1,957 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Wilbur Sweatman, an early jazz clarinet and multi-instrumentalist, recorded 'Those Draftin' Blues' and 'Rockabye Your Baby' for Columbia; Sweatman was a major jazz recording artist of the early 1920s and a significant figure in early jazz history.AI summary
Columbia A2645 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, the jazz clarinet pioneer, on Columbia with two jazz sides; another coupling from Sweatman's prolific recording career in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A2707 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, the pioneering American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, on Columbia with 'Hello' and 'I ain't gonna give Nobody none of this Jellyroll'. Sweatman was a key figure in early jazz recording, active from the 1910s onward.AI summary
Columbia A2818 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman was a New Orleans jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the 1920s; this Columbia pressing of 'Kansas City Blues' and 'Alcoholic Blues' (credited to his Louisiana 5) is an early hot-jazz recording in the UK market.AI summary
Columbia A2768 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, a pioneering jazz clarinettist and bandleader of the 1920s, performing two blues sides on Columbia A2682. Sweatman was one of the earliest African-American jazz recording artists.AI summary
Columbia A2682 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, an early jazz clarinetist and virtuoso performer, playing 'I'll say she does' and 'Lucille' on Columbia—significant jazz-age material.AI summary
Columbia A2752 Jazz
Wild Bill Davison, a Chicago-school cornet player and a key figure in the swing-to-bebop transition. Commodore 575 ('At the Jazz Band Ball' and 'Baby Won't You Please Come Home') is from Condon's important label.AI summary
Commodore 575 Jazz
Wild West Jazz Band on Zonophone performing early jazz novelty material. Zonophone was a significant British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1992 Jazz
Will Bradley and his orchestra recorded 'Basin Street Boogie' and 'Call It Anything It's Love' for Columbia 36340. Bradley was an American bandleader and xylophone player known for boogie-woogie style recordings.AI summary
Columbia 36340 Jazz
Will Bradley was an American trombonist and bandleader who led a popular swing band in the 1930s and 1940s; this Columbia side captures the energetic 'Beat Me Daddy' boogie style he popularized.AI summary
Columbia 36956 Jazz
Will Ezell, the boogie and stride pianist who recorded for Paramount in the late 1920s, plays 'Pitchin' Boogie' and 'Just Can't Stay Here' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection 46 Jazz
Will Ezell, the boogie and stride pianist who recorded for Paramount in the late 1920s, plays 'Old Mill Blues' and 'Mixed Up Rag' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection 84 Jazz
Willard McDaniel, an American jazz or novelty vocalist, recorded 'Your Feet's too big' and 'I'm waiting for Ships that never come in' for Crown, catalogue 101. These are jazz-comedy numbers typical of 1920s novelty recording.AI summary
Crown 101 Jazz
Willie Dunn, an early blues musician, on Columbia DB3440, performing 'Jet Black Blues' and 'Blue Blood Blues', likely late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB3440 Jazz
Willie Lewis, an American jazz musician, recorded 'Just a Mood' and 'Minor Mania' on Columbia DB5019. Lewis played saxophone and was active in European jazz circles in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia DB5019 Jazz
Columbia FB1955 Jazz
Willie 'The Lion' Smith, a pioneering jazz pianist, with Sidney Bechet on soprano saxophone. Varsity 8405 ('Sous les Palmiers' and 'Rosa Rumba') is from a small label and is scarce.AI summary
Varsity 8405 Jazz
Wilson and Benny Gonella recorded 'Stormy Weather' and 'Nobody's Sweetheart' for Brunswick; Gonella was a British jazz trumpeter and bandleader active in the 1930s–1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 01537 Jazz
