307 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Savoy Orpheans were one of Britain's finest jazz ensembles, active at the Savoy Ballroom in London in the late 1920s. This Columbia recording couples two jazz standards, 'I Love You Little Jessie James' and 'Linger a While' (credited to the Savoy Havana band), capturing the height of British hot jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3376 Jazz
The Savoy Orpheans were a respected British jazz and dance band of the 1920s, recorded here on Columbia for 'Oh Eva' and 'It Had to Be You'. The low catalogue number (3494) dates this to the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3494 Jazz
The Scott Wood Six Swingers were a British swing group led by the Scottish bandleader Scott Wood; this Columbia side captures two classic jazz standards ('Tiger Rag' and 'Basin Street Blues') in swing arrangements.AI summary
Columbia FB1520 Jazz
Scott Wood and his Six Swingers perform 'Hot Pie' and 'Second Helping' on Columbia. Wood was a British harmonica virtuoso and bandleader of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia FB1556 Jazz
Scott Wood's Six Swingers were a British jazz-swing group of the 1930s–40s. This later Columbia FB-series side pairs two American jazz standards: 'Star dust' and 'I'm getting sentimental over you', representing their mature swing-era style.AI summary
Columbia FB1852 Jazz
Scott Wood's Six Swingers were a British jazz-swing group of the 1930s–40s. This Columbia FB-series side pairs 'Toy trumpet', a novelty instrumental, and 'Twilight in Turkey', a popular standard of the era.AI summary
Columbia FB1765 Jazz
Selvin on Columbia 3714, performing 'Steppin in Society' and Markel's 'Don't bother me', jazz-influenced dance recordings from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 3714 Jazz
The Seven Hot Air Men, a jazz or hot-dance band, on Columbia. The title 'Low down Rhythm' and the band name suggest a 1920s jazz or hot-dance ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 5562 Jazz
The Seven Hot Air Men, an early jazz or novelty group, recorded 'Navy Blues' and 'Harlem Madness' for Columbia. The catalogue CB53 suggests a jazz or dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB53 Jazz
The Sevn Hot Air Men, a jazz ensemble, on Columbia performing hot jazz of the late 1920s; these British dance band sides reflect the American jazz influence on UK dance music.AI summary
Columbia CB53 Jazz
Silvester Jive on Columbia FB 2989, with two jazz novelty numbers. The artist name appears to be a pseudonym or stage billing for a jive band or small ensemble.AI summary
Columbia FB2989 Jazz
Silvester Jive on Columbia FB, performing 'Way down yonder in New Orleans' and 'Stompin at the Savoy'. FB pressings are from the swing era of the late 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2980 Jazz
Silvester Jive is credited with 'Please Do It Again' and 'Blue Lou' on Columbia FB3019, a jive or jazz-influenced number typical of the 1940s swing era. The artist or group cannot be confidently identified from the credit.AI summary
Columbia FB3019 Jazz
Columbia DB5033 Jazz
Sonny Greer, the celebrated drummer of Duke Ellington's orchestra, on Columbia DB5033 performing 'Beggars' Blues' and 'Saturday Night Function'.AI summary
Columbia DB5033 Jazz
The Sophiatown Septet recorded this side for Columbia's South African or Commonwealth 'YE' series, likely in the 1950s; Sophiatown was a pivotal centre of South African jazz and township music during that era.AI summary
Columbia YE190 Jazz
Paul Specht's orchestra on Columbia 3599—a jazz-age dance band from the mid-to-late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3599 Jazz
Paul Specht's orchestra on Columbia 3930, performing 'Clap Hands here comes Charley' and 'Pretending' — a prominent American hot-dance band of the 1920s, with limited UK distribution.AI summary
Columbia 3930 Jazz
Ted Lewis, the renowned 'Me and My Clarinet' entertainer and bandleader, recorded 'Blues' and 'I can't get over a girl like you' for Columbia 4239, classic early swing and jazz material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4239 Jazz
Ted Lewis, the American clarinettist and entertainer known as 'Mr. Jazz', performs two blues classics, 'The Memphis Blues' and 'Beale Street Blues', on Columbia 4609—an acoustic-era recording that captures some of the earliest jazz idiom on disc.AI summary
Columbia 4609 Jazz
Ted Lewis, the American jazz clarinetist and 'King of Jazz', recorded these two standards for Columbia CB136, the earlier British Columbia series. Lewis was an influential early jazz and dance-band musician of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB136 Jazz
Ted Lewis, the American 'King of Jazz' (a sobriquet he shared with Paul Whiteman), was a clarinetist and bandleader popular in the 1920s–1930s. This Columbia side dates from the early dance-band era.AI summary
Columbia 4309 Jazz
Ted Lewis was an American jazz and novelty entertainer popular in the 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia recording pairs 'Aunt Hagar's Blues' and 'Dinah'.AI summary
Columbia CB64 Jazz
Ted Lewis, 'The Man with a Clarinet', the American jazz and novelty entertainer, recorded these two blues classics for Columbia, likely in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB446 Jazz
