307 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Fred Feibel Quartet performing the swing standards 'Jeepers Creepers' and 'I Go for That' on Columbia FB2173, a 1930s British dance recording.AI summary
Columbia FB2173 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the pioneering jazz drummer, recorded these two hot jazz sides for Columbia Records on the LB10000 series, an early electrical recording series from the late 1920s. Krupa was one of the first drummers to be prominently featured in a jazz ensemble, and these sides are important examples of his early work.AI summary
Columbia LB10000 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the influential American jazz drummer and bandleader, on Columbia LB10033, performing "Overtime" and "Capital idea".AI summary
Columbia LB10033 Jazz
Gene Krupa was the most famous swing drummer of the 1930s and 1940s. 'Rhythm Jam' and 'Wire Brush Stomp' are instrumental showcases of his drumming style, recorded for Columbia. This British pressing documents important American swing-era material.AI summary
Columbia DB5048 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the swing-era drummer and bandleader, recorded 'Body and Soul' and 'Stompin' at the Savoy' for Columbia 38214. Both are standards of hot jazz and swing; Krupa's versions are highly sought by collectors.AI summary
Columbia 38214 Jazz
Gene Krupa's drum band recording of 'Lemon drop' and 'Bop boogie' on Columbia DB2543, a post-war swing and bebop side from the American jazz drummer and bandleader.AI summary
Columbia DB2543 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the influential swing-era drummer and bandleader, leads his orchestra on 'Jam on Toast' and 'Tutti Frutti', recorded for Columbia's DB series in the late 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5050 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the pioneering American jazz drummer and bandleader, recorded 'Opus No. 1' and 'Leave us Leap' for Columbia. 'Opus No. 1' was Krupa's signature piece and a major jazz recording.AI summary
Columbia M192 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the celebrated American jazz drummer and bandleader, recorded 'By the sleepy lagoon' and 'Little white lies' for Columbia LB-series. These are popular songs in the swing idiom.AI summary
Columbia LB10029 Jazz
Georges Ulmer, a French guitarist and singer, recorded for Columbia in the post-war period. Ulmer was known for Django Reinhardt-influenced jazz guitar and chanson.AI summary
Columbia BF558 Jazz
The Georgians, an early dance and jazz ensemble, performing 'I've got a cross-eyed Papa' and 'You'd better keep babying baby' on Columbia, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3412 Jazz
The Georgians, an American dance band of the early 1920s, performing two jazz-inflected novelty numbers on Columbia 3297. The Georgians recorded sporadically in the early 1920s and are known to collectors of early jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3297 Jazz
Nat Gonella was a celebrated British swing-era trumpeter, and this Columbia recording with Claes captures him in hot dance-band style. Gonella is extensively collected by jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia FB2688 Jazz
Handy's Orchestra on Columbia 2914, 'Moonlight Blues' / 'Southern Nights'. Likely led by W.C. Handy, the blues and jazz pioneer, or a group trading on his name.AI summary
Columbia 2914 Jazz
The Happy Six, a small jazz or dance ensemble, recorded 'Shake Your Little Shoulder' and the Yerkes Southern Five's 'Railroad Blues' for Columbia's A-series in the early 1920s. The Yerkes Southern Five were an early jazz group active on the New York recording scene.AI summary
Columbia A2929 Jazz
The Happy Six, a novelty jazz vocal group, perform two songs on Columbia 2998: "Dance-o-Mania" and "Rose of Washington Square," likely from the mid-1920s. This is an early Columbia British pressing of a popular jazz-novelty number.AI summary
Columbia 2998 Jazz
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, on Columbia. James was enormously popular and his recordings were issued widely; most survive in quantity.AI summary
Columbia 36672 Jazz
Harry James, the American swing trumpeter and bandleader, recorded for Columbia in the 1940s-1950s. This pressing of two popular ballads reflects his later commercial period.AI summary
Columbia 36672 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American bandleader and trumpeter known for swing and big-band music; this Columbia disc couples two novelty numbers, "Sleepy Time Gal" and "Jump Town".AI summary
Columbia DB30242 Jazz
Harry James, the American swing trumpeter, recorded 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Ciribiribin' for Columbia. These jazz standards and novelties show his commercial dance-band side.AI summary
Columbia DB5060 Jazz
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, performing "Ultra" and "Manhattan" on Columbia, from the 1930s-40s swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB3134 Jazz
Harry James, the star swing trumpeter and bandleader, plays 'Love Come Back to Me' and his huge 1947 hit 'Heartaches' on a UK Columbia pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB2332 Jazz
Harry James on Columbia DB2341, performing 'Cotton Tail' and 'The Beaumont Ride'. James was one of America's most celebrated big-band leaders and trumpeters, active from the 1930s onward. 'Cotton Tail' is a famous Duke Ellington composition.AI summary
Columbia DB2341 Jazz
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, recorded 'Two O'Clock Jump' and the closely related 'One O'Clock Jump' for Columbia in the swing era. Both are jump-blues numbers that showcase James's facility.AI summary
