1,956 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Josh White and others on "Minute Man" and "Froggy Bottom" for Asch 2001. Josh White was an American folksinger, blues performer, and social activist of the 1930s–1950s, known for songs of protest and social commentary. Asch Records was founded by Moe Asch to document American folk and roots music.AI summary
Asch 2001 Jazz
Josh White, the influential American blues and folk guitarist, with pianist Mary Lou Williams on Asch Records 2001, performing 'Minute Man' and 'Froggy Bottom'. White and Williams were major artists of the 1940s blues and jazz scene; Asch was an important American label founded by Moses Asch.AI summary
Asch 2001 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
Jungle Band was Duke Ellington's pseudonymous recording group for Brunswick, 1927–1929, used to record material outside his main contract; this Tiger Rag double-sided recording is a key hot-jazz recording of the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 4238 Jazz
Kai Ewans recorded for His Master's Voice, performing 'Memphis Blues' and 'Bugle Call Rag' on the X4698 matrix. The HMV X-series was used for jazz and swing recordings, often by less prominent or semi-professional musicians. This is likely a 1930s pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice X4698 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, a British trombonist and bandleader, recorded for Story Records with 'If I Ever Cease to Love', a trad-jazz side.AI summary
Story 206 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
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen, led by the purist New Orleans-style trumpeter who helped launch British skiffle, play 'The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise' and 'Maryland, My Maryland' on Tempo.AI summary
Tempo A136 Jazz
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen with The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise and Maryland, My Maryland on Tempo A136. Colyer was the trumpeter whose New Orleans-inspired approach shaped the British traditional jazz revival.AI summary
Tempo A136 Jazz
Tempo A117 Jazz
Ken Johnson, a British jazz pianist and bandleader, performing 'Tuxedo Junction' and 'Ida' on His Master's Voice. Johnson was active in the British jazz scene during the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5576 Jazz
Ken Snakehips Johnson's West Indian Orchestra, a London-based swing ensemble of the late 1930s, performed "Ida" and "Tuxedo Junction" for His Master's Voice. Johnson was a notable figure in British hot dance music before his death in the Café de Paris bombing of 1941.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5576 Jazz
Kid Ory's 'Savoy Blues' and '12th Street Rag' on Vogue V2012. Ory is canonical; Vogue French pressings of his work are sought after.AI summary
Vogue V2012 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
Kid Ory's 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' for Vocalion V1012. Ory is a canonical New Orleans trombonist; this is a classic hot-jazz recording of the acoustic era.AI summary
Vocalion V1012 Jazz
Kid Ory, the New Orleans trombonist who wrote 'Muskrat Ramble' and led one of the best bands of the 1940s New Orleans revival, plays 'High Society' and 'Muskrat Ramble' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1012 Jazz
Kid Ory led one of the pioneering New Orleans jazz bands; this UK Vocalion issue carries the first catalogue number of a short British series reissuing early American jazz sides for collectors.AI summary
Vocalion V1001 Jazz
Kid Ory, the New Orleans trombonist who wrote 'Muskrat Ramble', plays 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1012 Jazz
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band plays 'Weary Blues' and 'Savoy Blues' on Esquire.AI summary
Esquire 10-018 Jazz
Kid Ory, the New Orleans trombonist who wrote 'Muskrat Ramble', plays 'High Society' and 'Muskrat Ramble' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1012 Jazz
Kid Ory, the pioneering New Orleans jazz trombonist, performing 'Jazz Band' (both sides) on Good Time Jazz Records (catalogue GV 2191). Good Time Jazz was a respected American jazz reissue label of the 1950s–1960s, known for high-quality pressings of early New Orleans and swing jazz.AI summary
GoodTimeJazzGV 2191 Jazz
Kid Ory (1886–1973) was a pioneering New Orleans trombonist and bandleader. Vogue V2011 ('Tiger Rag' and 'Eh, la bas') are from his post-war Paris recordings, highly collectable in the UK.AI summary
Vogue V2011 Jazz
This Vocalion pressing reissues the pioneering 1922 Kid Ory Sunshine Orchestra sides, often cited as the first jazz recordings made by a black New Orleans group; Ory was a key trombonist who later worked with both King Oliver and Louis Armstrong.AI summary
Vocalion V1001 Jazz
Kid Ory's 'Tiger Rag' and 'Eh, la bas' on Vogue V2011. Ory is canonical; Vogue French pressings of his work are sought after. Note: this appears to be a duplicate of id 20511.AI summary
Vogue V2011 Jazz
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, pioneers of New Orleans jazz, recorded 'Panama' and 'Under the Bamboo Tree' for Crescent, catalogue 7; this is a scarce American jazz pressing issued in the UK.AI summary
Crescent 7 Jazz
Kid Ory performing 'Origins of Jazz', an early New Orleans jazz trombonist and bandleader, though label and catalogue information are missing.AI summary
Jazz
Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band, recorded in New Orleans in 1940 in one of the first sessions of the revival, plays 'Lowdown Blues' and 'Gettysburg March' on Esquire.AI summary
Esquire 10-111 Jazz
Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band, recorded in New Orleans in 1940 in one of the first sessions of the revival, plays 'High Society' and 'Panama' on Esquire.AI summary
Esquire 10-112 Jazz
"Baby Doll" and "Mabel's Dream" are classic King Oliver sides from the 1920s, here on the Biltmore label, a specialist British reissue imprint aimed at jazz collectors rather than an original commercial pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1050 Jazz
A UK Panachord pressing of King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators performing 'Someday Sweetheart' and 'Limehouse Blues'; Oliver was Louis Armstrong's mentor and a central figure in early New Orleans jazz, and British issues of his work are not common.AI summary
Panachord 25035 Jazz
King Oliver, a pioneering early jazz trumpeter and bandleader, on Brunswick 03575, performing "Mabel's dream" and "Riverside blues"; both sides are significant recordings from the early electric era of jazz.AI summary
Brunswick 03575 Jazz
"Krooked Blues" and "Alligator Hop" were recorded by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band for Gennett in 1923, landmark early jazz sides; this Century pressing is a later specialist reissue of those recordings rather than an original Gennett disc.AI summary
Century 3008 Jazz
A King Oliver recording of "Farewell Blues" issued on Perfect, a budget American dime-store label of the late 1920s and 1930s that reissued jazz and dance sides cheaply.AI summary
Perfect 15685 Jazz
King Oliver was a formative figure in early New Orleans jazz, and 'Working Man Blues' and 'Zulu's Ball' are historic titles here reissued on Biltmore, a cut-price American label.AI summary
Biltmore 1028 Jazz
King Oliver led one of the most influential early New Orleans jazz bands; this Biltmore pressing is a later cheap UK reissue of his original recordings, issued for jazz enthusiasts rather than as a first pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1050 Jazz
King Oliver's Vocalion sides 'Wa Wa Wa' and 'Someday Sweetheart' are celebrated recordings from his mid-1920s period, important documents of early jazz.AI summary
Vocalion V1004 Jazz
British Vocalion reissued key American jazz sides for the UK market in the early 1930s under its "V" series; this coupling of King Oliver's "Tin Roof Blues" and "West End Blues" is sought after among collectors of early British jazz pressings.AI summary
Vocalion V1024 Jazz
"Riverside Blues" and "Working Man Blues" are classic King Oliver Creole Jazz Band sides from the 1920s, here on the Hot Jazz Club of America label, a limited-run specialist reissue produced for serious jazz collectors rather than an original commercial issue.AI summary
Hot Jazz Club of America 7 Jazz
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band with 'Chimes Blues', which includes Louis Armstrong's first recorded solo, and 'Froggie Moore', from their 1923 sessions, in Tempo's R series.AI summary
Tempo R6 Jazz
King Oliver, the pioneering New Orleans jazz cornet master and mentor to Louis Armstrong, recorded 'Call of the Freaks' for HMV. This is from Oliver's most creatively fertile period in the 1920s. UK copies of King Oliver are scarce — the series carried some of the most important early jazz, and British issues rarely surface.AI summary
His Master's Voice JF36 Jazz
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band with 'Froggie Moore' and 'Chimes Blues', from their 1923 sessions; 'Chimes Blues' includes Louis Armstrong's first recorded solo. On Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection 3 Jazz
King Oliver, the New Orleans trumpet legend, on Brunswick 02202 with 'Weather Bird Rag' and 'Just Gone'—early jazz sides from one of the most influential figures in the music's development.AI summary
Brunswick 02202 Jazz
King Oliver's early hot-jazz sides for Brunswick: 'Stop Crying' and 'Rockin' in Rhythm' (credited to Ellington). Oliver was a pioneering New Orleans cornet player whose influential early recordings have long been collected by jazz historians and hot-dance enthusiasts.AI summary
Brunswick 01105 Jazz
King Oliver, the pioneering New Orleans jazz cornetist, recorded 'Mabel's Dream' and 'Riverside Blues' on Brunswick 03575. Oliver was a foundational figure in jazz history; his recordings are highly sought by serious collectors, and UK pressings are particularly scarce.AI summary
Brunswick 03575 Jazz
Krueger on Brunswick 2105, a jazz or blues recording with a novelty title from the 1920s; the 'Satanic blues' suggests jazz or blues content, though Krueger is unidentified.AI summary
Brunswick 2105 Jazz
'Krueger' on Brunswick 2109, performing the jazz standards 'Ain't we got Fun' and 'Dangerous blues'. The catalogue number places this in Brunswick's 1920s-1930s jazz series.AI summary
Brunswick 2109 Jazz
Lionel Hampton and the King Cole Trio recorded 'Jivin' with Jarvis' and 'Buckin' the Blues' for His Master's Voice, B9589; this is a notable jazz collaboration between two significant artists of the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9589 Jazz