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I suspect that some of Robison's records are listed in some of Brian Rust's discographies, perhaps the Dance Band discography. I'd have to check at home later. In the meantime, you might find some information from some of the following sites: http://settlet.fateback.com/PE12000.htm http://settlet.fateback.com/PE14500.htm http://settlet.fateback.com/PE15000.htm If you list the titles and issue or matrix numbers it would help track down the information.

OK. Here's a bit more information from the official Tony Scott website: >>> Scott went back to the USA and on the 16th of November 1957, in only one day, Tony’s Quartet, Quintet, and Sextet ,composed of Bill Evans(p), Henry Grimes(b), Paul Motian(d), Jimmy Knepper(tb), Sahib Shihab(bar), and Clark Terry(tp) recorded all of the following: * Perfect 12010 My Kind of Jazz * Seeco 425 The Modern Art of Jazz * Carlton 12-113 Free Blown Jazz And the following songs: A Shoulder to Cry On and At Home With the Blues (on Harmony 7196); Over and Over, the alternative track of The Chant (on Allegro (E) ALL 737); and Francy Pants (issued on Dick Garcia-The Hi-FI Land of Jazz -Seeco 428). >>> So, amend my earlier response. The album on Perfect was not a compilation.

Yes. My understanding is that it's part of some material that Tony Scott recorded on his own and shopped around. There was this album on Carlton, one on Seeco, and some odd tracks that showed up on compilation albums on Harmony and Perfect. I think an alternate or perhaps edited take of one tune also shows up on a compilation on Allegro. Most or all of the material showed up on a 2-CD set on Fresh Sound several years ago. Good material. Scott plays clarinet and baritone sax. There may be more information on line on a Tony Scott home page. I'll post a link if I can find it quickly.

Since you asked, here's a preliminary answer providing several early recordings of the tune (and leaving for others to decide what qualifies as a "jazz" recording). The dates are from on-line sources and are assumed to be recording dates (but I can't confirm at the moment). Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra. 10/7/32. Brunswick. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (vcl by Irene Taylor). 11/17/32. Victor. Ed Loyd and His Orchestra (Gene Kardos). vcl by Dick Robertson. 12/2/32. ARC (Banner, Melotone, Oriole, etc.) Felix Fernando and His Orchestra (vcl by Carl Forsell). 12/7/32. (possibly a pseudonym?). Crown. Johnny Lee Palm Beachers. 1/20/33. Bluebird. Grace Keller. 1/24/33. Brunswick. Boots & His Buddies. 9/17/37. (Issued as "The Weep"). Bluebird. Harry James and His Orchestra. 9/17/39. Columbia. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra. 1/16/41. Okeh. Just the words, apparently. When was the first jazz recording of Willow? The earliest I've heard is by Boots and His Buddys from 1937. Did Art Tatum do it before then?

It looks like Paul Whiteman recorded "Willow Weep for Me" in 1932. I don't currently have access to other sources that might provide other early recordings. Perhaps this evening. Just the words, apparently. When was the first jazz recording of Willow? The earliest I've heard is by Boots and His Buddys from 1937. Did Art Tatum do it before then?

OK. Never mind. Looks like jostber found the same information.

I don't have access to the film at the moment, but the following information from an on-line version of Meeker's "Jazz on the Screen" might shed some light: >>> Songs note "It can't be love" by Charlie Barnet, performed by beach party group; also cues by Max Steiner from "King Kong" and cues by Nathaniel Shilkret, Roy Webb and Alfred Newman from previous RKO movies. Personnel on camera note In the beach party sequence members of Cee Pee Johnson's Band, including Raymond Tate, trumpet; unidentified trombone; Buddy Collette, alto sax; Buddy Banks, tenor sax; Cee Pee Johnson, drums; Alton Redd, vocal. Note(s) Feature film (over 60 minutes). Unconfirmed reports suggest that Orson Welles used a piano track by Nat King Cole during the club sequence in which the second Mrs. Kane is interviewed. Bernard Herrmann denied any knowledge of it to this writer: he also denied any involvement with the musicians in the beach party scene who were hired by Welles himself. Welles' liking for jazz is a matter of record and shortly after KANE was completed he commissioned Duke Ellington to compose a score for a future project, "The story of jazz". A few pages of this unused music still exist. >>> Based on your description, the vocalist is likely Alton Redd. By the way, ASCAP (as well as DESOR) list Charlie Barnet as one of the composers of "In a Mizz" so there seems to be a connection. Perhaps Meeker confused "In a Mizz" with "It Can't Be Love." Or perhaps it's an alternate title. Or perhaps both tunes are performed in the film. In any case, see if Alton Redd fits.

Bill Crow just replied to my request for information on Don Joseph. According to Bill, Don Joseph passed away in February 1994 in Staten Island (NY). So the information in Cadence is wrong (unless there was another trumpeter named Don Joseph). Don Joseph's passing away was noted in the Obituaries section of the October/November/December issue of Cadence. He died on July 22 in Celina, Texas. If you google his name, you get a couple of items which refer to him as 'the late Don Joseph'.