Columbia 37142 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American bandleader and trumpeter known for swing and big-band music; "Boo-Woo" and "Woo-Woo" are novelty pieces recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB5058 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American trumpet virtuoso and bandleader, recorded here on Columbia for 'Home James' and 'Jesse'. This DB series pressing dates to the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5065 Jazz
Harry James was one of the most successful American swing bandleaders and trumpeters of the 1930s and 1940s, famous for his technically brilliant and driving orchestral sound; this Columbia side captures two of his swing recordings.AI summary
Columbia 36698 Jazz
Harry Perritt performing blues and jazz material for Columbia FB1076, likely dating to the late 1920s or early 1930s. The titles suggest a musician working in the early hot-jazz idiom.AI summary
Columbia FB1076 Jazz
Harry Reser, a leading American banjo and novelty guitarist, on Columbia 3317, performing instrumental jazz-novelty sides from the mid-1920s; an important session in the history of banjo recording.AI summary
Columbia 3317 Jazz
Harry Reser, an American banjo virtuoso, on Columbia. Reser was a major figure in the 1920s dance-band era and remains collected; this early Columbia side dates from that period.AI summary
Columbia 3317 Jazz
Harry Reser was an American banjo virtuoso and pioneer of jazz arranging in the 1920s. This Columbia recording of 'Heebie Jeebies' and 'Ukulele Lady' captures the joyful ukulele-and-jazz craze of the era. Both are standards of hot-dance recording.AI summary
Columbia 3797 Jazz
Harry Reser Trio, a novelty jazz ensemble, recorded 'Oh Gee, Oh Gosh' and 'Every Day' for Columbia. Both are light dance numbers typical of 1920s–30s novelty jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3309 Jazz
Harry Yerkes and His Novelty Jass Band (credited as 'Bells' here), an American jazz and novelty ensemble, recorded 'Simplicity Intermezzo' and a piece by E Rubsam for the early Columbia series, catalogue D82, likely 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D82 Jazz
Hickman performing 'Cherry Cherokee' and 'I ain't Nobody's Darling' on Columbia, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3073 Jazz
Illinois Jacquet, the tenor saxophonist who pioneered the honking bebop saxophone style, on Columbia LB10023, performing "Honeysuckle rose" and "Learnin the blues".AI summary
Columbia LB10023 Jazz
J. Wiener and C. Doucet performing 'Harlem Blues' and 'Strike Up the Band' on Columbia, catalogue DC94. The DC series was Columbia's double-sided dance series of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DC94 Jazz
James P. Johnson was an American stride piano master and composer, one of the founding figures of jazz piano; this Columbia disc captures his work in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DB3495 Jazz
James P Johnson, the 'Father of Stride Piano' and composer of 'The Charleston', recorded 'Weeping Blues' and 'Worried and Lonesome Blues' on Columbia A3950. Johnson is one of the foundational figures of jazz piano, and his early 1920s Columbia sides are keenly sought by collectors of classic jazz and blues.AI summary
Columbia A3950 Jazz
James P Johnson was a pioneering African-American jazz pianist and composer, a key figure in stride piano and jazz composition. This Columbia electrical recording from the early 1930s captures him in his most creative period.AI summary
Columbia DB3495 Jazz
The Jazarimba Orchestra is not readily identified; this Columbia A-series disc from the late 1920s or early 1930s carries two novelty numbers with jazz and percussive effects.AI summary
Columbia A2482 Jazz
Jean Sablon, with Django Reinhardt, performs two French songs on Columbia DF1506: 'Par Correspondance' and 'Je sais que vous etes jolie'. Sablon was a leading French vocalist of the 1930s–1940s; Reinhardt was the legendary jazz guitarist. This is a notable collaboration between two major European recording artists.AI summary
Columbia DF1506 Jazz
Jean Wiener, a French pianist and composer, recorded two American jazz standards—'Love for Sale' and 'St. Louis Blues'—for Columbia. Wiener was an important figure in European jazz of the 1920s-30s, and this recording documents his work during the early jazz era.AI summary
Columbia DF2424 Jazz
Jean Wiener, a French jazz pianist and composer, recorded 'Je Te Veux' and 'Les Hirondelles' (with C. Doucet) for Columbia D15005. Wiener was an important jazz and stride-piano figure in 1920s Paris; these are likely French recordings issued on British Columbia.AI summary
Columbia D15005 Jazz
Jean Wiener and Clement Doucet were French jazz pianists and composers; this Columbia side captures the hot-jazz idiom of 1920s Paris in two piano novelties.AI summary
Columbia 4859 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey was an American clarinetist and bandleader central to swing jazz; this Columbia 38000-series pressing from the mid-1930s carries two jazz standards, 'Jazz Me Blues' and 'Panama', likely early 1930s recordings.AI summary
Columbia 38654 Jazz
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots, a British jazz-influenced dance band of the 1930s, performing 'Whispering' and 'Limehouse Blues' on Columbia JX1007.AI summary
Columbia JX1007 Jazz
Joe Venuti was the first great jazz violinist, a technical pioneer and prolific recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s. This Columbia CB pressing documents one of his classic jazz sides.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz
Joe Venuti and his orchestra on Columbia CB686, 'In de Ruff' and 'Jazz me blues'. Venuti was a pioneering jazz violinist and prolific recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s, leading some of the most innovative hot-dance and jazz sessions of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz