Wilbur Sweatman

AHello
BI ain't gonna give Nobody none of this Jellyroll

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: A2818
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #5585

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.

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BEverybody's crazy about the doggone blues

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