Ted Lewis, a highly recorded vaudeville entertainer and bandleader, on Columbia 4609 with 'The Memphis Blues' and 'Beale Street Blues', canonical early jazz standards.AI summary
Columbia 4609 Jazz
Ted Lewis was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as 'The High Hat Hottentot', famous for his clarinet style and novelty arrangements. 'Limehouse Blues' and 'Allah's Holiday' are jazz standards of the 1920s era. This is a Columbia pressing from the 5000 series, probably mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5330 Jazz
Ted Lewis and his band performing 'She's Funny That Way' and 'Glad Rag Doll' on Columbia 5268. Ted Lewis was a celebrated American jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the hot-jazz era, and this Columbia recording dates to the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5268 Jazz
Columbia 5268 Jazz
The Georgians, an American jazz ensemble, performing 'You May Be Fast' and 'Home Town Blues' on Columbia 23D — an early UK pressing of a 1920s jazz band.AI summary
Columbia 23D Jazz
The Georgians, a jazz and dance ensemble, recorded 'Everybody Loves My Baby' and 'My Best Girl' for Columbia 252D. 'Everybody Loves My Baby' was a jazz standard; The Georgians were active in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 252D Jazz
The Georgians on Columbia A3775 with 'I wish I could shimmy like my Sister Kate' and 'Chicago', classic hot-dance recordings from the early 1920s. The Georgians were a popular early jazz and dance group, and these titles are among the period's most recognisable dance sides.AI summary
Columbia A3775 Jazz
The Georgians were a dance band of the early 1920s; 'Loose Feet' and 'Aggravatin' Papa' are jazz-inflected dance numbers on Columbia, typical of the era's hot-dance fad.AI summary
Columbia A3825 Jazz
The Georgians, a dance band of the early 1920s, perform 'Farewell Blues' and 'Snakes Hips' on Columbia A3864—an early acoustic recording from the jazz age.AI summary
Columbia A3864 Jazz
The Georgians recorded 'Mamma goes where Papa goes' for Columbia, an early 1920s jazz-influenced vocal group. The Georgians were active in the early jazz age but are now obscure.AI summary
Columbia A3996 Jazz
Thelma Terry, a jazz pianist and bandleader of the 1920s, performs 'Dusky Stevedore' and (with Tracy Brown) 'Chloe' on Columbia. Terry was active in jazz and dance music of the jazz age.AI summary
Columbia 5164 Jazz
Thelma Terry, an American jazz and dance pianist, performing 'Dusky Stevedore' and 'Chloe' on Columbia 5164, a 1920s recording.AI summary
Columbia 5164 Jazz
Tony Crombie, a British jazz drummer and bandleader, on Columbia DB4076, performing 'Dumplins' and 'Twon Special'. Crombie was a leading figure in British modern jazz in the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB4076 Jazz
Tony Parenti, an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the 1920s New Orleans jazz scene, on Columbia 836D with early New Orleans hot jazz sides 'Up jumped the Devil' and 'New Crazy blues' (1926).AI summary
Columbia 836D Jazz
Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, recorded 'Jig Saw Puzzle Blues' and 'Raggin' the Scale' for Columbia, catalogue DF1263.AI summary
Columbia DF1263 Jazz
Viola McCoy, an American blues and jazz singer of the 1920s, performs two early jazz sides for Columbia: 'Strut long Papa' and 'Laughin crying Blues'.AI summary
Columbia A3867 Jazz
The Washboard Rhythm Band, a novelty percussion group popular in the 1930s, recorded 'Coming of Hi-De-Ho' and 'Swing Gate' for Columbia, capturing the jive and swing-era novelty sound.AI summary
Columbia CB642 Jazz
W.C. Handy, the American blues pioneer and composer, performing 'Moonlight blues' and 'Bunch of blues' on Columbia A-series, recorded in the 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A2418 Jazz
W. C. Handy, the composer and pioneering blues bandleader, performing 'Hooking Cow Blues' and 'Ole Miss Rag' on Columbia. These are likely his own compositions or arrangements; Handy's recordings are historically important to early jazz and blues history.AI summary
Columbia A2420 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', recorded these two sentimental popular numbers for Columbia in the mid-1920s, capturing the sweet-jazz style that dominated dance halls of the era.AI summary
Columbia 5484 Jazz
A Columbia recording (catalogue 5548B) of jazz and popular standards, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s. The title 'Louise' and the reference to Whiteman suggest this may be a Paul Whiteman side, though the credit is unclear.AI summary
Columbia 5548B Jazz
Paul Whiteman performs 'You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me' and 'Livin' in the Sunlight' on Columbia CB117. These are recordings from Whiteman's orchestra of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB117 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the "King of Jazz," on Columbia CB120 with "Sittin' on a Rainbow" and "Old New England Moon" from the early 1930s. Whiteman was one of the most recorded and collected artists of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB120 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', on Columbia 4951 performing 'Get out and get under the Moon' and 'Constantinople', from the early 1920s jazz craze.AI summary
Columbia 4951 Jazz