Allen-ens.-Hall-ens.-Hall-Allen-Higgy-Kersey&Higgy&Allen-Hall-Higgy-Allen-Kersey-Allen&Higgy- 

RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vRA&ch (Allen-Millinder) prob.on accetate (wanted) 

part-9 of 4/23/41 Carnegie Hall - Cafe Society Concert –“JAM SESSION AT CARNEGIE HALL”: Red Allen, Buck Clayton, 

Charlie Shavers; Henry Levine, Max Kaminski, Bunny Berigan (t) Will Bradley Jay C.Higginbotham(tb) Buster Bai- 

ley, Ed Hall (cl) Russell Procope, Tab Smith (as) Don Byas, poss.Buddy Tate on lst tune (ts) Eddie Sonth (vln) Pete 

Johnson, Albert Ammons, Stan Facey, Ken Kersey, Count Basie, Calvin Jackson, Buck Washington, Billy Kyle, Art 

Tatum (p) Freddie Green, Gene Fields (g) Walter Page, John Kirby, Billy Taylor, Doley Dickens (b) Jo Jones, Specs 

Powell, Jimmy Hoskins, Ray McKinley, OŃeil Spencer (d) 

accordinq reviews/ Notes On Jazz / 

mx17-4143 7:13 ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (JAM SESSION AT CARNEGIE HALL part-1) 10 min. accetate/No.15 cut-No.2/ RA-CD-10/&-12 

“ 5:04 BLUES /cut (JAM SESSION AT CARNEGIE HALL part-2) 10 min. accetate/No.15 cut-No.3/ RA-CD-10/&-12 

a typical mammoth jam session brings good swing with short soli work by Basie, Clayton, Shavers, Allen, Bailey, Byas, 

prob.Buddy Tate, Tab Smith, Higginbotham, E.South intro, 

mpg-2 clips from the three audio-clips are on DVD-1b in compilation with info, programme, photos and non synchrone film-fragments 

6/26/41, NYC., ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t) J. C. Higginbotham (tb) Artie Shaw (cl,ld,arr) Benny Carter 

(as,arr) Sonny White (p) Jimmy Shirley (g) Billy Taylor (b) Shep Shepherd (d) Laura Newell(harp) 12 unknown (vln,vl, 

vln-cello) Lena Horne(v) 

/Camd.CAL584/RCA VPS/RCA(F)/RCA(F)/RCA-2CD/ 

066146-1 3:19 CONFESSIN' (Neiburg-Dougherty-Reynolds) uniss.78"/ “ -CDN-5107/ 6062/1-2 / -7336 / 43699 / -2126414 /RA-CD-7/ 

-harp&vln intro-Shaw in ens.-strings-Shaw in ens.-strings-Higginbotham&Carter- 

-Allen mute 8b-Higginbotham&Carter-Shaw in ens.-ens.-strings-Shaw coda- 

066147-1 3:03 LOVE ME A LITTLE LITTLE -vLH Vi 27S09 /RCA RD 27065/ / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-7/ 

(H.Holmes-H.Smith-H.Oar) -strings intro-ens.&Carterr, strings brd-strings-reeds- 

-vLH (strings-White in ens.-strings)-Shaw in ens.-strings & ens.coda- 

066148-1 2:45 BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (Robin-Whiting-Harling) / --- / /RA-CD-7/ 

-reeds&strings intro-brass-Shirley-el-g-strings-Shaw-strings-Higgy muted-tb-brass-White-strings- 

RCA(F)43699 gives uniss.066148-1; this side is not identically with RCA 7336 of 9/3/41 066748-2; the guitar solo has a far 

lower tune; Higgy´s trombone is not just fluid but different to Ray Conniff´s; the piano is also quite different. 

066149-1 3:05 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME Vi 27509 / --- /RCA6039-1-2/ --- / / --- /RA-CD-7/ 

-vLH (Nemo) -Shaw in ens.-strings-Allen mute 8b-strings&reeds-Shirley-Shaw-White-strings-vLH(ens.)-

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Photo: Don Byas-Buck Clayton-Red Allen-Pete Brown-Specs Powell (d)-Count Basie-Higginbotham-Pete Johnson-Ken Kersey- 

Lena Horne-unknown (b) very probably at Cafe Society´s1st Anniversary Celebration, 10/31/41 (Hot Revue 1946 No.8 pl9) 

7/22/41 NYC, HENRY RED ALLEN AND HIS ORCH. : same as 2/24/41 

/ Meritt/Col.Clas.-/ 

30894-01 2:45 A SHERIDAN SQUARE (like SAVOY BLUES) (Allen) -anly f ew bars were cut /13&14/C0CD 23/ 

/Parl(E) /Col.(S)-/Queen(I)/ --- / --- / Classics / 

-1 3:16 A SHERIDAN SQUARE (Allen) OK 6357/R 2824/DS1400/ -Q-020 / --- / --- /(F)CD628/ 

-Allen in ens.-Hall-ens.-Allen 12b-ens.-Higginbotham-Kersey-ens.-coda- 

-02 1:15 A SHERIDAN SQUARE -Allen in ens.-Hall-ens.-Allen 12b-(cut) / --- / --- / 

-2 3:07 A SHERIDAN SQUARE - same as take-1 but without coda / --- / --- / 

-3 3:15 A SHERIDAN SQUARE - same as take-1 / --- / --- / 

30895-01 0:41 SIESTA AT THE FIESTA (Allen) -ens.-Allen 8b-(cut) / --- /C0CD 24/ --- / 

-1 3:16 SIESTA AT THE FIESTA Rarities(D)No.14/ --- / --- / 

-ens.-Allen 8b-Higginbotham-ens.-Hall-ens.-Higginbotham-ens.-Hoskins-Kersey in ens.- 

30896-1 3:12 INDIANA (Hanley-McDonald) -soloroutine as take-2 OK 6357/Parl.2824/Col.1400/Q-020/ --- / --- / --- / 

-2 3:17 INDIANA -ens.intro-Allen in ens.32b-Hall-Allen 32b-Higginbotham-Kersey-ens.- / --- / --- / 

30897-1 3:07 JACK THE BELLBOY (Hampton) Rarities(D)No.14/ --- / --- / --- / 

-Hoskins-intro-Kersey&Taylor-Allen 32b-Hoskins&Kersey-Allen in ens.-coda 

-02 0:22 JACK THE BELLBOY -Hoskins intro-Kersey&Taylor-Allen lb-(cut) / --- / --- / 

-2 3:04 JACK THE BELLBOY -solo routine as take-1 / --- / --- / 

available to jazz-libraries the incomplete-takes on non-commercial RA-CD-C7 and the the other takes on RA-CD-C8 

12/31/41 NYC., METRONOME ALL STARS: Harry James, Cootie Williams, Roy Eldridge (t) J.C. Higginbotham, 

Lou McGarity (tb) Benny Goodman (cl Toots Mondello, Benny Carter (as)Vido Musso, Tex Beneke (ts) Count 

Basie (p) Freddy Greene (g) Doc Goldberg (b) Gene Krupa (d) 

32079-1 Royal Flush (Basie) Col 36499 /Sony SOPM 188/ JCH-CD-2/ 

-2 Royal Flush CBS CL 2528/ --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

32080-1 Dear Old Southland (Creamer-Layton) Har HL-7044 / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

1/16/42 NYC., METRONOME ALL STAR LEADERS: Cootie Williams (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) 

Benny Carter (as) Charlie Barnet (ts) Count Basie (p) Alvino Rey (g) John Kirby (b) Gene Krupa (d) 

32261-1 I Got Rhythm (I.&G.Gershwin) Col C-601 /Sony SOPM 188/ JCH-CD-2/ 

-2 I Got Rhythm Col 36499 / --- / JCH-CD-2/ 

-3 I Got Rhythm / --- / JCH-CD-2/

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THE COMPLETE FOUR EDDIE CONDON TOW HALL CONCERTS OF 1942 organized by Ernest Anderson 

2/21/42 Sat. NYC. 5:30 pm; Town Hall,.recorded for later broadcasts in Latin America- 1st-EDDIE CONDON JAZZ CONCERT: 

Hot Lips Page, Max Kaminski, Bobby Hackett (t) Jay C.Higginbotham (tb) Brad Gowans (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl.ss) Pee 

Wee Russell (cl) Willie"The Lion'Smith, Joe Sullivan, Mel Powell (p) Eddie Candon (g) Sid Weiss,*Johmy Simmons 

(b) Zutty Singleton, George Wettling, Kansas Fields, *Sid Catlett (d) (* only on advertisements) 

a complete set of one hour, 40 minutes recordings was made by John Halpern, Rockefeller Committee, presented to 

Dr.Spivak, musical dir., of Library Of Congress. (Today nobody found any sessions there !). 

Pressings of the concert were dubbed and sent by the Rockefeller Committee with Spanish and Portugese announcements to 

300 (!) radio stations throughout the 20 Latin American republics. (Today nobody found them) 

part-l: George Gershwin melodies 

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part-2: piano sketches by Willie The Lion Smith 

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part-3: Anthologie of the Blues by Hot Lips Page 

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Bugle Call Rag 

part-4: jazz music of Bix Beiderbecke by Max Kaminski & Bobby Hackett 

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……………… -Hot Lips Page added 

part-5: jam session with All 

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3/7/42 Sat. NYC. 5:30 pm; Town Hall. rec.by Rockefeller Committee; 2nd EDDIE CONDON JAZZ CONCERT: Henry 

Red Allen (t,v) Max Kaminski,*Mugsy Spanier (t) J.C.Higginbotham, Brad Gowans,*George Brunies (tb) Pee Wee 

Russell, Ed Hall,*Irving Fazola (cl) Billy Kyle, Joe Sullivan, *Mel Powell (p) Eddie Condon (g) John Kirby (b) Zutty 

Singleton, Kansas Fields,*Cozy Cole (d) *Only advertised; definitiv: 16 members; l hour 40 min.recorded set 

part-1: songs of Chicago Jazz Bands of the '20's by Kaminski, Spanier, Gowans, Russell, Sullivan.... 

I Found A New Baby 

Squeeze Me 

Strut Miss Lizzie 

China Boy 

Love Is Just Around The Corner 

Davenport Blues 

part-2: music of Six Belderbecke played by Joe Sullivan (piano-solo) 

Gin Mill Blues 

Honeysuckle Rose 

part-3: music of New Orleans Jazz Bands of the 2o's: Red Allen, Higginbotham, Hall, Kyle, Kirby, Condon, Zutty 

SHE HOLLERED BROTHER, IF YOU WANT TO SPREAD JOY, PRAY FOR THE LIGHT TO GO OUT -vRA 

I SMELL SOMETHING COOKIN', SMELLS LIKE LIMA BEANS -vRA 

years ago Manfred Selchow discovered this accetate with that very long title in Jerry Valburn´s collection. Jerry promised 

to send him a cassette copy but unfortunately this mishappened. The Valburn accetates neither were brought to Rutgers nor to 

Karl Emil Knudsen nor to George Wilson, but perhaps together with the Duke Ellengton Ets to the Library of Congress. 

part-4 Impromtu Ensemble - ALL TOGETHER IN JAM SESSIONS: 

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3/21/42 Sat. NYC., 5:30 pm. 3rd EDDIE CONDON JAZZ CONCERT: Buck Washington (p,v,t,dance)"Bubbles"John W. 

Subblett (p, v, dance) Hot Lips Page (t, v) Max Kaminski (t) J.C.Higginbotham, Benny Morton, Brad Gowans (tb) Pee 

Wee Russell (cl)Earl Hines, Joe Sullivan (p) E.Condon (g) Al Morgan (b) Ray McKinley, Zutty Singleton (d) 

part-1 feat. Buck & Bubbles acc. by band & solos 

It Ain't Necessarily So 

Plodding Along 

Mammy O' Mine 

part-2 feat. by Hot Lips Page & others 

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Boogie Woogie On St.Louis Blues p-solo Earl Hines 

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part-4 feat. Ed Hall (not with Page), ………….. 

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part-5 All Together in JAM SESSION 

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4/11/42 Sat.5:30 pm; NYC., - Town Hall - 4th EDDIE CONDON´S TWILIGHT 

JAZZ CONCERT: *Red Allen (t,v) Hot Lips Page (t) Benny Morton (tb) Bud 

Freeman (ts) Pee Wee Russell (cl) James P.Johnson (p) Eddie Condon (g) Al 

Morgan (b) Kansas Fields or Zutty Singleton (d) Billie Holiday (v) & "BANJO 

EYES" chorus as appeared also at 4/16/ CBS-TV-"EDDIE CONDON JAM SESSION 

& EDDIE CANTOR´S SHOW": Cootie Williams (t) Sandy Williams (tb) Rod Cless(cl) 

Dave Bowman (p) Dave Tough (d) Bill Bailey (dance) 

part-1 music of Frank Teschemacher by Rod Cless, P.W.Russell.... 

part-2 piano sketches bv James P.Johnson 

part-3 ballads by *Billie Holiday (v) & Band poss.with Red Allen 

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part-4 dance by Bill Bailey improvised to the music of a small orch. 

3/ ?/43 L.A.-Club 331; dubbed 3/22/43 Mo.-"AFRS JUBILEE": BILLIE HOLIDAY (v) -RED ALLEN (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Don Stovall (as) General Morgan (p) Benny Moten (b) Paul Barbarin (d) Ernie Whitman (mc) ?Art Gilmore (ann); 

B.H.sang with the Allen band in Chic. from 8/15-Dec.`42; at Kelly´s Stable NYC. Jan. until 2/7/43 and in L.A. Club 331 from 2/25 until 

early May `43; DB 4/1/43p7 reports a "King Oliver revival" with Red Allen, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, Luis Russell, Bud Scott, Paul Barbarin. 

part-1: .??????........…………... . AFRS-Jubilee No.17part-1/ details wanted 

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part-2: 0:23 ann. by Ernie Whitman & Red Allen between the items part-2/ / RA-CD-10/ 

0:38 4:34 Tiny´s Exercise -Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b) from club "Streets of Paris" --- / / RA-CD-10/ 

0:27 2:47 TRAVELIN' LIGHT -vBH (J.C.Johnson) only acc.by orch.intro and coda --- /Meritt-26/ RA-CD-10/ 

0:56 2:29 RIDE, RED, RIDE -vRA (L.Millinder) --- / --- / RA-CD-10/ 

1:18 RIFFIN' (H.Henderson) --- / --- / RA-CD-10/ 

prob.3/?/43 L.A.Club-331; dubbed 4/26-"AFRS JUBILEE": same JEWEL PAIGE (v)for B.Holiday;Barney Bigard (cl,?ts) 

Nicodemus (entertainer) Ken Niles (ann) Ernie Whitman (mc) 16"ET AFRS-Jubilee No.22/Jubilee(Dan)-/ 

part-1: 0:51 intro: ….theme....-ann.KN-theme: A GREAT DAY / part-1/CD-5011007/ RA-CD-5a 

3:15 HARLEM STOMP (J.C.&Irene Higginbotham) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

1:23 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME -vJP --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

3:46 I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING (=LEAVE US KNOW IT) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

3:50 Tea For Two -feat.B.Bigard (cl) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

part-2: 2:19 ann.by E.Whitman - sketch by Nicodemus – ann. part-2/ --- / RA-CD-5a 

3:50 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (Ellington) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

2:06 HIP, HIP, HOORAY -vJP --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

4:40 I'VE GOT TO BE A RUG-CUTTER (Ellington) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

2:00 leave out ann.w.Red & Higgy; Theme: A Great Day (played by another band) --- / --- / RA-CD-5a 

between 2/25-5/20/43 L.A. unknown feature film work with HENPY RED ALLEN & HIS ORCH. Chic.Def.7/15/44; details wanted 

he is not the unknown trumpeter with unknown guitar and drums in a 1min. scene of “NO TIME FOR LOVE”(RA-DVD-1) produced 6/8 - 7/24/42 

late June-late July 44, 1:30-2:00 am. WBBM-bc, Chic., Downbeat room, Garrick stage - HENRY"RED"ALLEN BAND vs. 

STUFF SMITH TRIO in JAM SESSIONS (several broadcasts, perhaps taped by collectors as the 8/1/44 session )

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possibly 1942, Ken Club, Boston: J.C.Higginbotham-?Kenny Clarke-Sandy Williams-Bennie Moten or Billy Taylor – Sidney Bechet 

(DownBeat 4/4/68 Stanley Dance( 

8/1/44, Tue., 1:30-20 am-WBBM-Chic., Downbeat room, Garrick stage – HENRY”RED"ALLEN BAND: Red Allen (t,v) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Don Stovall (as) Ben Webster (ts added on some sides) Alfred Williams (p) Benny Moten (b) 

Alvin Burroughs (d) & / vs. BEN WEBSTER TRIO on part-2 (not on tape) 

part-1 3:44 GET THE MOP -vRA (Red Allen) there exists only a private aircheck-tape of poor quality/ RA-CD-10/ 

3:36 POMONA --- / --- / 

(0:40) ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET incl.part: BUBBLES (McHugh-Fields)/cut --- fragment --- / 

(1:56) ST.JAMES INFIRMARY (J.Primrose) (faulty start) --- / --- / 

(2:12) THE CRAWL (H.Allen-Stovall) --- / --- / 

…….................... In 1992 Bob Koester, Delmark-Rec.(Chic.) announced a CD with a complete Garrick Stage Bar 

......................... session (date & details unknown) together w. the 1947 Apollo-sides but the project had dropped 

I am afraid that Bob Koester refused any assist with details about his transcription nor to check by recorder which titles are on them 

9/14/44 Chic., JAY C.HIGGINBOTHAM QUINTET: J.C.Higginbotham(tb)"General"Morgan(p) Jim "Daddy" 

Walker (g) Benny Moten (b) Alvin Burroughs (d) 

186 Dear Old Southland (Creamer-Layton) Session 12-016/ JCH-CD-3 

187 J. C. Jumps Session 10-013/ JCH-CD-3 

188 Confessin' (Neiburg-Dougherty-Reynolds) Session 12-016/ JCH-CD-3 

189 Sporty Joe Session 10-013/ JCH-CD-3

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5/5/44 Chic.,studio - HENRY"RED"ALLEN ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Don Stovall (as) Alfred 

Williams (p) Benny Moten (b) Alvin Burroughs (d) all on non-commercial RA-CD-C8 

/ World-Disc/Showcase/ Phoenix-24 / Coll.Clas./ 

C25185 5:57 THE THEME (Henry Allen) uniss.Br /WD-JS-10A/ -5009 /Clas.CD1067/COCD24/ 

C25186 2:28 RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vRA&ch (Millinder) Br.80136/WD-JS-11A/ --- / --- / --- / --- /Rarities No.14/ 

C25187 3:22 Just A Feeling -feat.D.Stovall without Red & J.C. uniss.Br /WD-JS-10A/ --- / --- / --- / 

C25188 2:54 DARK EYES -vRA&ch (trad.)without Higgy Br.80110/WD JS-11A/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

C25189 3:28 Dear Old Southland -feat.JCH (Creamer-Layton) Br.80136/ --- / --- / --- / --- / / --- / 

C25190 3:04 RED JUMP (H.Allen) Br.80110/WD-JS-10A/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

C25191 3:37 GET THE MOP -vRA&ch (Henry Allen) uniss.Br /WD-JS-11A/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

12/24/44, Chic. Garrick-stage - WBBM-bc. - HENRY"RED"ALLEN BAND: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Don 

Stovall (as) Ben Webster (ts) Bill Thompson (p) Benny Moten (b) Al Burroughs (d) 

according to the Chic.Def.-press transcriptions existed 

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1/9/45 Chic., LIL"BROWN GAL"ARMSTRONG & HER ALL STAR BAND: Jonah Jones (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Al Gibson (c1,ts) Lil Armstrong (p) Sylvester Hickman (b) Baby Dodds (d) 

82 Little Daddy Blues B&W 1211/Jazztone J 1039/ JCH-CD-3 

83 Lady Be Good --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

84 Confessin´ --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

85 East Town Boogie --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

same date, MUSHMOUTH ROBINSON (v) acc.by J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Lil Armstrong (p) Sylvester Hickman (b) 

C-5 Let's Get Some B&W 104/ JCH-CD-3 

C-8 Got The Blues --- / JCH-CD-3 

I'm Hip To These Women B&W 105/ JCH-CD-3 

Boogie Boo Blues --- / JCH-CD-3 

1/17/45 New Orleans, Municipal Auditorium; Network-broadcast-"2nd Esquire Concert"-LOUIS ARMSTRONG´S JAZZ 

FOUNDATION SIX: Louis Armstrong (t,v)*Bunk Johnson (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl,ss) James 

P.Johnson (p) Richard Alexis (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

Confessin' -vLA (Neiburg-Dougherty-Reynolds) Palm(E)30-15/Sunbeam SB-219/ JCH-CD-3 

Back O' Town Blues -vLA (Russell-Armstrong) --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

Dear Old Southland (Creamer-Turner-Layton) --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

*Basin Street Blues -vLA (Williams) --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

(Back O'Town Blues was wrong announced as Perdito Street Blues) 

scene out of 1946 Soundie "COUNT ME OUT" with Johni Weaver & Harry Turner (dancing)

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ca.9/../1945 NYC., "HOT LIPS"PAGE & HIS BAND: Hot Lips Page (t, v) Buck Clayton, unknown (t) J.C.Higginbotham, 

Benny Morton, Sandy Williams (tb) Earl Bostic (as) Ben Webster, Don Byas (ts) Rufus Webster (p) unknown 

(g) unknown (b) Buford Oliver (d) *only: Page, B.Morton, Bostic, Byas, R.Webster, unknown-g & b, Oliver 

/ Classics / 

W3397 *Lady In Debt vHLP Cont.6015/RJ 717/ /(F)CD950/ 

W3398 Corsicana Cont.6025/RJ 737/Cont.CLP1600/ / --- / JCH-CD-2 

W3399 They Raided The Joint -vHLP Cont.6017/ / --- /Plymouth 122/ --- / JCH-CD-3 

W3400 Sunset Blues -vHLP Cont.6015/RJ 717/ --- / / --- / JCH-CD-3 

W3401 Willie Mae Willow Foot -vHLP Cont.6016/ / --- /Plymouth 122/ --- / JCH-CD-3 

W3403 Florida.Blues -vHLP feat.Higgy Cont.6017/RJ 712/RemingtonREP82/-RLP-1032 / --- / JCH-CD-3 

W3404 *Race Horse Mama Blues -vHLP Cont.6025/RJ 737/ --- / --- / --- / 

12/21/45 NYC., J.C.HIGGINBOTHAM´S BIG EIGHT: Sidney DeParis (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb)CecilScott (cl,ts) 

Tab Smith (as) Jimmy Jones (p) Brick Fleagle (g) Billy Taylor (b) Dave Tough (d) 

1014 Dutch Treat HRS 1013/Halo LP50228/Riv.RLP145/ JCH-CD-3 

1015 A Penny For Your Blues --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-3 

1/14/46 NYC., studio, HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) Jay C.Higginbotham (tb) Don Stovall 

(as) Bill Thompson (p) Benny Moten (b) Alvin Burroughs (d) 

/RCA FX/Rarities/Classics /Coll.Clas. / 

D6VB1560-1 2:55 THE CRAWL (H.Allen-Stovall) Vi 20-1813/M17285/ No.14 /CD1067/COCD-24/RA-CD-9a/ 

D6VB1561-1 2:43 BUZZ ME -vRA (Moore-Baxter) Vi 20-1808/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

D6VB1562-1 2:43 DRINK HEARTY -vRA&ch (no-t-work) (Moore Baxter) Vi 20-1813/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

D6VB1563-1 2:44 GET THE MOP (MOP MOP) -vRA (H.Allen) Vi 20-1808/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

1/28/46, NYC., RCA-studios, Soundies Distributing Corp. Of America, Inc. each 1 reel , ad., dir.: William F.Crouch - HENRY 

"RED" ALLEN & HIS ORCH.: same as 1/14/46 & Johni Weaver & Harry Turner (dancing); (a;b;c = different stage-backgrounds) 

videos:SV-9003(DAN)/ 

17M2 (a) 2:32 DRINK HEARTY -vRA&ch (no-t-work) (Moore Baxter) c:3/11/46; mp352 /Soundie-8(UK)/ RA-CD-11/RA-DVD-1/ 

18M4 (b) 2:32 MOP (GET THE MOP) -vRA (H.Allen) c:4/15/46; MP540/ / RA-CD-10/RA-DVD-1/ 

19M2 (b) 2:32 CRAWL, RED, CRAWL -dJW (H.Allen-0.Stovall) c:5/13/46; MP699/ / RA-CD-11/RA-DVD-1/ 

20M3 (c) 2:32 COUNT ME OUT -dJW (H.Allen-D.Stovall) c:6/24/46; MP861/ as 17M2 / RA-CD-11/RA-DVD-1/ 

21M5 (b) 2:23 HOUSE OF 52ND STREET -dJW, -vRA (.........) c:7/29/46; MP907/ --- / RA-CD-11/RA-DVD-1/ 

NYAN: 11/10/45p23 Allen-Bennie Moten-Don Stovall

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1/15/46 NYC.,"METRONOME ALL STAR BAND: Harry Edison, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Pete Candoli, Neal 

Hefti, Sonny Berman (t) Tommy Dorsey, Will Bradley, Bill Harris, Jay C. Higginbotham (tb) Buddy De Franco (cl) 

Johnny Hodges, Herbie Fields, Flip Phillips, Georgie Auld, Harry Carney (s) Teddy Wilson (p) Tiny Grimes, Billy 

Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Dave Tough (d) Sy Oliver (cond.) 

