307 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Mary Stafford singing two jazz-blues numbers, 'Down where they play the Blues' and 'I'm gonna jazz my Way right straight thru Paradise', on Columbia A3390. Little is known of Stafford; she appears to have recorded only briefly in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3390 Jazz
Maxine Sullivan was an American jazz and swing vocalist celebrated for her sophisticated interpretations of popular standards and folk material. This Columbia recording captures her in the late 1930s, a period of creative peak.AI summary
Columbia CQ1454 Jazz
Maxine Sullivan was an American jazz singer (1911–1987) famous for her light, swinging interpretations of jazz standards and Scottish material; this Columbia pressing of 'Loch Lomond' and 'I'm Coming Virginia' captures her distinctive style.AI summary
Columbia DB5045 Jazz
The Metronome All Star Leaders was a pickup ensemble of jazz musicians recorded for Columbia; "I Got Rhythm" and "Royal Flush" are swing-era standards.AI summary
Columbia 63499 Jazz
The Metronome All Stars recorded 'Nat meets June' (with Nat King Cole) and 'Sweet Loraine' (with Frank Sinatra) for Columbia, DB2355; this is a notable session pairing major artists, likely from the late 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB2355 Jazz
Miff Mole, a pioneering American jazz trombonist of the 1920s, recorded 'Shimme-sha wabble' and 'One Step to Heaven' for Columbia. Mole was one of the first jazz soloists to demonstrate the expressive capabilities of the trombone in small-group jazz.AI summary
Columbia 35953 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Hep hep the Jumpin' Jive' and 'Plucking on a Golden Harp' on Columbia. Gonella was one of the most popular British jazz musicians of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2492 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a British trumpet virtuoso and hot-dance bandleader of the 1930s, recorded these two American popular standards: 'If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight' and 'Georgia on My Mind'.AI summary
Columbia FB2570 Jazz
Nat Gonella, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Johnson Rag' and 'Yes My Darling Daughter' on Columbia FB2638.AI summary
Columbia FB2638 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a celebrated British trumpeter and bandleader of the 1930s–1940s, on Columbia FB2847—a swing-era recording from one of Britain's leading hot-jazz musicians.AI summary
Columbia FB2847 Jazz
Nat Gonella was a British trumpeter and jazz bandleader who led the Georgians in the 1930s; this Columbia FB-series side pairs a novelty number with 'Star Dust', a jazz standard.AI summary
Columbia FB2571 Jazz
Nat Gonella and his Georgians, a hot-dance and swing ensemble, on Columbia; Gonella was a respected British jazz trumpet player and bandleader of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2523 Jazz
New Orleans Bootblacks performing 'Flat Foot' and 'Mad Dog', recorded for Columbia DB3422. An American jazz group recorded for UK pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB3422 Jazz
The New Orleans Bootblacks, a jazz ensemble, on Columbia performing hot jazz titles; these sides represent early jazz recording on a major British label.AI summary
Columbia DB3422 Jazz
The New Orleans Owls, a New Orleans jazz band, on Columbia 1045D, performing 'Dynamite' and 'Pretty Baby' — hot jazz from the late 1920s. The Owls were an important regional ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 1045D Jazz
The New Orleans Wanderers were a small New Orleans jazz ensemble of the 1920s; 'Perdido Street Blues' and 'Gatemouth' are classic hot jazz sides recorded for the Columbia label and important to early jazz history.AI summary
Columbia DB2860 Jazz
The New Orleans Wanderers were a classic jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Sidney Bechet in 1924, recording 'Perdido Street Blues'—a landmark of early New Orleans jazz. Columbia DB pressings of this material are uncommon in the UK.AI summary
Columbia DB2860 Jazz
Noble Sissle, the pioneering African-American jazz singer and bandleader, on Columbia's FB series. Sissle was a central figure in early jazz and a major recording artist; these are later-era sides, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1493 Jazz
Original Memphis Five, a New York jazz group, recorded 'Sioux City Sue' and 'Grass Is Always Greener' for Columbia, catalogue 186D. The group was active in the early 1920s and recorded a wide range of jazz, blues and novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 186D Jazz
The Original Memphis 5, a white jazz ensemble, recorded 'Walk Jenny Walk' and 'Last Night on the Back Porch' for Columbia 7D. Early hot-dance sides from the mid-1920s, sought after by period-jazz collectors.AI summary
Columbia 7D Jazz
The Original Memphis Five were an early jazz ensemble (c. 1920) led by pianist Jimmy Saunders. 'St Louis Gal' and 'Shufflin' Mose' are early jazz sides; this Columbia 50-D pressing is from an important early jazz series that is keenly collected.AI summary
Columbia 50d Jazz
The Original Memphis Five recorded 'Why should I weep about one sweetie' and 'Since ma is playing Mah Jong' for Columbia 74D in the early 1920s—a New York jazz group from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 74D Jazz
