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Jazz Baby (M. K. Jerome–Blanche Merrill)Banu Gibson NO Hot Jazz Orch 1073ASM, 1919, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder; w.Merrill/m. Jerome.Jazz Battle (Jabbo Smith)Charquet & Co 1053Hot Antic JB 1099Peter Ecklund’s Melody Makers 1175Rec. Jabbo 1/29/29, Brunswick 4244, UHCA43, AF A-042.Confirmed by 6/5/29 copyright reg.Jazz-Dance Repertoire, The(Chris Smith–Shelton Brooks)Ian Whitcomb & Dick Zimmerman 1049ASM: Jazz-Dance with hyphen, cover andcopyright page; 1920, Jerome Remick; w.Smith/m. Brooks.Jazz Holiday, A (W. Benton Overstreet–Walter Melrose)Marty Grosz /Keepers of the Flame 1158Keith Nichols Cotton Club Gang 1242John Gill’s Novelty Orchestra 1270Rec. Joe Candullo, 7/16/28, Banner 7169,Domino 4167, Jewel 5335, Oriole 1287, Regal8595. Benny Goodman 1/23/28, Vocalion15656, Brunswick 80027. Ted Lewis, 4/3/28,Columbia 1525-D, A-8023. Abe Lyman,11/28/28, Brunswick 4155.Confiremed by 1/30/28 copyright reg., m.Overstreet, w. Melrose.Jazz Lips [Zonky Blues](Duke Ellington)Black Eagle JB 1303Rust says “Jazz Lips (Zonky Blues),” rec.Ellington 11/14/29, Victor V-38129; Bluebird B-6396; HMV B-4939 et al. Copyright reg.5/20/30, just Jazz Lips. Found the Victor andtwo diff. versions of the Bluebird label atEllington labels site--no mention of ZonkyBlues. Where’d Rust get that?But I’ll be damned: do a google search onduke ellington zonky blues and you’ll get azillion hits on either “Jazz Lips (Zonky Blues)”or just “Zonky Blues” by itself. Oops, and nowI see that both “Jazz Lips” and “Zonky Blues”are listed (separately) as 1930 compositions inthe Ellington bio list of compositions.And when I went back and looked for “ZonkyBlues” in 1930 copyright book, I found it,dated 2/18/30, actually earlier than “JazzLips.”Well, the Duke Ellington Society of Swedenweb site has a listing of primary/alternativetitles for Ellington compositions, and theyshow Zonky Blues as an alternative title forJazz Lips. I guess we do the same.Jazz Lips (Lil Hardin)Jazz O’Maniacs 1071Abi Hübner’s Low Down Wizards 1093Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1350Rec. Hot Five, 11/16/26, OKeh 8436, Odeon279828. Confirmed by 12/6/26 copyright reg.Jazz Master, The (Billy Mayerl)Tony Caramia 1313Billy Mayerl Society discography confirms, rec.HMV B-2131, 9/15/25. And there’s a U.S.copyright reg. from 8/4/25.Jazz Me Blues, The (Tom Delaney)Andy Stein & Friends 1146ASM has 3 copies:1. The Jazz-Me Blues on (c) but no hyphen oncover, (c) 1921 Palmetto Music & pub.Palmetto. The original edition, presumably.2. The Jazz Me Blues, (c) 1921 PalmettoMusic, pub. Edw. B. Marks.3. The Jazz Me Blues, (c) 1919 PalmettoMusic, (c) renewed 1958 by Top Delaney, (c)assigned 1958 to Edward B. Marks MusicCorp.Jazz Parade, The (Ade Monsbourgh)Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1348CD had Monsbourgh-Dallwitz.List of Australian Jazz Compositions says justMonsbourgh. Queried Bill Haesler, learnedthat it’s just Monsbourgh, no doubt about it.Jazzapation (Edward B. Claypoole)George Foley 1088ASM, 1920, Jerome Remick.Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town(George Brooks*)Steve Lane’s Southern Stompers 10402013 review: Rec. Bessie 3/18/26, Columbia14133-D, Biltmore 1095, HJCA HC-81.Copyright was just Jazzbo Brown:Jazzbo Brown; words and melody by G.Brooks. © 1 c. July 13, 1926; E 644480;George Brooks, New York.BUT the Columbia label was Jazzbo Brownfrom Memphis Town!Jazzbo Jenkins (Shelton Brooks)M ’N’ M Trio 1319Rec Ollie Powers, 10/23, Paramount 12059,Harmograph 874. Young’s Creole JB, 10/23,Paramount 12059 (!?), Harmograph 874.(Rust: Pm 12059 as Ollie Powers, Hg 874 asClarence Young [this still doesn’t make muchsense])Not in copyright books 1922-24. But theParamount label credits Brooks, as do manyother sources.Jazzin’ Babies Blues(Richard M. Jones)Peruna Jazzmen 1003South Frisco JB 1027Minerva JB 1117Jacques Gauthé’s Creole Rice YBJB 1170Down Home JB 1199Chris Tyle’s NO Rover Boys 1235New Jazz Wizards 1244Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1298Neville Dickie 1309Yerba Buena Stompers 1381High Society JB 1396John Gill’s Jazz Kings 1401But copy in Jones folder at LC MRR did NOThave the apostrophe.4/16/11: This must be referring to anapostrophe after Babies.2013 review: Rec. (usage acc. to Rust unlessotherwise noted):Ethel Waters, 5/22, Black Swann 14117,Paramount 12175, Victor Electrola RE-45,Babies--conf. by BS label.Alberta Hunter & Eubie Blake, 7/22,Paramount 12006, 12043, Baby--conf. byParamount label.King Oliver, 6/23/23, OKeh 4975, Biltmore1051, HJCA HC26, Babies’--confirmed byOKeh label.Eva Taylor, 9/29/23, OKeh 8129, ParlophoneE-5261, Babies--conf. by OKeh label.Johnny Dunn, 10/30/23, Columbia 13004-D,Babies--conf. by LC SONIC.RMJones Jazz Wizards, 11/7/27, Victor 21203,Baby--conf. by Victor label.Georgia White, 4/18/40, Decca 7741, Babies--conf. by Decca label.Copyright is Babies:Jazzin' babies blues; w and m R. M. Jones,of U.S. (Clarence Williams blues edition) ©Apr. 22, 1924; 2 c. Apr. 26; E 587697;Clarence Williams music pub. co., inc., NewYork.What a mess! First rec. as Babies andcopyrighted as Babies, so we’ll stick with that,but noteworthy that it had already beenrecorded as Baby and Babies’ before Jonescopyrighted it, and even more noteworthy thatwhen Jones recorded it himself, even he usedBaby rather than the title he had copyrighted itunder.