Early St. Louis Recordings

by Joel Slotnikoff and Deborah Hyland


April 2002

Methodology:

We have had access to and obtained information from the following sources:

ADBD American Dance Band Discography by Brian Rust
B&GR Blues & Gospel Records 1890-1943 by Dixon, Godrich & Rye
JD The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord
JR Jazz Records 1897-1942 by Brian Rust
JSL Jazz in Saint Louis 1924-1927 (CD, notes by Brian Rust)
RL Ross Laird

Acknowledgements

Tony Cabanellas
Joe Schwab
Ron Sweetman
Dick Spottswood
Ross Laird
Jim Nelson.

The Field Trips

Okeh

September 1923 Ada Brown, Mary Bradford, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch

November 1924-January 1925 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch, Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs

October-November 1925 Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs, Bennie Washington's Six Aces, Lonnie Johnson, Katherine McDavid

May 1926 Victoria Spivey, St. Louis Levee Band, Charlie Butler, Searcy Trio, Lonnie Johnson, Powell's Jazz Monarchs, Frankie Jackson, Cora Perkins, A.W. Adams

April-May 1927 Lonnie Johnson, Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett, Jesse Stone And His Blue Serenaders, Victoria Spivey, Missouri-Pacific Diamond Jubilee Quartet, Kentucky Jubilee Four, Whistler And His Jug Band, Helen Humes, Joe Brown, Raymond Boyd, Irene Scruggs, Blue Belle, Chas Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs, (Alma Henderson)

Brunswick

June 1926 (985-1015) Missouri Anderson, Dewey Jackson's Peacock Orchestra, Floyd Campbell, The Pebbles

July 1926 (537-578) Kansas City Blues Strummers, George Hannah, Luella Miller, Old Pal Smokeshop Four, Ivory Dye, Jazz Baby Moore and Company

The ARC Labels

February 1934 (SL1-20) Leroy Carr, Francis Blackwell, Elder Oscar Sanders

Abbreviations:

a arranger
acc. accompanied by
as alto saxophone
b bass (string)
bar baritone saxophone
bb brass bass (sousaphone or tuba)
bh bass h...?
bj banjo
bsx bass saxophone
c cornet
c. circa
cl clarinet
Cm C-melody saxophone
d drums
f flute
g guitar
h harmonica
j jug
k kazoo
ldr leader
md mandolin
o oboe
p piano
pac piano-accordion
poss. possibly
prob. probably
sp speech
ss soprano saxophone
t trumpet
tb trombone
ts tenor saxophone
u ukulele
unacc. unaccompanied
v vocal
vc violincello
vib vibraphone
vn violin
x xylophone



The Recordings:

[by YEAR / MONTH / DAY]