The Oscar Peterson Trio recorded 'Angel eyes' and 'Unforgettable' for Columbia LB10011; Peterson was one of the greatest jazz pianists of the post-war era, and his trio recordings defined modern jazz.AI summary
Columbia LB10011 Jazz
Paul Mares on Columbia, catalogue 35686, with 'Reincarnation' and 'Maple Leaf Rag'. Mares was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter active in the 1920s, and this side represents early American jazz on a British pressing.AI summary
Columbia 35686 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the American bandleader and composer, recording 'The New Tiger Rag' and 'The Wedding of the Birds' for Columbia CB-series (CB163), likely early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB163 Jazz
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Paul Whiteman was the celebrated American 'King of Jazz' and bandleader; this Columbia CB catalogue entry is too sparse to identify but represents a major figure in dance-band recording.AI summary
Columbia CB86 Jazz
Paul Whiteman's orchestra, one of the most celebrated American dance bands of the jazz age, on Columbia; Whiteman was hugely prolific and his recordings were widely available.AI summary
Columbia 1553D Jazz
The Rhythm Boys were a close-harmony vocal trio, best known as Paul Whiteman's featured singers in the late 1920s; this Columbia side captures their sophisticated jazz-inflected style on 'Rhythm King' and the novelty number 'My Suppressed Desire'.AI summary
Columbia 5240 Jazz
R. Starita recorded 'Crazy Rhythm' and 'Where Have You Been All My Life' for Columbia, catalogue 5137, in the late 1920s. An obscure dance or hot-jazz recording.AI summary
Columbia 5137 Jazz
Columbia 5523 Jazz
The Radio Rhythm Rascals perform hot jazz numbers 'Sweet Sue' and 'Dinah' on Columbia. The band is not well documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia FB1107 Jazz
Ray Starita's Piccadilly Revels Band, a British dance ensemble, performing jazz-inflected dance material on Columbia 4641. Starita was active in the 1920s-30s British dance scene.AI summary
Columbia 4641 Jazz
Red Nichols, the white jazz cornet player and bandleader, in two classic hot-jazz standards on Columbia — 'Wabash Blues' and 'Someday Sweetheart' — likely from the late 1920s–early 1930s. Nichols was an important figure in early jazz recording.AI summary
Columbia 4419 Jazz
Reginald Foresythe, the British pianist and composer, performing his own composition 'Because It's Love' and the jazz standard 'St Louis Blues' on Columbia FB1141, a 1930s British recording.AI summary
Columbia FB1141 Jazz
Reginald Foresythe was a British pianist and composer known for sophisticated jazz-influenced arrangements; this Columbia side pairs two pieces from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1031 Jazz
Harry Reser, influential jazz banjoist and composer, recording two instrumental pieces for Columbia in the mid-1920s; Reser was a prolific recording artist and innovator on the instrument.AI summary
Columbia 4437 Jazz
Harry Reser, a pioneering American jazz banjo and ukulele player, recorded 'Someone Is Losin' Susan' and 'Who Wouldn't' for Columbia, catalogue 4135, in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4135 Jazz
Harry Reser was an American banjo virtuoso and bandleader of the 1920s–30s; 'Susie's Feller' is a novelty title, and 'That Night in Araby' is a known popular standard. Columbia 4206 indicates a 1920s pressing. Reser's banjo and jazz-novelty sides are sought by hot-jazz and novelty collectors.AI summary
Columbia 4206 Jazz
Harry Reser was a pioneering jazz banjo and ukulele player; this Columbia recording from the mid-1920s features his hot-jazz style with the Columbians dance band.AI summary
Columbia 4558 Jazz
Rich performing 'Man I Love' and 'Dolly Dimples' for Columbia 4786, a catalogue number from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4786 Jazz
Adrian Rollini, the hot-jazz reed and keyboard player, on Columbia DB5006, performing 'Swing Low' and 'Tap Room Swing', likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB5006 Jazz
Roy Eldridge (trumpet) and Benny Carter (alto sax) co-leading an orchestra performing jazz standards on Columbia; two major jazz soloists in a collaborative recording from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia LB10008 Jazz
Rube Bloom's Bayou Boys on Columbia CB75: 'St James Infirmary' and 'One Girl' (Selvin). Rube Bloom was a composer and pianist active in the 1920s–1930s; the Bayou Boys were a hot-jazz ensemble. This is an early Columbia race-series pressing.AI summary
Columbia CB75 Jazz
Sarah Vaughan, one of the greatest jazz and popular singers of the era, recorded these two songs for Columbia, likely in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3197 Jazz
Sarah Vaughan with Lorenzo Fuller and Eddie Sledge on Columbia C1294 performing 'Bianca' and 'Too Darn Hot', a sophisticated jazz-vocal pairing on Columbia's early C-series.AI summary
Columbia C1294 Jazz
Savoy Havana Band recorded 'Dream Daddy' and 'After the Storm' for Columbia in the early 1930s, dance-band material in the hot-jazz idiom.AI summary
Columbia 3518 Jazz
The Savoy Havana Band performing 'Jazz Band Partout' and 'Billets Doux' on Columbia 3097, a hot-jazz recording from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3097 Jazz
Savoy Havana Band, a recording name used for various session groups, performing two 1920s jazz-age novelties on Columbia; Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean was a famous comedy song.AI summary
Columbia 3276 Jazz