126 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jimmy Dorsey performing 'I'm just wild about Harry' and 'After you've gone' on Decca. Dorsey was one of the most important jazz and dance musicians of the 1930s-50s, a bandleader and reed player.AI summary
Decca F9003 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra performing 'Blue Skies' and 'Someday Sweetheart' on Decca 10029. Dorsey was a virtuoso saxophonist and bandleader who led one of the most successful orchestras of the swing era.AI summary
Decca 10029 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra on Decca F9003, performing two jazz standards. Dorsey was a major bandleader and saxophonist of the swing era; his records were widely distributed and remain common.AI summary
Decca F9003 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey, the American jazz saxophonist, with arranger Spike Hughes on Decca F1878, recorded in the UK, with 'Tiger rag' and 'St Louis blues' — two hot-jazz standards.AI summary
Decca F1878 Jazz
Joe Venuti, an influential American jazz violinist and swing musician of the 1920s-40s, recorded for Decca. Venuti's recordings are prized by jazz enthusiasts and Decca F series sides from this era often hold value.AI summary
Decca F3860 Jazz
Joey Shields was a British vocalist who recorded with Spike Hughes, a British composer and bandleader known for his swinging orchestral jazz recordings of the 1930s. 'St James Infirmary' is a classic blues-jazz standard; this Decca F-series recording represents Hughes's influential hot-dance orchestration.AI summary
Decca F2584 Jazz
Josephine Bradley performing 'Torpedo Junction' and the swing standard 'Take the A Train' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F8406 Jazz
Jules Ruben Trio on Decca F 6346, performing two jazz standards of the 1930s–1940s. The Ruben Trio was a minor but active small-group jazz outfit.AI summary
Decca F6346 Jazz
Ken Colyer, the British New Orleans-style jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Entertainer' and 'If I Ever Cease to Love' on Decca, likely from the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F10519 Jazz
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen recorded 'Isle of Capri' and 'Goin' Home' for Decca. Colyer was a pioneering British trad-jazz revivalist of the 1950s, known for his purist approach to New Orleans jazz.AI summary
Decca F10241 Jazz
Kid Ory was a pioneering New Orleans jazz trombonist whose tailgate style shaped early jazz; this French Decca 'MU' series pressing couples his own 'Blanche Touquatoux' with the jazz standard 'High Society'.AI summary
Decca MU60089 Jazz
Len Fillis performs two jazz standards on Decca's budget F-series, a mass-produced line of popular and jazz dance numbers.AI summary
Decca F3228 Jazz
Lew Stone's band on two hot-jazz standards, Decca F pressing from the 1930s. Stone led one of Britain's finest dance orchestras of the era.AI summary
Decca F3839 Jazz
Lipton performing the jazz-influenced novelty songs 'Harlem' and 'Cowboy' on Decca F6283, a British pressing.AI summary
Decca F6283 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 'Shadrack' and 'Jonah and the Whale' on Decca f6835, spiritual-themed vocal performances from the 1930s-40s. Armstrong's earliest Decca sides are sought after by collectors of early hot jazz and vocal blues.AI summary
Decca f6835 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 'So Little Time' and 'Love Walked In', recorded for Decca, represent his later work from the 1940s. UK Decca pressings of Armstrong's records are relatively accessible.AI summary
Decca F6716 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz trumpeter and singer, recorded two spirituals, 'Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven' and 'Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen', for Decca.AI summary
Decca F6912 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century, recorded 'I get Ideas' and 'Kiss to build a Dream on' for Decca 60.683, a UK pressing from the early 1950s. Armstrong's later Decca recordings are less sought after than his 1920s–30s Hot Five and Seven sides, but any Armstrong remains a major collecting area.AI summary
Decca 60.683 Jazz
Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, one of the finest hot jazz ensembles of the 1930s, recorded 'Mood Indigo' (the Duke Ellington composition) and 'Rose Room' for Decca. This is an early Decca catalogue number (131), suggesting a 1930s UK pressing of a scarce and highly sought recording.AI summary
Decca 131 Jazz
Marion Harris, an American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s, on Decca F3954 with 'Oo ooh Honey' and 'One Morning in May'.AI summary
Decca F3954 Jazz
Mildred Bailey, the pioneering American jazz and swing vocalist, performing "All Too Soon" and "Everything Depends on You" on Decca SAMPLE25462, described as a sample copy.AI summary
Decca SAMPLE25462 Jazz
Mills Blue Rhythm Band performing 'Low Down on the Bayou' and 'Futuristic Jungleism' on Decca F2728, a mid-1930s pressing; the Mills Blue Rhythm Band were a swinging Harlem dance orchestra.AI summary
Decca F2728 Jazz
The Mills Blue Rhythm Band was an accomplished American swing orchestra of the 1930s; this Decca side pairs two adventurous jazz numbers, 'Low down on the Bayou' and 'Futuristic Jungleism', reflecting the band's sophisticated jungle-jazz style.AI summary
