307 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A. Starita, the Italian jazz accordionist and bandleader, recorded 'I want to be bad' and 'You wouldn't fool me would you' for Columbia 5551, a UK pressing from the late 1920s. Starita led a popular dance band in London and recorded prolifically.AI summary
Columbia 5551 Jazz
Al Starita on Columbia 4908, performing 'How long has this been going on' and 'It don't do nothin' but rain', jazz-influenced popular recordings from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4908 Jazz
Al Starita recorded jazz and light orchestral material for Columbia's early numbered series around the mid-to-late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5108 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century, recorded these early jazz sides for Columbia. 'Lonesome blues' and 'King of the Zulus' are from his classic period. Columbia DB3340 is a later UK pressing, not an original 1920s release.AI summary
Columbia DB3340 Jazz
Art Hickman and his orchestra performing two standards on Columbia. Hickman was an early jazz and dance band leader of the 1920s, and his original recordings are collected by jazz and dance music historians. Columbia 3000-series issues were early pressings.AI summary
Columbia 3017 Jazz
Aunt Jemima — the stage name of Alberta Hunter, one of the most significant American blues and jazz singers — performing 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' from Jerome Kern's Show Boat and 'Didn't I Tell You?' on Columbia catalogue 4917. Hunter's Columbia recordings are of genuine collector interest to students of early American jazz and blues.AI summary
Columbia 4917 Jazz
Benny Carter performing 'Swing it' and 'Six Bells Stampede' for Columbia, CB628. Carter was one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of the swing era—a master saxophonist, trumpeter, arranger and composer. His recordings are highly sought by serious jazz collectors. The CB series indicates a specialist jazz or swing compilation series.AI summary
Columbia CB628 Jazz
Benny Carter recorded "Devil's Holiday" and "Symphony in Riffs" for Columbia CB-series catalogue 698. Carter was one of the most important American jazz musicians of the swing era, a master of multiple reed instruments and arranger of major influence.AI summary
Columbia CB698 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the American swing bandleader and clarinetist, recorded 'Memories of you' and 'King Porter Stomp' for Columbia. Both are seminal swing sides from Goodman's orchestra in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3732 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, recorded "Seven Come Eleven" and "Shivers" for Columbia in the late 1930s. Goodman's orchestra defined the big-band swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB5081 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, recorded 'On the sunny side of the street' and 'All I need is you' for Columbia 36617; Goodman's swing orchestra was one of the most important and widely recorded groups of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Columbia 36617 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra on two popular numbers, Columbia US pressing 37091 from the late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 37091 Jazz
Benny Goodman and his orchestra perform 'Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe' and 'Texas Tea Party' on the UK Columbia FB series, capturing the swing band at its commercial peak.AI summary
Columbia FB2823 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', recorded these standards for Columbia in the 1940s. His records remain among the most widely collected jazz of the swing era.AI summary
Columbia 37053 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', on Columbia L3016 with 'Let's dance (39)' and 'Goodbye'—a classic swing number and a standard from one of the most influential bandleaders in jazz history.AI summary
Columbia L3016 Jazz
Benny Goodman performing early swing-era rags on Columbia, a 1930s-40s pressing of the celebrated American bandleader and clarinetist.AI summary
Columbia DB5011 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra recorded 'Seven come eleven' and 'Shivers' for Columbia's British DB series. Goodman was one of the most important bandleaders of the swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB5081 Jazz
Benny Goodman on Columbia DC603, performing 'Gone with What Wind' and 'Tim Tom Special'. Goodman was the pre-eminent American big-band leader and clarinetist of the swing era; Columbia DC-series 78s are collectible.AI summary
Columbia DC603 Jazz
Benny Goodman was one of the most celebrated American jazz clarinetists and bandleaders of the 1930s–1950s, known as the 'King of Swing'. This Columbia DB-series recording preserves two of his sophisticated instrumental arrangements from the mid-1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5072 Jazz
Columbia CB139 Jazz
Bertie King performing 'All of me' and a duet with George Chisholm on 'Rosetta' on Columbia, likely from the 1940s. King was a British jazz trumpeter and Chisholm a celebrated British trombonist.AI summary
Columbia DC681 Jazz
Bertie King's Jazz Group with guest Gianluigi Chisholm on trumpet, playing American jazz standards of the late 1930s on a British Columbia pressing. 'Big House Blues' and 'Jeepers Creepers' show the British hot-jazz scene's engagement with contemporary Swing.AI summary
Columbia DC696 Jazz
Beryl Bryden was a British jazz and blues singer, pianist and bandleader known for her work in jazz and skiffle music from the 1950s onward. 'Mama don't allow it' and 'I've got what it takes' were recorded for Columbia and reflect her jazz and R&B repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DC711 Jazz
