1,956 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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His Master's Voice B4869 Jazz
Duke Ellington and his orchestra on His Master's Voice B4929, recording 'Saratoga Swing' and 'Washington Wobble' (1927). Two classic sides from Ellington's early creative period on an established British HMV pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4929 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra, recorded circa 1928, with two sides issued on His Master's Voice; the catalogue number suggests a dance-era pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4957 Jazz
Duke Ellington's Savoy Ballroom orchestra on His Master's Voice, featuring 'East Saint Louis Toodle-O' and 'Got Everything but You' — two significant sides from his breakthrough years, likely recorded in 1927 or shortly after.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4958 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the American jazz composer and bandleader, on His Master's Voice with 'Haunted Nights' and 'Duke Steps Out'; Ellington's recordings are among the most sought-after and valuable in jazz.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4960 Jazz
Duke Ellington on His Master's Voice B4992 performing 'Stompy Jones' and 'Blue Feeling'. Ellington was the leading figure in jazz; HMV B-series pressings of his sides are commonly held and relatively affordable.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4992 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the American jazz composer and bandleader, recorded 'Moon Over Cuba' and 'Just a-settin' and a-rockin'' for His Master's Voice. Ellington was one of the greatest jazz composers and orchestral leaders of the 20th century, and his recordings remain highly valued by collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9268 Jazz
A His Master's Voice pressing credited to Ellington, featuring 'Troubled Waters' and a take on 'Stardust'; this is likely Duke Ellington's orchestra, recorded mid-1930s or later.AI summary
His Master's Voice X4593 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the American jazz composer, bandleader and pianist, recorded these jazz standards for Victor, a major American label. Ellington was the pre-eminent figure in jazz and twentieth-century American music, known for his vast compositional output and innovative orchestrations.AI summary
Victor 22603 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the towering figure of jazz composition and bandleading, recorded 'Black and Tan Fantasy' on AJ (AJ8), a very obscure British label. This is an important early Ellington composition from the mid-1920s.AI summary
AJ 8 Jazz
Duke Ellington on Brunswick 01616, performing 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree' and 'Awful Sad', likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 01616 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra recorded 'Sweet Jazz of mine' (1930) and 'Stevedore Stomp' (1929) for His Master's Voice. These represent Ellington's early work for HMV, when his orchestra was at the height of its early 1930s form.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6106 Jazz
Elmer Schoebel's jazz ensemble on Brunswick 03309, performing 'Copenhagen' and 'Prince of Wails'. Schoebel was a pianist and composer active in Chicago jazz in the 1920s; these are early dance-band sides from the jazz age.AI summary
Brunswick 03309 Jazz
Elmer Schoebel, an American jazz pianist and composer, recorded 'Copenhagen' and 'Prince of Wails' for Brunswick in the late 1920s. Both are hot jazz standards; Schoebel was an important figure in early Chicago and New Orleans jazz.AI summary
Brunswick 03309 Jazz
Elsie Janis was an American entertainer, dancer and singer of the Edwardian and 1920s era; this His Master's Voice side features 'The Jazz Band', capturing her engagement with early jazz material.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-3314 Jazz
Emmett Miller was an important but often overlooked American jazz and blues vocalist and instrumentalist of the 1920s-1930s; paired here with Miff Mole, a pioneering jazz trombonist, on 'Dusky Stevedore' and 'Take Your Tomorrow', recorded for Parlophone, catalogue R314.AI summary
Parlophone R314 Jazz
Ennis Parkes recorded 'All the Year Blues' and 'Shufflin' Along' for His Master's Voice, likely a blues or jazz-influenced performer of the 1920s; the catalogue number is early and the titles suggest dance or blues repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1400 Jazz
Ernest Hare performing the jazz novelties 'Saxophone Blues' and 'My Lovin' Sing Song Man' on Brunswick 2040, an early acoustic jazz-vocal recording from the 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 2040 Jazz
Credited to Ernie Mayne on the TEST label, a British imprint of uncertain dating and provenance.AI summary
TEST Jazz
Errol Garner was one of the great jazz pianists, celebrated for his unique stride technique, rhythmic drive and harmonic sophistication. His Savoy recordings of the 1940s, such as 'Penthouse Serenade' and 'I Cover the Waterfront', are classics of bebop-era jazz and remain highly prized by collectors.AI summary
Savoy 688 Jazz
Erroll Garner with More Than You Know and Over the Rainbow on Regent 1014.AI summary
Regent 1014 Jazz
Erskine Hawkins and his orchestra with I Can't Escape from You and It Will Have to Do Until the Real Thing Comes Along on Vocalion 3280.AI summary
Vocalion 3280 Jazz
Erskine Hawkins was an American jazz trumpet virtuoso and bandleader known for his swinging orchestra's energetic, blues-inflected style. His Regal pressings represent hot-jazz recordings, likely reissues of American material, from the swing era of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR20321 Jazz
