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1928-1931 in Bloomington, MN
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Cygnet
's
Jimmy Blythe
collection skips the pianist's collaborations with New Orleans clarinetist
Johnny Dodds
to concentrate almost entirely upon
Blythe
's later recordings with the
State Street Ramblers
, a hot little unit named after an important thoroughfare in Chicago connecting the Loop with the South Side. The first three titles were waxed by the
Star Piano Company
for release on its
Gennett
phonograph record label in July 1928. On this occasion,
the State Street Ramblers
included clarinetist
Baldly McDonald
, an unidentified white teenager blowing alto saxophone, Crescent City string bassist
Bill Johnson
, and singer and kazoo handler
W.E. "Buddy" Burton
. The vocalist on
"How Would You Like to Be Me?"
has been identified as drummer
Cliff Jones
. The next segment of
retrospective samples a
Vocalion
session which took place in October 1928 with
,
Johnson
, and
Jones
identified as
the Midnight Rounders
. The rest of this collection zeroes in on recording activities conducted at the
studios in Richmond, IN (for eventual release on the
Champion
subsidiary) on Thursday and Friday, March 19 and 20, 1931. This brings
James "Bat" Robinson
into the mix, and there is a distinct possibility that
Kansas City Frank Melrose
(composer of the
"Barrelhouse Stomp"
) took turns at the piano with
. On March 19, the group consisted of reedman
Darnell Howard
, trombonist
Roy Palmer
, cornetist
Alfred Bell
playing washboard and kazoo; and singing banjoist
Ed "Fats" Hudson
, who recorded a two-part
"Fats' Hard Luck Blues"
backed only by
and sounding something like bluesman
Texas Alexander
. Additionally, on
"Bat" Robinson
"Humming Blues,"
the humming in question is believed to have been generated by
Hudson
. Like
Document
's comparably worthwhile
retrospective (
1924-1931
), the
edition closes with a pair of duets with blues pianist
Charlie Clark
, also recorded on March 20, 1931. For those who are entertained by such data, the
underwent a name change when some of these recordings were released on Superior as by
Speed Jeffries and His Night Owls
, and on
XX
as the
Back Beach Pirates
. ~ arwulf arwulf
's
Jimmy Blythe
collection skips the pianist's collaborations with New Orleans clarinetist
Johnny Dodds
to concentrate almost entirely upon
Blythe
's later recordings with the
State Street Ramblers
, a hot little unit named after an important thoroughfare in Chicago connecting the Loop with the South Side. The first three titles were waxed by the
Star Piano Company
for release on its
Gennett
phonograph record label in July 1928. On this occasion,
the State Street Ramblers
included clarinetist
Baldly McDonald
, an unidentified white teenager blowing alto saxophone, Crescent City string bassist
Bill Johnson
, and singer and kazoo handler
W.E. "Buddy" Burton
. The vocalist on
"How Would You Like to Be Me?"
has been identified as drummer
Cliff Jones
. The next segment of
retrospective samples a
Vocalion
session which took place in October 1928 with
,
Johnson
, and
Jones
identified as
the Midnight Rounders
. The rest of this collection zeroes in on recording activities conducted at the
studios in Richmond, IN (for eventual release on the
Champion
subsidiary) on Thursday and Friday, March 19 and 20, 1931. This brings
James "Bat" Robinson
into the mix, and there is a distinct possibility that
Kansas City Frank Melrose
(composer of the
"Barrelhouse Stomp"
) took turns at the piano with
. On March 19, the group consisted of reedman
Darnell Howard
, trombonist
Roy Palmer
, cornetist
Alfred Bell
playing washboard and kazoo; and singing banjoist
Ed "Fats" Hudson
, who recorded a two-part
"Fats' Hard Luck Blues"
backed only by
and sounding something like bluesman
Texas Alexander
. Additionally, on
"Bat" Robinson
"Humming Blues,"
the humming in question is believed to have been generated by
Hudson
. Like
Document
's comparably worthwhile
retrospective (
1924-1931
), the
edition closes with a pair of duets with blues pianist
Charlie Clark
, also recorded on March 20, 1931. For those who are entertained by such data, the
underwent a name change when some of these recordings were released on Superior as by
Speed Jeffries and His Night Owls
, and on
XX
as the
Back Beach Pirates
. ~ arwulf arwulf