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No composer credit on label. Chilton’sbiography of Bechet also calls it Blues forTommy, so we can take that as a given. AndChilton devotes a whole paragraph to thetune. Says the recording session happened tocome just four days after Ladnier’s death.The group settled down to record a tributeentitled Blues for Tommy.” If only the heartfeltmood created by Bechet’s openingphrases could have been maintained, thevalediction might have been a worthy one.[Goes on to praise Bechet’s contribution butcriticize the overall recording fairly harshlyMezzrow was not on that recording session.Bechet, in his autobiography, Treat It Gentle,describes the period of Ladnier’s death,saying that Mezz Mezzrow had been workingwith him on a project and was actually stayingwith Ladnier when he died. He goes on todescribe recording “Blues for Tommy,” butmakes no mention of Mezzrow as acontributing force. An extensive googlesearch on Blues for Tommy + Mezzrow turnedup only one source that associated Mezzrowwith the tune, a German listing of Mezzrowcompositions that that had that title on it--witha question mark.The Port of Harlem Jazzmen was an all-stargroup put together by Blue Note owner AlfredLion, so we probably can’t consider Bechetthe “leader” in any way (he wasn’t even at theprevious recording session of the Port ofHarlem Jazzmen).So, we could cite the entire band as“composer” of the tune, or just join the rest ofthe world in crediting Bechet, but I see no wayto leave Mezzrow there, unless somebody onour panel of experts knows something that Icouldn’t uncover.Blues Galore (Richard M. Jones)Jean-François Bonnel & Friends 1104Rec. Johnny Dodds 1/21/38, Decca 7413, M-30402; Vocalion S-215; Brunswick 03205.Red Hot Jazz Archive says Jones;Found index of a 78 collection listing a BritishBrunswick (J862) release of it, cites Jones ascomposer. Allmusic.com credits Jones. Aha,finally found the label of Vocalion S-215, whichcredits Jones.Blues Have Got Me, The (Roy Turk–Abner Silver)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Gang 1242HSM, 1924, Irving Berlin.Blues I Love to Sing, [The](Duke Ellington–Bubber Miley)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1320Milano Hot Jazz Orchestra 1354Rec. 10/26/27, Victor 21490, label of whichsays Ellington-Miley. Oops: The Victor labeland the Victor Project records omit the initial“The.” It was also on Victor 22985 andBluebird B-6531, and those labels ALSO omitthe “The.” However, the list of compositions inDuke’s biography (compiled by StanleyDance) says “The,” as does the compositionlist compiled by Ken Bloom for Duke Ellingtonand His World by A. H. Lawrence. Lots ofother sources omit the “The” as well. I’ll justbracket that word as an alternative.Blues in C (François Rilhac–Louis Mazetier)Louis Mazetier & François Rilhac 1218Blues in My Heart (Benny Carter–Irving Mills)State Street Aces 1011Golden Eagle JB 1100Black Eagle JB 13561011 = Carter-Mills; 1100 = King Carter-IrvingMills.AND LC copyright book has it w. & m. KingCarter & Irving Mills!Hassan has two copies, with different covers.One of the covers has overline “I’m Left withthe” above the title, the other doesn’t; andneither has that on the cy page. Both areKing-Carter-Irving Mills.Blues in Thirds [Caution Blues](Earl Hines)Chalumeau Serenaders 1394I have eight other recordings of it; all creditHines. Rec. Hines pno solo 12/8/28, QRS R-7036 and several other QRS record numbers.Title given in Rust isBlues in Thirds (Caution Blues)Wonder if that means that some of thoseissues were under the other title.Bechet & His NO Feetwarmers (with Hines onpno) 9/6/40, Victor 27204, HMV 9340.A book called Selected Piano Solos: 1928-1941, Volume 56 on Earl Hines, presentsdetailed notes of the QRS recording session atwhich this and seven other sides were made.Author questions date of Dec. 8 as unlikely,since it was in NY, and Hines recorded forOKeh in Chicago on Dec. 7 and 9. Hines latertold Stanley Dance that the QRS sessionswere some days before that.Ah, here’s our answer: On that Dec. 9 datefor Okeh, Hines recorded “Blues in Thirds”under the title “Caution Blues” (OKeh 8653).Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives toMe) (Arthur N. Swanstone–Charles R.McCarron–Carey Morgan)Susan LaMarche /Waldo’s Gut. Sync. 1032Hal Smith’s Creole Sunshine Orch 1078Jean-François Bonnel & Friends 1104Turk Murphy JB 1161Paris Washboard 1182Down Home JB 1199Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band 1201Lyttelton–Fawkes Troglodytes 1238Zenith Hot Stompers 1248Bob Schulz & His Frisco JB 1315John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1321Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden JB 1361Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1411