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown, t/tb/as/Cm or unknown, ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d.
c. October 1919; Brunswick-Vocalion
3248 Come To The Moon Br 2025
3270 Patches Br 2026
3274 Swanee Br 2026
3275 Bow Wow Br 2031
JR: "This St. Louis orchestra was named by the late Frank Trumbauer as the one with which he made his first records, but nothing has so far been found to substantiate this. Similarly, the Mound City Blue Blowers are credited with appearing with the band--as they may have done on the stand, but not in the recording studio."
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown, t/tb/as/Cm or ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. (unid x added, bj not audible)
c. January 1921; Brunswick-Vocalion
4527 Just Snap Your Fingers At Care Br 2059
4532 Castle Of Dreams Br 2059
4537-8 Margie Br 2060
4542-8 Treasure Island Br 2064
4543-6 Home Again Blues Br 2060
4547-1 June Br 2064
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown t/tb/as/Cm or unknown ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. Frank Trumbauer, Cm reportedly joins the band; one of the Cm in the photograph of this orchestra in The Talking Machine World of November 15, 1922 could be he. (bj audible, x out)
c. October 1921; Brunswick-Vocalion
6408 By The Pyramids Br 2183
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown t/tb/as/Cm or unknown ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. Frank Trumbauer, Cm reportedly joins the band; one of the Cm in the photograph of this orchestra in The Talking Machine World of November 15, 1922 could be he. (bj audible, x out)
c. October-November 1921; Brunswick-Vocalion
6461 Fancies Br 2152
6475 Gypsy Blues Br 2152
6479 Just Like A Rainbow Br 2159
6495 Right Or Wrong Br 2183
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown t/tb/as/Cm or unknown ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. Frank Trumbauer, Cm reportedly joins the band. (bj audible, x out)
c. November 1921; Brunswick-Vocalion
6504 Cry Baby Blues Br 2159
6507 Snowflake Br 2169
6516 April Showers Br 2169
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown t/tb/as/Cm or unknown ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. Frank Trumbauer, Cm reportedly joins the band. Austin Wylie & David H. Silverman, p; featured w/Rodemich in p trio.
c. June 1922; Brunswick-Vocalion
8261 It' s Up To You (Jien ai marre) Br 2291
8268 ' Neath The South Sea Moon (Intro. My Rambler Rose) - p3 Br 2291
? Bamboo Bay Br 2290
? Broken -Hearted Blues Br 2290
? Nobody Loves Me Now - p3 Br 2299
? When You' re Lonesome - p3 Br 2299
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; unknown t/tb/as/Cm or unknown ts/?2vn/bj/bb/d. Austin Wylie & David H. Silverman, p; featured w/Rodemich in p trio.
c. December 1922; Brunswick-Vocalion
9395 Teddy Bear Blues - pGR-AW Br 2379
9399 Fate - pGR-AW Br 2379
9401 Three Little Words - pGR-AW Br 2381
9408 Without You Br 2398
9411 Railroad Man - pGR-AW Br 2399
9413 Flower of Araby Br 2381
9450 Falling - pGR-AW Br 2389
9455 Down In Maryland - 2p Br 2391
ADBD lists all the Rodemich listings as questionable St Louis recordings. RL states that these "recordings were all made in New York. There were no recordings made in St. Louis by Brunswick before October, 1924."

Ada Brown (B&GR)

Ada Brown, v; acc. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra: Lammar Wright, c; Thamon Hayes, tb; Woodie Walder, cl; Bennie Moten, p/ldr; George Tall, bj; Willie Hall, d.
September 1923; Okeh
8456-A Ill Natured Blues OK 8123
8458-A Evil Mama Blues OK 8101, PaE E5260
8462-A Break O' Day Blues OK 8101, PaE E5260
Matrices 8457, 8461, and 8463 are by Mary H. Bradford, 8459/60 are by Bennie Moten' s Kansas City Orchestra. Rev. OKeh 8123 by Mary H. Bradford.

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra (JR)

Bennie Moten, p/ldr; Lammar Wright, c; Thamon Hayes, tb; Woody Walder, cl/ts/k effect; Sam Tall, bj; Willie Hall, d.
September 1923; Okeh
8459-A Elephant' s Wobble OK 8100, Tpl 532
8460-A Crawdad Blues OK 8100, Tpl 532

Mary Bradford (B&GR)

Mary H. Bradford, v; acc. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra: Lammar Wright, c; Thamon Hayes, tb-1; Woodie Walder, cl-1; Bennie Moten, p/ldr; George Tall, bj-1; Willie Hall, d-1.
September 1923; Okeh
8457-A Chattanooga Blues-1 OK 8102
8461-A Selma ' Bama Blues-1 OK 8102
8463-A Waco Texas Blues OK 8123
Matrices 8456, 8458, and 8462 are by Ada Brown; 8459/60 are by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra. Rev. OK 8123 by Ada Brown.

David H. Silverman and his Orchestra (ADBD)

David H. Silverman, p/ldr; Harold Ripplinger and another, c; Paul Benger, tb; Dominic Sala, cl/as; unknown, as/f; unknown, ts; Maurice Somers, vn; Roland Thurston, bj; Nat Shilkret, d. (The latter is not the Victor musical director, but a relation).
28 October 1923; Victor
28850-1-2-3 Lilac Lane Vi rejected
28851-3 One Hour Of Love (w) Vi 19200
(***note missing matrix numbers between these days. Was someone else here?)

