Reser

AWhere's that Rainbow
BTree in the Park

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: 4437
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #2280

Harry Reser, influential jazz banjoist and composer, recording two instrumental pieces for Columbia in the mid-1920s; Reser was a prolific recording artist and innovator on the instrument.

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Reser
1. ABeautiful Girl
2. BI'm dancin on a Rainbow
Harry Reser or his ensemble on Winner W62 performing dance and novelty numbers.AI summary

Winner W62 Dance
Reser
1. ACraving
2. B(Columbians)When Eyes of Blue are fooling you
Harry Reser, an American banjo and ukulele soloist, recorded 'Craving' and 'When Eyes of Blue Are Fooling You' for Columbia in the mid-1920s; Reser was a popular dance and novelty recording artist of the period.AI summary

Columbia 3755 Instrumental
Reser
1. AEverybody loves my Girl
2. B(Band)Just a memory
Curry's 338 Dance
Reser
1. AHa cha cha
2. BCross eyed Kelly
Reser's orchestra performing 'Ha Cha Cha' and 'Cross Eyed Kelly' on Decca, likely from the 1930s.AI summary

Decca F5400 Dance
Reser
1. AHello Bluebird
2. B(Radiolites)Reaching for the moon
Reser on Columbia 4271. Harry Reser was a prolific 1920s novelty and dance-band leader whose ukulele and xylophone sides remain of interest to jazz and dance-band collectors.AI summary

Columbia 4271 Dance
Reser
1. AI wonder how I look when I'm asleep
2. BFire
Reser recorded novelty piano numbers for Columbia in the early 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 4380 Instrumental
Reser
1. AI wonder how I look when I'm asleep
2. BFire
Harry Reser was a banjo virtuoso and bandleader who recorded dance and novelty sides for Columbia in the 1920s–30s. 'I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep' and 'Fire' are typical novelty dance numbers; this is a standard commercial dance recording.AI summary

Columbia 4380 Dance
Reser
1. AI wonder how I look when I'm asleep
2. BFire
Columbia 4380 Dance
Reser
1. AI'd rather be alone
2. B(Gorman)Rhythm of the Day
Reser (likely Harry Reser, an American banjo virtuoso) performing 'I'd rather be alone' and 'Rhythm of the Day' (credited to Gorman) on Columbia 3958.AI summary

Columbia 3958 Instrumental
Reser
1. AI'm in love again
2. B(Columbians)Lane in Spain
Harry Reser was a pioneering jazz banjo and ukulele player; this Columbia recording from the mid-1920s features his hot-jazz style with the Columbians dance band.AI summary

Columbia 4558 Jazz
Reser
1. AI'm in love with you that's why
2. BClicquot
Reser performing 'I'm in Love with You That's Why' and 'Clicquot' on Columbia, circa mid-1920s.AI summary

Columbia 4136 Dance
Reser
1. AKitten on the Keys
2. B(Samuels) Down old Virginia Way
Reser on Winner 3795, 'Kitten on the Keys' / Samuels' 'Down old Virginia Way'. 'Kitten on the Keys' is a famous ragtime piano composition by Edward Confrey (1921).AI summary

Winner 3795 Instrumental
Reser
1. AOh gee oh gosh
2. BEvery Day
Columbia 3309 Dance
Reser
1. APlantation Home
2. B(Bailey's Lucky 7)Tomorrow
Harry Reser, the banjo virtuoso, on Winner 3812, performing 'Plantation Home' and 'Tomorrow' (Bailey's Lucky 7), likely mid-to-late 1920s.AI summary

Winner 3812 Instrumental
Reser
1. ASay it again
2. B(Lanin)Goodnight
Harry Reser recorded 'Say It Again' and Lanin's 'Goodnight' for Columbia, instrumental novelty work of the 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 3962 Instrumental
Reser
1. ASing a little love Song
2. BThat's you Baby
Reser on Imperial 2097, performing 'Sing a little love Song' and 'That's you Baby'.AI summary

Imperial 2097 Dance
Reser
1. ASleepy Time Gal
2. BRambling Wreck from Georgia Tech
Reser with Sleepy Time Gal and Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech on OKeh 40502.AI summary

Okeh 40502 Dance
Reser
1. ASomebody's lonely
2. BLonesome and sorry
Reser, recorded 'Somebody's Lonely' and 'Lonesome and Sorry' for Columbia 4023 in the early 1920s, likely a dance ensemble or solo pianist.AI summary

Columbia 4023 Instrumental
Reser
1. ASomeone is losin' Susan
2. BWho wouldn't
Harry Reser, a pioneering American jazz banjo and ukulele player, recorded 'Someone Is Losin' Susan' and 'Who Wouldn't' for Columbia, catalogue 4135, in the 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 4135 Jazz
Reser
1. ASonny Boy
2. B(Haid) Blue Grass
Harry Reser, the banjo virtuoso, on Winner 4880, performing 'Sonny Boy' and 'Blue Grass', likely mid-to-late 1920s.AI summary

Winner 4880 Instrumental
Reser
1. ASusie's Feller
2. B(Reisman) That Night in Araby
Harry Reser was an American banjo virtuoso and bandleader of the 1920s–30s; 'Susie's Feller' is a novelty title, and 'That Night in Araby' is a known popular standard. Columbia 4206 indicates a 1920s pressing. Reser's banjo and jazz-novelty sides are sought by hot-jazz and novelty collectors.AI summary

Columbia 4206 Jazz
Reser
1. ASwanee Shore
2. B(Vorhees)Dawning
Harry Reser recorded 'Swanee Shore' and '(Vorhees) Dawning', two instrumental pieces, for Columbia; Reser was the pre-eminent Hawaiian steel guitarist of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary

Columbia 4873 Hawaiian
Reser
1. ASweetheart Lane
2. B(Ring) Twelve O'clock
Reser was a composer and bandleader who recorded instrumental pieces, likely dance or novelty material. This Odeon pressing is from the acoustic or early electrical era, circa 1920s.AI summary

Odeon 221103 Instrumental
Reser
1. AThat's what I call Heaven
2. BI'll always be in love with you
Harry Reser was a banjoist and bandleader prominent in the 1920s dance-band scene, known for hot jazz and novelty numbers. 'That's What I Call Heaven' and 'I'll Always Be in Love with You' are typical of his recorded output for Imperial.AI summary

Imperial 2112 Dance

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