Erskine Hawkins was an American swing bandleader and trumpeter of the 1930s-1940s. This Regal pressing is from his commercial swing period, capturing his uptempo novelty style.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G23728 Jazz
Erskine Hawkins, the celebrated American jazz bandleader and trumpet player, recorded 'Swing Out' and 'Raid the Joint' for His Master's Voice NE833, a British pressing of American jazz material.AI summary
His Master's Voice NE833 Jazz
Esther Bigeou was among the earliest blues singers recorded in the 1920s; "Stingaree Blues" appeared on Okeh's pioneering 8000 race series, which carried some of the first commercial blues recordings.AI summary
Okeh 8025 Jazz
Esther Bigeou, a blues singer who recorded for Okeh in the early 1920s, heard here on "Leave My Sweet Daddy Alone" and "Hesitating Blues".AI summary
Okeh 8065 Jazz
Ethel Waters, an influential American blues and jazz vocalist, recorded two numbers for Columbia in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DB579 Jazz
Ethel Waters, a legendary African American jazz and blues vocalist, recorded 'Porgy' with Duke Ellington and 'St Louis Blues' for Brunswick in the late 1920s. This is a significant pairing of two major artists of the jazz age, though Brunswick pressings are less scarce than their Parlophone or Odeon equivalents.AI summary
Brunswick 01522 Jazz
Ethel Waters, one of the most important African-American blues and jazz singers of the 1920s–30s, performing two blues sides on Columbia 14132D. Waters' early recordings are highly sought after by blues and jazz collectors.AI summary
Columbia 14132D Jazz
Ethel Waters, an African-American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia; a recording of hot jazz and popular song.AI summary
Columbia 14353D Jazz
Ethel Waters, an iconic American jazz and blues singer, recorded 'Dinah' and 'Sweet Man' on Columbia. Waters was a pioneering African-American entertainer whose 1920s recordings defined the jazz vocal tradition and remain among the most sought early jazz recordings.AI summary
Columbia 487D Jazz
Ethel Waters, the pioneering African-American blues and jazz singer, performing two blues sides on Columbia 14093D. Waters' early recordings are among the most important in blues history and are highly collected.AI summary
Columbia 14093D Jazz
Ethel Waters, the celebrated American blues and jazz singer, recorded 'You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me' and 'My Kind of a Man' on Columbia 2222D. Waters was a major recording and stage star of the 1920s-30s and her records are sought by jazz and blues collectors.AI summary
Columbia 2222D Jazz
Ethel Waters, the African-American jazz singer, blues artist, and stage performer, recorded 'Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo' and 'Don't I Know What I'm Doin'' for Columbia, catalogue 5690. Waters was one of the most influential and celebrated entertainers of the 1920s and 1930s, and her recordings remain important to jazz and blues collectors.AI summary
Columbia 5690 Jazz
Eubie Blake, the celebrated African-American pianist and composer, recorded 'Bandana Days' and 'Baltimore Buzz' for Victor, a US label—two instrumental jazz and ragtime pieces from the early recording era.AI summary
Victor 18791 Jazz
Eubie Blake, the pioneering African-American jazz pianist and composer, recorded 'Bandana Days' and 'Baltimore Buzz' for His Master's Voice; historic early jazz from one of the creators of stride piano.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1297 Jazz
Eubie Blake, an African-American pianist and composer of ragtime and early jazz, on Imperial Records 2628, performing 'Life is just a Bowl of Cherries' and 'Today I feel so happy'.AI summary
Imperial 2628 Jazz
Eva Taylor was a blues and jazz vocalist active in the 1920s–30s. Okeh 4805 ('12th Street Rag' and 'Downhearted Blues') captures her work.AI summary
Okeh 4805 Jazz
Eva Taylor, backed by pianist and bandleader Clarence Williams, on "Barefoot Blues", a 1920s Okeh race-series release.AI summary
Okeh 8073 Jazz
Fats Waller, the New Orleans pianist, composer and entertainer, performing two of his own songs for HMV. B10050 is from Waller's most prolific recording period in the early 1930s, when his witty vocals and stride piano defined hot jazz entertainment.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10050 Jazz
Fats Waller on His Master's Voice JF15, performing two of his own compositions. Waller was a major jazz pianist and songwriter of the swing era, and his HMV recordings are sought by collectors, though UK pressings of the JF series remain relatively available.AI summary
His Master's Voice JF15 Jazz
Fats Waller on HMV, catalogue B10191. Waller was one of the greatest American jazz and stride-piano composers and performers of the 1920s–40s, hugely popular and prolific. His recordings are among the most collected of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10191 Jazz
His Master's Voice B10472 Jazz
Fats Waller was one of jazz's greatest pianists, organists and comedians; this His Master's Voice recording pairs 'Love I'd Give My Life for You' and 'Don't Try to Cry Your Way Back to Me'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10495 Jazz
An HMV advance pressing of Fats Waller's "St Louis Blues" — advance or trial copies were cut in very small numbers ahead of commercial release, making them unusual survivors from a major jazz pianist's catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice advance Jazz
His Master's Voice B9885 Jazz
Fats Waller, the stride pianist and entertainer, recorded 'Paswonky' and 'How ya baby' for His Master's Voice HE2345, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice HE2345 Jazz