D6VC-5026 Look Out Vi 40-4000 / JCH-CD-4/ 

& Red Norvo(vib); without: Williams, Stewart, Bradley; Duke Ellington(cond.) 

D6VC-5027 Metronome All Out --- / JCH-CD-4/ 

1/31/46 NYC., PETE JOHNSON´S HOUSEWARMERS: Hot Lips Page (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) 

*Ben Webster (ts) Pete Johnson (p) Jim Shirley (g) Al Hall (b) J.C.Heard (d) 

/ EmArcy- /Savoy-SJL/Savoy-CD/ 

112 J.C. From K.C. Nat. 4006/MG36038Z/ -2218 /-SV-0196 / JCH-CD-4/ 

113 Pete's Housewarmin´ Nat. 4005/ --- / --- / --- / JCH-CD-4/ 

2/23/46 NYC., TOWN HALL CONCERT - start of the series "JAZZ CALVACADE" by Bob Streeter & Sam Poley; Red Allen Orch. 

with J.C.Higginbotham, Sid Catlett; George Brunies, Wild Bill Davison, Art Hodes-& His Club Stuyvesant Group incl. Al Nicholas 

& Pops Foster; Wellman Braud, Sidney Bechet, Danny Alvin, Tony Parenti, It is unknown whether transcriptions were 

made. 

3/16/46 NYC., TOWN HALL CONCERT - "JAZZ CALVACADE": feat. Red Allen-Higginbotham Band (poss. without guests) 

There are no other informations about the following 18 others "Jazz Calvacade - Town Hall Concerts".

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in 1946-47 there vere organized weekly Sunday Afternoon Jam Sessions at Club 845 / Club Sudan / Smalls Paradise with 

"Who isWho In Jazz" featuring great combinations of the "stars" with the avantgarde. Several have been with Red Allen 

(like 2/10 & 17/46;4/14/46.... ). The negro-press reported that several sessions with/without Allen were recorded for the 

either WOV-"128o Club" or WOR "Record Carnival" on the air one week later. 

4/28/46 Sun., 4-9 pm (later on WOV - Fred Robbins´ 1280 Club), NYC, Club Sudan: JAM SESSION: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higgin- 

botham (tb) Dexter Gordon (-ts) Earl Bostic (as) Derryck Sampson (p) Junior Raglin (b) Sid Catlett (d) Stuff Smith 

(vln) unknown"debut"Sextet; Fred Robbins (mc) 

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5/12/46, Sun., 4-9 pm(later on WOR - Allen Courtney´s Sat.afternoon show "Record Carnival") Club Sudan: JAM SESSION: 

Red Allen (t,v) Earl Bostic (as) Paul Bascomb (ts) Eddie South (vln) Johnny Levy (b) Dan Burley(p) and some others 

………................ 

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7/16/46, NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN ALL STARS: Red Allen (t, v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Don Stovall (as) Bill 

Thompson (p) Benny Moten (b) Eddie"Moule"Bourne (d) 

/RCA(F)/Rarities /Coll Clas./Classics/ 

D6VB2262-1 2:33 COUNT ME OUT (H.Allen-D.Stovall) Vi 20-1956/ -7285 /(Dan)14/COCD24/CD1067/RA-CD-9a/ 

D6VB2500-1 3:03 CHECK UP (H.Allen-D.Stovall) Vi 20-2107/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

D6VB2501-1 2:52 IF IT'S LOVE YOU WANT -vRA (S.Robin) Vi 20-1956/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

D6VB2502-1 2:52 LET ME MISS YOU -vRA (H.Allen-D.Stovall) Vi 20-2107/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /

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3/8/47 NYC., WNEW-bc; Art Ford (narr) - SATURDAY NIGHT SWING SESSION: Henry Red Allen(t, v) J.C.Higginbo- 

tham (tb,v) Buster Bailey (cl,v) Johnny Guarnieri (p,v) Roy Ross Trio: Roy Ross(accordeon) unknown (b) unknown(d) 

and special guest as shown: Earl Hines (p, v) 54min. `limited edition´ for Vox-records, 2000 album quantities 

RA-CD-11b/ 

1:27 intro: by Art Ford --- / /RA-CD-11 

2:02 Lover Come Back To Me (S.Romberg) -accordeon,p,b,d --- / 

0:33 2:48 DARK EYES (trad.) -tRA & accord.,p,b,d --- /Meritt-26/Clas.CD-1067/RA-CD-11/-9a/ 

0:30 3:02 SWEET LORREINE (C.Burwell-M.Parish) -tRA & accord.,p,b.d, --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-11 

0:58 2:20 Exercise In Swing -pJG & b,d --- / 

0:37 3:26 Rosetta (W.H.Woods-Earl Hines) -pJG & b,d later pEH added --- / 

1:54 3:08 Gershwin Medley (Gershwin) -pEH & b,d --- / /RA-CD-11 

0:27 2:42 Boogie Woogie On St.Louis Blues (Handy) -pEH, p&vJG, b,d --- / 

0:57 2:21 Blues In B-Flat -clBB, p,acc.,b,d --- / 

0:55 3:03 Yesterdays (J.Kern) -clBB, p,acc.,b,d --- / 

1:23 3:16 Confessin' (Neiburg-Dogherty-reynolds) -tbJCH,p,acc.,b,d --- / 

0:36 1:32 On The Sunny Side Of….. (McHugh-Fields) -tbJCH,p,acc.,b,d --- / 

0:47 2:48 Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf-Waller) -p&vJG, b,d --- / 

1:37 7:15 INDIANA (J.F.Hanley) -tRA,tbJCH,clB8,pJG & EH,acc,b,d --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-11 

1:22 leave ann. by Art Ford --- / /RA-CD-11

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DUELS IN JAZZ concert 4/19 Saturday afternoon at Manhattan Center brought out a dazzling array of famed jazz musicians. 

With Dan Burley as commentator, the show, featuring “duels” between the various instrumentalists, provided a three and a half 

hour long extravaganza of exciting music. Above, l. to r. Sid Weiss, bass; Earl Bostic, alto; Danny Alvin, drums; Munn Ware 

and J.C.Higginbotham, trombones; and in corner at right, Frankie Newton; back to camera, riffs with Eddie Barefield, clarinetist; 

At piano, foreground, Joe Sullivan. Not shown: Art Hodes, pianist; Lloyd Trotman and Bill Pemberton, bassists; Arthur Herbert, 

drums; Wild Bill Davidson, trumpet; NYAN:4/26/47p23 

3/15/47 NYC., Carnegie Hall - POLL WINNERS CONCERT incl. the RED ALLEN-J. C. HIGGINBOTHAM ORCH.: 

The Pittsburgh Courier reports that several sides were transcribed for'the air: possibly also those with Red Allen 

5/4/47 Sun., Chic., NSC-/WBBM-bc; Civic Opera House - "CALVACADE OF JAZZ"- Hot Lips Page, Red Allen, Red 

Rodney (t) Jack Teagarden, J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Georgie Auld, Morris Lane (ts) Freddie Washington (p) Eddie 

Durham (g,tb) "Flat Top"Wilson (b) George Jenkins (d) Dinah Washington (v) 

………………................... 

……………….................... 

5/11/47 Sun., Chic. 8:30.WBBM.- Dave Garroway´s 11:60 Club; Civic Opera House - "JAZZ CONCERT": Red Allen, Jim- 

my McPartland (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Boyce Brown ( ) Sarah Vaughn (v ) plus Georgie Auld 

Sextette with Red Rodney and Serge Chaloff (according CD:5/17/47 not all appeared) 

………………................... 

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1947 NYC., possibly around the Apollo-Theatre-week early Aug.; HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t,v) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb,speech) Don Stovall (as) Bill Thompson (p) Benny Moten (b)Eddie Bourne (d) FAB-gives “FATSO”(v) 

1294&1296 also on Apollo-1294 for DiscJockeys only, look the sample label-scan-collection /Classics / 

R-1292 2:54 MR.WAMP WALKS (unknown) Apollo 788/ /CD1067/RA-CD-11 

R-1293 2:32 OLD FOOL DO YOU KNOW ME ? (unknown) --- / / --- /RA-CD-11 

R-1294 2:24 BILL´S DOWN BEAT (Allen) Apollo 780/ / --- /RA-CD-11 

R-1295 2:40 MY ALCOHOLIC BABY (MY MELANCHOLY BABY) -vRA&JCH /FAB210/ /RA-CD-11&-5 

R-1296 3:01 SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN -vRA (L.J.Little-I.Shuster-J.Young) Apollo 780/ --- / --- /RA-CD-11

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11/16/48 NYC.. Cafe Society - one of -"The 10th Anniversary of Cafe Society"-regularly show by Golden Gate Quartet, 

Pearl Primus, Jack Gilford; guests in several shows: Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Mildred Bailey, Josh White, Kenneth 

Spencer, Henry Red Allen, Ed Hall, Eddie Heywood, Hazel Scott, Teddy Wilson, Nellie Lutcher,Art Tatum, the 

Boogie Woogie pianists; Avon Long, Larry Adler, Kay Starr, Lucienne Boyer, Jimy Savo, Zero Mostel, Burt Ives, 

Paula Laurence, Beatrice Kraft, Rose Munshin, Rose Murphy, David Brooks, Imogene Coca, Susan Reed, Vicente 

Gomez, Patricia Bright; NYT-11/16/48p36 

11/16/48 NYC. WPIX-TV - EDDIE CONDON FLOOR SHOW: Wild Bill Davison (c,speech) *Red Allen (t,v, speech) Brad 

Gowans (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Dick Cary (p) Eddie Condon (g,ann) Jack Lesberg (b) George Wettling (d) Johnny 

Mercer (v,ann.) Teddy Hale (tap-dance) added: Sidney Bechet (ss) Mary Lou Williams (p) Thelma Carpenter (v) Pearl 

Primus (congo,v) & her Tom-Tomists & Harlem Dance Players; "Lord" Buckley (narr) complete on RA-CD-11a 

01 0:59 intro ann. "Lord" Buckley (narr) Dick Cary(p) (from Dr.Arie´s Mack-CD1019; 3944) RA-CD-11 

02 3:31 Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll -vJ.Mercer acc.by band without Allen 

03+04 0:49+2:45 Caravan -E.Condon & J.Mercer intro ann.- pM.L.Williams acc.by rhythm 

05 0:25 *HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Eddie Condon all incl.Red Allen ) RA-CD-11 

06+07 0:44+2:41 intro ann. + Just One Of Those Things -ssSidney Bechet, D.Cary & rhythm 

08+09 0:40+2:49 Congo Drums -congo&vP.Primus & her Tom-Tomists & HDP 

10 0:24 2:58 *I TOLD YA, I LOVE YA, NOW GET OUT -v&tR.Allen acc.by band without WBD ) RA-CD-11/-9a/ 

11+12 1:02+4:00 *AD LIB BLUES -vJM & TH dance acc.by band with R.Allen in ens. ) RA-CD-11 

13 1:03 speech Lord Buckley & Johnny Mercer & W.B.Davison ) RA-CD-11 

14 2:42 *CONFESSIN' -cW.B.Davison acc.by band w.Allen & Bechet in ens. ) RA-CD-11 

15+16 0:50+3:49 Come Rain Or Come Shine -vT.Carpenter acc.by Dick Cary & rhythm 

17 2:02 Down Among The Sheltering Palms -vJ.Mercer acc.by band w.Allen in ens) RA-CD-11 

18+19 0:23+4:43 *SLOW BLUES -vJ.Mercer acc.by band w.Allen & M.L.Williams in ens , keave out ann. ) RA-CD-11

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1/10/49 Mo., NYC.. WPIX-TV - STAGE SHOW- basic personal: Max Kaminsky (t) Vernon Brown (tb) Gene Sedric 

(cl) Ralph Sutton (p) Arthur Trappier (d) & guests incl. Henry"Red"Allen(t, v) acc.by above band; 

Announcements of the featured performers between the items, with exception of the Red Allen-tune. (On my cassette I miss the 

first bars of the intro and the Red Allen announcement. The negro-press reported also the presence of RED ALLEN & HIS 

AMERICAN SWINGSTERS (Higginbotham, Stovall, Thompson, Pate), possibly also cut on this cassette. 19:27 tape on 

3:04 intro: Muskrat Ramble ann.the basic pars. (first bars cut) RA-CD-11a/ 

0:35 2:52 What's My Name -v Fran Warren & p David Saxon RA-CD-11a/ 

0:36 2:47 Tea For Two -p&v Willie 'The Lion' Smith RA-CD-11a/ 

0:27 2:36 Ad Lib & Sweet Lorraine -unknown flute acc. by band RA-CD-11a/ 

2:44 BABY, BABY -Allen-vRA-Allen- acc.by weak ensemble work of basic pers. RA-CD-11a/RA-CD-11/ 

0:16 2:18 How High The Moon -unknown tap dancer acc.by basic pers. RA-CD-11a/ 

1:12 unidentified tune - fade out -basic pers. RA-CD-11a/ 

4/ /49(or 1955), Sun., 5-11 pm WMGM-bc-"JAZZ AT HIS BEST" from Mike & Dave's New Colonial Room, 154 

Lawrence Str., NYC.: 3/13 Conrad Janis; 3/30 Sol Yaged; coming April: Henry"Red"Allen; Bobby Hackett; Big Chief 

Moore, Don Contes, Ray Nance, Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Cozy Cole, Bud Freeman, Jo Jones; 

……………………………….. (W.C.Allen files; transcriptions w.Allen were made for bc) ............... 

……………………………….. 

the article by Douglas & A.C.Hague (USA) in J.J.8/55 let suppose that any (private) tapes or accetates of following 

sessions exist(ed), plus a broadcast from the "Hot versus Cool" tour 1952/53 and 1952/54 Central Plaza & Stuyvesant 

bc/Tvs. The addresses of Douglas & A.C.Hague, formerly Jazz Journal distributors in USA are unknown now. 

between 1946-ca.1951, Chic.: ....-bc - "JIM AMECHE SHOW" feat. RED ALLEN & HIS BAND 

between 1946-ca.1952, Minneapolis ....-bc "STAIRWAYS TO THE STARS" feat. RED ALLEN & HIS BAND 

between 1950-ca.1954, unknown loc ….-TV with cinema & music critic ROBERT SYLVESTER feat. Red Allen 

late June-July 1950, NYC., ….-TVs with HENRY"RED"ALLEN(t,v) & ORCH.: 

NYAN:6/24150p30: H.R.Allen, the torrid trumpeter, is in town for a series of television shots. 

Jan until 6/30/51 NYC., ….-bc from Lou Terrasi's Hickory Log - HENRY"RED"ALLEN BAND: Red Allen (t,v) Big 

Chief Russell Moore (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Ken Kersey (p) John Kirby (b) Arthur Herbert (d) Bailey was ill in April 

and was replaced by Bob Dukoff who went to Vincent Lopez at 5/1/51 (DB:5/18 & 6/29/51) According other sources 

Higginbotham was still with the band too and left 6/30/51 for his own combo; accetates were made for broadcasts; after July 

also with Eldridge for the same series. 

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2/17/51 NYC., prob. Stuyvesant Casino, prom.Bob Maltz - WNYC-FM - JAZZ CONCERT: 

(l): Red Allen (t,v) Sandy Williams (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Joe Sullivan (p)Arthur Herbert (d) 

(2): same as (1) in ens.work plus Bob Kuh (ts) Johnny Windhurst (t) Omer Simeon (cl) & others 

wanted the complete session on tape:MAGNI CO.&Amalgamated Rec. 

(1) 4:08 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES (Cl.&5p.Williams) RA-CD-11/ 

-ens-Sullivan-Allen-Bailey-Williams-Allen in ens-Herbert-ens- 

Wolverine Blues -Knocky Parker Trio & Omer Simeon 

Summertime -Dick Hyman-Boyer 

Dr.Jazz -Bob Kuh 

Honeysuckle Rose -p solo Sullivan 

0:48 speech about Buster Bailey & W.C.Handy RA-CD-11/ 

(1) 4:35 ST.LOUIS BLUES -vRA (W.C.Handy) RA-CD-11/RA-CD-9a/ 

-Allen in ens-vRA (Bailey)-Bailey-Bailey in ens-Allen & Williams-Bailey-ens- 

Original Rags -Knocky Parker solo 

Crazy Rhythm -Dick Hyman-Cecil Scott 

Pennies from Heaven -Sullivan-Windhurst 

(2) 4:27 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA&ch (trad) RA-CD-11/ 

-Allen & Herbert intro-ens-Williams-Bailey-ens-vRA&ch-Kuh in ens(2)-Allen-fade out to end of the show 

6130-7/15/51 San Francisco, Hangover Club, unknown date of a reported ????-bc -HENRY"RED"ALLEN BAND: 

transcriptions were made for broadcasts but I know only from those with other artists. 

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1950 July/Aug. New Orleans WDSU-bc. HENRY"RED"ALLEN - GEORGE LEWIS CAPT´TN JOHN HANDY 

REUNION: when Red Allen was in town to visit his family; John Handy told about these first Reunion (from Entertainer´s 

Club 1925-27) recorded by Rudy Blesh 1950, but not released for the reason it was too swinging with a sax for Rudy Blesh´s 

ears and opinion of the so called Dixieland Revival – Handy made comparations with the Luis Russel Band and their New 

Orleans style. 

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8/6/51 New Orleans, WDSU-studio - GEORGE LEWIS & HIS NEW ORLEANS..ALL-STARS: Red Allen (t, v) Jim 

Robinson (tb) George Lewis (cl) Lester Santiago (p) Lawrence Marrero (bj) Alcide Pavageau (b) Paul Barbarin (d) 

according Tom Bethell "George Lewis book" Rudi Blesh recorded alternate takes 41-b/42-b/43-b/-d possibly in possess of 

R.Blesh. of Society American 

/Hot Society/ American / 

NO-41-a 3:00 DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Brooks) Riv.RLP-1512/Lon.APB-1045/(Dan)-1002 /Music-CD-71/RA-CD-9 

NO-42-a 3:10 HINDUSTAN (Wallace-Weeks) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-9 

NO-43-a 2:44 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (Primrose) --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-9 

-c 3:05 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA Circle-1421 /Vog.LDE-012(F)/ --- / --- /RA-CD-9 

NO-44- 3:13 SOME OF THESE DAYS (Brooks) Riv.RLP-1512/Lon.APB-1045/ --- / --- /RA-CD-9 

late Sept.51, NYC....... ~TV;-RED ALLEN on TV-show: details unknown 

...................... 

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one week: 9/21-27/51; NYAN-9/22/51p27 NYAN:11/3/51p16

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ca.1950, Rustic Lodge, North Brunswick, N.J.: Ben Long (tb) -Ernie Sturgeon (d) -Jack Honeywill (t)-RED ALLEN (t) -Bill Holliday 

(b) -Lee Wiley (v) -Dom Anghelone (c1) -Bill Green (b,lodge-owner) court.: Gus Kuhlman from WCTC 

12/7/51 N.J., North Brunswick, WCTC-bc, 10:15 p.m.: BILL GREEN AND HIS RUSTIC LODGE ALL STARS: & Red Allen 

(t v) Ben Long (tb) Dom Anghelone (cl) Howie Anderson (p) Bill Green (b,ld) Emie Sturgeon (d) 

3:13 SQUEEZE ME (Fats Waller-CI.Williams) Jass-16/ RA-CD-9a 

3:20 MY SISTER KATE -vRA (A.Piron) --- / RA-CD-9a 

early 1952 NYC., twelve.fine "Dr.Jazz" (Aime Gauvin) broadcasts on WMGM 

1/5/52 NYC., Nick´s; WMGM 10:40-11:10 p.m.: George Faye(tb) ?Sol Pace(?cl) Cecil Irwin(s) Billy Maxted(p) Sonny Russo(b) Tony 

Spargo(d): Sensation; Basin Street Blues; Satanic Blues; Honeysuckle Rose;-Hank Duncan solo; Milenbergh Joys; 

1/12/52 NYC., Nick´s; WMGM 11:15-11:45 p.m.: same as above: That´s A Plenty; Peg Of My Heart; At A Georgia Camp Meeting; 

Mapie Leaf Rag,-Hank Duncan solo; Lassus Trombone; When The Saints Go Marching In; 

2/10/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.: RCH.Smith(t) Conrad Janis(tb); Bob Lovett(cl) Elmer Schoebel(p) Pete Compo 

(b) Bill Stafford(d): Tailgate Ramble (act:Willie The Weeper); Sister Kate; Joe Thomas(t) Russell Moore(tb) Sol Yaged(cl) Lion Smith 

(p).Art Trappier(d): After You´ve Gone; Fingerbustin´-Lion Smith; Bill Bailey; Janis Band:. Bugle Call Rag; 1919 March; Tiger Rag; 

2/17/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m. Wingy Manone(t) Russell Moore(tb) Buster Bailey(cl) Lion Smith(p)Art Trappier 

(d): Sister Kate, Tailgate Ramble; I Know that you Know; Wabash Blues; Rippling Waters;-Lion Smith; When The Saints Go Marching 

2/24/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.-HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS GUARANTEED 100% PURE HOUSE 

WRECKERS: Red Allen (t,v,ld) Big Chief Russell Moore (tb,?v) Buster Bailey (cl) Willie "The Lion" Smith (p) Arthur 

Trappier (d) "Dr.Jazz"Aime Gauvin (narr) 

transcription/ /Storyv.(Dan)/ 

1:25 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER …to introducing the band 29 min./Stycon-300/STCD-6049 /RA-CD-14 

5:46 STRUTTIN´ WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong-Raye) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-14 

4:06 ST.JAMES INF'IRMARY –vRA (Primrose) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-14 

6:09 SNAG IT (King Oliver) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-14 

1:04 Dr.Jazz speech about the Central Plaza --- / RA-CD-14 

3:33 BASIN STREET BLUES -v?RM (Williams) --- / --- / RA-CD-14 

6:02 RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vRA&ch (Millinder-Allen) -leave out Dr.J. --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-14 

2/27/52 N.J., North Brunswick, WCTC-bc, 10:15 p.m.: LEE WILEY(v) & BILL GREEN´S RUSTIC LODGE ALL STARS: 

Jack Honeywill (c) Ben Long (tb) Dom Anghelone (cl) Howie Anderson (p) Bill Green (b) Ernie Sturgeon (d) & *Red 

Allen (t) / JazzFactory / 

3:07 Someone To Watch Over Me –vLW JassLp-19/-CD-15/-JFCD22815/ 

1:16 Somebody Loves Me -vLW --- / --- / --- / 

2:53 *HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN (I.Berlin) -vLW -weak Allen obl. --- / --- / --- / 

3:43 *ANYTIME, ANYDAY, ANYWHERE (Young-Wiley-Washington) -vLW -Allen-solos --- / --- / --- / 

4:00 *DEED I DO (Hirsh-Rose) -vLW -Allen obl. & solo & obl. --- / --- / --- / 

*three items with Red Allen on RA-CD-9a/

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3/24/52 Loew´s King : T.Wilson-J.Jerome-Ed Safranski-Red Allen-D.Lamond-B.DeFranco-B.Butterfield-R.Moore-Bill Harris NYT:3/24/52 

3/2/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.-RCH.Smith(t) Conrad Janis(tb) Bob Lovett(cl) Elmer Schoebel(p)Pete Compo(b) 

Ed Pfyfe(d): Hindustan; Storyville Blues; Medley: Bugle Call-Nobody´s Sweetheart-Farewell Blues; Snag It; The Saints; Tiger Rag; 

3/9/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.- HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS GUARANTEED 100% PURE HOUSE 

WRECKERS (*RED ALLEN QUINTET): Red Allen (t,v) Big Chief Russell Moore (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Willie"The 

Lion"Smith (p) Eddie Phyfe (d) "Dr.Jazz" (narr) (Stycon gives Stuyvesant Casino/ Storyville STCD6040 at Central Plaza) 

0:38 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER to Dr.Jazz introducing the band *Stycon-100/ RA-CD-14 

5:00 SOUTH RAMPART STREET PARADE --- / RA-CD-14 

3:20 BABY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME -vRA (Williams-Warefield) --- / RA-CD-14/STCD-6040/ 

5:51 BEALE STREET BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / RA-CD-14/ STCD-6040/ 

1:05 LION´S BARREL HOUSE BLUES -p solo W.Smith-ens.coda (W.Smith) --- / RA-CD-14 

9:29 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN vRA&ch (trad.) --- / RA-CD-14 

0:47 encore: WHEN THE SAINTS leave ann. by Dr.Jazz, segue to --- / RA-CD-14 

1:48 WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS leave out --- / RA-CD-14 

3/16/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.-Joe Thomas(t) Russell Moore(tb) Sol Yaged(cl) Lion Smith(p) Art Trappier(d) 

Royal Garden Blues; At The Jazz Band Ball; Black & Blue; Morning Air -Lion Smith; C-Jam Blues; Don´t Blame Me; The Saints; 

3/23/52 NYC. Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.- HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS BAND: same as 3/9/52 

0:25 introducing the band by "Dr.Jazz" or Bob Maltz *Stycon-100/ RA-CD-14/ 

2:10 BALLIN´ THE JACK (Smith-Burris) --- / RA-CD-14/ 

5:49 SQUEEZE ME (Williams-Waller) --- / RA-CD-14/STCD-6049/ 

5:06 AIN´T SHE SWEET -vRA (Yellen-Ager) --- / RA-CD-14/ --- / 

2:05 CAROLINA SHOUT -p solo W.Smith-Allen in ens.coda- (J.P.Johnson) --- / RA-CD-9a/ 

5:14 SNAG IT (King Oliver) --- / RA-CD-14/ 

6.01 ALL OF ME -vRA & leave ann.by Dr.Jazz (G.Marks) --- / RA-CD-14/

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3/24/52 NYC., Loew´s King Theatre, VoA No.38(30 min.tape)/WPIX-news – JERRY JEROME´S ALL STAR JAZZ CONCERT- 

part-1: Red Allen (t,v) Big Chief Russell Moore (tb) Jerry Jerome (cl,ts) Dick Cary (p) Eddie Safranski (b) Don Lamond(d) 

Willis Connover, Leonard Feather(narr); the show was repeated 3/25/52 at Loew´s Valencia, Jamaica (see advert.) Lips Page & Lou 

McGarity f. Butterfield & Cutshall; 3/31/52 WPIX-TV Loew´s King: same & Louis Prima, Fr.Newton; also“HOT VERSUS 

COOL” 

part-1 1:11 introducing the band by Leonard Feather from tape-VoA-38 on RA-CD-16a/ RA-CD-9a 

4:26 FIDGETY FEET (LaRocca-Shields) --- / RA-CD-9a 

2:00 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY (J.Primrose) --- / RA-CD-9a 

part-2 4:00 When I Grow Too Old To Learn -as solo J.Jerome --- / 

2:30 Finger Bustin´ -p solo D.Cary --- / 

5:00 Cool Blues -as solo Charlie Parker /J.Showcase5003/ --- /Queen-002/Scam-1/J.Live-Cic.8014/ 

8:00 Sweet Georgia Brown –B.Butterfield(t) R.Moore(tb) Buddy DeFranco(cl) --- / 

J.Jerome(ts) Teddy Wilson(p) Ed Safranski(b) D.Lamond(d) 

part-3 not on tape JAM SESSION all above together & Bill Harris, Cutty Cutshall (see photo DB:5/7/52) probably no tape exists 

1952 or 1953, unknown location, ….-bc/accetates – “HOT VERSUS COOL” on Tour: with Red Allen, Billy Butterfield, Russell Moore, 

Bill Harris, Louis Prima, Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Parker, Teddy Wilson, Ed Safranski, & others; according Bill Hague 

in J.J.Aug.-55 the theatre tour through the New England States was rec. for broadcasts before or after the 11/24/52 

session issued on MGM-115. 