David H. Silverman and his Orchestra (ADBD)

David H. Silverman, p/ldr; Harold Ripplinger and another, c; Paul Benger, tb; Dominic Sala, cl/as; unknown, as/f; unknown, ts; Maurice Somers, vn; Roland Thurston, bj; Nat Shilkret, d. (The latter is not the Victor musical director, but a relation).
1 November 1923; Victor
28861-3 Mean Blues Vi 19195, HMV B-1761
28862-1 Nights In The Woods Vi 19200
28863-1 Blue Grass Blues Vi 19237
28864-2 Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (Or Papa Don' t Go Out Tonight) Vi 19195, HMV B-1773

Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis (ADBD, JD)

Bob Pope, t; Tommy Moore, tb; Bud Hassler, cl/as; Jules Schneider, cl/ts; Jack Ford, vn/ldr; Al Carsella, pac; Eddie Ward, p; Porter Brown, bj; Chick Harvey, bb/v; Marty Gardner, d; Marty Livingston, v.
1 November 1923; Victor
28865-1-2-3 Little Boy Blues Vi rejected
28866-1-2-3 Roamin' To Wyomin' - vML Vi rejected
28867-1-2 St. Louis Tickle Vi rejected
28868-1-2-3 You May Be Fast, But Mama' s Gonna Slow You Down Vi rejected

Westfield Band (RL)

no other details and no idea what is on Westfield Record #1
date?***; Okeh
8503 *******tune name Westfield 2
8504 *******tune name Westfield 2
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit (ADBD, RL)

William Finzel, t/ldr; unknown, t; unknown, tb; unknown cl/ts; Louis Gambel, ss/as; Justin Ring, p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; unknown, d/x; unknown, vn; Billy Jones, v.
October-November, 1923; Okeh
8505-A I' m Going To Wander (Back Over Yonder) OK 40043
8506-A The Animal Fair - v effects OK 40069
8507-B Mom-Ma (Mon-Ma*) OK 40054,Par E-5202*
8508-B Keep A-Goin' OK 40043
ADBD lists this as a Chicago recording, but RL attributes it to St. Louis.

Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis (ADBD, JD)

Bob Pope, t; Tommy Moore, tb; Bud Hassler, cl/as; Bill Schmidt, cl/as; Jules Schneider, cl/ts; Jack Ford, vn/ldr; Al Carsella, pac; Eddie Ward, p; Porter Brown, bj; Chik Harvey, bb/v; Marty Gardner, d; Marty Livingston, v.
January 1924; Okeh
8509-A Trippin' Along (With You And Me) (w) OK 40044
8510-B Ain' t You Ashamed? OK 40052
8511-B She Wouldn' t Do What I Asked Her To - vML OK 40052
8512- (ADBD lists this matrix number, but leaves the song title & release blank)
8513-A Dream Boat OK 40044
Two pianos are heard on 8767-B; the second is probably played by Al Carsella (ADBD).

Sophie Tucker (RL) **get band info.
date?****; Okeh
8514
8515 *******tune name
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Tuesday, 20 October 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14034/6 Shanghai Shuffle Br 2760
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out from Chicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d; Frank Sylvano, v.
Wednesday, 21 October 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14049/51 Dreary Weather - vFS Br 2756
14052/4 Honolulu - vFS Br 2760
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out from Chicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra (ABDB, RL)

Herb Wiedoeft, t/ldr; Joseph Nemoli, c/v; Jesse Stafford, tb/bh ; Larry Abbott,Gene Siegrist,and FredBibesheimer, cl/as/ts/o; Vincent Rose, p/a; Jose Sucedo, bj; Guy Wiedoeft, bb/b; Adolph Wiedoeft, d/x.
Wednesday, 21 October 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14055/7 Hot Stuff Br 2781
14058/60 Maple Leaf Rag Br 2795
14061/4 Hard Hearted Hannah Br 2751
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

THE DIXIE STARS (RL) (Al Bernard & Russel Robinson) with banjo by Nick Lucas.

Ch258-9-0/14037-8-9 Keep on going Br 2762
Ch261-2-3-4/14040-1-2-3 Let my home be your home Br 2813
Ch265-6-7/14044-5-6 Absolutely no Br unissued
Above recorded SL, Oct 20, 1924
Ch268/9/14047-8 Birmingham papa Br 2813
Above recorded SL, Oct 21, 1924
Ch300-1/14079-0 My poodle-oodle dog Br 2762
Above recorded SL, Oct 22, 1924

Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra (ABDB, RL)

Herb Wiedoeft, t/ldr; Joseph Nemoli, c/v; JesseStafford, tb/bh (**bh not in abdb abbv. list); Larry Abbott,Gene Siegrist,and Fred Bibesheimer, cl/as/ts/o; Vincent Rose, p/a; Jose Sucedo, bj; Guy Wiedoeft, bb/b; Adolph Wiedoeft, d/x; Frank Sylvano, v.
Wednesday, 21 October 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14065/7 Monte Carlo Moon Br 2751
14068/71 If It Wasn' t For You - vFS Br 2781
14076/8 Guessing - vFS Rejected
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Thursday, 22 October 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14072/5 Dear One - vFS Br 2756
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

