bix beiderbecke | 78-RPM RECORDS, CYLINDER RECORDS & PHONOGRAPHS

OUR 200th POST!

The first selection is from the previously undocumented Claxtonola we reported some months ago, using the same take as the Gennett issue. All recordings were made in the Starr Piano Company’s New York studio at 9 East 37th Street.

PERLEY BREED’S SHEPARD COLONIAL ORCHESTRA (as Pelham Bay Serenaders): Where’s My Sweetie Hiding?

New York: November 23, 1924
Claxtonola 40401 (mx. 9205-a)

OLIVER NAYLOR’S SEVEN ACES: Ringelberg Blues

New York: January 31, 1924
Gennett 5394 (mx. 8742-a)

WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA: Tia Juana

New York: October 8, 1924
Gennett 5565 (mx. 9115-b)

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Full discographic details on these and 32,000 other jazz and jazz-related recordings can be found in Brian Rust’s sixth and final edition of the classic Jazz & Ragtime Records 1897-1942, available exclusively from Mainspring Press on a convenient, fully searchable CD (out-of-print in book form).

ZONOPHONE CONCERT BAND (probably Edward King, conductor):
The Smiler (Percy Wenrich)

New York: Released March 1908 (listed February 1908)
Zonophone 980 (mx. 8301)

(This is the same Eddie King who infamously ejected Bix Beiderbecke from his first Victor session in 1924. He replaced Fred Hager as Zonophone’s house conductor in April 1906, although Hager allowed Zono to continue to use his name on band records for a time after his departure. King was retained by Victor after Zonophone shut down in 1912 and was made house conductor — and later, manager — of Victor’s New York studio. He also oversaw many of Victor’s recording “expeditions” to other cities.)