3/30/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:37-6:00 p.m.- HENRY”RED”ALLEN & HIS GUARANTEED 100% PURE HOUSE 

WRECKERS: Red Allen (t,v) Munn Ware (tb) Sol Yaged (cl) Willie The Lion Smith (p) Art Trappier (d) ”Dr.Jazz”Aime 

Gauvin(narr) from 23 min. transcript /(STCD=Storyville CD(Dan)) 

0:53 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER to “Dr.Jazz” introducing the band ./RA-CD-15/ 

5:30 LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (I.Robin-L.Gensler) ./RA-CD-15/ STCD-6049 / 

3:32 BODY AND SOUL –vRA (J.Green-E.Heyman-R.Sour) RA-CD-15/ ---- / 

5:33 I AIN´T GOT NOBODY -vRA (S.Williams) --- / ---- / 

1:25 Finger Bustin´ p solo W. Smith ./RA-CD-9a/ 

0:41 Dr. Jazz speech about Jazz at the Central Plaza ./RA-CD-15/ 

3:46 CENTRAL PLAZA BOUNCE -vRA (……) -leave out by Dr.Jazz --- / 

4/6/52 NYC., Central Plaza, WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.- HENRY”RED”ALLEN & HIS GUARANTEED 100% PURE HOUSE 

WRECKERS: Red Allen (t,v) Tyree Glenn (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,v) Willie The Lion Smith (p) Eddie Phyfe (d)”Dr.Jazz” 

Aime Gauvin(narr) from 27 min. transcript. 

3:15 THAT´S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) (fault on record) RA-CD-15/ 

3:00 SISTER KATE -vRA (A. Piron) --- / 

0:47 Red Allen, Buster Bailey & Dr.Jazz talking about W.C.Handy --- / 

5:47 ST.LOUIS BLUES -vRA & BB & ch (W.C.Handy) --- / 

1:20 Sharps & Flats p solo W.Smith (W.Smith) --- / 

1:02 Dr.Jazz speech about Jazz at the Central Plaza --- / 

3:53 BEALE STREET BLUES (W.C.HANDY) --- /STCD-6049 / 

4:25 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA&BB&ch (trad.) --- / 

1:39 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER -leave out to Dr.Jazz --- / 

4/13/52 NYC., Central Plaza; WMGM 5:30-6:00 p.m.- HENRY“RED”ALLEN(t,v) & CONRAD JANIS & HIS TAILGATE 

BAND: Conrad Janis (tb,v) Bob Lovett (cl) Elmer Schoebel (p) Bill Stafford (d) “Dr.Jazz”Aime Gauvin (narr) 28min.transcrip. 

1:00 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER to Dr.Jazz introducing the band RA-CD-15/ 

4:00 CLARINET MARMELADE (Shields-Ragas) --- / STCD-6049 / 

3:40 SWEET SUE (Will Harris-Victor Young) --- / --- / 

2:52 EH LAS BAS -vRA&CJ&ch (trad.) --- / --- / 

2:03 Maple Leaf Rag -p-solo E.Schoebel (Scott Joplin) --- / 

0:50 Dr.Jazz speech about Jazz at the Central Plaza --- / 

4:29 SNAG IT (King Oliver) --- / 

5:45 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA&ch (trad.) --- / 

1:45 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER leave out ann.by Dr.Jazz --- / 

7/5/52 N.J., North Brunswick, WCTC-bc, 10:15 p.m.: LEE WILEY(v) & BILL GREEN´S RUSTIC LODGE ALL STARS: Jack 

Honeywill (c) Ben Long (tb) Jerry Winner (cl) Howie Anderson (p) Bill Haladay (b) Ernie Sturgeon (d) & Red Allen (t) 

all three items on RA-CD-9a / JazzFactory / 

3:43 I´M COMING VIRGINIA (Heywood-Cook) –vLW-Allen solos UPTOWN UPCD 27.46/-JFCD22815/ 

3:45 DOWN TO STEAMBOAT TENNESSEE (Stacy-Robinson-Wiley) -vLW --- / --- / 

1:45 sign-off : BABY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Williams-Warefield) -vLW --- / --- / 

8/late/52 Chic., studio recording session, unknown label – HENRY”RED”ALLEN BAND: prob.incl. Red Allen (t) Skinny 

Brown (ts) Ken Kersey (p) Lloyd Trotman (b) Sonny Greer (d) as the played at the Silhouette from mid.Aug.-Sept.; 

according the Chic.Def.:8/30/52p17 a local band feat. Art Brown sat in at the Silhouette during this recording session. 

…………………………………….. unknown Chicago label (details & research assist wanted) 

…………………………………….. ---

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CD:9/10 & 9/17 & 9/24/53p30 NYAN:9/26/53p21 with Red Allen 

between 1952-54, NYC., Central Plaza bc; ....-TVs - JAM SESSIONS - with Red Allen, Jimmy McPartland, Wild Bill Davison, 

Rex Stewart, Wingie Manone, Roy Eldridge; Big Chief Russell Moore, Conrad Janis, Herb Flemming; Buster Sailey, Cecil Scott; 

Willie"The Lion'Smith; Pops Foster; Baby Dodds, Sonny Greer; Victoria Spivey ( source Douglas Hague Jazz Journal 8/55) 

part w. Allen: ………………. asssistance for detailed research wanted 

………………. 

6/29/54 NYC., studio - "THE FOX IN HI-FI" - GEORGE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCH. : Chris Griffin, Ernie Royal, Taft 

Jordan, Red Allen (t) Urbie Green, Eddie Bert, Bart Varsalona, Chuck Evans (tb) Joe Park (bb) Lenny Hambro, Ed 

Scalzi (cl,as) Sam Taylor, Bobby Trock Trocario (ts) Ernie Caceras (bars) Stewart McKay (bs) Buddy Sarvise (p) 

George Barnes (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Cozy Cole (d) Cathy Ryan, Mary Knolles (v) 

/Brunsw.-/ 

86481 3:07 SOFT TOUCH (G.Williams) –Taft Jordan muted solo Cor.61242/BL54020/RA-CD-16 & -16a/ 

-saxes&Sarvice-Jordan muted-brass & saxes-Barnes-brass- ..ts.. – Caceras-Sarvice- ..cl … Barnes&brass- 

86482 2:25 BLOCK BUSTER (G.Williams) Cor.61401/ --- /RA-CD-16 & -16a/& -12 

-Cole & brass intro brass-Barnes-..ts.. –brass- ..cl.. -Allen muted-saxes-..tb..-Cole &brass-trumpets- 

86483 2:37 YOU CAN´T STOP LOVE -vMK (L.Coleman-F.Ebb-P.Klein) a mambo-number --- / /RA-CD-16 & -16a/ 

-rhythm&brass-vMK(weak ens)-brass-Caceras-brass-.. as .. - ..brass&flute-vMK weak Allen brk-vMK (weak ens)- 

86484 3:09 SATURDAY NIGHT FUNCTION -vCR (A.Shaftel-C.Vansickler-T.Tyler) Cor.61242/ --- /RA-CD-16 & -16a/ 

-brass-saxes-brass-saxes-trumpets-vCR (Sarvise & rhythm-handclapping) -saxes-…ts over brass-vCR(reeds-handclappings)-brass- 

8/7/54 NYC., Sat.8:00-9:00 pm, CBS-TV Stage Show- TOMMY & JIMMY DORSEY & THEIR ORCH.& guest stars: 

*HENRY RED ALLEN & HIS METROPOLE ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) Herb Flemming (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) 

Claude Hopkins (p) Lloyd Trotman (b) Cozy Cole (d) & members of the DORSEY BROTHERS´ ORCH. incl. 

Tommy Dorsey(tb) Jimmy Dorsey(cl) Bud Freeman(ts) 

part-1: 0:09 ann.by J.& T.Dorsey RA-CD-11b/ 

2:40 Who -v Chuck Forsythe & ch --- / 

4:34 Medley from South Pacific: Bali Hai-This Nearly Was Mine-Some Enchanted Evening --- / 

1:16 In The Still Of The Night -v? --- / 

3:33 Medley: All Of Me-Green Eyes-Tangerine -v Helen O'Connell --- / 

0:28 ann. Red Allen & Cozy Cole & band from Metropole --- /RA-CD-16/ 

6:28 *WHEN THE SAINTS vRA&ch --- /RA-CD-16/ 

part-2: closing film: Big Chief Moore, Bud Freeman, Chuck Forsythe, etc. not on tape 

part-3?: In Biagioni´s book about Herb Flemming other sides of this one hour show or of a 2nd one are mentioned: 

*STARDUST feat.H.Flemming / Sleep - Dorsey Brothers 

*BASIN STREET BLUES feat.H.Flemming / Lover - Dorsey Brothers 

mid Nov.54 NYC., Stuyvesant Casino; ....-TV&....-bc 8:00 pm - HOT LIPS PAGE MEMIORIAL CONCERT: prom. Bob Maltz; 

Jack Teagarden band / Bobby Hackett / Conrad Janis band / band of eight trumpeters led by Jonah Jones & the pallbearers: 

Roy Eldridge, Red Allen, Emmett Berry, Louis Metcalf, Ed Lewis, Jimmy McPartland / followed by Herman Autrey, 

Henry Goodwin and a flock of others, tearing into: "Royal Garden Blues". Alongside then six clarinettists with Pee Wee Russell, 

Garvin Bushell, Heywood Henry, Bob Wilber / Eddie Shu & Gene Krupa Trio / Tony Scott and several other younger musicians. 

(Melody MAKER 11/20/54) 

11/22/54 Mo. NYC., Central Plaza: ....-bc - 2nd HOT LIPS PAGE BENEFIT CONCERT: prom.Jack Crystall; Jack Teagarden / 

Benny Goodman / Roy Eldridge / Pee Wee Erwins´ Dixielanders / Gene Krupa / Wilbur DeParis Band / Conrad Janis Tailgaters / 

Billy Taylor Trio / METROPOLE BANDS: Red Allen. Cozy Cole ; Jimmy Mc Partland ; Charlie Shavers,/ …

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4/2-3/55 NYC., Carnegie Hall 0:00-3:40 am.- CHARLIE PARKER MEMORIAL CONCERT: prom. Mary Lou Williams & 

Hazel Scott; masters of ceremonies: Barry Ulanov, Stan Kenton, Nat Hentoff, Al Jazzbo Collins, Leonard Feather, Barry Gray, Dizzy 

Gillespie, Thelonious Monk; music by: Lester Younq, Horace Silver, Art Blakey; Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt; Bernard Pfeiffer; 

Josh White; Billy Taylor Trio; Hazel Scott, John Ore; Pearl Bailey; Herb Jeffries; Mary Lou Williams; Stan Getz, Bob Brookmeyer, 

Phil Sunkel, Johnny Williams, Teddy Kotik, Frank Isola; Jack Ackermann & Stan Getz Group; Sammy Davis Jr.; Billie Holiday; 

Dan Terry Orch., Al Cohn, Osie Johnson, Quincy Jones, George Handy, Eddie Bert, Sal Schlinger; Gray; Dinah Washington, Hazel 

Scott; Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Billy Bauer, Jeff Morton, Charlie Mingus; several acc.by Oscar Pettiford & Kenny Clarke; 

3:20-3:40 am. JAM SESSION: Dizzy Gillespie, Red Allen, Charlie Shavers (t) Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson (tb) Buster 

Bailey, Tony Scott (cl) Gerry Mulligan (bars) Julius Watkins (horn) Thelonious Monk (p) Charlie Mingus (b) Teddy 

Charles (vib) & others (possibly parts of this concert were recorded by Norman Granz but according Mary Lou Williams he 

did not received permission for release by committee-member Lennie Tristano,) 

20:00 JAM SESSION FOR"BIRD" information wanted 

5/ /55 NYC., life session at THE METROPOLE - HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen(t, v) Herb Flemming 

(tb) Buster Bailey(cl) Claude Hopkins(p) Benny Moten(b) Cozy Cole(d) Al"Jazzbo" Collins(narr) 

Bethlehem/Lon.LTZ/ 

part-1 2:02 intro: BUDDY BOLDEN SAID -vRA to ann.AC (J.R.Morton) BFC-21 / N-1501 / RA-CD-16/ 

5:30 KISS THE BABY -vRA&ch (0.Barker-H.Allen) --- / --- / RA-CD-16/ 

CHARLIE SHAVERS´ ORCH.: Ch.Shavers (t) Frank Rehak (tb) Ed Barefield (cl,as) Ken Kersey (p) Milt Hinton (b) P.Francis (d) 

part-2 8:50 intro band to ann.AC segue to- Cotton Tail --- / --- / RA-CD-16/ 

JAM SESSION AT THE METROPOLE - HENRY RED ALLEN & CHARLIE SHAVERS AND THEIR ORCHs. : 

Red Allen, Charlie Shavers (t,v) Herb Flemming (tb,v) Frank Rehak (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,v) Eddie Barefield (as) 

Claude Hopkins, Ken Kersey (p) Benny Moten, Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole, Panama,Francis (d) 

part-3 13:20 WHEN THE SAINTS CO MARCHING IN -vEns. (trad.) --- / --- / RA-CD-16/ 

-intro-ann.-Francis&Cole-Allen in ens-vHF&ch-Flemming-vHF&ch-BarefieldvCS&ch- 

-Shavers-Rehak-Allen (ens.shouts"Ride Red Ride")-vRA-vEns,-vRA-Bailey-vBB- Allen & 

-Shavers in ens.-coda-encore: Francis&Cole intro-Allen intro-Shavers & Allen-Allen in ens.- 

TRUMET SESSION: Red Allen, Charlie Shavers (t) Cozy Cole(d) Al"Jazzbo"Collins(narr.) 

part-4 2:26 TRUMPET CONVERSATION -narrAC (Allen-Shavers) --- / --- / RA-CD-16/ RA-CD-12/ 

-annAC-Cole intro-vAC-Allen-vAC-Shavers-vAC-Allen-vAC-Shavers-vAC-Allen-vAC--Shavers-vAC-Allen & Shavers 

ca.Aug.1955, prob.NYC., Vaughan Monroe-TV featuring : HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS METROPOLE ALL STARS: 

8/29/55 NYC., TONY PARENTI ALL STARS: Red Allen(t) Tyree Glenn (tb) Tony Parenti (cl) Hanc Duncan (p) Milt Hinton 

(b) George Wettling (d) (Pearlie Mae Allen had sent a Cartridge cassette with “alternate takes“ from the sides with Red Allen 

except OLD SUMMERTIME from test-records; but infact they are recorded from the same takes but obviously from another studio 

corner) “HAPPY JAZZ” Jazzt. /Jazzt. /Jazzt. /GDE./Membran(Ger)OLP/ 

a 7:23 IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (trad.) J-1215/J-1030/J1273/... / #26-223221-203 

b 4:08 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (trad.) also on RA-CD-16/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

c 3:11 Tony's Rag (Parenti) by The Tony Parenti Trio: without Allen, Glenn, Hinton --- / / --- / 

d 4:34 Maple Leaf Rag (Parenti) by The Tony Parenti Trio --- / / --- / 

e 6:09 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND (trad.) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

f 4:21 BILL BAILEY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

g 3:37 THE BLUES (fault on cover, not *"City Of Blues" by the trio) --- / *--- / / --- / --- / 

h 3:39 Vieux Carre (Parenti) by Tony Parenti & Hanc Duncan --- / / --- / 

i 4:27 City Of The Blues (Parenti) by Tony Parenti & Hank Duncan --- / / / --- / --- / 

j 5:32 CARELESS LOVE BLUES (trad.) --- / --- / / --- / --- / 

k 4:29 I´VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD (trad) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

all sides with Red Allen on RA-CD-20a 

3/5/56 NYC., Col.Records 30th St.studio – BUCK CLAYTON JAM SESSION: Buck Clayton, Billy Butterfield, Ruby Braff 

(t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Tyree Glenn (tb,vib) Coleman Hawkins, Julian Dash (ts) Ken Kersey (p) Steve Jordan (g) Walter 

Page (b) Bobby Donaldson (d) Jimmy Rushing (v) 

Co 55544-1 7:24 All the Cats Join In /JCH-CD-4/ 

-1B 4:03 All the Cats Join In /JCH-CD-4/ 

-5 9:40 All The Cats Join In Col.CJ44291/Mosaic MB8-144/JCH-CD-4/ 

Co 55545-4 8:44 After Hours /JCH-CD-4/ 

-5 9:44 After Hours --- /Meritt-10/ --- /JCH-CD-4/ 

Co 55546-4 6:30 Don´t You Miss Your Baby -vJR (omit Glenn) Col.CL882 /Phi.BBL7129/ --- /JCH-CD-4/ 

-5 5:45 Don´t You Miss Your Baby –vJR (omit Glenn) Col.CJ44291/ --- /JCH-CD-9/

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9/25 or 18/56 NYC., NBC-TV, “Steve Allen´s - TONIGHT SHOW” - HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS NATURAL GIANTS: 

Red Allen (t,ann) Herb Flemming( tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Claude Hopkins (p) "Fats"?Morell(poss.Benny Moten) (b) Eddie 

"Moule"Bourne(d) The “LOC” listed season-5 Episode-12, Skitch Henderson(cond) Tony Randall (actor) guest host; without 

any details. only a poor tape fragment exists 

(1:28) intro: PRETTY BABY ( I miss the first part) RA-CD-16/ 

0:22 Red Allen introducing the Band --- / 

2:40 SQUEEZE ME (Williams-Waller) --- / 

(0:43) HIGH SOCIETY /cut (Melrose-Steele) --- / 

11/25/56 NYC., Central Plaza..... TV&....-bc - WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH CONCERT: Herman Autrey, Arvell Shaw, Arthur 

Trappier, Dizzy Gillespie, Cliff Jackson, Red Allen, Vic Dickenson, Eddie Barefield, Herbert Hall, Jimmy McPartland, Zutty 

Singleton, Hank Duncan, Meade Lux Lewis, Bobby Hackett, Louis Metcalf, Jo Jones, Panama Francis, Red Richards, Sam'”The 

Man”Taylor, Wilbur & Sidney DeParis, Omer Simeon, Gene Sedric, Tony Parenti ,Fess Williams, Wingy Manone, ... 

(transcriptions 

were made for broadcasts - Jean Failows, Bul.H.C.F. Jan.57) 

part. incl. Red Allen (t): ...................….. 

.......................... 

3/21/57 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v,ld) J.C.Higginbotham (tb not on -3383/-85) 

Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) Lloyd Trottman (b) Everett Barksdale (g) Cozy Cole (d) 

Whitney Balliet, Martin Williams (v) among the –vch (alt.takes on a Cartridge cassette by Red Allen from test-records; but in fact 

2698-#2 is 100% simultan to –1; 3385-#2? Is nearly same to #1 but it was impossible to get 100% simultane; both on extern-Harddisc for interest) 

H2JB- /RCA LP/RCA RD/RCA FX/ RCA /Rarities/RCA CD/RA-CD-c9/ 

-2698-1 5:52 LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER M-1509/ 27045 /M1-7285/430256 / No-24 /-36404 2/ --- / 

(I.Robin-L.Gensler) / 

-2699 5:3o LET ME MISS YOU, BABY (L.Russell-H.Allen) RCA1644/RCA FXM1 7326/& -7014/ --- /-36402-2/ --- / 

-2700 4:4o RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vch (Millinder) Lps as 2698-1:RCA1509/-27045/FX-7285/ -430256/ --- /-36404 2/ --- / 

3/27/57 same: 

-2815 5:28 `S WONDERFUL (G.&I.Gershwin) --- / --- /FX-7326/ -- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2816 8:25 I COVER THE WATERFRONT - (J.Green-E.Heyman) --- / --- / --- / / --- / --- / --- / 

-2817 3:45 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (J.Primrose) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

-2818 6:52 ALGIERS´ BOUNCE (H.Allen) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

4/10/57 same: 

-3382 5:12 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (Donaldson-Kahn) RCA 1644/ / --- /FXM17014/ /-36402-2/ --- / 

-3383 5:34 I´VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING RCA 1505/-27045/ --- / / --- /-36404-2/ --- / 

(Koehler-Arlen) 

-3384 4:08 AIN´T SHE SWEET (Yellen-Ager) --- / --- / --- /RCA430256/ --- / --- / --- / 

-3385-1 5:35 SWEET LORREINE (Mitchell-Parish-Burwell) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

all sides on CDs of RCA-Bluebird-ND82497-2/BMG(D)82497/ Bluebird 2497 2RB

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Cozy Cole-Lloyd Trottman-Buster Bailey-J.C.Higginbotham-Red Allen-Coleman Hawkins-Marty Napoleon-Everett Barksdale 

4/30 & 5/7/57 NYC., COOTIE WILLIAMS –“COOTIE & REX IN THE BIG CHALLENGE”: Cootie Williams (t) 

Rex Stewart (c) J.C. Higginbotham, Lawrence Brown (tb) Coleman Hawkins, Bud Freeman (ts) Hank Jones (p) 

Billy Bauer (g) Milt Hinton (b) Gus Johnson (d) 

I´m Beginning To See The Light Jazzt.J1268/freshsoundFSRCD77/Jazz&Jazz (It)CDJJ-630/ 

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me --- / --- / --- / 

Alphonse And Gaston --- / --- / --- / 

I Got A Right To Sing The Blues --- / --- / --- / 

Walkin´ My Baby Back Home #1 --- / --- / --- / 

Walkin´ My Baby Back Home #2 GIDisque(F)1253, Explosive (F)528017, J.Anth.(F)JA5201, Swingt.(It)ST1004, J.&J.(It)CDJJ-630 

When Your Lover Has Gone Jazzt.J1268/freshsoundFSRCD77/Jazz&Jazz (It)CDJJ-630/ 

I Knew You When --- / --- / --- / 

NPT-57 Arvell Shaw – Jack – Teagarden - Kid Ory - J.C.Higginbotham - Red Allen - Buster Bailey 

(courtesy by Dr.Henry Fine, Jazz Journal 6-68)

- 91 - 

5/8/57 NYC., RED ALLEN & HIS DIXIELAND ALL STARS / THE DIXIECATS: Red Allen (t) Tyree Glenn (tb) Buster 

Bailey (cl) Boomie Richman (ts) Willie"The Lion"Smith (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Zutty Singleton(d) 

Roul. /Roul.LDM/Col 33SX/Storyv./Jazz React./RA-CD-18/ 

3:42 THAT'S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) 25015/ -30143 / -1580 /SLP-104/ JR-161 /RA-CD-18/ 

5:22 TIN ROOF BLUES (N.O.R.K.) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

3.25 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES (C.&5.Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

2:46 MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Gilbert-Kid Ory) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

5/15/57 NYC.,-same but Milt Hinton (b) for Shaw 

2:14 WOLVERINE BLUES (Spikes-Morton) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

4:09 WAY DOWN YONDER IN N.O. (Craemer-Layton) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

6:36 BASIN STREET BLUES (S.Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

5:36 I FOUND A NEW BABY (Palmer-Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

3:04 BEALE STREET BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

7/4/57 Newport-life; HENRY"RED"ALLEN COMBO & guests: Red Allen (t,v) +Kid Ory (v,tb) *Jack Teagarden, J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Claude Hopkins (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

Verve MHV/Verve(G)/Verve(F)/Col.33CX/Am.Rec.Soc./ 

3:48 intro-ann. by Willis Connover (narr) 8233/MV-2624/817792-1/ -10106 / -G-436 /RA-CD-18/ 

8:04 STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong-Raye) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

4:50 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (Primrose) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

2:52 *CHINA BOY -vJT (Winfred-Boutelje) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

4:50 *BASIN STREET BLUES -vJT (Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

3.12 +MUSKRAT RAMBLE -vK0 without JCH (Gilbert-Ory) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/21 

4:25*+HIGH SOCIETY (Melrose-Steele) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-18/ 

CHINA BOY on Phil.(Eu)838347-2/ ST.JAMES on Verve(G)845144-2/ + on Mosaic 189-2(CD x 8set) 

7/20/57 Sat. L.I., bc VoA No.? Great South Bay Jazz Festival - FLETCHER HENDERSON REUNION: Rex Stewart (c, 

dir) Bobby Williams, Joe Thomas, Paul Webster, Emmett Berry (t) Alton Moore, J.C.Higginbotham, Fernando Arbel- 

lo, Benny Morton (tb) Garvin Bushell, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Wright, Edgar Sampson, Haywood Henry, Coleman 

Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Gerry Mulligan (reeds) Don Redman (as,v,arr,cond) Red Richards (p) Bernard Addison (g) 

Hayes Alvis (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) John Nesbit (arr) (two hours session with below on broadcast) 

tape poss.exists 

Down South Camp Meeting -aFH, -feat.Rex Stewart, cl-trio, 

Chinatown, My Chinatown -aJN 

Honeysuckle Rose -feat.Higginbotham,Berry 

Sophisticated Lady -feat.Jimmy Wright(ts) 

Wrappin' It Up -feat.Jefferson,Higginbotham,Thomas, -aFH 

Talk Of The Town -feat.Hawkins 

Shanghai Shuffle -feat.Bailey, Berry 

Memphis Blues -feat.Bailey 

Blue And Groovy -feat.Higginbotham, Berry 

Chaos -Teo Macero score 

Gee, Baby, Ain't I Cood To You -vOR 

Nagasaki -Redman, Hawkins,Bailey,Higginbotham,Mulligan 

I've Found A New Baby -Mulligan, Higginbotham 

King Porter Stomp -Joe Thomas 

11/1/57 NYC........ bc "Jazz From New York": Joe Thomas (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins 

(ts) Al Williams (p) Benny Moten (b) Eddie"Moule"Bourne (d) 

J.C. Jumps tape exists/JCH-CD-4/ 

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home --- /JCH-CD-4/ 

11/late & 29/57 NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON ALL STARS- Rex Stewart (c,dir): Taft Jordan, Joe Thomas; Emmett 

Berry or *Dick Vance (t) J.C.Higginbotham, Dickie Wells, Benny Morton (tb) Garvin Bushell, HiltonJefferson (cl,as) 

Buster Bailey (c1) Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts) Haywood Henry or *Norman Thornton (bars) Red Richards 

(p) Al Casey (g) Bill Pemberton (b) Jim Crawford (d) complete sessions on FreshSound-FSRCD-1604/JCH-CD-4 

Sugar Foot Stomp (Oliver-Melrose) Jazzt.J 1285/ 

King Porter Stomp (Morton-Burke-Rubin) --- / 

*Honeysuckle Rose (Waller-Razaf) --- / 

*Wrappin' It Up (Henderson) --- / 

*The Way She Walks (Rex Stewart) -without Webster --- /

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12/2/57: Rex Stewart (c) J.C.Higginbotham, Dickie Wells, Benny Morton (tb) Hilton Jefferson (as) Coleman Hawkins 

(ts) Red Richards (p) Al Casey (g) Bill Pemberton (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) 

Casey Stew Jazzt.J 1285/ 

A Hundred Years From Today --- / 

Three Thieves --- / 

'Round About Midnight --- / 

12/4 & 12/5/57 NYC., "GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY"- JIMMY WITHERSPOON (v) & Ray Copeland (t at 12/4) Emmett 

Berry (t at12/5) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Haywood Henry or *Al Sears (bars) Jay Mc Shann (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Gene 

Ramey (b) Mousey Alexander (d) 

H2JB- 

-8195 Jumpin-The Blues RCA LPM 1639/ 

-8196 Hootie Blues --- / 

-8197 Piney Brown Blues --- / 

-8198 Confessin' The Blues --- / 

-8199 Blue Monday Blues --- / 

-8200 Rain Is Such A Lonesome Sound --- / 

-8201 Ooo Wee, When The Light Go Out --- / 

-8202 *Cee Baby, Ain't I Good To You --- / 

-8203 *Froggy Bottom --- / 

-8204 Until The Real Thing Comes Along --- / 

Sound of Jazz: Vic Dickenson-Red Allen-Rex Stewart 

12/5/57 NYC., rehearsal & rec.session for CBS-TV serie "Seven Lively Arts" - SOUND OF JAZZ; prod.: Robert Herridge, 

dir.: Jack Smight, musicaladvisors: Nat Hentoff, Whitney Balliett, musical dir.: Nat Pierce (arr), Host: John Crosby; 

part-1: HENRY"RED"ALLEN ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) Rex Stewart (c) Vic Dickenson (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) 

Coleman Hawkins (ts) Nat Pierce (p) Milt Hinton (b)Jo Jones (d) 

Co59469-1 8:45 WILD MAN BLUES (L. Armstrong-J.R .Morton) Col.CD-CK66082 also the two below sides/RA-CD-16 

Co59469-2 4:55 WILD MAN BLUES Col.JCL 1098/Font.TFL5025/SONY(J)503420NP/ 

-Allen-Hawkins-Dickenson-Russell-Stewart-ens. Col.CS 8040/CBS 57036 /Font.TL682015/ /RA-CD-16 

Co59470-1 5:01 ROSETTA -vRA (W.H.Woods-Earl Hines) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-16 

-Allen-vRA (Stewart-Hawk)-Hawk-Dickenson-Stewart-Russell-Jones-Allen-ens.-Pierce-ens.- 

12/8/57 NYC., CBS-TV/film "Seven Lifely Arts"- SOUND OF JAZZ part-1: same but with Danny Barker (g) (several videos exist) 

/PAL video/ 

part-1: 2:32 intro to Count Basie´s piano by W.Balliett film/013-KayJ./ / Bandstand /Landscape/RA-CD-12/&-DVD-1 

6:45 WILD MAN BLUES -soloing as 12/5 --- / --- /Phoenix-24/Pumpkin-116/ BDCD1517/ LS2-912 /RA-CD-12/&-DVD-1 

4:45 ROSETTA -vRA -soloing as 12/5 --- / --- / --- / --- / ---- / --- /RA-CD-12/&-DVD-1

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12/14/57 NYC., Cafe Metropole, AFRS-bandstand-USA, METROPOLE ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham 

(tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Claude Hopkins (p) Eugene Ramey (b) Eddie"Moule"Bourne (d) 

0:28 intro ann. by Leonard Feather and Willis Connover(narr) RA-CD-17 

1:45 BEALE STREET BLUES (W.C.Handy) RA-CD-17 

4:45 MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Kid Ory) RA-CD-17 

4:54 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (J.Primrose) RA-CD-17 

3:15 HIGH SOCIETY (Melrose-Steele) RA-CD-17 

2:45 MARIE (...........) RA-CD-17 

0:37 leave ann. RA-CD-17 

12/16/57 NYC., Reeves Soundcraft broadcast; DIXIELAND JAMFEST: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Sol Yaged 

(cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Lou Stein (p) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (d) 

0:58 intro-announcement only of poor sound quality on a broadcast-tape copy /RA-CD20a/RA-CD-19 

3:02 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (trad.) Jazz Groove 002/Jass-10/Stash JCD-2/RA-CD20a 

5:07 BLUES (William Grant Still) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

4:32 WON'T YOU COME HOME, BILL BAILEY (Cannon) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

6:32 SOUTH (TODDLE) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-C9 

3:01 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

4:25 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Meritt-26/ --- / --- /RA-CD-19 

3:57 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND --- / --- / --- /RA-CD-19 

12/28/57 NYC., Cafe Metropole, AFRS-bandstand-USA, METROPOLE ALL STARS: same as 12/14/57 but Claude Hopkins 

(organ), Willis Connover, Leonard Feather (narr) 

4:55 intro: BUGLE CALL RAG (Pettis-Meyer-Schoebel) RA-CD-17 

4:22 SQUEEZE ME (Williams-Waller) RA-CD-17 

4:06 THREE LITTLE WORDS (Ruby-Kalmar) RA-CD-17 

6:03 INDIANA (J.F.Hanley) RA-CD-17 

1:45 leave out: ST. LOUIS BLUES -spLF (W.C.Handy) RA-CD-17

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1/11/58 NYC., Cafe Metropole, AFRS- END-... Bandstand USA-METROPOLE ALL STARS: Red Allen(t,v,ann) Jay C. 

Higginbotham, Vic Dickenson (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Claude Hopkins (organ) Eugene 

Ramey (b) Eddie "Moule" Bourne (d) 

0:32 ann. RA-CD-17/ 

3:28 I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU -feat. Hopkins (Hill-Williams-Hopkins) --- / 

5:00 BASIN STREET BLUES -feat.Dickenson (S.Williams) --- / 

4:30 RIDE! RED! RIDE! -w.Vic & Higgy (Millinder-Allen) --- / 

3:24 SONG OF THE ISLAND -feat.Hawkins (King) --- / 

3:08 CLARINET MARMELADE -feat.Bailey (Shields-Ragas) --- / 

2/1/58 Sat. NYC., Carnegie Hall, 8:30-12:00 p.m. - "DODY IN DIXIELAND" - Robert Sylvester(narr) 

The whole concert or its rehearsal at the same date was recorded but only parts were issued on several LPs: 

part-1: Pee Wee Ervin & members of the Allen band (they met again at 10/23/58 and recorded Design DLP-39) 

-2: Stan Rubin & his Tigertown Five Coral CRL-57185 

-3: DIXIELAND AT CARNEGIE HALL: Roul.R-25038/Col.(E)33SX-1122 

-McPartland, Dickenson, P.W.Russell, Freeman, Schroeder, Tomy Potter(b) Mouse Alexander(d) 

Royal Garden Blues / Basin Street Blues 

-Joe Barufaldi, Parenti, P.W.Russell & same rhvthm Tin Roof Blues 

-Mc Partland, Freeman, prob.Dickenson, Z.Sinqleton & same as last) High Society / When The Saints 

-Dickenson, Tyree Glenn, Miff Mole, Schroeder or Al Hall (d) Rosetta 

-Dickenson & Mole out Sidewalks Of New York 

-W.B.Davison, Ricky Nelson, Bob Wilber, Sam Price, Al Hall, Drootin(d) Riverbaat Shuffle 

-Tyree Glenn (vib) Zutty Singleton & Cazy Cole(d) Drums vs. Vibes (Just Blues Harmony) 

-McPartland & unidentified group That´s A Plenty 

part-4: RED ALLEN´S METROPOLE ALL STARS: Red Allen (t) Vic Dickenson (tb) Buster Bailey(cl) Sammy 

Price or Willie The Lion Smith (p) Cozy Cole (d) tape said to exist as confirmed by Cozy Cole 

.................. 

.................. 

part-5: Roy Eldridge; part-6: Charlie Shavers part-7: Bobby Hackett part-8: Max Kaminski 

3/8/58 NYC., Cafe Metropole, AFRS-END-585, Bandstand USA - METROPOLE ALL STARS: as 1/11/58, but without 

Higginbotham & Hawkins 

5:30 INDIANA (J.F.Hanley) RA-CD-17/ 

3:53 YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) --- / 

5:07 MARIE and encore -feat.Hopkins --- / 

(0:42) RIDE! RED! RIDE! (Millinder-Allen) --- / 

/transcription cut after a very fast intro by Dickenson 

around 1958 commercials for “Ballentine Ale” – JERRY JEROME (speech,v,ts) & Red Allen (vocal-only) 

0:08 intro J.J.-speech 

2:35 JINGLES “BALLENTINE ALE”-3 items in medley - vRA, ts&v JJ ARBORS-AR(2)CD-19168/ RA-CD-16/ 

3/17/58, NYC., “THE WEARY BLUES"- poetry-with-Jazz recital by LANGSTON HUGHES (reader) & ALL STAR SEX- 

TET : Red Allen (t) Vic Dickinson (tb) Sam Taylor (cl,ts) Al Williams (p,arr) Milt Hintori (b) Osie Johnson (d) Leo- 

nard Feather (comp., arr., cond.) L.Hughes toured w.Red Allen´s A.St. incl.C.Hawkins in summer & they played at Stratford Ontario 7/23 

(F.H.note: I have compiled several audio-clips together on 3:49 with photos, infos, nonsnychrone Allen TV-fragments & 

clips from 1988 BBC-TV “Looking For Langston” to be seen on data-mpg-2 on RA-DVD-1b ) 

side-1: text: music (in medleys): MGM E-3697/VSP-S-36/Verve 841660-2/ RA-CD-19/ 

3:11 BLUES MONTAGE -part-1 OFENING BLUES 

BLUES MONTAGE 

6:50 -part-2 COMMERCIAL THEATRE 

7:40 -part-3 MORNING AFTER 

COULD BE 

5:50 TESTAMENT TESTAMENT 

3/18/58 side two by: LANGSTON HUGHES (reader) & HORACE PARLAN QUINTET: Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi (ts) Ho- 

race Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b, arr., comp., cond.) Kenny Dennis (d) 

side-2: text: Consider Me : music: The Stranger - Midnight Stroll - Backstage 

Dream Montage: Weird Night Mare - Double C Train - Jump Monk

- 95 -

- 96 - 

1958 several ”ART FORD & HIS JAZZ PARTIES” on WNTA-TV/FM-stereo (now WNET) 

The most sessions, directed by Don Luftig, featured one band with single guest performers. In late 1958 different 

groups and guests appeared. Most of the sessions are known and detailed in Bob Weir´s ART FORD DISCO 

.Nevertheless not all details are known. Cozy Cole statet categorically two sessions with him and Red in April/May and 

Marge Singleton told about one with Red & Zutty around April/May. According Bob Weir the sessions started at 5/8/58 

with Rex Stewart, Pee Wee & Zutty; another session with Zutty was at 5/22 with Charlie Shavers & Pee Wee. 

Because at the first known session with Red Allen at 6/19/58 Red Allen was greeted by Art Ford as back again there 

might be a suggestion that he had had a short passive guest presence at an former session, perhaps at 5/8 or 5/22. 

There exists none session with Cozy Cole, I have heard rumors about a 4/9/58 test session from WNTA-ART FORD or 

possibly prehearsals with Red Allen and Cozy Cole ??? 

6/12/58, Newark, N.J., Thurs. WNTA-TV/FM – ART FORD´s JAZZ PARTY: Charlie Shavers (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Pee Wee Russell (cl) Hal Singer(ts) *Billy Graham(as-added) Marty Napoleon (p) Harry Sheppard (vib) Ham Jackson 

(e-g,v) Vinnie Burke (b) Panama Francis (d) Beulah Bryant (v) (there´ll be a chance it will be availabkle on JCH-CD-6) 

The tape was lost after the death of Jean Claude Lefevre(F) perhaps we anybody can find another copy 

Basin Street Blues ) 

Indiana 

Blues -vBB 

You´ve Changed -Shavers 

Limehouse Blues 

Fascinatin´Rhythm -Shepherd 

Nobody Knows You … -vHJ 

Cottontail -Singer 

Please Don´t Talk About Me -Napoleon 

StompinÁt The Savoy 

I Would Do Anything For You -Russell 

St. Louis Blues vBB- 

When You´re Smiling -Higginbotham 

What A Difference A Day Made * -Graham 

I´ve Found A New Baby * 

theme: Basin Street Blues 

6/19/58 Thurs., WNTA-TV channel-1 3, stereo-bc-Westinghouse -ART FORD' S FAMOUS JAZZ PARTY: Red Allen (t,v) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Peanuts Hucko (cl) Georgie Auld (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) Harry Shepherd (vib) Dick Thompson (g) 

Vinnie Burke (b) Cliff Leeman,or *Jackie Cooper (d) Big Miller (d) (longer than 80 min.,therefore 1 item on RACD-33) 

*Art Ford talks between the items on music by Marty Napoleon or Dick Thompson. 

*0:43 83 min.tape RA-CD-31/ 

3:30 BASIN STREET BLUES (Williams) RA-CD-31/ 

-Higgy in ens intro-Allen'in ens-Auld-Higgy-Allen brd-Hucko-Allen & Hucko- 

*0:58 6:03 LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (I.Robin-L.Gensler) RA-CD-31/ 

-rhythm intro-Allen in ens-Napoleon-Higgy-Allen-Hucko-Allen in ens-ens-Shepherd-ens- 

*1:12 2:33 Autumn Leaves (Joseph Cosma) feat.-Hucko (Napoleon & Rhythm)- RA-CD-31/ 

*1:07 2:28 BIG MILLER BLUES (B.Miller) feat. -vBM (ens-Auld-Higgy-ens)- RA-CD-31/ 

*0:23 4:01 BUGLE CALL RAG (Pettis-Meyer-Schoebel) RA-CD-31/ 

-Allen intro-Allen & Higgy-Higgy brk-Hucko & Allen-Auld brks-ens- 

-Shepherd-ens-Thompson-Napoleon-Allen in ens, Leeman brk- 

*1:31 2:57 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-31/ 

-Napoleon intro-Allen-vRA (rhythm-Hucko-ens)-Allen in ens- 

*1:16 3:19 *This Can't Be Love (R.Rodgers) -Napoleon & rhythm RA-CD-33/ 

*0:29 3:48 I COVER THE WATERFRONT (J.Green-E.Heyman) -Napoleon intro-Auld (rhythm-ens)- RA-CD-31/ 

*0:54 3:31 WHAT LOVE MEANS (....……….) -rhythm intro-vBM(ens)-Allen in ens-v8M(ens)- RA-CD-31/ 

*0:23 9:17 INDIANA (J.F.Henley) RA-CD-31/ 

-Cooper intro-Allen in ens-Shepherd~Hucko-Allen-Higgy-Allen-Higgy-Allen in ens-Cooper-ens- 

*0:42 2:21 HIGGY'S BLUES (Higginbotham) -Napoleon intro-Higgy(rhythm-weak ens) RA-CD-31/ 

*0:25 4:26 AFTER YOU'VE GONE (H.Creamer-L.Layton) _-Dick Thompson(rhythm-weak ens)- RA-CD-31/ 

*0:42 4:04 HELLO, LITTLE GIRL -vBM -(ens)-Allen in ens-vBM(ens)-v8M(Allen)-vBM(ens)- RA-CD-31/ 

*1:06 4:00 Where Or When (…....……) -Shepherd-ens coda- RA-CD-31/ 

*0:54 11:51 BILL BAILEY. WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) RA-CD-31/ 

-Allen intro-Allen in ens-Shepherd-Hucko-Hucko in ens-Higgy-Allen muted- 

-Thompson & Napoleon-Allen muted-Higgy-Allen in ens-Cooper-ens 

0:55 theme: BASIN STREET BLUES (Williams) Art Ford an ens leave out RA-CD-31/

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6/26/58 Thurs., Newark, WNTA-TV/FM - ART FORD & HIS FAMOUS JAZZ PARTY: Red Allen (t,v) Buddy Iannone(t) 

J.C.Higginbotham, *?Frank Higgins, *unknown(tb) (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Hal Singer (ts) Willie”The Lion” Smith (p) 

Chuck Wayne (g) Anthony Di Girolamo (vln) Harry Sheppard (vib) Vinnie Burke (b) Cliff Leeman(d) Connee Boswell (v) 

B. Iannone, a Newark trumpeter, *members of the studio band that was present due to demands of the musician´s union. 

(on the *NTSC-video the tune and picture not synchronous;**DVD-copy) 

0:39 2:30 BASIN STREET BLUES –vCB (Williams) **/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Smith intro-vCB (Allen & ens-Smith-Girolamo&ens-Bailey-Allen & ens)-ens coda- 

4:28 THEM THERE EYES (M.Pinkard) */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Allen in ens-Bailey & Smith-Orland-Higginbotham-Allen-Singer-Allen in ens-..d..-Allen 

0:55 4:42 ST.LOUIS BLUES (W.C.Handy) */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Bailey intro-Bailey & Allen in ens-Bailey(vRA-rhythm-Allen in ens-rhythm)-Bailey & Allen- 

1:08 4:10 AIN´T MISBEHAVIN´ –vCB (Waller-Brooks-Razaf) */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-vCB(ens-Bailey & Allen-Girolamo)-Singer-Allen-Higgy-Bailey-vCB(ens-Allen & Bailey)- 

0:30 7:44 THAT´S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) -Allen in ens-Bailey-Allen in ens- */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Allen-Singer-Allen in ens-Higginbotham-Girolamo-ens-Iannone-Allen in ens-..d..-ens coda- 

2:00 3:42 ECHOES OF SPRING (W.Smith) -feat Smith acc.by Thompson-Allen&Bailey coda- */ /RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

1:01 2:14 WHEN YOU'RE SMILIN´ (Fisher-Goodwin-Shay) */ /RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Smith intro-Higginbotham (Girolamo in ens with some very weak Allen work) 

0:30 4:41 STARDUST -vCB (H.Carmichael-M.Parish) */ /RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-rhythm-vCB (Girolamo-ens)-Higginbotham & Allen-Higginbotham-Higginbotham & Allen- 

0:28 3:48 HAL SINGER STOMP (H.Singer) */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Allen & Singer in ens-Singer-Singer in ens-Allen & Singer in ens- 

0:25 8:26 ROSETTA (E.Hines-H.Wood) -ens intro-Allen in ens-Smith-Thompson- */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-..b..-Girolamo-Sheppard-Allen-Singer-Allen in ens-Bailey-Allen in ens- 

3:04 I SURRENDER DEAR -feat.Girolamo /RA-CD-31/ 

0:37 3:49 SAY IT ISN'T SO (I.Berlin) -vCB (p-vln-ens) **/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

0:36 4:51 ALL OF ME -vRA (Simon-Park) -Red Allen (t,v)-Singer-Bailey-Higgy-Allen in ens- **/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

0:32+10:02 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN…(trad.) -Leeman-Allen & Higgy in ens- */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Smith-Higgy-Bailey-Allen-Singer-Higgy-Girolamo-Allen in ens-Leeman brk-ens coda- 

1:39 theme- BASIN STREET BLUES (Williams) */**/RA-CD-31/RA-DVD1 

-Allen & Higginbotham in ens-leave out ann.Art Ford(ens)-Allen & Girolamo in ens- 

7/3/58 Thu.. WNTA-TV/FM ART FORD - Charlie Shavers (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey(c1) Sam Most (cl,fl) 

Hal Singer (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) except Wynton Kelly on (4,7,12); Harry Shepherd (vib) Dick Thompson(g) Vinnie 

Burke(b) Jackie Cooper (d) Tony Rongo (d on 15) Dinah Washington (v) 78:09 all on Jazz Connoisseur-Cassette AF13-DP 

4:22 intro: Basin Street Blues -Higgy intro-full group, Art Ford speech between all items JCH-CD-7 

3:52 unidentified tune feat. Buster Bailey(c1) ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

5:44 I´ll Remember April “ Sam Most (fl) with rhythm only JCH-CD-7 

3:42 Me And My Gin “ D.Washington & W.Kelly & ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

3:57 Crazy Rhythm “ Marty Napoleon (p) ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

6:15 Moonlight in Vermont “ Harry Shepherd (vib) with rhythm only JCH-CD-7 

2:22 If You Is Or Is You Ain´t My Baby D.Washington & W.Kelly & ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

2:34 Running Wild “ J.C.Higginbotham (tb) & full group JCH-CD-7 

6:10 Indiana “ Jackie Cooper (d) & full group JCH-CD-7 

5:57 Cottontail “ Charlie Shavers (t) & full group JCH-CD-7 

5:05 unidentified tune “ Hal Singer (ts) & full group JCH-CD-7 

4:22 Backwater Blues “ D.Washington & W.Kelly & full group JCH-CD-7 

6:35 I Want To Be Happy “ B.Bailey & Sam Most (c1) ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

6:46 Blues In The Closet “ Dick Thompson(g) Vinnie Burke(b) ensemble parts JCH-CD-7 

9:55 Limehouse Blues “ full group & guest: Tony Rongo (d) JCH-CD-7 

0:24 theme: Basin Street Blues full group to leave out by Art Ford JCH-CD-7 

video or DVD-sides are wanted 

7/18/58 Hackensack-studio, N.J., "CALLING THE BLUES"-TINY GRIMES (g) & J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Eddie Davis 

(ts) Ray Bryant (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Osie Johnson (d) 

1551 11:22 Grimes- Times Prest.7144/JCH-CD-9 

1552 7:33 Airmail Special --- /JCH-CD-9 

1553 8:41 Callin´ The Blues --- /JCH-CD-9 

1554 11:34 Blue Tiny --- /JCH-CD-9 

7/23/58 Ontario, Canada, CBS-/....-bc "Stratford Shakespeare Festival" Langston Hughes (reading)Red Allen (t) J.C.Higgin- 

botham (tb) Buster Bailey (c1) Claude Hopkins (p) Eddie Bourne (d) Coleman Hawkins was announced but stayed in NYC.; 

Cozy Cole was present too and wrote that they were broadcasted but Dan W.C. Allen found only Canadian bands on the CBS-bc; 

possibly other broaadcasts exist ? 