E. Sheetz and his Californians (ADBD)

E. Sheetz, p/ldr; unknown: c; tb; as; Cm or unknown: ts; vn; bj; bb.
Monday, 3 November 1924; Victor
31140-1-2-3-4 Put Away A Ray Of Golden Sunshine Vi rejected
31141-1-2 The World Is Mine (Because You Love Me) Vi rejected
Note missing matrix numbers between Sheets & Berger**** Was someone else here?

Herbert Berger's Coronado Hotel Orchestra (ADBD, JD)

Charles Werner and Andrew McKinney, c; unknown, tb; Frank Zuch and Rolla Bierman, cl/as; H. Spaulding, cl/ts; Robert Chaudet, vn; Herbert Berger, p/ldr; Russell C. Kaiser, bj; F. Perry Bailey, bb.
Tuesday, 4 November 1924; Victor
31144-1-2-3 Gee Flat Vi rejected
31145-1-2 Shanghai Shuffle Vi rejected
The same group went by the name Herbert Berger' s St. Louis Club Orchestra for a New York recording session in 1922.

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Monday, 24 November 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
14350/3 Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home) Br 2775
14354/7 Lonely And Blue -
ADBD lists this as a New York recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Old Southern Jug Band (B&GR, RL)

Theodore Boone, c; Clifford Hayes, vn; Cal Smith, Curtis Hayes, bj; Earl MacDonald, j.
Monday, 24 November 1924; Brunswick-Vocalion
333/34*-CH; 14358/59* Hatchet Head Blues Vo 14958, Sil 3061, Gu 7010
335/36*-CH; 14360/61* Blues, Just Blues, That' s All Vo 14958, Sil 3061, Gu 7010
Guardsman 7010 as by Carolina Jug Band.

Charles Nabell (RL)

**get band info. "hillbilly"
date?****; Okeh<BR> 8759
8760
8761
8762 *******tune names
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis (ADBD, JD)

Bob Pope, t; Tommy Moore, tb; Bud Hassler, cl/as; Bill Schmidt, cl/as; Jules Schneider, cl/ts; Jack Ford, vn/ldr; Al Carsella, pac; Eddie Ward, p; Porter Brown, bj; Chik Harvey, bb/v; Marty Gardner, d; Marty Livingston, v.
Saturday, 29 November 1924; Okeh
8763-B Dog On The Piano - 1 OK 40272, Par E-5370
8764-A Where' s My Sweetie Hiding? - vCH OK 40254, Par E-5325
8765-A Little Boy Blues OK 40440, Par E-5487
8766- Spring Has Come OK 40264
8767-B Let Me Be The First To Kiss You Good OK 40254, Par E-5325
Morning (And The Last To Kiss You Good Night) - 1 8768- Ah! Ah! Archie OK 40264

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra (JR)

Bennie Moten, p/ldr; Lammar Wright, c; Thamon Hayes, tb; Woody Walder, cl/ts/k effect; Sam Tall, bj; Willie Hall, d; Harry Cooper, c; Harlan Leonard, cl/as.
c. 29 November 1924; Okeh
8769-B South OK 8194
8770-A Vine Street Blues OK 8194
8771-A Tulsa Blues OK 8184
8772-A Goofy Dust OK 8184, WS 109
8774-A Baby Dear OK 8213
Matrix 8773 is untraced.

Arcadian Serenaders (JR, RL)

Wingy Manone, c; Avery Loposer, tb/v; Cliff Holman, cl/as; Johnny Riddick, p; Slim Hall, bj; Felix Guarino, d; Chick Harvey, v.
c. 29 November 1924; Okeh
8775-A San Sue Strut OK 40378
8776-A Who Can Your Regular Be Blues - vAL OK 40440, Par E-5487
8777-A Bobbed Haired Bobbie (Bobbie Be Mine) - vCH OK 40378
8778-A Fidgety Feet OK 40272, Od 03164

Arthur Nealy (RL)

**get band info.
date?****; Okeh
8779 *******tune names Nealy 1
8780 *******tune names Nealy 1
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs (JR, JD)

