20924 (with Joe Sanders’ last name misspelled), originally issued on Paramount 20668
Hide the Band: The Coon-Sanders “Castle Farms Serenaders” Paramounts (1928)īroadway pressing from NYRL mx. UNKNOWN BAND (as “NEW ORLEANS PEPSTERS”): So, enjoy these on their own terms, whoever they’re by. Finally, he changed it to Unknown in Edition 6, after some prodding by his editor - which of course was the correct answer all along. Then, in Edition 4, he did a complete flip-flop and changed it to white novelty trumpeter Mike Mosiello. In early editions of JR, Rust attributed the cornet on “Harlem’s Araby” to King Oliver. But like so much else you’ll find there, take it with the proverbial grain of salt.
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You can see what else Rust had to say about them in our free downloadable edition of Jazz Records, 1892-1942 (the sixth and final edition). Johnson for the August 1929 sides, Porter Grainger for November 1929, and Claude Austin for January 1930 - so it’s likely that they and/or their publishers had a hand in booking these sessions. The only clue is that the composers are the same for all titles in each group - J. We don’t know who the musicians are, despite countless published guesses - some of them reasonable, and some so far off the mark as to be real head-scratchers (such as Brian Rust attributing the January 1930 titles to Grey Gull’s coarse and buffoonish house band). Johnson and Walter Bennett bands on other labels. Several bear some resemblance to 1929–1930 sides by known J. The band names are meaningless they were also used to cover groups ranging from Clarence Williams’ Orchestra to several obviously white groups, including the so-called Grey Gull house band. Grey Gull’s Mystery Black Bands (1929 – 1930)Īmongst all the garbage that was Grey Gull are these often-overlooked gems by some unknown black groups.
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