307 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Joe Venuti, the American jazz violinist and bandleader, recorded these two hot jazz sides for Columbia's CB series, likely in the early 1930s; 'Sweet Lorraine' showcases his inventive solo style.AI summary
Columbia CB708 Jazz
Joe Venuti, one of the first important jazz violinists, recorded 'Doin the uptown lowdown' and 'Sweet Lorraine' for Columbia's CB series. Venuti was a pioneering figure in jazz improvisation on violin during the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia CB708 Jazz
Joe Venuti, a pioneering jazz violinist, recorded 'In de Ruff' and 'Jazz Me Blues' for Columbia CB686. Venuti was a major jazz innovator of the 1920s-30s whose ensemble recordings are highly sought by collectors.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, two of jazz's greatest string virtuosos, recorded "Stringing the Blues" and another piece for Columbia — these sides are canonical early jazz chamber recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB5001 Jazz
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, pioneering jazz violinist and guitarist, recorded 'Stringing the Blues' and 'Black and Blue Bottom' for Columbia DB5001 in the late 1920s; these are landmark hot jazz recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB5001 Jazz
Johnny Dodd's Chicago Footwarmers were a jazz band of the 1930s. This Columbia DB-series side pairs two Afro-American jazz pieces: 'Grandma's ball' and 'Ballin a jack', representing the hotter end of 1930s swing repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB3131 Jazz
Johnny Dodds, the New Orleans clarinetist and key member of King Oliver's and Jelly Roll Morton's groups, is credited here on Columbia DB3131, though the catalogue number and date require verification.AI summary
Columbia DB3131 Jazz
Johnny Dunn, an American jazz cornet and trumpet pioneer of the early 1920s, performing 'Hawaiian Blues' and 'Four O'Clock Blues' on Columbia A3729, a scarce early jazz recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A3729 Jazz
Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds, a seminal early jazz ensemble, recorded 'Hallelujah Blues' and 'Spanish Dreams' for Columbia; an important hot-jazz recording from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3839 Jazz
Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds, an American hot jazz ensemble, recorded 'Four O'Clock Blues' and 'Hawaiian Blues' for Columbia A3729. Dunn was a respected jazz cornetist and recording artist of the early 1920s, and this is a desirable jazz record from the early electric or late acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A3729 Jazz
Josephine Baker was the American-born dancer and singer who became a superstar in Paris during the Jazz Age, famous for her exotic performances and later her civil-rights activism. This Columbia electrical recording from the 1930s captures her in a jazzy popular song, 'A Message from the Man in the Moon', recorded in Europe.AI summary
Columbia DB1743 Jazz
Josephine Baker, the legendary African-American jazz singer and dancer, recorded 'Suppose' and 'Pretty little Baby' for Columbia DB401 in the late 1920s. Baker was one of the biggest recording and stage stars of the Jazz Age.AI summary
Columbia DB401 Jazz
Layton and Johnstone, the American vocal duet, on Columbia 3511 with hot-jazz novelty songs from the late 1920s. The pair was known for rhythmic comedy numbers and close harmonies during the dance-band era.AI summary
Columbia 3511 Jazz
Layton and Johnstone, a celebrated African-American vocal duo and jazz artists, recorded 'Hard Hearted Hannah' and 'It Had to Be You' for Columbia, catalogue 3511. The duo were influential jazz vocalists of the early and mid-1920s, and their recordings remain sought after by jazz collectors.AI summary
Columbia 3511 Jazz
Lee Morse, a highly accomplished American jazz singer and instrumentalist of the 1920s-30s, performs Cole Porter's 'Let's Do It' and 'If You Want the Rainbow' on Columbia — key sides in her discography.AI summary
Columbia 1659D Jazz
Lee Morse, a popular blues and jazz singer of the 1920s, performing 'I'm doing what I'm doing for Love' and 'He's a good Man to have around' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 5588 Jazz
Lee Morse, an American jazz and blues singer, on Columbia with 'We' and 'Rosita'; Morse was a sophisticated jazz vocalist and instrumentalist from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1082D Jazz
Lee Morse, an American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1920s, performs two ballad songs on Columbia 1149D: "I've Looked All Over for a Girl Like You" and "Dawning." Morse was a significant early recording artist and this is a British Columbia pressing from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1149D Jazz
Lee Morse, an American jazz and blues singer of the 1920s, on Columbia 1621D. Morse was a prolific recording artist and occasional instrumentalist, and her sides are sought by jazz and blues collectors.AI summary
Columbia 1621D Jazz
Lee Morse on Columbia DB147, the jazz and blues vocalist Morse performing 'Cooking Breakfast for the one I love' and 'Funny Dear what Love can do', from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DB147 Jazz
Len Fillis recorded 'No. 13 Blues' and an instrumental numbered piece for Columbia in the 1920s. Fillis is not otherwise well documented as a recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB723 Jazz
Len Fillis recorded 'No 13 blues' and 'In A' for Columbia DB723, likely a British jazz or instrumental side from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB723 Jazz
Leona Williams, a blues and jazz singer, recorded 'I wish I could shimmy' and 'If you don't believe I love you' for Columbia, capturing the jazz-influenced female vocal style of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3713 Jazz