Charlie Creath, t/ldr; Leonard Davis, t; Charlie Lawson, tb; Sam Long, as; William Thornton Blue, cl/as; William Rollins, ts; Cranston Hamilton, p; Pete Patterson, bj; Pops Foster, b; Floyd Campbell, d/v (JR does not list Pops Foster).
Tuesday, 2 December 1924; Okeh
8781-A Pleasure Mad OK 8201, Par (E)PMC7157, Timeless CBC 1-036
8782-A Market Street Blues - vFC OK 8201, Par (E)PMC7157, Par (E)PMC1166, Timeless CBC 1-036

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Monday, 19 January 1925; Brunswick-Vocalion
14709/14 How Come You Do Me Like You Do? Br 2824
14715/9 One Stolen Kiss (comp GR-LC) Br 2824

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Tuesday, 17 February 1925; Brunswick-Vocalion
14967/8 Everybody Loves My Baby Br 2843
14969/71 When I Think Of You --
14972/5 You' re So Near And Yet So Far BR 2867
ADBD lists this as a Chicago recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Charles Nabell (RL)

hillbilly, **get info***
date??; Okeh
9007
9008
9009
9010
9011
9012
9013
9014 ***get tune**

Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis (ADBD, JD)

Bob Pope, t; Tommy Moore, tb; Bud Hassler, cl/as; Bill Schmidt, cl/as; Jules Schneider, cl/ts; Jack Ford, vn/ldr; Al Carsella, pac; Eddie Ward, p; Porter Brown, bj; Chik Harvey, bb/v; Marty Gardner, d; Marty Livingston, v.
March 1925; Okeh
9016-A If It Wasn' t For You I Wouldn' t Be Crying Now OK 40372
(ch vcl) 9017-A Waiting For The Moon OK 40372

Gene Rodemich And His Orchestra (ADBD, RL)

Gene Rodemich, p/ldr; Charles Wenner, another t; Larry Conley, tb; unknown cl, ss, as; unknown cl, as; unknown, cl/ts; Austin Wylie, 2nd p; unknown, bj; unknown, bb; Paul Spoerloder, d.
Wednesday, 25 March 1925; Brunswick-Vocalion
15345/8 Isn' t She The Sweetest Thing? Br 2892
15349/52 I Had Someone Else Before I Had You Br 2867
15353/6 Got No Time Br 2892
ADBD lists this as a Chicago or St. Louis recording. According to RL, "Brunswick began recording in St. Louis in October, 1924. They apparently sent a mobil unit out fromChicago and allocated master numbers from the Chicago mx. series. I assume Rust lists these as Chicago sessions as a result, but the ledger sheets (which I have on microfilm) state these . . . were all recorded in St. Louis."

Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs (JR, JD)

Charlie Creath, t/ldr; Leonard Davis, t; Charlie Lawson, tb; Sam Long, as; William Thornton Blue, cl/as; William Rollins, ts; Cranston Hamilton, p; Pete Patterson, bj; Pops Foster, b; Floyd Campbell, d/v (JR does not list Pops Foster).
March 1925; Okeh
9018-A I Woke Up Cold In Hand - vFC OK 8217, Par (E)PMC7157, Timeless CBC 1-036
9019-A King Porter Stomp - vFC OK 8210, Par (E)PMC7157 Timeless CBC 1-036
9020-A Every Man That Wears Bell-Bottom Britches- Ain' t No Monkey Man- vFC OK 8210, Par (E)PMC7157
Timeless CBC 1-036 9021-A My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) - vFC OK 8217, Par (E)PMC7157 Timeless CBC 1-036
Note:- MX 9020-A also on Phillips 436005. Some copies of the last title are labelled My Baby
Rocks Me... (which is what is sung). Parlophone (E)PMC7157 same as Swaggie (Aus)810.

Charles Nabell (RL)

hillbilly, **get info***
date??; Okeh
9391
9392
9393
9394
9395
9396 ***get tune**
Matrices 9397-9400 are untraced according to RL.