Brownie: Thanks for the additional information. I'm still not convinced the information is correct. I did subsequently find a couple of references to the late Don Joseph, but they were both passing mentions of musical influences on Joe Traina and may not be reliable. If trumpeter Don Joseph did pass away in 2008, it's odd that it should be so hard to find confirmation. Out of curiosity, I checked the Social Security death index and did indeed find a reference to a Don Joseph who died on July 22, 2008 in Celine, Texas. However, take a closer look at the information pasted below: >>> Social Security Death Index Name: Don Verne Joseph Date of Birth: Tuesday June 08, 1926 Date of Death: Tuesday July 22, 2008 Est. Age at death: 82 years, 1 months, 14 days Last known residence: City: Celina County: Collin State: Texas ZIP Code: 75009 Latitude: 33.3172 Longitude: -96.7590 Confirmation: Proven Social Security details: State of Issue: Oklahoma Number: 442-20-0348 >>> "Our" Don Joseph (i.e., the trumpeter) does not appear in either Feather or Grove, so the first attempt to verify details of his birth were thwarted. However, the notes to his Uptown album (Don Joseph. "One of a Kind") state that he was "Born (1923) and raised on Staten Island...". The Don Joseph who died in Celina, Texas on July 22, 2008 was born in 1926, had his social security card issued in Oklahoma, and died in Texas. I'm not convinced that it's the trumpeter. Don Joseph's passing away was noted in the Obituaries section of the October/November/December issue of Cadence. He died on July 22 in Celina, Texas. If you google his name, you get a couple of items which refer to him as 'the late Don Joseph'.

Another recommendation. The following is a fascinating collection of material drawn from the black string band tradition and blues: http://www.oldhatrecords.com/cd1002.html In case this hasn't been mentioned here (at least in this thread), the following site has a wealth of information on jazz violin: http://www.abar.net/

I love the Farr brothers. They show an obvious awareness of earlier work by Lang & Venuti on some of their recordings. I have the following by them: The Farr Brothers. Texas Crapshooter. JEMF-107. (LP) The Farr Brothers. South In My Soul. Cattle Records Mono LP-1 (LP) Hugh & Karl Farr. Texas Stomp. Country Routes RFD CD 11 (CD) Yes they are - glad you brought up their names. I have an LP on the JEMF label - wonderful stuff!

Here are some clips of Tatum:

Is this right? I can't seem to find find any confirmation for this.

Putte Wickman died in 2006, not 2008. February 14, 2006.

No, Steve uses Horace Parlan's "Wadin'" as his opening theme. Horace Parlan?

1. & 2.: I have four sides from the Paul Mares session (1/26/35) as well as the Charles LaVere sides (3/11/36) on a CD called "Chicago 1935" on the Ganett label. Here's a link: http://www.users.dialstart.net/~jandmrec/q...%20reissues.htm I suspect that the CD is likely out of print. I'm not at home, so I can't confirm it at the moment, but it looks like the NORK 2-cd set on Retrieval may have 2 takes of Nagasaki and 2 takes of Maple Leaf Rag from the Paul Mares session. I'll check tonight when I get home. 4. I've heard at least one of two tracks with Will Bill Davision on 78. I don't remember them ever having been reissued.

Archeophone is a label that focuses on early (generally "pre-jazz") recordings. I have the Six Brown Brothers and King Oliver releases. They have excellent transfers and impressive booklets. I've been tempted by some of their other releases, including the "Lost Sounds" set that apparently dovetails with the book (Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922).

Hmm. My initial attempt to reply to this appears to have gone into limbo, so I'll try again. As Stereojack has already pointed out, the vocalist is not Chick Bullock. He sounds nothing like Bullock. The only real saving grace on this side is the Joe Venuti solo. For what it's worth, Eddie Condon's wit nothwithstanding, Chick Bullock was a far better vocalist than most of his contemporaries.

Here's another: Stephane Grappelli - My Other Love [solo piano session]

A few more off the top of my head. The album titles say it all for the first five: Bud Shank. Plays Tenor. Phil Woods. The Clarinet Album. Zoot Sims. Soprano Sax. Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer. The Ivory Hunters [brookmeyer on piano throughout] Oscar Pettiford. My Little Cello. Here's another: Miles Davis. Collector's Items [bird on tenor throughout]

A listing of releases on the choice label can be found here: http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/choice.htm

Harold Z: I was about to add a reference to duo recording done for the Autobiography set on Decca. That had Billy Kyle on piano and was from January 29, 1957. The film credits to Columbia would indicate that its the earlier version on Okeh that was in the film. Is the Town Hall version (5/17/47) also a duo recording? That was issued by RCA.

It's a duo recording with Armstrong on trumpet and Buck Washington on piano. April 5, 1930. New York City. Recorded for Okeh. And it is a lovely recording.

See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_I_Knew..._Be_Free_(song)

Interesting question. I can't think of any others. Based on information in an on-line Armstrong discography, those are the only two sides on which Armstrong and Hodges appear together. Can someone with the Jos Willems discography confirm that these are the only ones?