Leona Williams performing blues and jazz material on Columbia A3835, from the 1920s-30s era. The titles suggest a blues or jazz context.AI summary
Columbia A3835 Jazz
Leona Williams was a blues and vaudeville singer who recorded for Columbia in the early 1920s, and the A3599 catalogue number places this around 1922–1923. UK pressings of Columbia's American blues material in the A-series are considerably scarcer than American copies, and are sought by collectors of classic blues. This is precisely the kind of side that repays closer attention before any sale.AI summary
Columbia A3599 Jazz
Lewis on Columbia 3784 performing jazz blues 'Tin Roof Blues' and 'Angry' from the 1920s jazz repertoire. Columbia 3784 suggests an early 1920s pressing of hot jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3784 Jazz
Lewis (undocumented artist) on Columbia, recording 'Dinah' and 'Aunt Hagar's Blues'. These are jazz-standard titles, suggesting a jazz or dance context, but the artist remains unidentified.AI summary
Columbia CB64 Jazz
Lionel Hampton, the virtuoso vibraphone player, on Columbia; 'Airmail Special' is one of his celebrated swing compositions, and 'Midnight Sun' is a ballad showcase.AI summary
Columbia LB10021 Jazz
Columbia 3783 Jazz
The Little Ramblers performing 'Swamp Blues' and the California Ramblers' recording of 'Pardon the Glove' on Columbia 4708. The Little Ramblers were part of the wider Ramblers recording organization of the 1920s, a prolific studio ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 4708 Jazz
Columbia 734 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 'Cornet Chop Suey' and 'Muskrat Ramble' on Columbia DB2624; Armstrong was the towering figure of jazz, and these are among his most historically important recordings from the Hot Five era.AI summary
Columbia DB2624 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 'Heebie Jeebies' and 'Potato Head Blues' are among the most important early jazz recordings ever made, recorded in 1926. This Columbia 35000-series pressing is a key early Armstrong recording. UK copies of Armstrong's earliest sides are difficult to find and highly sought by jazz collectors worldwide.AI summary
Columbia 35660 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 1925 recording "Gut Bucket Blues" / "Yes! I'm in the Barrel" was originally issued on Okeh in the USA and is here reissued by Columbia in Britain. Armstrong was already a major jazz figure by this time, and these sides are classics of early hot jazz.AI summary
Columbia DB2978 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, recorded for Columbia DB2624, performing 'Cornet Chop Suey (take 26)' and 'Muskrat Ramble'. These are canonical early jazz recordings. Armstrong's Columbia DB-series sides are among the most important jazz records ever made, and even British pressings are avidly collected.AI summary
Columbia DB2624 Jazz
Columbia 37535 Jazz
The Louisiana 5 recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o' Mania' (with the Happy 6) on Columbia, representing early 1920s dance and jazz repertoire.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
The Louisiana Five were an early jazz ensemble of the 1910s–20s, known for hot dance and novelty jazz. 'Yelping Hound blues' and 'Just another good Man gone wrong' are typical of their jazz and blues-tinged dance repertoire. This Columbia A2742 pressing is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A2742 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early hot-jazz group, recorded 'I ain't got no Time to have the Blues' and '(Sweatman) Slide Kelly slide' for Columbia, catalogue A2775.AI summary
Columbia A2775 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early American jazz ensemble, perform 'Alcoholic Blues' and 'Kansas City Blues' on Columbia A-series — extremely rare early jazz recording, a landmark of 1920s jazz on a major label.AI summary
Columbia A2768 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early jazz ensemble, recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o'Mania' (the latter with the Happy Six) for Columbia A2949, one of the earliest jazz recordings on disc in Britain. This is an extremely early jazz recording from the late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early jazz ensemble, recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o'Mania' (with the Happy Six) for Columbia A2949, one of the earliest jazz recordings on disc in Britain from the late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
Maggie Jones, a classic female blues shouter of the 1920s, recorded 'Good Time Flat blues' and 'Screamin the blues' for Columbia. Jones was a contemporary of Bessie Smith and a significant figure in early recorded blues.AI summary
Columbia 14055D Jazz
Mario Harp Lorenzi and his Rythmics recorded jazz standards for Columbia in the 1930s. Harp Lorenzi was an Italian-American jazz ensemble leader of minor standing.AI summary
Columbia FB1168 Jazz
Marion Harris, an influential American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1920s, recorded 'I'm a Jazz Vampire' and 'Never Let No One Man Worry Your Mind' on Columbia A3328. Harris was one of the earliest white singers to record jazz and blues material.AI summary
Columbia A3328 Jazz
Marion Harris, a popular American jazz and blues singer of the 1920s, on Columbia catalogue A3367, performing 'Look for the Silver Lining' and 'I'm gonna do it if I like'. Harris was among the first white singers to record jazz material and had significant commercial success.AI summary
Columbia A3367 Jazz
Mary Lou Williams, the American jazz pianist and composer, recorded two swing piano pieces for Columbia in the 1940s, from her prolific recordings of that decade.AI summary
Columbia DB5003 Jazz
Mary Stafford recorded early blues and jazz novelty numbers for Columbia; a blues and jazz recording from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A3365 Jazz