Phil Baxter and his Texas Tommies (ADBD, JD)

Red Millard, t; Al Jennings, tb; Ole Wilkins, as; Phil Baxter, p/ldr; Red Reeves, bj; Shorty Johnson, d.
24 October 1925; Okeh
9401-A If I Had You And You Had Me OK 40637, Timeless CBC 1-036
9402-A There Ain' t To Use In Tryin' To Hi-Tone Me Rejected
9403-A Waiting OK 40522, Timeless CBC 1-036
9404-A Something Tells Me OK 40522, Timeless CBC 1-036

Palledo Orchestra Of St. Louis (JR, JSL)

Personnel unknown: 2 t; tb; 2 cl/as; cl/ts; vln; p; bj; bb; d.
c. 26 October 1925; Okeh
9405-B Close Your Eyes OK 4051
9406-B What-Cha-Call-' Em Blues OK 4051, Timeless CBC 1-036
"The other white group here is the mysterious Palledo Orchestra of St. Louis of which we know nothing beyond what the one record they made tells us (the first side of the session contains nothing in the way of jazz)" (JSL).

Arcadian Serenaders (JR, JSL)

Sterling Bose, c; Avery Loposer, tb/v; Cliff Holman, cl/as; Johnny Riddick, p; Bob Marvin, bj; Felix Guarino, d; Marty Livingston, v.
c. 26 October 1925; Okeh
9407-A The Co-Ed OK 40503, Par E-5549
9408-A Back Home In Illinois - vML OK 40538
9409-A You Gotta Know How - vML OK 40517, Par E-5548, Od A-60231
9410-A Carry It On Down OK 40538
9411-A Yes Sir, Boss OK 40562, Od 74208
9412-A Originial Dixieland -- --
9413-A Just A Little Bit Bad - vML OK 40503, Par E-5549
9414-A Angry OK 40517, Par E-5548, Od A-60232
NOTE: - Odeon A-60231 and A-30232 are coupled. (JR)

L.K. Reeder (RL)

hillbilly, **get info
c. 26 October 1925; Okeh
9415 ***get tunes
9416
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Vin James (RL)

piano solos, **get info
c. 26 October 1925; Okeh
9417 ***get tunes
9418
Matrices 9419-9425 are untraced according to RL.
**info available from upcoming RL book, "OKeh Records, 1918-1934" from Greenwood Press

Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs (JR, JD)

Charles Creath, t/ldr; Sonny Lee, tb; Horace Eubanks & William Thornton Blue, cl/as; William Rollins, ts; Cranston Hamilton, p; Pat Patterson, bj; Zutty Singleton, d; with Lonnie Johnson, vn/v where marked *.
c. 3 November 1925; Okeh
9426-A Market Street Stomp OK 8280, Od 49161, Phillips 436005, Swag (Aus)1301, Par (E)PMC1166, Timeless CBC 1-036
9427-A *Won' t Don' t Blues - 1 OK 8280, Jazum 8, Timeless CBC 1-036
9428-A Way Down In Lover' s Lane OK 8257, Phillips 436005, Timeless CBC 1-036
9429-A Grandpa' s Spell (sic) OK 8257, Timeless CBC 1-036
Matrices 9430-9432 are untraced according to RL.
NOTE: The above four also on Parlophone (E)PMC 7157.

Bennie Washington's Six Aces (JR)

Bennie Washington d/ldr; Andrew "Big Babe" Webb, t; Harvey Lankford, tb; William "Weedy" Harris, cl/as; Harold Este, cl/ts; John Arnold, p; Peter Patterson, bj.
Wednesday, 4 November 1925; Okeh
9433-A Compton Ave. Blues (sic) OK 8269, Timeless CBC 1-036

Lonnie Johnson (B&GR)

Lonnie Johnson, v; acc. own vn-1/g-2; John Arnold, p.
Wednesday, 4 November 1925
9435-A Mr. Johnson' s Blues-2 OK 8253
9436-A Falling Rain Blues-1 OK 8253

Katherine McDavid (B&GR)

Katherine C. McDavid, v; acc. Miles Davis, p.
Wednesday, 4 November 1925; Okeh
9437-A Underground Blues OK 8295
9438-A Sweet Woman Blues OK 8295

Herbert Berger's Coronado Orchestra (ADBD, JD)

Charles Werner and Andrew McKinney, c; unknown, tb; Frank Zuch, Rolla Bierman, cl/as; H. Spaulding, cl/ts; Robert Chaudet, vn; Herbert Berger, ldr; Russell C. Kaiser, bj; F. Perry Bailey, bb; Paul Small, vn*; Eddie King, p. *****in ADBD, not JD--check. 2nd 2 days not in JD either.
Tuesday, 1 December 1925; Victor
34012-1-2 Goodnight (I' ll See You In The Morning) - vPS Vi rejected (*not in JD)
34013-1 Whose Who Are You? Vi rejected