8/6/58 NYC., TONY SCOTT AND THE ALL STARS: Joe Thomas (t) Wilbur DeParis, J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Pee 

Wee Russell, Tony Scott (c1) Sonny White (p)*AI Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Denzil Best (d) 

105428 *Blues For The Street Cor.CRL 57239/LVA 9109/JCH-CD-5 

105431 Love Is Just Around The Corner --- / --- /JCH-CD-5

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8/7/58 NYC.. Reeves Soundcraft - "SWEET MOODS OF JAZZ"-.COLEMAN HAWKINS' ALL STARS: Red Allen (t) Earl 

Warren (cl,as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) Chubby Jackson (b) George Wettling (d) 

4.02 STORMY WEATHER (H.Arlen) Jazz Groove 002/Jass-11/Jass JCD-2/RA-CD20a 

3:55 MEAN TO ME (Fred Ahlert) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

5:57 LONESOME ROAD (G.Austin-N.Shilkret) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

4:34 SLEEPY TIME GAL (Lorenzo-Whiting) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

5:04 SUMMERTIME (Du Bose Heyward-G.Gershwin) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

3:19 ALL OF ME (Simon-Mark) Meritt-26/ --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

2:42 TEA FOR TWO (Youmans) --- / --- / --- /RA-CD20a 

8/12/58 NYC., “A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM” – Esquire photo set with 57 jazz greats; WNR 2055, 60 min. color, stereo 

video Documentary based on Art Kane's photo; Milt Hinton's 8 mm home movies and stills; interviews, jazz film clips; Marian 

McPartland & R.Altschuler speech about “Red” on screen of 1957 WILD MAN BLUES; ROSETTA; The video includes a 

lot of clips. 

8:24 shortened clips about the photo-arrangements and the passage about Red Allen RA-DVD-1a 

9/4/58 Thurs., NYC., WNTA-TV/FM stereo, ART FORD-S FAMOUS JAZZ PARTY: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed 

Hall (cl) King Curtis (ts) Stan Freed (p) Dick Thompson (g) Vinnie Burke (b) Joe Tarto (bb on (10)) Sonny Greer (d) 

Teddy Charles (vib) Chris Connors (v) *Art Ford(narr) 75 min.tape 

1 1:39 intro: WARM UP into OLE MISS into BUGLE CALL RAG /RA-CD-32/ 

-Curtis-Allen in ens-Greer-Freed & rhythm-Allen in ens-– intro narration (0:27) 

2 6:39 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (M.Pinkard-B.Bernie-Casey) Enigma-302/RA-CD-32 

-Freed-Allen & Hall in ens-Higgy-Curtis-Allen-Hall-Thompson-Freed- 

-Tarto & Thompson-Greer brd-Allen in ens-Hall-Greer-Allen in ens- 

3 5:05 (0:48) I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) -feat.C.Connors(Freed&Thompson)- (0:38) narr to /RA-CD-32 

4 3:01 BASIN STREET BLUES (Williams) -Higgy intro-Higgy & Allen in ens- Enigma-302/RA-CD-32 

-Allen & Hall-Hall-Higgy-Allen in ens-Higgy in ens-Higgy & Greer-ens- 

5 3:14 (0:24) I AIN'T GOT NOBODY (Graham-Williams) RA-CD-32 

-Allen in ens-Greer-Allen in ens-Greer-Allen in ens-Greer-ens 

6 5:01 (1:00) Night In Tunesia (Gillespie-Paparelli) -feat T.Charles (rhythm)- RA-CD-32 

7 4:58 (0:34) Sweet & Lovely (…………………..) -feat.K.Curtis (rhythm)- RA-CD-32 

8 3:40 (1:00) Hallelujah, I Love You So (Ray Charles) -feat.C.Connor; -Freed&rhythm-vCC (rhythm)- RA-CD-32 

9 4:40 (0:32) You Can't Depend On Me (…………) -feat.-Freed&rhythm-Tarto-Freed&rhythm- RA-CD-32 

10 8:59 (0:10) I FOUND A NEW BABY (Sp.Williams-J.Palmer) -Freed intro-Allen in ens-Hall in ens~Allen- RA-CD-32 

-Curtis in ens-Higgy-Curtis-Allen-Allen muted-Charles-Greer-ens-Thompson & Greer- - 

-Tarto & Greer Allen in ens / cut several bars /-Allen-Greer brks-Greer-Tarto bb-ens-Greer-ens- 

11 5:16 (1:57) S'WONDERFUL (G.& I.Gershwin) the speech Art Ford with Ed Hall RA-CD-32 

-Freed intro-Hall (rhythm)-Allen (rhythm)-Allen & Hall-Hall-Hall in ens- 

12 5:16 (1:47) ROSETTA -vRA (Earl Hines-H.Wood) RA-CD-32 

-Freed intro-Allen-vRA (Curtis-Hall)-Hall-Allen & Hall-Allen in ens- 

13 3:08 (1:24) CHINATOWN MY CHINATOWN -vCC (played very fast) (W.Jerome, J.Schwartz) RA-CD-32 

-Freed-vCC (rhythm-weak ens)-Allen & rhythm-Higgy-vCC (weak eans)-ens coda~ 

14 3:14 (0:23) Lullaby In Rhythm (……………..) -Freed-Dick Thompson (rhythm)- RA-CD-32 

15 10:21(0:42) BALLIN' THE JACK (Smith-Burris) RA-CD-32 

-Freed-Allen in ens-Hall in ens-rhythm~Allen-Curtis-ens-Higgy-Freed & Thompson- 

-Tarto-Charles-ens-Thompson-Allen in ens-Art Ford on ens-Greer-ens- 

16 0:43 theme: BUGLE CALL RAG (NORK) -Allen intro-Allen in ens, two Allen brks-Allen /cut RA-CD-32 

9/25/58 Thu., WNTA-TV/FM -ART FORD´S JAZZ PARTY (COLEMAN HAWKINS & FRIENDS AT A FAMOUS JAZZ 

PARTY: Charlie Shavers (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Lester Young (*ts) 

Willie"The Lion"Smith (p) Harry Shepherd (vib) Dick Thompson (g) Vinnie Burke (b) Sonny Greer (d) Mae Barnes 

(v) George Wettling (d added on -15), (Art Ford speech were cut between the items) 39:46 free - 16:30 video 

1 6:10 *When I Grow Too Old To Dream -full group /JC-AF26/ 

2 2:58 St.James Infirmary -v Ch.Shavers & full group /JC-AF26&27/ 

3 2:02 Sweet Georgia Brown -vMae Barnes & Ch.Shavers & full group /JC-AF27/ 

4 7:36 Runnig Wild -piano & full group /JC-AF27/ 

5 4:08 Indian Summer -C.Hawkins & ens.parts Enigma-301/J.Anth. 30JA-5217/Queen /BEAN-1-21/JC-AF4/JC-AFJP-6/ #/ 

6 2:37 I May Be Wrong -PW.Russell & ens.parts /video/ #/ 

7 4:03 Undecided -D.Thompson & H.Sheppard & ens.parts /video/ #/ 

8 2:17 Somebody´s Wrong -vM.Barnes & ens.parts /video/ #/ 

9 7:32 Avalon -full group Phoenix-21/ /Queen /BEAN-1-21/video/JC-AFJP-6/ #/ 

10 3:25 I Can´t Get Started -Ch.Shavers & ens.parts Enigma-301/J.Anth. 30JA-5217/ JC-AF4/JC-AFJP-6/ 

11 3:59 St.Louis Blues -W.L.Smith & ens.parts /JC-AF27/ 

12 1:10 Indiana -v Mae Barnes& ens.parts /JC-AF27/ 

13 3:39 *Mean To Me - L.Young & ens.parts Enigma-301/J.Anth. 30JA-5217/ JC-AF4/JC-AFJP-6/ # 

14 8:25 *Jumpin´ With Symphony Sid -full group --- / --- / Queen /BEAN-1-21/JC-AF4/JC-AFJP-6/ # 

all 14 items, on JCH-CD-8 / # video on RA-DVD-1b/

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prob.late 1958, N.Y.C.; CLAUDE HOPKINS ORCH.: Charlie Shavers, Red Allen (t) Tyree Glenn, Vic Dickenson (tb) 

Buster Bailey (cl) Lyle Smith (ts) Claude Hoplins (p) Milt Hinton (b) Panama Francis (d) Julia Steele (v) "MUSIC OF 

THE EARLY JAZZ DANCES”(a similary program was featured at NPT 1958 without this band, danced by Al Minns& L.James) 

The date must be shortly after Vic Dickenson returned from Europe at 8/3/58 

Side-1 is devoted to the jazz dances associated with minstrelsy: 20 th Cent./ 

2:27 THE ALABAMA WALKAROUND (Monroe H.Rosenfeld 1891) a light and airy tune, Fox 3009/RA-CD-19/ 

was the basis for a comic version of the Walk Around which preceded the Cakewalk. 

2:56 MEDLEY: THE HONOLULU DANCE (Max Hoffmann 1899) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

suggests how far the Cakewalk and Ragtime had traveled by 1899. 

When You Do THE RAGTIME DANCE (Harry von Tilzer 1897) is one of the --- /RA-CD-19/ 

very earliest compositions by one of the bright stars of a later era of popular music. 

2:22 SCRATCHIN´ THE GRAVEL -vJS (Jack Yellin-P.Bradford 1917) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

a title which all but describes the dance, was introduced by the famous Dolly Sisters in 1917. 

l:58 MEDLEY: WHEN I DO THE, HOOCHY COOCHY IN THE SKY (G.L.Davis 1896) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

shows that outrageous titles are no recent innovation in popular music. 

EVERYBODY OUT TONIGHT (Will Marion Cock 1898) a Cakewalk which --- /RA-CD-19/ 

was heard in a production called "Clorindy, or The Origin of the Cakewalk." 

SCUFFLING PETE (Edwin F.Kendall 1899) is a Cakewalk variation --- /RA-CD-19/ 

2:51 WALKIN´ THE DOG -vJS (Shelton Brooks 1916) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

he also wrote "Some Of These Days” and "Darktown Strutters BalI". Its instructive-lyrics 

relay some of the hip vernacular of that year: "It's there – it´s a bear !" 

2:26 THE PIGEONWING (Tony Stanford 1896) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

was one of the variations developed from the cakewalk. It was a buck and this version 

was introduced with great success by John Lorenze, a very popular dancer, in 1896. 

Side-2 focuses on early examples of the modern jazz dance: 

2:28 RULES AND REGULATIONS -vJS (Perry Bradford 1911) --- /RA-CD-19/ 

is one of many pieces written for jazz dancers by P.Bradford. This includes in Julia 

Steele´s vocal an impressive listing of some of the strikingly named dances (Bull Frog 

Hop, Georgia Bo Bo) which -followed in the wake of the Cakewalk and its variants. 

2:03 CAUGHT IN THE FENCE (Charles B.Brown 1900) despite the ludicrous picture that --- /RA-CD-19/ 

the title conveys, is an unusually lovely melody written as the accompaniment for a stop buck. 

2:36 MEDLEY: LEVEE REVELS (Wm. Christopher O´Hare 1898) --- /RA-CD-19/& -12 

MISSISSIPPI SIDESTEP (Leo E.Berliner 1899) --- /RA-CD-19/& -12 

BOOM-E-"RAG" (Warner Crosby 1898) provided the setting for yet --- /RA-CD-19/& -12 

another outgrowth of the Cakewalk-the Afro-American Cane Hop. 

2:50 MESSIN´ AROUND -vJS (Perry Bradford 1912) was first introduced by Ethel --- /RA-CD-19/& -12 

Waters. As in most songs of this period which were inspired by jazz dances, the lyrics give 

specific instructions for performing the dance. Best do some setting-up exercises first, though. 

2:14 WIGGLE-DEE-WOW ! (Perry Bradford 1914) is a rhythmic dance which was --- /RA-CD-19/ 

featured in vaudeville in 1914 by the team of Bradford and Jeanette. 

2:39 ORIGINAL BLACK BOTTOM DANCE -vJS (P.Bradford) was written almost a --- /RA-CD-19/ 

decade before this hip-swinging dance was transferred to the Broadway Stage in Georgia White´s “Scandals”.

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10/5/58 Sun., NYC., Savoy Ballroom, CBS-TV - Bill Leonard´s “EYE ON NEW YORK”: Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Charles Buchanan 

(speech); music: METROPOLE ALL STARS: Red Allen (t) Buster Bailey (cl) Claude Hopkins (p) Lloyd Trotman (b) Sonny Greer (d) 

1 hour ………………………………. details & tape wanted 

………………………………… 

………………………………… 

it was the historical closing date of the Savoy Ballroom; All our tries to find a tape have been without success 

58/Oct,, Anvers, France, SAMMY PRICE ORCH.: Doc Cheatham(t) J.C.Higginbotham, Elmer Crumbley (tb) Eddie Barefield 

(cl,as) Sammy Price (p) Jimmy Lewis (b) J.C.Heard (d) 33´ tape, but only 2 items are of interest 

1:47 Bugle Call Rag - full band (band played at Olympia, Paris 10/11) JCH-CD-8 

4:09 Beale Street Blues - featuring J.C.Higginbotham JCH-CD-8 

58/10/25 Enschede, (NL), telerecording by VPRO-TV, on 16 mm film from four titles: duration 20 minutes., broadcasted in 1959. 

It is not known if the material has been preserved: Basin Street Blues / Harlem Nocturne / St. Louis Blues wanted 

6:56 One oćlock Jump JCH-CD-12/RA-DVD-1b/ 

11/6/58, NYC., WNTA-TV/FM-stereo - ART FORD-S JAZZ PARTY: Red Allen (t,v) Dicky Wells (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) 

Coleman Hawkins (ts) Willie"The Lion"Smith (p,v) Danny Barker (g,bj,v) Vinnie Burke (b) Sonny Greer (d,v) Mae Barnes (v) 

& *four young modern performers: Buddy Iannone(t) Don Sines(tb) Joe Dean(bars) Rudy DeLuca(d) 

+ on JazzBand EBCD 2117-2/ AFJP-8 on Jazz Connoisseur Cassette / 75 min. complete on RA-CD-33 

speech 1:17 *intro: FASCINATING RHYTHM with announcing the stars by Art Ford 

times 5:48 BALLIN´ THE JACK (Smith-Burris) -Allen-Wells-Bailey-Allen-Smith-Barker-Hawkins-Burke-Allen- 

1:43 NOBODY´S SWFETHEART –vMB & weak ens obbl. (Kahn-Erdman-Meyers-Schoebel) 

0:55 TIN ROOF BLUES (NORK) incomplete 

0:26 2:54 RUNNING WILD (Gibbs-Grey-Wood) -Bailey-Bailey in ens- Enigma302/AFJP-8/ 

0:36 3:09 STOMPINÁT THE SAVOY (Goodman-Webb-Sampson) -Hawkins-Hawkins in ens- JazzAnth.5217/ --- / --- /+ 

3:08 2:41 I LOVE YOU (Smith) -p&v Smith-Allen in ens-p&v Smith-ens coda- / --- / 

0:40 4:21 TRUE BLUE LOVE (Coslow-Robin-Whiting)) -vMB(Smith&Greer)-Allen-vMB (Allen-ens)- / --- / 

0:37 2:17 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU (Gershwin) -Wells(muted-tb-Wells(open-tb) in ens- / --- / --- / 

0:46 4:16 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY (Primrose) -Allen-vRA-Allen-vRA&ch-Allen in ens- / --- / --- / 

3:55 CHARLESTON (Johnson-Mark) -Greer intro-Allen in ens-Greer-band- / --- / 

0:55 2:47 CHINA BOY (D.Winfree-P.Boutelje) -bjDB-Barker & Allen-Hawkins & ens-Barker-Allen & ens- / --- / --- / 

6:14 *I Can't Give You Anything But Love -played by the modern group / --- / 

2:52 Ain´t Misbehavin´ (Waller-Brooks-Razaf) -piano solo & vocal W.L.Smith-ens coda 

1:39 Mule Walk (J.P.Johnson) -piano solo & vocal W.L.Smith-ens coda 

2:28 MEMPHIS BLUES (Handy) -Smith intro-Allen- / --- / --- / 

4:11 SOLITUDE (DeLange-Mills-Ellington) -Smith-Hawkins & Smith-Hawkins(ens)-ens coda- / --- / --- /+ 

9:45 *LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (I.Robin-L.Gensler) / ---/ --- / 

-Greer & Smith intro-Allen(Bailey)-Bailey-Iannone-Sines-Dean-Wells-Allen-Wells-Barker- 

-Burke & Smith-Greer & Smith-Hawkins-Hawkins & ens-ens,Hawkins brd-Allen- fade out 

11/20/58 Newark, NJ., WNTA-TV - AT FORD´S JAZZ PARTY: Rex Stewart (c) J.C.Higginbotham(tb,v) Tyree Glenn 

(tb) Bob Brookmeyer(vtb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Paul Quinchette (ts) Nat Pierce (p) Vinnie Burke (b) Elvin Jones (d) 

the other half part: Art Farmer(t) Jimmy Cleveland(tb) Gigi Gryce (as) Gerry Mulligan(bars) Jimmy Jones(p) Kenny Burrell(g) Bill Crow(b) 

Elvin Jones(d) Candido(cga) (exemplary items wanted on video/DVD) Art Ford speeches were cut on tape; 

1 4:42 JumpinÁt The Woodside -full band JCH-CD-9 

2 5:55 I´ve Found A New Baby -full band JCH-CD-9 

3 3:36 Sunday -feat Glenn & rhythm only JCH-CD-64a 

4 3:00 These Foolish Things -feat.Pierce & rhythm only JCH-CD-64a 

5 2:11 When You´re Smiling -feat.Higginbotham JCH-CD-9 

6 4:41 RockinĆhair -vR.St & JCH; feat Stewart & Higginbotham & rhythm only JCH-CD-9 

7 3:48 Blue And Sentimental -feat T.Glenn & P.Quinchette & rhythm only JCH-CD-64a 

8 (2:46) Swing That Music /cut -full band JCH-CD-9 

6/14/59 Sun., NYC., Carnegie Hall: "Sidney Bechet Memorial Concert" with Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Allen, J.C. 

Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins, Claude Hopkins, Zutty Singleton; Charlie Shavers Vic Dickenson, Sol Yaged, 

Cecil Scott; Willie"The Lion"Smith, Speedy Jones, Bob Wilbur, Teddy Wilson Trio; J.C. Heard, Panama Francis, Count Basie, Jo 

Jones; Edith Piaf; Charles Delauney guest of honor; tape was made 

7/5/59 Sun., NPT. Jazz Festival, CBS-bc/TV - "RED"ALLEN ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster 

Bailey (cl) Sammy Price (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Lloyd Trottman (b) Rufus Jones (d) added: *JACK TEAGARDEN (tb,v) 

*Dan Goldie (t) (look photo S.Price-Red Allen-R.Jones-B.Bailey-H.Flemming) according the press nine sides were taped; details wanted 

0:29 introduction from Newport Jazz Festival AVID(UK-2CD)AMSC1049/ 

7:28 BALLIN’ THE JACK (Smith-Burris) --- / 

10:48 YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) --- / 

7:38 THE PRICE IS RIGHT (Sammy Price) --- / 

7:53 *I FOUND A NEW BABY (Sp.Williams-J.Palmer) RA-CD-12 (look youtube – ) 

4:03 *BUGLE CALL RAG -vRA to leave out (Pettis-Meyers-Schoebel) RA-CD-13 

prob.1959, NYC.; ......-TV-show: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Pee Wee Russell (c1) Willie"The Lion"Smith (p) 

Irv Manning (b) George Wettling (d) the book of Milt Hinton-David Berger-Holly Maxson: "Over time; the jazz photographs 

of Milt Hinton,"1991 shows a photograph of this TV-studio band without details 

................... details wanted

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7/19/59 Los Ang., KID ORY´ S CREOLE JAZZ BAND / RED ALLEN-KID ORY ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Kid Ory(tb, 

v) Bob McCracken (cl) Cedric Haywood (p) Frank Haggerty (g) Charles Olden or *Marty Corb (b) Alton Redd (d.v) 

all on non commercia RA-CD-21/Verve V/ Verve St/Barclay/Metro(G)/Mosaic198-2/AVID(2CD) 

26419-1 8:34 *TISHOMIINGO BLUES (Williams) /St-1018 /-711080 / ……. / 2682000/-CD X 8set / AMSC1049/ 

26420-1 5:10 *I WISH I WAS IN PEORIA (Woods-Rose-Dixon) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26421-2 5:43 *KEEP OFF KATIE´S HEAD -vKO (Ory) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26422-2 5:23 CHRISTOPHER COLUNBUS (Berry-Razaf) -1020 / ……… / -3664 / --- / --- / --- / 

26423-2 5:25 SOME OF THESE DAYS -vAR (S.Brooks) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26424-2 3:38 *IN THE MOOD (Razaf-Garland) 1018 /-711080 / ……. / --- / --- / --- / 

26425-1 4:42 LAZY RIVER –vAR (Carmichael-Arodin) 1020 / …… .. / -3664 / --- / --- / --- / 

26426-3 5:18 COME BACK SWEET PAPA (Bauduc-Haggart) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26427-1 5:02 SAN (McPhail-Michels) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26428-1 5:35 TUXEDO JUNCTION (Dash-Johnson-Hawkins-Feyne) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

26429-1 5:02 *AIN´T MISBEHAVIN´ -vAR (Waller-Brooks-Razaf) 1018 /-711080 / ……. / --- / --- / --- / 

26430-1 5:41 *I GOT RHYTHM (G.& I.Gershwin) 1020 / ……. / -3664 / --- / --- / --- / 

36431-1 5:06 *HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Waller-Razaf) 1018 /-711080 / …… / --- / --- / --- / 

26432-2 4:50 *BLUES FOR JIMMY (Ory) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

KID ORY RED ALLEN TOUR in Europe; 9/17/59 arrival Germany in; 9/19 Kiel; 9/20 Hamburg+day off 9/23 Stuttgart 

9/24 Essen 9/25 Munich 9/26 Wuppertal 9/27 Köln 9/28 Dortmund 9/29 Hannover 9/30 Frankfurt; 10/1&2 Wien+day off 

9/22/59 afternnoon &evening, Berlin, Sportpalast; rec. AFN-Berlin - KID ORY-S CREOLE JAZZ BAND feat.RED ALLEN(t,v) 

