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  • Modern discographies.

    • Posted Jan 27, 2011 7:59 AM

      Evans and Evans does not give the names of the musicians, but writes,

      "May 15, 1929 -  New York, Columbia Records.

      Mason-Dixon Orchestra (Frank Trumbauer Orchestra). Bix did not appear on this or any subsequent recording session. This is the first Trumbauer recording session without Bix, and the first recording for Columbia records as a result of the May 19, 1928 contract."

      Evans and Kiner give information about the May 19, 1928 contract. "Trumbauer saw Tommy Rockwell at Okeh records and decided  upon a contract that called for eight man for Okeh and and eleven for Columbia."

      I looked up the discographies for Trumbauer in Evans and Kiner for 1928-1929

      20 Jan 1928 From Monday On/Mississippi Mud  11 men

      3 Apr 1928 Our Bungalow/Lila  10 men

      10 Apr 1928 Borneo/My Pet 10 men

      5 Jul 1928 Bless You Sister/Dusky Stevedore 9 en (this was recorded in Chicago)

      20 Sep 1928 Take Your Tomorrow/Love Affairs/Sentimental Baby 8 men

      5 Oct 1928 The Love Nest/The Japanese Sandman/High on a Hilltop/Sentimental Baby 9 men

      8 Mar 1929 Futuristic Rhythm/Raisin' the Roof  11 men.

      17 Apr 1929 Louise/Wait till You See 'Ma Cherie'Baby Won't You Please Come Home  11 men

      30 Apr 1929 No One Can Take Your Place/I Like That  14 men

      15 May 1929 What A Day/Alabamy Snow 11 men. The 11 are

      Margulis, Goldfield, Secrest t, c 
      Rank tb
      Tram, Hazlett, Friedman reeds 
      Hayton, Lang, Leibrook & Marsh rhythm

      21 May 1929 Nobody But You/Got A Feeling for You  11 men

      22 May 1929 Shivery Stomp/Reaching for Someone  11 men

      18 Sep, 1929; 10 Oct 1929; 15 Oct 1929  11 or 13 men

      So the contract that called for 8 men in OK records and 11 in Columbia was not  followed strictly -before or after May 19, 1928 All the above sessions except for May 15, 1929 are OK; May 15, 1929 is a Columbia session.

      I gave the above data for the sake of completeness, not because it provides insights.

      An old discography - Delaunay 1948 gives for the Mason Dixon session

      Secrest, Margulis c, t; Rank tb; Tram, Strickfaden, Friedman reeds; Venuti, vl;  Hayton, Lang, Leibrook, King rhythm.

      Are there two or three trumpets in the Mason Dixon recordings? I think two, but I am no good a recognizing the number of instuments in ensemble work. I don't hear a violin. Ray Mitchell does not list this session in Lang's discography. The Mosaic set on Bix and Tram and Teagarden gives

      Secrest, Margulis c, t
      Rank tb
      Tram, Hazlett, Friedman reeds 
      Hayton, Lang##, Leibrook & Marsh rhythm   ##Lang on What A Day, unknown in Alabamy Snow - Mike Peters gives possibly Snoozer Quinn as unknown

      Albert

       

       

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