Red Allen - The Jazz Archive

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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.