Kid Ory(tb,v) Bob McCracken (c1) Cedric Haywood (p) Squire Gersh (b) Alton Redd (d.v) (b) (41 shorter min.tape existed) 

aftern. 7:02 ORIGINAL DIXIELAND ONE-STEP (ODJB) JCCD-3125/ RA-CD-C42 

6:29 [I WISH I WAS IN] PEORIA (Woods-Rose-Dixon) --- / --- / 

7:22 CARELESS LOVE -vAR (trad.) --- / --- / 

5:14 HIGH SOCIETY (Melrose-Steele) --- / --- / 

4:59 SAVOY BLUES (Kid Ory) --- / --- / 

8:24 TIN ROOF BLUES & REPRISE (N.O.R.K.) --- /RA-CD-C43/ 

4:48 MUSKRAT RAMBLE -vKO (Ory) --- /RA-CD-C42/ 

4:58 PANAMA RAG (Tyers) --- /RA-CD-C43/ 

4:18 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vAR&ch (trad.) --- / --- / 

even. 5:34 BILL BAILEY -vKO (Cannon) JCCD-3126/ --- / 

6:50 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES -vRA (J.Primrose) --- / --- / 

7:26 WOLVERINE BLUES (Spikes-Morton) --- / --- / 

7:21 SISTER KATE -vKO (A.Piron) --- / --- / 

3:11 SUGARFOOT STOMP (King Oliver-Walter Melrose) --- / --- / 

6:09 AUNT HAGAR'S BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / --- / 

3:55 KID ORY'S BOOGIE WOOGIE (Ory) --- / --- / 

3:30 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) --- / --- / 

7:24 TUXEDO JUNCTION (Dash-Johnson-Hawkins-Feyne) --- / --- / 

1:45 German announcer banter --- / --- / 

3:28 TIGER RAG (ODJB) --- / --- / 

2:21 WITHOUT YOU FOR AN INSPIRATION - sign off by Kid Ory --- / --- / 

10/4/59 Paris -Salle Pleyel, 18:00 p-m-; 61´telerec.; alsobroadcasted 10/10/59 31´part on FFB-Berlin; KID ORY & SON ORCHE- 

STRE NOUVELLE ORLEANS avec RED ALLEN: same as above, Sim Copans(narr); extracts of this and of the evening 

session are on JAZZ AVERTY-E-video in a new mixture without narration;**not sure from 6pm or 21pm-concert; 

*on NBC(Europe)-SuperChannel-1994/95/ 31min bc- /J-Averty/ 

8:12 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS (Aller-DeLange) /RA-CD-43 / 

4:09 SAVOY BLUES with french ann. (Kid Ory) / --- / / 

1:04 french ann. segue to encore: SAVOY BLUES / --- / / 

5:08 HIGH SOCIETY (Melrose-Steele) / --- / / 

4:17 TIGER RAG (ODJB) /RA-CD43a/-E-video/ RA-DVD-1 

6:39 I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE -vKO (A.Piron) / --- / --- / RA-DVD-1 

5:28 BASIN STREET BLUES (Sp.Williams) / --- / --- / RA-DVD-1 

4:35 SHINE -vKO & AR (Dabney-Mack-Brown) / --- / --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

5:37 DO WHAT ORY SAYS -vKO / --- / --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

3:05 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vKD&ch (trad.) /RA-CD-43/ / 

1:52 WITHOUT YOU FOR AN INSPIRATION DEAR - sign off by Kid Ory /RA-CD-43a/ --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

same date & loc., 21:00 p.m.; telerecorded for ORTF-TV; same as above 60:04 taped from TV by microphone, poor sound quality; 

4:38 MUSKRAT RAMBLE -vKO (Ory) /RA-CD-43a/ --- / RA-DVD-1 

1:07 7:20 TIN ROOF BLUES (NORK) /RA-CD42 / / 

2:46 Ory interview part-1 by Sim Copans (shortened on video 2:29) --- / --- / 

7:54 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS -vKO (Aller-DeLange) /RA-CD-43a/ --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

1:00 4:00 TIGER RAG (ODJB) /RA-CD42/ --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

0:47 (3:10) RAMPART STREET PARADE (some bars are missing in the middle) --- / / 

1:10 5:38 AUNT HAGAR´S BLUES (W.C.Handy) (poss.also on lst concert=6:12video) /RA-CD-43a/ --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

4:07 PANAMA (Tyers) /RA-CD42/ / 

!:02 3:21 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES (CI.&Sp.Williams) (3:37 on video) / --- / RA-DVD-1 

2:00 Ory interview part-2 /RA-CD42/ 

5:14 SHINE -vKO & AR (Dabney-Mack-Brown) -a longer.rhythm part before -vKO&AR --- / 

1:05 4:17 HIGH SOCIETY (Melrose-Steele) /fade out /RA-CD-43a/ --- /(*)RA-DVD-1 

that 60:04 tape from the original evening TV brough the above order of the items closing with High Society; the Averty-video mixed the afternoon 

& evening sessions in another order of the programme.

- 102- 

10/5/59 Mo., Stockholm Konserthuset, two concerts, 19:00 and 21:15 ; 10/6/59 Tu., Gothenburg Konserthuset, two concerts 

10/7/59 We., Malmö, - MFF-Stadion, 20:00 ; 10/8 Copenhagen, KB Hall, 10/ 9 Odense 10/10 Aarhus; ; 10/11-15 days off; 

10/16 Fri. Cambridge, Regal 10/17 London, Kilburn, Gaumont State 10/18 Portsmouth, Guildhall 

10/19 Mo.. Birmingham, Town Hall 10/20 Newcastle, City Hall 10/21 Sheffield, City Hall 

10/22 Thu. Leicester,DeMontfort Hall 10/23 Brighton, Dome 

10/24/59 Sat.afternoon. Manchester-- KID ORY & HIS CREOLE JAZZ BAND: as 9122; 36:20 part of concert 

5:08 ORIGINAL DIXIELAND ONE STEP (ODJB) Queen(I)-052/RA-CD-c42/ 

7:30 I WISH I WAS IN PEORIA (Woods-Rose-Dixon) --- / --- / 

7:24 CARELESS LOVE -vAR (trad.) --- / --- / 

7:14 WHY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME BILL BAILEY -vKO (Cannon) --- / --- / 

7:02 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (Primrose) --- / --- / 

5:01 THAT'S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) --- / --- / 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS -vKO not on my tape will be all on UK-label-504 

MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND 

SAVOY BLUES 

MUSKRAT RAMBLE -vKO 

TIGER RAG 

THEME 

same date & location, evening-concert 

ORIGINAL DIXIELAND ONE STEP (ODJB) all will be on UK-label-504 

AUNT HAGAR'S BLUES (W.C.Handy) 

WHY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME BILL BAILEY -vKO (Cannon) 

7:09 CARELESS LOVE -vAR (trad.) RA-CD-43/ 

6:01 BOURBON STREET PARADE -vKO (P.Barbarin) --- / 

6:48 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (Primrose) --- / 

5:32 WOLVERINE BLUES (Spikes-Morton) --- / 

6:35 BASIN STREET BLUES -vAR (S.Williams) --- / 

3:07 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND (trad.) --- / 

5:44 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS -vKO (Aller-DeLange) --- / 

2:56 MUSKRAT RAMBLE /cut -vKO (Ory) RA-CD-c42/ 

THEME 

both concerts (afternoon & evening) were complete taped by Tony Adkins and will be issued with assistance by Mike Dine on UK-label-504

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Kid Ory - Squire Gersh – Red Allen - Alton Redd - Bob McCracken 

10/25 Sun. Liverpool, Empire 10/26 Glasgow, St.Andrews's Hall 10/27 Bradford, St.Gearge's Hall 

10/28-29 off days 10/30 Bristol, Calston Hall 10/31 London, New Victoria,Victoria 

11/1 London, Hammersmith, Gaumont; 11/2 Zürich; 11/3 Tues. Genf; 

11/ 4 day off 11/5 Zürich; 11/6 day off 

11/7 Utrecht & Amsterdam two concerts 11/8 Brussels 

11/9/59 Basel - Liederhalle, broadcasted concert KID ORY'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND : same as 9/22/59 

0:27 intro ann. private tape 60:35 /RA-CD-43 / 

7:37 I WISH I WAS IN PEORIA (Woods-Rose-Dixon) Rarities-60/Rhapsody RHA-6034/ --- / 

4:18 BASIN STREET BLUES -vKO (S.Williams) --- / --- / --- / 

6:33 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) --- / --- / --- / 

5:28 WOLVERINE BLUES (Spikes-J.R.Morton) --- / --- / --- / 

4:32 SAVOY BLUES (Kid Ory) --- / --- / --- / 

6:23 TIN ROOF BLUES (N.O.R.K.) --- / --- / --- / 

5:09 THAT'S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) --- / --- / --- / 

7:34 AUNT HAGAR'S BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / --- / --- / 

4:50 PANAMA RAG (Tyers) --- / --- / --- / 

3:36 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) --- / --- / --- / 

0:27 leave ann. only on tape / --- / 

11/13/59 Fri., Copenhagen, Falkoner Centret, KID ORY - RED ALLEN IN DENMARK : same as 9/22/59 (62:22 tape) 

Storyv.(Dan)/ 

5:20 ORIGINAL DIXIELAND ONE STEP (LaRocca-Shields) STCD-6038/RA-CD-c44/ 

7:04 I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE -vKG (A.Piron) --- / --- / 

6:43 WOLVERINE BLUES (Spikes-J.R.Morton) --- / --- / 

6:18 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (Primrose) --- / --- / 

7:21 TIN ROOF BLUES (Brunis-Rappolo) --- / --- / 

4:02 CLARINET MARMELADE (LaRocca-Shields) --- / --- / 

4:33 MUSKRAT RAMBLE -vKO (Kid Ory-Ray Gilbert) --- / --- / 

5:21 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS N.O. -vKO (Alter-Delange) --- / --- / 

3:52 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) --- / --- / 

4:41 SAVOY BLUES (Kid Ory) --- / --- / 

4:20 INDIANA - SHEIK OF ARABY -vKO (Henley-McDonald)-(Snyder) --- / --- / 

2:47 HIGH SOCIETY (Porter Steele) --- / --- /

- 104 - 

59/11/26, NYC., Hotel Astor on Times Squar, personnel: Irvin Markowitz; Jack Honywill, Joe Shepley, Ike Iacometta (t) 

Ben Long (tb) Stan Rubin (cl,ld,v) Bob Wilber (cl,ts) Bill Cooper (ts) Danny Derasmo (lead-as) Vinnie Riccitelli (as) Kenny 

Arzberger (bars) Marty Napoleon (p) Mel Rose (b) Gary Chester (d) Harry Sheppard (vib) Jack Lewis (producer); added: 

Wild Bill Davison, Pee Wee Erwin, Max Kaminsky (t) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) only on two sides: Pee Wee Russell, 

Tony Parenti (cl) UAL 3085 / UAS 6085/ all on JCH-CD-12b 

01 5;35 HINDUSTAN (Harold Weeks-Oliver G. Wallace) big band feat. Higginbotham & W.B.Davison, P.W.Russell, Tony Parenti JCH-CD-11 

02 4:57 BEALE STREET BLUES (W. C. Handy) -big band incl.Higgy in ens. JCH-CD-11 

03 4:17 TIGER RAG (ODJB) –feat. Stan Rubin Sextet 

04 2:51 HIGH SOCIETY (C. Williams-A. J. Piron) feat. Bob Wilbur & Stan Rubin 

05 4:04 SLIPPED DISC (Benny Goodman) –Stan Rubin Sextet w.H.Sheppard 

06 5:01 LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Braham-Furber)-big band incl. P.W.Russell & Tony Parenti / P.W.Erwin out JCH-CD-11 

07 3:03 8- . 9-10 (I'll Never Get Mad Again) -vStR (Stan Rubin) 

08 3:12 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Casey-Bernie-Pinkand) -big band incl.Higgy in ens. JCH-CD-11 

09 2:50 IVY JAZZ BAND BALL (Stan Rubin-Bill Yensky-Sam Denng) 

7/3/60, Sun-, prob.WCTC-bc ; NPT. Jazz Festival , HENRY”RED”ALL STARS: Red Allen(t,v) other unknown 

………....... Newport tape is said to exist (WCTC-bc) 

note: the ill Miff Mole (tb) should play with the Red Allen band, but this plan had dropped in the last minute. Its unknown 

whether the complete Red Allen Band had not appeared at the concert

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8/6/6o, Sat., Roof Garden at Museum of Modern Art, NYC.,-"SUMMER CONCERT”: BUD FREEMAN – SHORTY BA- 

KER ALL STARS:- Shorty Baker (t) & guest Red Allen (*t,v) Tyree Glenn (tb) Bud Freemen (ts) Gene Schroeder (p) 

Bob Haggart (b) George Wettling (d) unknown (narr) (NYAN: 8/6/6op15) 

Perdito Jazz Arch.JA-38/ 

S´Wonderful --- / 

Dinah --- / 

Big Noise From Winnetka --- / 

3:16 *ST.JAMS INFIRMARY -vRA (J. Primrose) --- /RA-CD-13 

-Wettling & Schroeder & Allen-vRA (Glenn)-Allen in ens- 

9:51 *EDDIE CONDON BLUES ( ALGIERS´ BOUNCE) (Allen) --- /RA-CD-13 

-Schroeder-Allen in ens-Schroeder-Glenn-Glenn in ens-Baker-Freeman-Freeman in ens- 

-Haggart-Allen-Allen in ens-ens-Wettling-Allen in ens-Glenn in ens-Wettling brk- 

3:45 *CRAZY RHYTHM (J.Meyer-R.W.Kahn) --- /RA-CD-13 

-Schroeder intro-ens-Glenn-Baker & AIlen-ens-Allen in ens-Freeman-ens,Wettling brk- 

Lonesome Road --- / 

11/21/60 NYC., Nola-studios - "ALLEN PLAYS KING OLIVER" - RED ALLEN & HIS ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Herb 

Flemming (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) *Sammy Price or Bob Hammer (p) Milt Hinton (b) Sol Hall (d) 

all sides on RA-CD-20/ new on AVID(UK-2CD)AMSC1049 // Verve- /VerveMGV1025/WRC(S)T567/MetroRec./ 

3:16 BALIN´ THE JACK (Smith-Burris) 845149-1/HMV-CLP1483/Verve533263-2/2356016/ 

3:41 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver) / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

3:55 SOMEDAY SWEETHEART (Ben&John Spikes) -Allen muted-t- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

6:24 DIXIE MEDLEY:- DIXIE (P.D.) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

- MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA (P.D.) 

- BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC -vRA (P.D.) 

- BOURBON STREET PARADE (P.Barbarin) 

3:11 *HOW LONG BLUES -vRA&ch (Carr) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

3:20 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE (P.D.) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

6:10 BILL BAILEY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

3:16 *SNOWY MORNING BLUES (J.P.Johnson) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

3:07 *BABY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME -vRA (Williams-Warfield) / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

4:35 FIDGETY FEET (LaRocca-Shields-Ragas) / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

4:14 *YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) Verve 845149-1/ --- / --- / --- / --- / 

3:50 ALL OF ME -vRA (Simon-Mark) / --- / --- / --- / --- / 

………………….. uniss.items reported by Sammy Price 

………………….. uniss. 

………………….. uniss.

- 106 - 

VV:1/28-2/24/62 “Chic.& All That Jazz”: Mae Barnes-Red Allen-Lil Armstrong-Buster Bailey 

4/14/61 NYC., THE SWINGVILLE ALL STARS: Joe Newman (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl) 

Hilton Jefferson (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Claude Hopkins (p) Lloyd"Tiny"Grimes (g) Wendell Marshall (b) 

Billy English(d) 

9:32 Jammin´ In Swingville Swingv.2025/Swingv.4001/Prestige 4051/-P-24051/JCH-CD-10 

10:45 Spring´s Swing Swingv.2024/ --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-09 

7:56 Love Me Or Leave Me --- / --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-10 

7:18 Cool Sunrise Swingv.2025/ --- / --- / --- /JCH-CD-10 

between 5/30 -6/18 or 7/1-7/15/61 Chic.-London House; 9/15/61 WBBM "THE BEST BANDS IN THE LAND ON ONE NIGHT 

STAND" - HENRY RED ALLEN QUARTET: Red Allen (t,v) Sammy Price(p) Frank Skeete (b) Jerry Potter (d) 

/Fanfare Rec./ 

ONS-5433 1:04 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE -ann.by ……. (H.Allen) / No.24-124 /RA-CD-22 

3:58 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (S.Romberg) --- /RA-CD-22/ 

3:54 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS (L.Alter) --- /RA-CD-22 

4:22 TENDERLY (W.Gross) --- /RA-CD-22 

5:51 BILL BAILEY, WON´T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) --- /RA-CD-22 

6:41 ROSETTA (E.Hines-H.Wood) --- /RA-CD-22 

2:06 ALL OF ME (Simon-Mark) --- /RA-CD-22 

0:36 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE -ann.by --- /RA-CD-22 

same date & location; 9/22/61 WBBM-ONS: same as above 

ONS-5438 0:24 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE -ann.by …...... --- / RA-CD-22 

3:23 BALLIN´ THE JACK (Smith-Burris) --- / RA-CD-22 

4.16 SNOWY MORNING BLUES (James P.Johnson) --- / RA-CD-22 

4:41 AUTUMN LEAVES (J.Kosma) --- / RA-CD-22 

7:30 LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (L.Robin-L.Gensler) --- / RA-CD-22 

6:52 BASIN STREET BLUES (Spencer Williams) --- / RA-CD-22 

1:26 theme.- ALGIERS BOUNCE (H.Allen) --- / RA-CD-22

- 107 - 

8/16/61 NYC., ALBERTA HUNTER (v) & VICTORIA SPIVEY (v,p) acc.by J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey 

(cl) Cliff Jackson (p) Sidney De Paris(bb) Zutty Singleton(d) 

3:14 I Got Myself A Workin' Man -vAH (A.Hunter) Prest. 1 052/ JCH-CD-10 

4:06 Black Snake Blues -v&pVS (V. Spivey) --- / JCH-CD-10 

2:40 I Got A Mind To Ramble -vAH (A.Hunter) --- / JCH-CD-10 

4:45 Going Blues v&pVS (V.Spivey) --- / JCH-CD-10 

2:40 You Gotta Reap Just What You Sow -vAH (A.Hunter) --- / JCH-CD-10 

3:07 I Got The Blues So Bad -vVS (V. Spivey) --- / JCH-CD-10 

3:30 Chirpin' The Blues -vAH (A.Hunter) --- / JCH-CD-10 

2:58 Let Him Beat Me -vVS (V.Spivey) --- / JCH-CD-10 

10/30 & 10/31/61 rehearsal & filmed sessions for the 11/26/61 Sun.10 p.m. CBS/NBC-TV - CHICAGO AND ALL THAT JAZZ 

"Dupont Show Of The Week"; producers: William Nichols, Donald B.Hyatt; 60 min.-kinescope, 51'tape cut commercials; 

Story about Jazz in Chicago. The live-TV portions are interpersed with occasional film clips and commentary by Garry Moore, 

frequently backed up by an off screen orchestra, specially recorded for the show. 

(1) ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND: Yank Lawson(t) Roland DuPont(tb) Paul Ricci(cl) Johnny Guarnieri(p) Cliff Leeman(d) 

(2) NEW ORLEANS BAND: Henry"Red"Allen (t) Kid Ory (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Lil Hardin-Armstrong (p,v) Johnny 

St.Cyr (bj) Milt Hinton (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Mae Barnes (v,d) 

(3) CHICAGOANS: Jimmy McPartland (t) Jack Teagarden (tb,v) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Joe Sullivan 

(p) Eddie Condon(g) Bob Haggart(b) Gene Krupa(d) - Blossom Seeley(v); Meade Lux Lewis(p); Al Minns & Leon 

James (dancing) 

(4) off screen band - EDDIE CONDON & THE NBC-ORCHESTRA: Tony"Spargo"Sbarbaro (kazoo,d) John Piazarelli (t) 

Al Chernet (tb) Hymnie Schertzer (as) Julie Schechter (vln) Bill Gussack (d) plus possibly others from above groups 

(5) studio orchestra composed by various combinations of the above groups, mainly from (3) and (4) 

all complete on /Sounds Great/Vintage-Jazz-Video/ 

music on-/off-screen / Lp-SG-8007/ VHS-VJC-2002 / 

0:45 introduction by Garry Moore (**) 

0:28 (5) Take Me To The Land Of Jazz -vBS,vMB,vJT acc.by band (5) showing all performers incl.Red Allen on screen (**) 

1:09 (5) Take Me To The Land Of Jazz -slow instrumental reprise 

0:13 Garry Moore about 1916 with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band 

1:40 (1) Original Dixieland One Step 

0:33 Garry Moore about the Victor Talking Machine and first jazz 

0:40 (5) Jazz Me Blues 

1:30 (5) musical montage incl."Pretty Baby"-"Shim Me Sha Wabble" to G.Moore on pianists & early negro bands 

1:54 (1) Toddlin' The Toddle-O -vBS 

3:15 (5) background Medley to Garry Moore: When Johnny Comes Marching Home – Dardanella - Some Of These Days - 

Basin Street Blues - Clarinet Marmelade - Baby, Won't You Pleae Come Home - I've Found A New Baby 

0:31 (2) BACK O' TOWN BLUES fragment -band introduced by Garry Moore (**) 

2:29 (2) JELLY ROLL BLUES *Jazz Crusade-JCCD3066(*)/(**) 

1:45 (2) DOCTOR JAZZ -vMB (*)/(**) 

0:37 Westend Blues -6/28/28 L.Armstrong recording, background to Garry Moore 

1:00 Dippermouth Blues -L.Armstrong band, clip from 1946 film "New Orleans" 

1:35 Singing The Blues -2/4/27 Bix Beiderbecke recording; -a private movie of Bix on screen 

2:00 In A Mist -p solo by Johnny Guarnieri 

1:25 Jailhouse Blues -short film 1929 Mamie Smith acc.by P.Grainger & unknown band 

1:15 St.Louis Blues -clip from short film 1929 Bessie Smith acc.by J.P. Johnson's band 

0:24 Honky Tonk Train Blues -v&p M.L.Lewis & vLouis Armstrong, clip from 1946 film "New Orleans" 

1:31 Honky Tonk Train Blues -p-solo by Meade Lux Lewis on TV 

0:16 Garry Moore speech 

3:10 (5) Chicago -white bands incl.vBS,v&pLHA,St.Cyr,kazoo,vln,dancers,tbJT,tJP,& others 

0:20 Garry Moore speech 

0:45 (3) Blues For Gene -during introduction of the "Chicagoans" by Garry Moore 

2:10 (3) China Boy 

0:20 Garry Moore about the "roaring `20s´” 

2:47 (5) Medley: Fidgety Feet-Tin Roof Blues-Fidgety Feet -dancing Al Minns & Leon James 

1:21 (5) Ostrich Walk -to Garry Moore on early orchestras 

"CHICAGO FREE FOR ALL": 

0:38 (2) CORNET CHOP SUEY segue to (*)/(**) 

0:42 (5) After You've Gone segue to -vJT (on screen) acc.by (4) & (3) (not on screen) (*) 

1:30 The Pearls -v&d Mae Barnes, v&p Lil Hardin-Armstrong (*)/(**) 

1:18 HEEBIE JEEBIES segue to -v&d Mß, v&p LH, t Red Allen, c1Buster Bailey (*)/(**) 

1:03 (5) Wolverine Blues segue to -combination by the white bands (*) 

1:22 (4) Way Down Yonder segue to -vBS 

1:oo Pine Top's Boogie segue to -Krupa intro-p solo Meade Lux Lewis (*) 

1:48 (5) TIGER RAG -Krupa intro-all bands incl.Ory & Allen (*)/(**)/(***) 

1:00 (5) Take Me To The Land Of Jazz -vBS,vMB,vJT & mixed band to leave out by Sidney S.Bushman (**) 

(*)Jazz Crusade-JCCD3066(with wrong date) / (**) on RA-DVD-1 also on RA-CD-9 (Allen w. New Orleansmen); (*** RA-CD-13 (Trumpet-duets)

- 108 - 

Sammy Price & Red Allen, Detroit May-1964 

between 1/9 - 28/62 Chic., London House; 3/23/62 - WBBM-“Best Band on One Night Stand” - HENRY RED ALLEN 

QUARTET: Red Allen (t,v) Sammy Price(p) Frank Skeete(b) Jerry Potter(d) 

ONS tape 26:33 

-5567 1:03 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE (H.Allen) on tape only/ RA-CD-22 

5:37 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (S.Romberg) Flutegrove FL6/ RA-CD-22 

6:13 ST.LOUIS BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / RA-CD-22 

5:29 THAT'S A PLENTY (Gilbert-Pollack) --- / RA-CD-22 

2:40 MEDLEY: - I'VE GROM ACCUSTOWD TO HER FACE --- / RA-CD-22 

- AUTUMN LEAVES --- / RA-CD-22 

2:51 BIFFLY BLUES (H.Allen) --- / RA-CD-23 

4:15 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) --- / RA-CD-23 

0:34 leave out to ONS-theme and announcement RA-CD-23 

same date & loc.; 3/30/62 - WBBM-ONST: same as above 

ONS 

-5576 0:21 intro: ONST-theme only tape 30:00 RA-CD-23 

4.33 LADY BE GOOD (Gershwin) RA-CD-23 

3:22 AUNT HAGAR'S BLUES (Handy) Flutegrove FL6/RA-CD-23 

3:06 PRICE IS RIGHT (Sammy Price) --- /RA-CD-23 

6:36 MEDLEY: - VOLARE RA-CD-23 

- BYE BYE BLACKBIRD RA-CD-23 

- THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND RA-CD-23 

3:54 JELLY ROLL BLUES (J.R.Morton) RA-CD-23 

6:53 MEDLEY: - IT'S ALLRIGHT WITH ME RA-CD-23 

- HAVA NEGUILA --- /RA-CD-23 

0:48 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE (H.Allen) RA-CD-23 

3/1/62 Copenhagen, DAN-bc-Corp.studio-10; J.C.Higginbotham(tb) & ARNVID MEYER & HIS ORCH.: Arnvid Meyer (t) 