Bessie Smith was the greatest blues singer of the 1920s, known as the 'Empress of the Blues'. 'Aggravatin' Papa' and 'Beale Street Mamma' are classic blues recordings from her celebrated Columbia catalogue, representing the peak of acoustic blues recording.AI summary
Columbia A3877 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, recorded in New York for the American Columbia 14000-D series (a 'race' series). This is a UK pressing of the Columbia original. Smith was the most celebrated blues voice of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 14000D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, on two classic blues recordings: Eavesdropper's blues and Haunted House blues, on Columbia 14010D. Among the most important and sought-after blues recordings of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 14010D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, performing *Beale Street Blues* and *Moonshine Blues* for Columbia. This is a British pressing of one of Smith's most celebrated recordings, from the mid-1920s when she was at the height of her fame. Columbia 14018D is a UK issue number.AI summary
Columbia 14018D Jazz
Columbia 14197D Jazz
The Boswell Sisters were a hugely influential vocal trio of the late 1920s and 1930s, known for their close harmony and sophisticated jazz phrasing. This Columbia side pairs 'That's How Rhythm Was Born' and their recording of Duke Ellington's 'Mood Indigo', both showcasing their elegant style.AI summary
Columbia DB1960 Jazz
Bram Martin, credited on Columbia FB1679, performing 'West End Blues' and 'Squeeze Me' — both classic New Orleans jazz standards. Limited information available about Martin or this recording.AI summary
Columbia FB1679 Jazz
Buddy Rich, the legendary jazz and orchestral drummer, recorded "Sweets Opus 1" and "All Sweets" for Columbia in the late 1940s or early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia LB10038 Jazz
The California Ramblers, a prolific American jazz-dance ensemble, recorded 'I Love the College Girls' and 'There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes' for Columbia. The Ramblers were a popular hot-dance outfit of the mid-to-late 1920s, recording frequently for multiple labels and known to collectors of hot jazz and dance music.AI summary
Columbia 4369 Jazz
The California Ramblers' 'Shine' and 'It Had to Be You' on Columbia 127D, an early pressing of a prolific 1920s American jazz and dance band recorded for multiple labels.AI summary
Columbia 127D Jazz
The California Ramblers were a hot-dance and early jazz ensemble of the 1920s. This Columbia pressing of 'The Sheik' and a Yerkes arrangement is a typical product of their prolific studio output.AI summary
Columbia is1507 Jazz
The California Ramblers recorded 'Please' and 'Driftwood' for Columbia, catalogue 3537. The Ramblers were one of the earliest and most prolific American jazz-dance ensembles, active from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3537 Jazz
Columbia 4791 Jazz
California Ramblers performing 'You Darling you' and 'Morning will come' on Columbia 3377. The Ramblers were a prolific studio jazz ensemble of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3377 Jazz
The California Ramblers, a prolific American jazz and dance band of the 1920s, on Columbia, performing early hot-jazz standards.AI summary
Columbia 3555 Jazz
The California Ramblers, an important American dance orchestra of the early and mid-1920s, recorded 'Then I'll Be Happy' and 'Say Who Is That Baby Doll' (credited to Lanin) for Columbia, catalogue 3917. The Ramblers were one of the most prolific and influential hot-dance ensembles of the era, and their sides remain keenly collected.AI summary
Columbia 3917 Jazz
Columbia 4369 Jazz
Carroll Gibbons was a pianist and bandleader who led the Savoy Hotel Orpheans in the 1920s-1930s; this Columbia recording, catalogue FB3074, features him paying tribute to Fats Waller, one of jazz's most influential composers and performers.AI summary
Columbia FB3074 Jazz
Charles Pierce, an early jazz and novelty recording artist, performing 'Sister Kate' and 'Nobody's Sweetheart' for Columbia in the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 35950 Jazz
Columbia FB1108 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers, a hot jazz ensemble, on 'Red Hair and Freckles' and 'Lovable and sweet', Columbia 1925D. This is a mid-1920s American jazz recording; the Charleston Chasers are an important early jazz group.AI summary
Columbia 1925D Jazz
The Charleston Chasers were a hot-dance band of the 1920s, and their Columbia sides such as 'Someday sweetheart' and 'Wabash blues' capture the syncopated energy of the era.AI summary
Columbia 4419 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers, a white hot-dance ensemble, recorded 'Feelin' no Pain' and 'Five Pennies' for Columbia 4797. This is an important early jazz dance recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4797 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers, a hot-jazz ensemble, perform Fats Waller's famous "Ain't Misbehavin'" and another jazz number on Columbia 5610, a British pressing from the late 1920s. This is an important early jazz recording, and UK Columbia pressings of hot-jazz sides are increasingly sought after.AI summary
Columbia 5610 Jazz
Charleston Chasers, a dance orchestra, on Columbia catalogue 4562, performing 'Delirium' and 'Down in our Alley Blues' (Ellington). A jazz-influenced dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4562 Jazz