Clarence Williams: Newspaper Highlights (1922 – 1965)
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Advertisement for Clarence Williams’ first record, on the C&S label (1922). The C&S Phonograph Record Company was a short-lived venture of Thomas Chappelle and Juanita Stinnette Chappelle, who encouraged Williams to marry singer Eva Taylor.
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With Sara Martin, one of Okeh’s early race-series stars
(June 1923)
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With wife Eva Taylor (July 1923)
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“Papa De-Da-Da” was among the Blue Five sides featuring
Louis Armstrong. (July 1925)
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A vocal release by Williams and Clarence Todd, here misspelled “Dood.” Todd, along with Eva Taylor, was a member of the Clarence Williams Trio, which broadcast regularly for several years. (July 1925)
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Williams was Okeh’s New York studio workhorse in the mid-1920s. Here, his Blue Five accompany a young Sippie Wallace. (August 1925)
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New York (June 1926)
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Williams’ ill-fated Bottomland opened on June 27, 1927, and closed after only nineteen performances.
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New York Age (January 3, 1953). Member of the Clarence Williams Trio pictured above are (left to right) are Williams, Eva Taylor, and Clarence Todd.
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Working the New York clubs (1951 and 1955)
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New York (November 9, 1965)
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And a sampling from Williams’ tremendous recorded output:
CLARENCE WILLIAMS’ ORCHESTRA: Jingles
New York: October 1927
Paramount 12587 (mx. 2882 – 2)
Featuring Coleman Hawkins, on loan from Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS BOTTOMLAND ORCHESTRA:
Slow River (export version)
New York: June 7, 1927
Brunswick (German) A-457 (mx. E 23502)
The standard version (mx. E 23500) includes vocal chorus by Evelyn Thompson (Preer).
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS’ WASHBOARD FIVE (Williams, vocal):
Walk That Broad
New York: September 26, 1928
Okeh 8629 (mx. W 40115 – A)
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS’ JAZZ KINGS: The Keyboard Express
New York: August 1, 1928
Columbia 14348-D (mx. W 146825 – 3)
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA (as Memphis Jazzers): Close Fit Blues
New York: March 1929
Van Dyke 7801 (Grey Gull mx. 3394 – B)