John Darville (tb) Jesper Thilo (ts) Jörn Jensen (p) Ole Christiansen (b) Hans Nymand (d) prod. Torben Ulrich, Erik Wiedemann 

3:19 After You´ve Gone “Right Out Of Kansas City”-SundanceMusicApS-STUCD(5BOX-CD1)-08102 / JCH-CD-12 

other sides unknown 

4/16/62, Copenhagen (DAN); recording studio: same as above 

2:41 Stompy Jones Sonet SXP-2026/ JCH-CD-12 

3:46 Confessin' --- / JCH-CD-12 

3:57 C-Jam Blues --- / JCH-CD-12 

2:23 Basin Street Blues --- / JCH-CD-12 

Lazy River wanted; possibly on Arnvid Meyer Collection 

Blue Light wanted; possibly on Arnvid Meyer Collection

- 109 - 

6/5/62 N.J.. Hackensack. studio - HENRY"RED"ALLEN QUARTET: Red Allen(t, v) Lannie Scott(p) Frank Skeete(b) Jerry 

Potter(d) (Martin Williams-"Henry Red"-New Orleans Men- gives takes & order) 

Prestige / Swingv. /Xtra / Prestige USA / 

3530-3 3:00 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) PRT-7755/SV-2034/5032/PRCD 24232-2/ RA-CD-23 

3531-3 3:31 SLEEPY TIME GAL (Lorenzo-kbiting) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3532-2 3:03 I AIN' T COT NOBODY -vRA (S.Williams) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3533-2 3:43 THERE'S A HOUSE IN HARLEM (Arien-Van Heusen) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3534-3 3:17 JUST IN TIME (Comden-Green-Styne) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3535-1 3:01 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (Gershwin) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3536-2 4:49 BIFFLY BLUES (H.Allen) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

3537-1 4:11 ST.LOUIS BLUES (W.C.Handy) --- / --- / --- / --- / RA-CD-23 

7/4/62 NBC Today Tv-show,- - HENRY"RED"ALLEN QUARTET: - same as above, pos. another (d) 9:30 tape; 

0:23 female narr. tape is not of best sound quality /RA-CD-23 

2:52 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) RA-CD-23 

1:03 speech by female interviewer with Red Allen about his recently recording session RA-CD-23 

and dates in Cleveland, Embers, Indianapolis; Chicago London House ; 

0:36 male narr. RA-CD-23 

2:53 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (S.Romberg) RA-CD-23 

1:41 JUST IN TIME /cut (Comden-Green-Styne) RA-CD-23 

7/7/62 Newport, VoA-bc-No….. “Newport Jazz Festival”- Concert LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS: Louis 

Armstrong (t,v) Trummy Young (tb,v) Joe Darensbourg (cl) Billy Kyle (p) Bill Cronk (b) Danny Barcelona (d) Jewel 

Brown (v) Yank Lawson (t*), J. C. Higginbotham (tb**) added (complete session on transcription with 15 sides is unissued) 

3:22 ** DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND / JCH-CD-10 

3:49 * ** WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN –vJB & band & audience / JCH-CD-10 

3:08 * ** STRUTTIN’ WITH SOME BARBECUE / JCH-CD-10 

1/8-1/27/63, Chic., London House; from this time recorded for 3/15/63 WBBM-ONS - RED ALLEN QUARTET; Red Allen(t,v) 

Lannie Scott (p) Frank Skeete (b) Ronnie Cole (d) 

ONS-5828 ………………………. tape wanted 

……………………… 

……………………… 

……………………… 

……………………… 

……………………… 

same date & loc.; 3/22/63 WBBM-ONS: same asabove 30 min.tape 

ONS-5831 0:39 theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE - ann. on ens. (H.Allen) RA-CD-24 

3:05 IT'S ALLRIGHT WITH ME (Cole Porter) RA-CD-24 

7:32 SATIN DOLL (Ellington-Strayhorn) Flutegrove FL6/ RA-CD-24 

0:11 speech (cut on FL-6) / RA-CD-24 

5:52 I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (Murray-Mencher) --- / RA-CD-24 

5:11 MEDLEY: - BYE BYE BLACKBIRD RA-CD-24 

- MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND RA-CD-24 

4:41 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) RA-CD-24 

1/14/63 Chic., WBBM-bc or -Tv, “Herb Lyon Show” – HENRY “RED” ALLEN QUARTET: same as above 

………………………… tape wanted 

CHERRY feat. fast – Skeete (Don Redman) 

………………………… 

Coda Feb.63: Red is at London House, Chicago for two, maybe three weeks. His accompaniment - … He guestes on the Herb 

Lyon show on Jan.14th, he mostly just played, keeping the trumpet tricks to a minimum. Skeete was featured on a very fast 

CHERRY. 

1/26/63 Chic., ..….-TV, “THE MARTIN FAYE SHOW” – HENRY”RED”ALLEN QUARTET: same as above 

3:10 YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME -ann. by Allen RA-CD-23 

4:04 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-24 

2/7/63 NYC., Program for “Musicians Aid Society” recorded for 2/16/63 Sat. 2 p.m. WNEW-“Music Spectacular” – JAM 

SESSION: Red Allen (t,) Tony Parenti (cl) Cutty Cutshall (tb) Ralph Sutton (p) Benny Moten (b) Mickey Sheen (d) 

2:30 MEMPHIS BLUES (fast played) (Cl.& Sp.Williams) Phoenix-24/ RA-CD-19 

4:27 YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) --- / RA-CD-19 

3:03 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) --- / RA-CD-19 

4:15 FIDGETY FEET (LaRocca-Shields-Sigman) --- / RA-CD-19 

Honky Tonk Train p solo RS (M.L.Lewis) (detailed source Boris Rose-collection) 

theme: ALGIERS BOUNCE (H.Allen) tape wanted 

9/21/63 Louisville, KY opening day at WHAS-TV Crusade For Children; Henry Red Allen (t,v) & Quartet: Lannie Scott (p) 

Frank Skeete (b) poss. Ronnie Cole (d) to be seen on you-tube from www.whascrusade.org 

5:48 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-24/ 

................... more wanted 

................... more wanted

-110 - 

16th April - 5th May 1964 RED ALLEN TOUR IN ENGLAND WITH LOCAL BANDS 

4/16 Manchester, Sports Guild - Art Taylor All Stars 4/17 same - Alex Welsh & His Band 

4/18 - Sandy Brown & His Band 4/19 - Bruce Turner's Jump Band 

4/20 - Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band 4/23 Bath, Regency, Ballroom, - Alex Welsh Band 

4/24 Stoke-On-Trent, Pavillon, - Alex Welsh Band 4/25 Nottingham, Dancing Slipper, - Alex Welsh Band 

eve., London, Mardon, - Alex Welsh Band 4/26 London, Marquee Club - H.Lyttelton Band 

4/27-30 unknown engagements around London 5/1 Westminster Central Hal1, Red Allen All Stars 

5/2 or 5/3 Manchester, MSG, - Alex Welsh Band 5/5 Shepherds Bush-BBC-2 TV - Alex Welsh Band, 2 parts 

5/1/64 Fri., Westminster Central Hall - HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ALL STARS: Red Allen (t,v) Mac Duncan (tb) 

Sandy Brown (cl) Johnny Parker (p) Diz Disley (g) Tim-Bray (b) Terry Cox (d) 

*intermissions-narration 53:23 private tape; poor but not bad quality, intereting session although the musicians have not found together. 

4:57 HOW LONG BLUES -vRA (L.Carr) RA-CD-27 

-intro Parker-vRA(Brow&Parker)-Allen-Parker-vRA(Brown&Parker)-Disley 

*1:15 1:59 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE (trad.) -intro Parker-Allen&Brown RA-CD-27 

*0:20 4:45 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver) RA-CD-27 

-intro Parker-ens.-Duncan-Allen-Brown-ens. 

*0:50 5:23 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA&ch (trad.) RA-CD-27 

-intro Cox-ens.-Br Cox brk-Duncan-Allen-vRA&ch-Parker-Bray-Cox-ens. 

4:10 encores -THE SAINTS -intro Cox-vRA&ch-Brown-Allen-Disley~Cox-ens.-Brown code- RA-CD-27 

*1:05 2:30 JELLY ROLL BLUES (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-27 

-Parker-Allen in ens.-Parker-ens.-Allen-ens.- /cut 

*0:25 5:02 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (P.Grainger) RA-CD-27 

-Parker-Allen&Brown-vRA(Brown)-Allen-vRA-Allen 

*0:19 4:32 HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Razaf-Waller) RA-CD-27/RA-CD-26 

-Parker-Allen-Brown-Duncan-Allen-Allen in ens.- 

*0:24 3:16 BIFFLY BLUES (Red Allen) RA-CD-27 

-intro speech RA(Parker)-Allen in ens.-Parker--Allen in ens.- 

*0:16 3:30 RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vRA&ch (Millinder-Allen) RA-CD-27/RA-CD-26 

-intro Parker-vRA&ch-Duncan~vRA&ch-grown-Allen in ens.-vRA(ens)-Allen in ens.- 

2:10 encore: RIDE! RED! RIDE! -vRA&ch-ens.-Allen in ens.- RA-CD-27 

6:26 ST. JAMES INFIRMRY -vRA&ch (J.Primrose) RA-CD-27 

-intro Parker-vRA-Allen in ens.-vRA-Allen-Brown-vRA&ch-Allen 

a fine relaxed session with another UK-band; I do not know the tape owner for a better quality and perhaps some more of the reviewed 

sides were taped like: Sweet Substitude; Rosetta; Wild Man Blues; Indiana; 

5/5/64 Shepherds Bush. telerec.for BBC-2TV-Iazz 625; (part-1 on film-reel without ROSETTA) - RED ALLEN (t,v) & THE 

ALEX WELSH BAND: Alex Welsh (*t) Roy Crimmins(tb) Al Gay (cl,ts) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ronnie 

Mathewson (b) Lennie Hastings (d) Steve Race (narr.); Humphrey Lyttelton (introducing the TV-show) 

part-l: transmitted 7/21/64 BBC-2, jazz 625; repeated ca.1986; & 1990 w. intro of Slim Gaillard; also on film-reel but without Rosetta; 

*Beale Street Blues (without Allen) video-tape from 1986/RA-DVD-1/ 

*New Orleans {without Allen} --- /RA-DVD-1/ 

0:40 *intro: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) --- /RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-26 

6:05 ROSETTA & encore -vRA (Earl Hines-H.Wood) --- /RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-26 

7:30 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY & encore -vRA (J.Primrose) --- /RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-26 

2:00 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE (trad.) --- /RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-26 

4:00 *WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA -AW in ens.lead & lst solo (trad.) --- /RA-DVD-1/RA-CD-26 

part-2: same date & loc., after change of clothes - see photo; transmitted on US-TV poor tape quality, not of deeper interest 

Dippermouth Blues (Oliver-Armstrong) (poss. only the A.Welsh Band-not on tape) listed in D.Meeker-2005 

0:45 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) RA-CD-27 


3:25 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver) RA-CD-27 

3:15 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (P.Grainger) RA-CD-27 

5:00 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL & encore (LaRocca-Shields) / cut leave out RA-CD-27 

PLEASE (L.Robin-R.Rainger) (not on tape, listed in D.Meeker-2005) 

ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) (not on tape, listed in D.Meeker-2005) 

between 4/27-4/30 or 5/4/64 Carmel Court, London, Doug Dobell - party – Red Allen played solos to his own old records; 

(taped by Eric Saunders, there's no balance between the rather quiet records and the loud RedAllen trumpet in the foreground at the mike. 

(0:21 Mike Pointon BBC-1996-intro about the following Party (private taped with cassette faults)) RA-CD-41 

3:33 Jersey Lightning - Luis Russell ; RA(t) from 0:20-0:31; 1:05-1:17; 3:13-3:31 --- 

4/5/58 NYC, Johnny Hodges (as) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d) (from Verve-8358) 

3:23 I Didn’t Know About You ( Ellington-B. Russell) RA(t) from 0:46-1:04; 2:36-2:49; --- 

3:48 Don’t Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo) RA(t) from 0:00-1:07; 1:46-2:27; 3:03-3:20; 3:30-3:48 --- 

4:02 Honey Hill plus Roy Eldridge (t) Vic Dickenson(tb) Ben Webster(ts) 0:24-2:20, 2:33; 2:44-2:46; 3:01-3:40 RA-CD-27 

2:01 Donegal Cradle - Spike Hughes: RA(t) from 0:24-1:13; 1:43-2:00 RA-CD-41 

2:39 Limehouse Blues - Fl.Henderson RA(t) from 0:00-0:37; 1:52-2:39 --- 

3:11 Shanghai Shuffle - Fl.Henderson RA(t) from 0:33-1:00; 2:23-2:53; 3:09-3:11; --- 

3:10 Big John Special by Fl.Henderson RA(t) at all RA-CD-26 

2:54 Happy As The Day Fl.Henderson RA(t) from 0:31-0:32; 0:55-1:03; 2:02-2:24; 2:51-2:53 RA-CD-41 

2:25 Happy Feet - Horace Henderson RA(t) from 1:30-2:06; 2:19-2:24 --- 

3:36 Rhythm Crazy - H. Henderson: RA(t) from 2:00-2:14; 2:41-2:51; --- 

3:05 Mahogany Hall Stomp by 3/5/29 L.Armstrong RA(t) to Armstrong´s(t) at all RA-CD-27/ --- /

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5/5/64 BBC-2TV-Iazz 625; part-1 and below part-2 (after change of clothes): RED ALLEN, Alex Welsh (t) Roy Crimmins 

(tb) Al Gay (cl,ts) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ronnie Mathewson (b) Lennie Hastings (d) c: Valerie Wilmer)

- 112 - 

Manchester-64: Pete Strange (tb) Roy Crane (t) Bruce Turner (as) Red Allen (t)

- 113 - 

7/2/64, NPT.,R.I. - NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Joe Thomas (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Peanuts Hucko (cl) George 

Wein (p) Bob Haggart (b) Jo Jones (d) 

life rec. 4:42 I'm In The Mood For Love RCA-LPM 3369/RCA RD 7755/JCH-CD-10 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) George Wein (p) Slam Stewart (b) Jo Jones (d) 

4:42 Dear Old Southland VoA-tape exists JCH-CD-10… 

Joe Thomas, Muggsy Spanier, Wingy Manone (t) Lou McGarity, J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Ed Hall, Peanuts Hucko (cl) 

Bud Freeman (ts) George Wein (p) Slam Stewart (b) Jo Jones (d) 

8:19 That's A Plenty VoA-tape exists JCH-CD-10 

7/20/64 NYC., Carnegie Hall -"SALUTE TO EDDIE CONDON"- telerec.by Charles Arden for Chandell Prod./WABC-TV; 

lst concert of a series put together by writer Richard Gehman; another one was on WABC-TV 3/27/65; personnell see on the 

above advertisement NYAN:7/18/64p18; the late Bob Hilbert had found only a poor tape fragment wrong dated from 7/20/65; 

or possibly the date of a bc-repeat; his cassette had lost after Bob Hilbert´s death. 

tape-part-3: Red Allen (t,v) Pee Wee Russell (cl) unknown rhythm poss. Joe Bushkin (p) Zutty.Singleton (d) 

tape part-5: Bobby Hackett, Yank Lawson (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Pee Wee Russell, Bob Wilber (cl) Willie"The 

Lion"Smith (p) Zutty Singleton (d) 

part-1: Jazz Band Ball feat.poss. J.McPartland, C.Cutshall, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell 

part-2: Tailgate Ramble feat. Wingy Manone, poss.Bob Wilber, v-Johnny Mercer 

part-3: I AIN´T GOT NOBODY -vRA with a wonderful Pee Wee solo audio-copy wanted 

part-4: Jazz Me Blues feat. Yank Lawson, Pee Wee Russell, poss.Dick Hyman 

part-5: Royal Garden Blues 

This session is not identically of a late Telereconstruction of this session: in fall of 1964 telerecorded , telecast 3/27/65 WABC - TV, N.Y.C. - 

SALUTE TO EDDIE CONDON : Collective personnel: Wild Bill Davison (co), Billy Butterfield (tp), Wingy Manone (tp, vcl), Cutty 

Cutshall, Vic Dickenson (tb), Edmond Hall (cI), Hank Duncan (p), Eddie Condon (g-probably present), Al Hall (b), George Wettling 

(dr), Thelma Carpenter (vcl).added Willie The Lion Smith(p)Bob Crosby & Johnny Mercer

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in July 65 Blue Spruce Inn, Roslyn during the first engagement from 7/1-31/65 – HENRY”RED”ALLEN QUARTET: Red Allen 

(t,v) Lannie Scott (*p) Bennie Moten (b) George Reed (d) Red Allen left the Metropole for his last session at 6/30/65. and followed 

Marian & Jimmy McPartland at Blue Spruce Inn. /Storyville-/ 

-1 7:22 *ST. LOUIS BLUES -vRA (W.C.Handy (not on my tape, but issued) Meritt-27/STCD-8290/RACD25c 

-1 3:49 *ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) RACD24/ --- / 

-1 3:07 *CARAVAN (Ellington-Mills-Tizal) Meritt-27/STCD-8290/ --- / 

-1 4:03 *LOVER COME BACK TO ME (S.Romberg) Meritt-27/STCO 8290/ --- / 

-2 3:28 *ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) at the end announcing “Never On Sunday” / --- / 

-1 2:38 *NEVER ON SUNDAY (G.Moustaki) (it was played after ST JAMES) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/ --- / 

-1 2:57 *SATIN DOLL (Ellington-Strayhorn) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/ --- / 

-1 4:45 *MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Kid Ory) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/ --- / 

8/18 & 8/19/65 , same location; Sammy Price (p) for L.Scott; - dated by Frank Driggs, it was the day when Red Allen informed Sammy 

Price about his cancer. A wrong source gives 6/29&30/65, possibly due to Red Allen fan “Red” Metzger, who had mannaged the first engagement. 

The following tape including also the Lannie Scott session was clued together by Will Warner from a lot of single tape clips given by Frank Driggs. 

-1 4:21 ALL OF ME -vRA (Simon-Mark) / --- / 

-1 8:30 MEDLEY: - DIDN'T'HE RAMBLE -vRA (Handy-Randall) - Meritt-27/STCO 8290/ --- / 

- JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -vRA (trad.) - WHEN THE SAINTS -vRA (trad.) --- / --- / --- / 

-1 4:38 HELLO DOLLY -vRA (Herman) --- / --- / --- / 

-1 2:42 I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE from "M Fair Lady" --- / 

-1 3:00 YELLOW DOG BLUES -vRA, (without:"How Long Blues) (Handy-Pace/Carr) RA-CD-24 

-2 4:51 YELLOW DOG BLUES -vRA, interpolation"HOW LONG BLUES" (Handy-Pace/Carr) RA-CD-25 

-1 3:22 MEMPHIS STREET BLUES (W.C.Handy) Meritt-27/ STCD 8290/RACD25c 

-1 3:52 BLUE SPRUCE BOOGIE (Allen) Meritt-27/ STCD 8290/ RACD25c 

-1 2:32 GEE BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU -vRA (D.Redman-A.Razaf) CBS-62400/Col.2447/RA-CD-25 

-1 4:34 YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU (Morgen-Stock-Cavanaugh) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 2:58 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vRA (J.R.Morton) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:51 FEELING GOOD -vRA from"The Roar of the Greasepaint' (L.Bricusse-A.Newley) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:02 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (P.Grainger) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-3 4:28 YELLOW DOG BLUES -vRA interpol."HOW LONG BLUES" (Handy-Pace; L.Carr) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:10 CRAZY BLUES (Mamie Srnith) Meritt-27/ ST CD8290/ RACD25c 

-1 8:14 I'M COMING VIRGINIA (W.M.Cook-D.Heywood) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:31 TRAV'LIN' ALL ALONE -vRA (J.C.Johnson) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:02 RAG MOP -vRA (J.L.Wills-0.Anderson -Allen) announcing the end of the 1st evening CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-1 3:48 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) CBS 63742/CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-2 3:25 FEELING GOOD -vRA (L.Bricusse-A.Newley) RA-CD-25 

-1 3:13 SIESTA AT THE FIESTA (H.Allen 1941) CBS 62400/Col.2447/ RA-CD-25 

-2 4:24 CHERRY -vRA (Don Redman) RA-CD-25 

-1 3:21 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/RA-CD-25c 

-2 2:36 GEE BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU -vRA (Don Redman-D.Anderson) RA-CD-25 

-3 3:31 FEELING GOOD -vRA (L.Bricusse-A.Newley) RA-CD-24 

-2 3:00 SIESTA AT THE FIESTA (H.Allen) RA-CD-24 

-1 2:40 PLEASIN' PAUL (H.Allen-P.Barbarin) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/RA-CD-25c 

-1 1:42 MACK THE KNIFE (Kurt Weil) Meritt-27/STCD 8290/RA-CD-25c 

-2 2:41 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vRA (J.R.Morton RA-CD-25 

-4 3:52 YELLOW DOG BLUES -vRA interpol."HOW LONG BLUES" (Pace-Handy/Carr) RA-CD-24 

-2 2:34 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (P.Grainger) RA-CD-25 

-2 2:22 TRAV'LIN' ALL ALONE -vRA (J.C.Johnson) RA-CD-25 

-2 4:34 YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU (Morgen-Stock-Cavanaugh) RA-CD-25 

-2 6:28 MEDLEY: - DIDN'T'HE RAMBLE -vRA (Handy-Randall) - RA-CD-25 

- JUST A CLOSER WALK -vRA (trad.) - WHEN THE SAINTS -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-25 

-1 3:40 2nd Time Around - only piano & rhythm RACD25c 

-1 1:53 Fly Me To The Moon -only piano & rhythm uniss.item on G.Wilson´s tape; RACD25c 

9/19/65 Sun. afternoon, Monterey Festival; VoA-.... from Tanger , taped in Spain - "Tribute to individual TRUMPET KINGS": 

Dizzy Gillespie (t,p,v,ann) Red Allen (t,v) Clark Terry (fl-h,v) Rex Stewart (c) & from DIZZY GILESPIE QUINTET: 

Christopher White (p on -3 & -7,b on -4-6) Kenny Barron(b on -3 & -7) Rudy Collins (d) & Jon Hendricks (v) part-1: 37:26 min. 

part-1: 4:14 intro words by Willis Connover about individual musicians RA-CD-13a 

0:37 ann. by Dizzy Gillespie 

10:07 SOMETIMES I´M HAPPY -vDG&JH (Caesar-Youmans) Curcio: Giganti del Jazz-22(I)/RA-CD-13a/RA-CD-13 

-ens-Allen-Terry-White brd-Dizzy-Dizzy in ens-vDG-vDG&JH- 

3:33 Stardust (H.Carmichael-M.Parish) -feat. C.Terry RA-CD-13a 

4:32 SLOW BLUES -vRApDG -feat.Red Allen-t-vRA(Stewart obl.)-Allen-piano by Dizzy RA-CD-13a/RA-CD-13 

4:17 Don't Get Around Much More -feat.Rex Stewart, -vJH, piano by Dizzy Giganti del Jazz-22(I)/ RA-CD-13a 

10:28 NIGHT IN TUNESIA -vDG&JH (Gillespie-Paparelli) -White intro-scatDG in ens-Terry RA-CD-13a/RA-CD-13 

-scatDG in ens-Allen-ens-Dizzy-ens-Stewart-ens-scat DG in ens-ens-scat DG in ens coda- 

0:14 ens-ann. RA-CD-13a 

part-2: -Mary Lou Williams, White, Collins & 8 singers: St.Martin de Porres; My Blue Heaven; Yestersay 

-Dizzy Gillespie & Festival Orch.: Birk´s Works; Dizzy´s Business; Angel City Suite; Road of Monterey 

unfortunately since 1978 I ve tried to find a better tape quality without result; this source was taped from unballanced broadcast. 

photo: Monterey-65: Chris White-Rex Stewart-Clark Terry-John Hendricks-Dizzy Gillespie-Red Allen (see session on p117)

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18th Feb.- 6th March 1966 UK "Red"Allen on a 17 days cross country tour with Alex,Welsh & his Band, the Bruce 

Turner Jump Band; jam sessions including the New Orleans All Stars 

2/18 Osterley, Rugby Football Club (AW) 2/28 Sunderland, Empire Theatre (AW&NOAS) 