Decca F2728 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, a hot-jazz ensemble of the 1920s, recorded 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' for Decca F7808, both standards of the New Orleans jazz repertoire. This is a later Decca pressing than their original recordings.AI summary
Decca F7808 Jazz
Mound City Blowers, a jazz novelty ensemble from the 1920s, performing classic New Orleans jazz numbers 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F7808 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a celebrated British jazz trumpeter, recorded 'I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me' and 'I Heard' for Decca F3176, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F3176 Jazz
Nat Gonella, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, on Decca F8552. Gonella was known for his hot-jazz style and novelty numbers; both 'Mama' and the B-side suggest swing-era repertoire from the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Decca F8552 Jazz
Nat Gonella, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, recorded 'Shoofly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy' and 'Murder' for Decca F8691.AI summary
Decca F8691 Jazz
Ottilie Patterson, the Northern Irish jazz and blues vocalist who sang with Chris Barber's band, recorded these blues standards for Decca's '10000 series' in the mid-1950s. Patterson was one of Britain's finest blues singers and recordings from this period are keenly collected by British traditional jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Decca F10472/10621 Jazz
The Paul England Speciality Octet, a jazz or dance ensemble of the 1930s, recorded 'Slipping round the Corner' and 'For You' for Decca, catalogue F2394.AI summary
Decca F2394 Jazz
The Phil Green band recorded 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'Aunt Hagar's Blues' for Decca. Phil Green was a British conductor and composer who arranged many recordings in the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F8503 Jazz
Decca F3951 Jazz
The Quintet of the Hot Club recording 'Lambeth Walk' and 'Flat Foot Floogie' on Decca. This is likely Django Reinhardt's Hot Club de France ensemble, one of the most important European jazz groups of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Decca F6776 Jazz
Rabin on Decca F 7856, performing two jazz standards of the 1930s–1940s era.AI summary
Decca F7856 Jazz
Decca 8508-2 Jazz
Red Norvo, the American swing vibraphonist, in two novelty recordings on Decca: "Polly Wolly Doodle" and "By the Waters of Minnetonka", from the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F7806 Jazz
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, pioneering gospel and jump-blues artist, recorded for Decca. 'Didn't It Rain' and 'Stretch Out' are traditional spirituals in her electrified style. This M-series pressing is from the mid-1940s.AI summary
Decca M32432 Jazz
Sid Phillips' Quintet on Decca F8147, a trad jazz recording from the 1950s. Phillips was a British traditional jazz musician and bandleader, and his recordings are sought by trad and swing collectors.AI summary
Decca F8147 Jazz
Spike Hughes, British bandleader of the 1930s, on Decca F2735 with vocals by Edith Carlisle. This is a well-produced swing-era recording. Hughes' Decca sides are sought by British jazz collectors.AI summary
Decca F2735 Jazz
Spike Hughes was a significant British jazz arranger and composer of the early 1930s, and this Decca side showcases his sophisticated orchestral approach to 'Limehouse Blues' — a piece he wrote and was closely associated with.AI summary
Decca F3004 Jazz
Spike Hughes, a British bandleader, composer and music critic, on Decca F2373 performing two spirituals arranged for dance band. Hughes was a significant figure in British jazz and dance music of the 1930s; his recordings, though not numerous, are respected by jazz historians.AI summary
Decca F2373 Jazz
Spike Hughes, a British jazz musician and composer, performing two sides—'Dancing Time' and 'Kalua'—on Decca in 1936. Hughes was an accomplished reed player and bandleader active in the early British jazz scene; his Decca recordings are sought by enthusiasts of the period.AI summary
Decca F1816 Jazz
Spike Hughes, a British jazz musician and composer, performing the spirituals 'Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho' and 'Roll Jordan' on Decca F2373.AI summary
Decca F2373 Jazz
Spike Hughes, a British jazz bandleader and composer, recorded 'Poor Butterfly' and 'Margie' for Decca F1815 in the mid-1930s. Hughes was influential in British jazz.AI summary
Decca F1815 Jazz
Spike Hughes, the British jazz composer, arranger and bandleader, recorded for Decca during his most active period in the mid-1930s. Hughes was a leading figure in British jazz and swing, known for sophisticated arrangements and modern hot-dance ideas.AI summary
Decca F1816 Jazz
Spike Hughes, the British jazz composer and bandleader, recorded for Decca in the early 1930s. Hughes was an important figure in British hot jazz and his recordings remain sought by collectors of the period, particularly his Decca sessions which often featured American and British swing musicians.AI summary
Decca F1844 Jazz
Spike Hughes was a leading British jazz composer and bandleader of the 1930s, known for sophisticated swing arrangements. This Decca recording of 'Darktown Strutters Ball' and 'Blues in My Heart' showcases Hughes's elegant orchestral jazz style.AI summary
Decca F2611 Jazz
Spike Hughes, the British dance-band leader and innovator, performing 'Dinah' and 'Doan You Grieve' on Decca F3399, a late 1930s British recording.AI summary
Decca F3399 Jazz