Herbert Berger's Coronado Orchestra (ADBD, JD)

Charles Werner and Andrew McKinney, c; unknown, tb; Frank Zuch, Rolla Bierman, cl/as; H. Spaulding, cl/ts; Robert Chaudet, vn; Herbert Berger, ldr; Russell C. Kaiser, bj; F. Perry Bailey, bb; Paul Small, vn*; Eddie King, p. *in ADBD, not JD--check. 2nd 2 days not in JD either.
Wednesday, 2 December 1925; Victor
34012-4 Goodnight (I' ll See You In The Morning) - vPS Vi 19898, HMV B-5025
34013-2 Whose Who Are You? Vi 19977
34014-2 Beside A Silv' ry Stream Vi 19898, HMV B-5025

Herbert Berger's Coronado Orchestra (ADBD, JD)

Charles Werner and Andrew McKinney, c; unknown, tb; Frank Zuch, Rolla Bierman, cl/as; H. Spaulding, cl/ts; Robert Chaudet, vn; Herbert Berger, ldr; Russell C. Kaiser, bj; F. Perry Bailey, bb; Paul Small, vn*; Eddie King, p. *in ADBD, not JD--check. 2nd 2 days not in JD either.
Thursday, 6 December 1925; Victor
34022-1-2-3-4-5 If You Were The Only Girl In The World - vPS Vi rejected

ADBD lists a Gene Rodemich recording session in either Chicago or St. Louis on 2 February 1926. According to RL, the session occured in Chicago.

Victoria Spivey (B&GR)

Victoria Spivey, v; acc. own p; unknown male, sp-1.
Tuesday, 11 May 1926; Okeh
9651-A Black Snake Blues OK 8338
9652-A Dirty Woman Blues-1 OK 8351

Ed Wood (RL)

c. 11-12 May 1926; Okeh
9653 **get tune OK 8344
Matrices 9654-9660 are untraced according to RL.

St. Louis Levee Band (JR, JSL)

"Jelly-Roll Morton, p/ldr; unknown: co; tb; cl, as, ts; d. Suggested are Bob Shoffner or Clifford King (co), Bill Mathews (tb), Walter Barnes or Edgar Green (cl, as, ts), Harry Dial (d) but this is all unlikely" (JSL).
Wednesday, 12 May 1926; Okeh
9661-A Soap Suds OK 8404, Timeless CBC 1-036
Matrix 9662 is untraced according to RL.
"All that is known about it is that the pianist and presumably the leader was Jelly-Roll Morton, who also composed the only title issued (and whose name was spelt ' Martin' on the label)" (JSL).

Charlie Butler (B&GR)

Charlie Butler, v-1/sp-2; acc. Julian Holloway, p.
Wednesday, 12 May 1926; Okeh
9663-A His Ole Black Mammy-2 OK 8347
9664-A I Am Bound For The Promised Land-1 OK 8347

Searcy Trio (JR)

Clifford King, c; EdgarGreen, cl; DeLoise Searcy, p.
Wednesday, 12 May 1926; Okeh
9665-A Kansas Avenue Blues OK 8360
9666-A East St. Louis Stomp OK 8360
Matrices 9667-9670 are untraced according to RL

Ed Wood (RL)

**get info
c. 12-13 May 1926; Okeh
9671 **get tune OK 8344
Matrix 9672 is untraced according to RL.

Lonnie Johnson (B&GR)

Lonnie Johnson, v; acc. own vn-1/g-2; James Johnson, p.
Thursday, 13 May 1926; Okeh
9673-A Woman Changed My Life-1 OK 8358
9674-A Lonnie' s Got The Blues-2 OK 8411
Matrices 9675-9677 are untraced according to RL.

Victoria Spivey (B&GR)

Acc. Pierce Gist, c; De Lloyd Barnes, p.
Thursday, 13 May 1926; Okeh
9678-A Long Gone Blues OK 8351
9679-A No More Jelly Bean Blues OK 8338
Matrices 9680-9681 are untraced according to RL.
Victoria Spivey herself states that the above four titles were recorded on the same date around 5 May 1926, but the original file cards still exist and the matrices and ' company' dates thus obtained and given here fit perfectly into other known dates of the period. The singer might have been recalling an earlier trial or rehersal session.