2/19 Birmingham, Digbeth Institute (AW) 3/1 afternoon: Liverpool, University (AW) 

2/20 London, BBC-2 TV - 'JAZZ 625" (AW) 3/1 evening: London-Chelsea, Six Bells (BT&SIBB,) 

2/21 Bexley,_Kent, Black Prince (AW) 3/2 Norwich, Stuart Hall (AW) 

2/22 Stafford, Staffordshire Yeoman (AW) 3/3 Bath, Regency Ballroom (AW) 

2/23 Southhampton, Concord Jazz Club (AW) 3/4 afternoon: Crawley, Starlight Ballroom (AW) 

2/24 London. National Film Theatre (BT) evening: London, Ronnie Scott Club (Quartet) 

2/25 Lincoln, Co-Op Hall (AW) 3/5 Manchester, Sports Guide (AW) 

2/26 Nottingham, Dancing Slipper (AW) 3/6 afternoon: London, Douglas House (AW) 

2/27 Redcar, Coatham Hotel (AQ) 3/6 evening: London, 100 Club-Oxford Str. (AW) 

Quartet: Stan Tracey(p) Jeff Clyne(b) Bill Eyden(d) 

New Orleans All Stars: Alvin Alcorn, Keith Smith(t) Jimmy Archey(tb) Darnell Howard cl Alton Purnell(p) Pops Foster(b) 

Cie Frazier(d) 

2/20/66 Sun., London Marquee Club, telerecorded BBC-2TV-"JAZZ 625", transmitted 8/24/66 Red Allen (t,v) ALEX 

WELSH & HIS BAND: Alex Welsh (t) Roy Williams (tb) Johnny Barnes (cl,ts) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ron 

Mathewson (b) Lennie Hastings (d) *intermission narr. by Humphrey Lyttelton video tape wanted)/ 30:24 tape 

Stan´s Dance (Buck Clayton) possibly without Red Allen , not on my tape, listed in David Meeker-2005) 

1:04 intro: music & announcement probably by Humphrey Lyttelton RA-CD-26 

0:41 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) RA-CD-26 

*0:08 3:16 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-26 

*0:33 2:07 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-26 

*0:20 4:18 CANAL STREET BLUES (King Oliver RA-CD-26 

*0:15 4:35 ST.LOUIS BLUES -vRA (W.C.Handy) RA-CD-26 

ROSETTA -vRA (Earl Hines) not on my tape, listed in David Meeker-2005) 

ALL OF ME -vRA (Seymour Simons-Gerald Marks) not on my tape, listed in David Meeker-2005) 

*0:15 4:51 MEDLEY: - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -spRA (trad.) RA-CD-26 

- DIDN'T HE RAMBLE -sp&vRA (Handy-Randall) RA-CD-26 

- WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -spRA about N.O.men (trad.) RA-CD-26 

5:30 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHIN IN -vRA&ch (trad.) RA-CD-26 

1:03 leave out announcement by the narrator & Red Allen RA-CD-26 

1:27 leave out: encore - WHEN THE SAINTS /cut RA-CD-26 

2/21/66 Mon., Bexley, Kent, Black Prince, HENRY"RED"ALLEN(t,v) & ALEX WELSH & HIS BAND: as above 

private tape no longer exists 

DIDN'T HE RAMBLE ; ST. JAMES INFIRMARY; 

WHEN THE SAINTS; encore: ST. JAMES INFIRMARY 

NIGHT TRAIN; MUSKRAT RAMBLE; 

ST.LOUIS BLUES; ALL OF ME; 

HELLO DOLLY; BILL BAILEY; 

2/24/66 London, National Film Theatre, HENRY"RED"ALLEN (t,v) & BRUCE TURNER JUMP BAND: Ray Crane(t) Pete 

Strange(tb) Bruce Turner(as,cl) Ronnie Gleaves(vib) Fred Hunt(p) Ron Rubens(b) Doug Higgins(d) unfortunately the private tape 

of only poor sound quality no longer exists. 

BALLIN' THE JACK; ST.JAMES INFIRMARY 

SWEET SUBSTITUTE; encore: ST.JAMES INFIRMARY 

CHERRY RED; MEDLEY: JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE 

ALL OF ME encore: ALL OF ME;; DID'NT HE RAMBLE; 

ROSETTA; WHEN THE SAINTS; 

3/1/66 Tue. evening, Chelsea. London, Six Bells, Red Allen (t.v) & A MIXED BAND: Sandy Brown (cl) Tony Coe (ts) 

Bruce Turner (as) Ronnie Gleaves (vib) Fred Hunt (p) Ron Rubens (b) Doug Higgins(d) session although the musicians 

have not found together, an interesting jumping session unfortunately private taped by the band boy in very poor sound quality, it’s a pity 

1:41 STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong-Raye) RA-CD-29 

10:30 ST.LOUIS BLUES -vRA (W.C.Handy) RA-CD-29 

7:39 INDIANA (J.F.Henley) RA-CD-29 

3:55 ALL OF ME -vRA (Simon-Mark) RA-CD-29 

5:01 encore: ALL OF ME -vRA RA-CD-29 

4:39 PATROL WAGON BLUES -RA (P.Grainger) RA-CD-29 

6:44 WON'T YOU COME HOME BILL BAILEY -vRA (Cannon) RA-CD-29 


8:35 SWEET LORRAINE (C.Burwell-M.Parish) RA-CD-29 

2:10 encore: SWEET LORRAINE RA-CD-29 

5:27 RAG MOP -vRA (J.L.Wills-D.Anderson-H.Allen) RA-CD-29/RA-CD-26 

6:11 ST.JAMS INFIRMRY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-29 

5:25 TIN ROOF BLUES (N.O.R.K.) /RA-CD-26 

6:02 MEDLEY: DIDN'T HE RAMBLE - WHEN THE SAINTS -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-29

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Manchester 1964: Ray Crane-Pete Strange-Bruce Turner-Red Allen 

3/4/66 Fri.afternoon, Crawley, Starlight Ballroom; Red Allen (t,v) & ALEX WELSH BAND: same as 2/20: 

1:57 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -vRA (trad) private taped of poor quality RA-CD-36/& -34 

1:01 DIDN'T HE RAMBLE -vRA (Handy-Randall) RA-CD-36/& -34 

8:19 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN & encore -vRA (trad.), RA-CD-36/& -34 

3/6/66 Sun.afternoon, London, Douglas House; Red Allen(t.v) & same as 2/20: private taped of poor quality, not of interest 

4:35 BODY AND SOUL -vRA (J.Green-E.Heyman-R.Sour) RA-CD-36/& -34 

6:55 ST. JAMES INFIRMRY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-36/& -34 

8:28 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) RA-CD-36/& -34 

0:18 theme: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) RA-CD-36/& -34 

3:18 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-36 


2:34 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-36 

5:25 ROSETTA -vRA (W.H.Woods-Earl Hines) RA-CD-36/& -34 

6.35 BASIN STREET BLUES (Williams) RA-CD-36/& -34 

9:34 MEDLEY: - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -spRA (trad.) RA-CD-36 

- DIDN'T HE RAMBLE (Handy-Randall) - WHEN THE SAINTS with encore -sp&vRA (trad) 


4:48 RAG MOP -vRA (J.L.Willis-D.Anderson-H.Allen) RA-CD-37/& -34 

3/6/66 Sun.evening, London - 100 Club Oxford Street; same as above private taped of poor quality, not of much interest 

3:26 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-37 


3:09 SWEET SUBSTITUTE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-37 

6:41 ROSETTA -vRA (W.H.Woods-Earl Hines) RA-CD-37 

4:44 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (Porter Grainger) RA-CD-37/& -34 

5:57 MEDLEY: - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-37 

- DIDN'T HE RAMBLE - I THOUGHT I HEARD BUDDY BOLDEN SAY -vRA (J.R. Morton) RA-CD-37//& -34 

5:19 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-37 

2:01 encore: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-37 


4:44 SWEET LORRAINE (Mitchell-Parish-Burwell) RA-CD-37/& -34 

10:41 ST.JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-37 

into leave out: BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE (Canon) RA-CD-37 

1966, UK BBC-bc Red Allen speech to records; (shortened music examples from 20 min. to 11:30) 

01 0:43 1935 Body And Soul by Red Allen in 1935; RA-CD-41 

02 2:38 Red Allen about New Orleans 1966 and the early days with his father; 1930: Panama RA-CD-41 

03 2:56 about the Street Parades in New Orleans; unknown item by N.O.Revival Band RA-CD-41 

04 3:12 about Fate Marable; then Jelly Roll Morton in N.Y.C.; J.R.Morton p-solo-piece RA-CD-41 

05 1:51 about Eddie Condon & mixed bands; unknown Chicago band piece; close RA-CD-41 

1966-UK unfortunately the long taped Red Allen-Autography in speech with Albert Mc Carthy is lost after McCarthy´s death; 

only the first part about his years in New Orleans 1906-29 was issued in Jazz Montly (look Red Allen bio-disco-part 1a)

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7/4/66 Mo. afternoon, NPT-Festival - "TUMPET WORKSHOP”- several bcs & TVs: telerec. by WGBH-TV Boston “NPT-Festival” 

NET-TV; repeated on 8/7/67 Chic.WITW-TV 10:30 p.m; also:”NPT-J.Fest.” WJAR-TV 1966-Outlet Broadc.Co., Providence, R.I.; 

all below sides are on VoA-13('66) or MUSA-4292B at Library of Congress number 196632p+1X, shelf number RGA 0105—0106 

(RWD 6105 A1. 6106 A1—B1); tape from Michael Steinman many years ago 

( ) sides and order on tape/uncommercial RA-CD-13a from broadcast on NET as "Jazz from Newport" Billy Taylor MC, 

part-1: Bag's Groove -feat.Kenny Dorham,Thad Jones, Howard McGhee(t) 

My One and Only Love -feat.Kenny Dorham 

I Can't Get Started -feat.Thad Jones 

I Remember April -feat.Howard McGhee 

Wee Dot -feat.Kenny Dorham, Thad Jones, Howard McGhee 

part-2: Red Allen (t,v) Clark Terrry (fl-h) Ruby Braff (c) George Wein (p) & ) Gene Taylor(b) 

in change: Vince Schaeffer or Billy Kay or Mike de Loise(d) (video/DVD wanted) 

(2) 2:15 words about Terry, Braff, Allen, to George Wein(p) 

(2) 6:25 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (S.Romberg) also on RA-CD-13 

-ens-Terry-Allen Braff--Allen in ens-ens-Terry-Allen-Braff-Allen in ens- 

(3) 0:41 talk about Allen & Higginbotham at the Ken club, & Balliett's Allen review 

(3) 2:51 SUMMERTIME (Gershwin) -feat.Allen acc.by rhythm RA-CD-13 

private 4:35 ALL OF ME (Simon-Park) -feat.v&t Allen w.rhythm RA-CD-13 

Our Love Is Here to Stay -Ruby Braff(c) Ross Tompkins(p) Gene Taylor(b) Mike Deluse(dm) Teddi King(v) 

Keeping Out Of Mischief -same as above 

(4) 0:14+4:00 The Days Of Wine & Roses -Clark Terry (flgn, pocket trumpet) and Billy Taylor(p) replace Braff and Tompkins 

Rhythm-a-ning -same as above 

part-3: 'S Wonderful -Dizzy Gillespie & Bobby Hackett for Terry; Gig.DelJazz(I)GJ30/Europa Jazz(I) EJ1024 

On Green Dolphin Street -feat.Hackett 

I Got It Back & That Ain´t Good -feat.Hackett 

(1) 2:18 Struttin'With Some Barbecue -feat.Hackett(c) & Gillespie (start was cut) 

(8) 1:37+4:10 Siboney -feat.Dizzy Gillespie & Kenny Burrell(g) acc. by rhythm as above 

What´s New -feat.the same & Sid Shaefer(d) 

(9) 0:24+13:49 Disorder At The Border -JAM SESSION: Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Thad Jones, Howard McGhee(t) 

Bobby Hackett, Ruby Braff(c), Clark Terry, Jimmy Owens(fl-h) Billy Taylor (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Gene Taylor(b) Vince Schaeffer (d) 

part-4: nightly guitar-workshop: (following sides were part of the above “Billy Taylor-Newport-bc” added on a Ruby Braff-RA-CD-50a&51a) 

(5) 7:15 C.C.Rider -feat. Ronnie Cuber(ts) George BEnson(g) Lannie Smith(org) B.Kay(d) RA-CD-51a 

(6) 2:20 Michelle -feat. Charlie Byrd(g) RA-CD-51a 

(7) 3:50 Nuages -feat.-Charlie Byrd(g) RA-CD-51a 

9/6/66, Orange, Connecticut - Traditional Jazz Club - Zutty Singleton - J.C. Higginbotham All Stars:Bill Barnes (t) 

J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Noel Kaletsky (reeds) Bill Sinclair (p) John Toumine (b) Dave Duquette (bj) ZuttySingleton (d) 

(a Jazz Crusade-CD had dropped because the tape-owner J. P. Pete Campbell had broken the contact and changed his address) 

7:36 Sweet Georgia Brown Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club SLP5/JCH-CD-11 

7:57 St. Louis Blues --- /JCH-CD-11 

10/late/66 Cambridge, Mass., Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) - “THE COLLEGE CONCERT OF” PEE WEE RUSSELL (cl) 

& RED ALLEN (t,v) Steve Kuhn (p) Charlie Haden (b) Marty Morell (d) – Whitney Balliett – 

5:52 BLUE MONK (T.Monk) Impulse AS-9137/Jasmine JAS-78/RA-CD-20 

6:15 I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (M..Mencher-Be.Moll) --- / --- /RA-CD-20 

4:17 BODY AND SOUL -vRA (J.Green-E.Heyman-R.Sour) --- / --- /RA-CD-20 

4:08 Pee Wee's Blues (P.W.Russell) without RedA Allen --- / --- /RA-CD-20 

4:04 2° EAST, 3° WEST (John Lewis) --- / --- /RA-CD-20 

6:57 GRADUATION BLUES -vRA (P.W.Russell) --- / --- /RA-CD-20 

12/10/66 Atlanta, Ga., telerec. for WAGA-TV - "HIGGGY COMES HOME" - J.C.HIGGINBOTHAM(tb) BUD 

FREEMAN (ts) Dan Havens (t) Jimmy Weathers (p) Bob Rix (b) Ken Lowenstine (d) any TV-clip wanted 

intro: In A Mellow Mood uniss.on LP /WAGA-30 min.telerec./wanted 

Confessin' --- / --- /wanted 

Rosetta --- / --- /wanted 

Dinah Cable KL-126601/ --- /JCH-CD-11 

St. James Infirmary --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Back Home In Indiana --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Blue Jay --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Sweet Georgia Brown --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Bye 'N' Bye --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans --- / /JCH-CD-11 

Jingle Bells --- / /JCH-CD-11

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photo: Bul.H.C.F.No.168/May-67: Louis Metcalf - Taft Jordan - -Joe Thomas - Red Allen (c.J.Bradley)

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12/17/66 NYC., NBC-TV "HENRY RED ALLEN - SPEECH AND MUSIC" - HENRY"RED ALLEN (t, v, speech) & 

QUARTET: Sammy Price (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Nat Hentoff (interviewer) 26 min.tape/video or DVD wanted 

2:00 intro: THERE'S A HOUSE IN HARLEM /cut –speechNH (Arlen-VanHeusen) RA-CD-24 

1:43 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND (trad) RA-CD-24 

6:12 interview with Red Allen RA-CD-24 

2:57 SWEET SUBSTITUDE -vRA (J.R.Morton) RA-CD-24 


7:00 interview with Red Allen, RA-CD-24 

(2:13) HOW LONG BLUES /cut (Carr) RA-CD-24 

note S.Price specialist K.Nowakowsky 5/06: without any error the pianist on HOW LONG BLUES is obviously Sammy Price 

17th Feb.- 5th March 1967, UK – 17 days cross country tour – 

HENRY "RED" ALLEN & ALEX WELSH AND HIS BAND: 

2/17 Osterley, Rugby Football Club 2/18 Birmingham, Digbeth Institute; 2/19 Manchester Sports Guild 

2/20 Bexley, Black Prince 2/21 Hitchin, Hermitage Ballroom 2/22 Botley, Dolphin Hotel 

2/23 Hayward's Heath, Fox & Hounds 2/24 day off 2/25 Nottingham, Dancing Slipper 

2/26 Redcar, Costham Hotel 2/27 Leicester, Il Rondo Ballroom; 2/28-3/1-3/2 London, 100 Club 

3/3 Blackpool, Casino Ballroom 3/4 Manchester Sports Guild 3/5 Carlisle, The Pheasant Inn 

2/19/67 Sun. Manchester - Sports Guild; Red Allen(t.v) & THE ALEX WELSH BAND: Alex Welsh (*t) Roy Williams 

(tb) Al Gay (cl,ts) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ron Rae (b) Lennie Hastings (d) 

taped by Paul Spinks, Macclesfield,Cheshire, copies from "Jenks"Jenkins, general secretary of the Guild 70 min.tape 

3:54 *AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-28 


10:34 CHERRY & encore -vRA (Don Redman) RA-CD-28 

4:02 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA talk about the Russell band (P.Grainger) RA-CD-28 

8:50 ROSETTA -vRA (W.H.Woods-Earl Hines) RA-CD-28 

7:26 YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) RA-CD-28 

3:20 SWEET SUBSTITUDE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-28 

7:37 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME & encore (Cannon) RA-CD-28 

7:55 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) RA-CD-28 

7:10 MEDLEY: - WHEN THE SAINTS -RA talks about New Orleans men & ann.the Welsh band RA-CD-28 

- DIDN'T HE RAMBLE - WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-28/& -13 

2:27 *BUGLE CALL RAG & encore -leave out ann.by RA (Pettis-Meyer-Schoebel) RA-CD-28 

2/21/67 Tues. Hitchin, Herts., Hermitage Ballroom, same as above but Gerry Higgins(b) for R.Rae 

poorly taped , by the bandboy, but better than the 1966 stuff, without of great interest 63min. 

0:35 *intro: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) 

3.15 *AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-35 



4:43 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA (Porter Grainger) RA-CD-35 

3:46 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES (Clarence & Spencer Williams) RA-CD-35 


2:52 SWEET SUBSTITUDE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-35 

7:02 ROSETTA -vRA (W.R.Woods-Earl Hines) RA-CD-35 



- DIDN'T RE RAMBLE -vRA (Handy-Randall) RA-CD-35 

8:15 *WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN & encore -vRA (trad.) RA-CD-35

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3/2/67 Thu. London, 100 Club Oxford Street, same as above 

poorly taped , by the bandboy, but better than the 1966 stuff, without of great interest 

0:38 *intro: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) RA-CD-38 

4:05 *AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (LaRocca-Shields) RA-CD-38 


4.08 SWEET SUBSTITUDE -vRA (Jelly Roll Morton) RA-CD-38 



7.20 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) RA-CD-38 

9:06 YELLOW DOG BLUES (Handy-Pace) RA-CD-38/RA-CD-35 

1:54 GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Hoagy Carmichael-S.Gorrell) RA-CD-38/RA-CD-35 

5:03 TIN ROOF BLUES (NORK) -intro RA-speech RA-CD-38/RA-CD-34 

2:44 ROSETTA -vRA (W.R.Woods-Earl Hines) RA-CD-38/RA-CD-34 


- DIDN'T HE RAMBLE -vRA (Handy-Randall) RA-CD-38 

7:57 *WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN RA-CD-38 

2:26 *BUGGLE CALL RAG -leave out ann.by RA (Pettis-Meyer-Schoebel) RA-CD-38 

3/4/67 Sat. Manchester, Sports Guild; Red Allen(t.v) & THE ALEX WELSH BAND: same as 2/19; 

masterly taped by P. Spinks; my 70min. mono-tape copy from the Manchester Sp.G.secretary 

0.42 *intro: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS (Creamer-Layton) /RA-CD-28 

4:27 *AT THE JAZZBAND BALL (ODJB) Jazzology-JCD318/ 

7:50 YELLOW DOG BLUES & encore (Handy-Pace) --- / 

6:05 CANAL STREET BLUES (fast) (King Oliver) --- / 

7:55 CHERRY & encore -vRA (Don Redman) --- / 

6:05 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY -vRA (J.Primrose) --- / 

7:15 BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME & encore (Cannon) --- / 

3:56 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA & talk about the Russell band (P.Grainger) --- / 

4:13 HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Razaf-Waller) --- / 

6:12 ROSETTA -vRA (W.R.Woods-Earl Hines) --- / 

2:00 MEDLEY: - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -vRA&ch --- / 

1:49 - DIDN'T HE RAMBLE -vRA&ch --- / 

0:58 *WHEN THE SAINTS (slow) -vRA ann.the Welsh men & "Jenks" -vRA&ch (trad) --- /RA-CD-28 

5:27 * & encore (fast) -vRA&ch (trad) (only partly on -318/RA-CD-28/& -13 

2:53 * & encore (fast) -vRA&ch after 1:07 onto BUGLE CALL RAG –vRA (Pettis-Meyers-Schoebel) /RA-CD-28/& -13 

0:52 * & encore leave-ann.RA /RA-CD-28/& -13 

it's a pity that Jazzology has not issued the complete 72 min. session with the significant intro-theme, the fast encores of 

THE SAINTS and the leave out-theme of BUGLE CALL RAG with encore. (for libraries all on RA-CD-C28) 

17th Apri 1967, NYC., Henry "Red" Allen died. 

Was taken seriously ill in late 1966 (compare his answers in Balliett's interview 1966 - The Blues Is A Slow Story) , 

shortly after undergoing an operation, Red made his final tour of Britain Feb.-March 1967. He returned to New York City, 

and died of cancer six weeks later. 

9/28/69 WTTW-Chic., JAZZ ALLEY-TV - ART HODES - AFTER HOURS with special quests: J.C.Higginbotham (tb) 

Tony Parenti (cl) Eddie Condon (g,bj) Smoky Stovert (t) Art Hodes (p) Rail Wilson (b) Harry Hawthrone (d) Bartender: 

Maury Weil; Audio.. Jack Campbell; Video: Martin Weaver; Lightning: Curt Hunsaker; Setting: Michael Lowenstein; Prod.ass.: 

Jerry Kreten; Floormanager: Dave Zeeko; Prod. & Dir.: Robert Kaiser; Ex.prod.: John Sommers; 

0:39 theme: Squeeze Me 30 min. kinescope / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

6:35 Darktown Strutter's Ball / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

7:34 Someday Sweetheart / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

8:58 Old Fashioned Love / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

5:59 Royal Garden Blues / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

1:06 Blues / RA-DVD-1b / JCH-CD-12 

3/18/70 Vanloese Bio (Dan) rec.session; J.C.Higginbotham (tb) & Arnvid Meyer(t) & his ORCH.: John Darville (tb) Jesper 

Thilo (ts) Joern Jensen (p) Hugo Rasmussen (b) Hans Nymand (d) eng. Ivar Rosenberg; “Right Out Of Kansas City”- 

7:35 Higginbotham Blues (takes-1+2 have been spliced together) SundanceMusic ApS-STUCD(5BOX-CD4)-08102 / JCH-CD-12 

5:26 Jada “ “ --- / --- / 

4/15/70 DANSC JAZZ-Dan.bc-Corp.; same as above ; prod. Poul Clemmensen & Grete Hemmeshoej; other sides unknown 

5:09 C Jam Blues (two solo choruses ommitted on CD-issue) “ “ --- / --- / 

4/18/70 Lyngby/DK private-rec.by “Polyjoint” Polyteknisk Laereanstalt; Ben Webster (ts) & J.C.Higginbotham (tb) & Arnvid 

Meyer(t) & his ORCH.: John Darville (tb) Jesper Thilo (ts) Hans Fjeldsted(p) Hugo Rasmussen (b) Thorkild Moeller(d) unissued 

The Jeep Is Jumpin' / I´m Confessin' -feat.Higgy / Stardust -feat. Webster / In A Mellotone / 

Georgia On My Mind / Hi-Ya / C Jam Blues / Basin Street Blues / 

Sweet Georgia Brown / Perdido / Baby, Won't You Please Come Home / Indiana 

Old Fashioned Love / Higginbotham Blues / Stompy Jones 

1970, March 21, Korsør, Denmark, Korsør Jazzklub, Ben Webster, J. C. Higginbotham & Arnvid Meyer’s Orch. (taped by John Darville) 

1970 March 27, Lyngby, Denmark, Polyjoint, Ben Webster, J. C. Higginbotham & Arnvid Meyer’s Orchestra (taped by John Darville) 

9/21/71. “Jazzhus Montmartre” in Copenhagen, Dicky Harris, J.C. Higginbotham, Tyree Glenn; Lem Davis(as)

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Ben Webster & J.C.Higginbotham, Copenhagen 1966 

J.C.Higginbotham – John Darville – Ben Webster ; Copenhagen 1967

Red Allen - The Jazz Archive

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