Wilton Crawley, an eccentric clarinettist and vaudeville entertainer who recorded with members of Duke Ellington's orchestra in the late 1920s, on a scarce Okeh race-series release.AI summary
Okeh 8492 Jazz
Wilton Crawley was an early African-American blues and jazz guitarist; this Victor side captures the novelty-dance idiom of the late 1920s and carries the historical weight of pre-Depression blues.AI summary
Victor 38094 Jazz
Wingie Manone, a New Orleans jazz trumpet player and vocalist, recorded 'Casey Jones(39)' and 'In the Barrel' for His Master's Voice. The catalogue number JB9360 dates to 1939 and represents Manone's swing-era work.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9360 Jazz
Wingy Manone with 'March Winds and April Showers', backed by Benny Goodman's 'Solitude', in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S3 Jazz
Wingy Manone, the one-armed New Orleans trumpeter and singer, with 'The General Jumped at Dawn', backed by Bob Crosby's band with 'Big Fat Ma', on ARA, a Los Angeles label of the 1940s.AI summary
ARA 143 Jazz
Wingy Manone, the American jazz cornet player and vocalist, recorded 'Three Coins in the Fountain' and 'Oh Capri' for Columbia—popular songs from the 1950s in the light swing style Manone favoured.AI summary
Columbia 40301 Jazz
Wingy Manone was a New Orleans trumpet player and vocalist active from the 1920s; these sides for Brunswick show him in the popular-novelty repertoire that occupied much of his later career.AI summary
Brunswick RL254 Jazz
Wolfe Kahn for HMV, performing the jazz standards 'Clap Yo Hands' and 'Do-Do-Do'. Kahn is unrecognised.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5343 Jazz
Wolverine Orchestra performing 'Big Boy' and 'Jazz me Blues' on Brunswick, recorded in the mid-1920s, part of an important series of hot jazz recordings from a pioneering Chicago ensemble.AI summary
Brunswick 02203 Jazz
The Wolverine Orchestra's 'Fidgety Feet' and 'Royal Garden Blues' on Brunswick 02204. An important early jazz ensemble recorded during the acoustic period.AI summary
Brunswick 02204 Jazz
Woody Herman's orchestra with 'I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger' and 'Lemon Drop' on British Capitol.AI summary
Capitol CL13060 Jazz
Woody Herman, the major American swing bandleader and clarinetist, performing 'At the woodchoppers ball' and 'Bigwig in the wigwam' on Brunswick 02843. 'Woodchoppers Ball' was his signature tune of the early 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 02843 Jazz
Woody Herman's orchestra was one of the most important American swing bands of the 1940s, known for their 'First Herd' of outstanding soloists. This Brunswick 03000-series side shows Herman's early swing style. US-pressed Herman sides are eagerly collected; UK pressings are less common.AI summary
Brunswick 03471 Jazz
Woody Herman's famous orchestra, the Herd, recorded 'Apple Honey' and 'Out of This World' for Columbia in the swing era. The band was known for its harmonic sophistication and hard-swinging style.AI summary
Columbia 36803 Jazz
Woody Herman, the jazz bandleader and clarinet virtuoso, recorded 'If it's love you want' and 'Wrap your troubles in dreams' for Columbia 37160, swing and popular songs from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia 37160 Jazz
Woody Herman and his orchestra on Brunswick, performing two novelty swing numbers. 'At the Woodchoppers' Ball' is an original Herman composition that became a jazz standard.AI summary
Brunswick 02843 Jazz
Woody Herman, the clarinetist and big-band leader, recorded 'Blue Flame' and 'Blues Are Brewin'' for Columbia. 'Blue Flame' was his theme and a signature piece; this Columbia DB2370 is a standard swing-era dance-band recording from a major label.AI summary
Columbia DB2370 Jazz
Woody Herman leading a band on Odeon, recorded in the late 1940s or early 1950s—'Noah' and 'I'll Get By' represent the swing and popular music this American bandleader was known for on both sides of the Atlantic.AI summary
Odeon 283.837 Jazz
Zez Confrey, the stride pianist and composer, recorded 'Struttin at the strutters ball' and the Virginians' 'Blue' for His Master's Voice B1408 in the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1408 Jazz