Powell's Jazz Monarchs (JR)

Jimmy Powell, cl/as/ts/ldr/t; George Lightfoot, as/ts; Isaac Jefferson, p; William Calloway, bj/v; Floyd Casey, d.
Friday, 14 May 1926; Okeh
9682-A Chauffer' s Shuffle OK 8333
9683-A Laughing Blues - vWC OK 8333
Matrix 9684 is untraced according to RL.

Lonnie Johnson (B&GR)

Lonnie Johnson, v; acc. own vn-1/g-2; James Johnson, p.
Friday, 14 May 1926; Okeh
9685-A Good Old Wagon-1 OK 8358
9686-A A Good Happy Home-1 OK 8340
8687-A Baby You Don' t Know My Mind-1 OK 8340
9689-A I Have No Sweet Woman Now-2 OK 8411
Matrix 9688 is untraced.

Frankie Jackson (B&GR)

This credit was used on the first record by Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon. Frankie Jackson, v; acc. De Lloyd Barnes, p.
c. 14 May 1926; Okeh
9690-A Hannah Fell In Love With My Piano OK 8359
9691-A If That Don' t Get It - This Sho' Will OK 8359
Matrices 9692-9693 are untraced according to RL.

Trimp's Ambassador Bell Hops Orchestra (RL)

**get info, not in JR, ADBD, or B&GR
c. 14 May 1926; Okeh
9694 Ambassador 1
9695 Ambassador 1
Matrices 9696-9697 are untraced according to RL.

Cora Perkins (B&GR)

Cora Perkins, v; acc. prob. Lonnie Johnson, vn; poss. James Johnson or DeLoise Searcy, p; unknown, md-1.
c. 14 May 1926; Okeh
9698-A When I Rise Blues OK 8348
9699-A Today Blues-1 OK 8348
Matrices 9700-9701 were recorded in Chicago by Alma Rotter (RL) **FIND OUT ABOUT 9702-9703

A. W. Adams (B&GR)

A. W. Adams, v; acc. L. B. Byron, p.
c. mid-May 1926; Okeh
9704-A Nobody Knows The Trouble I See OK 8361
9705-A Wade In The Water OK 8631

Missouri Anderson (B&GR)

This is a female artist.
Missoiuri Anderson, v; acc. prob. Joe Thomas, c; prob. Miles Davis, p; unknown, sp-1.
Monday, 21 June 1926; Brunswick-Vocalion
985/6*;E-3442=43*W Gamblin' George Blues-1 Vo 1041
987/8*;E-3444/45*W Somebody Else' s Blues Vo 1041

Dewey Jackson's Peacock Orchestra (JR)

Dewey Jacson, c/ldr; Albert Snaer, t; Wililam Luper, tb; William Thornton Blue, cl/as; Cliff Cochran, ss/as; Willie Humphrey, cl/ts; Burroughs Lovingood, p; Pete Robinson, bj; Pops Foster, b; Floyd Campbell, d/v.
Monday, 21 June 1926; Brunswick-Vocalion
E-3415 She' s Cryin' For Me - vFC Voc 1040, Or 1006, Timeless CBC 1-036
E-3417 Capitol Blues - vFC Voc 1040, Br 80039, Timeless CBC 1-036
E-3419 Go ' Won To Town - vFC Voc 1039, Timeless CBC 1-036
E-3421/2 What Do You Want Poor Me To Do? - vFC Voc 1039
Note: The last title is a vocal solo by Floyd Campbell, issued under his name, and acc. by Jackson and Lovingood only.

Floyd Campbell

NO StL sessions listed!!!! IN JR****

The Pebbles (B&GR)

Baxter White, u/v; Alphonsus Agee, u/v.
Monday, 21 June 1926; Brunswick-Vocalion
1012/13; E-3438/39W Pebble Blues Vo 1042
1014/15; E-3440/41W Can' t Sleep Blues Vo 1042
One vocalist sings the lyrics, while the other merely hums. Only one ukulele is listed in the Vocalion files.

Kansas City Blues Strummers (B&GR)

Unknown: vn; vc; bj; g; v (poss. different for each side); 2nd v-1.
Tuesday, 27 July, 1926; Brunswick-Vocalion
37/38/39; E