Bix Beiderbecke – Complete Discography – Recordings – May 21, 1930 through September 15, 1930

Recordings. May 21, 1930 through September 15, 1930

  • 113 – May 21, 1930
  • 114 – June 6, 1930 
  • 115 – September 8, 1930
  • 116 – September 15, 1930

 

 

113 – May 21, 1930                  

RCA-VICTOR
a division of Radio Corp. of America,
Liederkranz Hall, New York

HOAGY CARMICHAEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • James ‘Bubber’ Miley (tp);
  • Tommy Dorsey (tb);
  • Benny Goodman (cl);
  • Arnold Brilhart (as);
  • Lawrence ‘Bud’ Freeman, Larry Binyon (ts);
  • Irving Brodsky (p);
  • Joe Venuti (vln);
  • Eddie Lang (g);
  • Harry Goodman (tu);
  • Gene Krupa (dm);
  • Hoagy Carmichael (pipe-organ, voc).

 

BVE 59800-2-  Rockin’ Chair (Carmichael-arr : Carmichael)
solos: Freeman (4) – Miley (16) – Dorsey (8) – Miley (8) [Bix « growls » on second bar] – Venuti (16) – Freeman (4) – Carmichael, vocal on a double register (32) – Venuti & Lang (4) – Bix, derby mute (8) – Miley (4) – Bix (3).

 

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • James ‘Bubber’ Miley (tp);
  • Tommy Dorsey (tb);
  • Benny Goodman (cl);
  • Arnold Brilhart (as);
  • Lawrence ‘Bud’ Freeman, Larry Binyon (ts);
  • Hoagy Carmichael (p);
  • Joe Venuti (vln);
  • Eddie Lang (g);
  • Harry Goodman (tu);
  • Gene Krupa (dm);
  • Hoagy Carmichael, Carson Robison (voc).

 

BVE 62301-1-  Barnacle Bill, the Sailor (Luther-Robison – arr: Carmichael)
solos: Carmichael, voc (8) – Robison, voc & choir (8) – Bix, derby mute  (4+16) – Carmichael, voc (8) – Robison, voc & choir (8) – Goodman (16) – Freeman (8) – Venuti…. (2).

 

 

114 – June 6, 1930                            

BRUNSWICK
a division of Warner Bros.,
Brunswick Radio Corp.
16 West  36th Street, New York

 

IRVING MILLS AND HIS HOTSY-TOTSY GANG

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • Ray Lodwig (tp);
  • Jack Teagarden (tb);
  • Benny Goodman (cl/as);
  • Larry Binyon (ts);
  • Joe Venuti and unknown player (vln);
  • Min Leibrook (bsx);
  • Frank Signorelli (p);
  • Lew Green (g);
  • Gene Krupa (dm);
  • Dick Robertson (voc) on the last title.

 

E 32948-A – Loved One (Trumbauer-Hayton-Mills)
E 32948-B – Loved One (Trumbauer-Hayton-Mills)
solos: Bix (8) – Teagarden (16) – Lodwig (8) – Teagarden (6) – Goodman (4) – Bix (16) – Goodman (8).

E 32949-B – Deep Harlem (Mills-Signorelli-Malneck)
solos : Bix (16) – Goodman (16) – Teagarden (1) – Bix (2+2) – Venuti & Goodman (16).

E 32950-B – Strut Miss Lizzie (Creamer-Layton)
solos: Venuti? (4) – Roberson, voc + Venuti, vln (20+16) – Bix (12) – Leibrook (4) – Bix (4) – Goodman (20) – Teagarden (12) – Venuti (4) – Teagarden (4) – Venuti, ‘fart’ chorus (4).

The names of Nat Brusiloff and Matty Malneck have been suggested for the second violin player.

 

 

115 – September 8, 1930

RCA-VICTOR
10:00-13:30 / 14:30-16:30
a division of Radio Corp. of America,
Studio # 2, 155 E 24th Street,
New York City, NY

BIX BEIDERBECKE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • Ray Lodwig (tp);
  • Boyce Cullen (tb);
  • Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Charles ‘Pee Wee’ Russell (cl/as);
  • Bud Freeman (ts);
  • Min Leibrook (bsx);
  • Irving Brodsky (p);
  • Joe Venuti (vln);
  • Eddie Lang (g);
  • Gene Krupa (dm);
  • Wes Vaughan (voc).

 

BVE 63630-1-  Deep Down South (Collins-Green)
BVE 63630-2 – Deep Down South (Collins-Green)
solos : Leibrook (2) – Vaughan, voc (32) – Goodman (4) – Bix (16) – Goodman (8) – Bix (4).

BVE 63631-1-  I Don’t Mind Walkin’ in the Rain – (Rich-Hoffman)
solos: Bix (8) – Vaughan, voc (32) – Russell, cl & orch (4) – Venuti & Russell, cl (16) – Brodsky (8) – Venuti & Russell, cl (6) – Lodwig (2+6).

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • Ray Lodwig (tp);
  • Boyce Cullen (tb);
  • Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Charles ‘Pee Wee’ Russell (cl/as);
  • Bud Freeman (ts);
  • Min Leibrook (sb);
  • Irving Brodsky (p);
  • Gene Krupa (dm);
  • Wes Vaughan (voc).

 

BVE 63632-2-  I’ll Be a Friend With Pleasure (Pinkard)
BVE 63632-3 – I’ll Be a Friend With Pleasure (Pinkard)
solos: Intro, Cullen / Dorsey / Bix / Freeman (1+1+1+1); Lodwig (16) – Cullen (8) – Lodwig (6) – Vaughan, voc (30) – Bix, derby mute (2+16) – Dorsey (16) – Vaughan, voc (4).

 

 

116 – September 15, 1930                    

RCA-VICTOR
13:15-17:10
Studio # 2, 155E 24th Street,
New York City, NY

HOAGY CARMICHAEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

  • Bix Beiderbecke (c);
  • Ray Lodwig (tp);
  • Jack Teagarden, Boyce Cullen (tb);
  • Jimmy Dorsey (cl/as);
  • ‘Bud’ Freeman (ts); ‘
  • Pee Wee’ Russell (as);
  • Irving Brodsky (p);
  • Joe Venuti (vln);
  • Eddie Lang (g);
  • Min Leibrook (bsx);
  • Chauncey Morehouse (dm);
  • Hoagy Carmichael (voc) on 63653 et 63655:

 

BVE 63653-1-  Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael-Gorrell-arr: Carmichael)
solos : Carmichael, voc (30) – Venuti (2) – Lodwig (16) – Venuti (8) – Teagarden (6) – Bix, derby mute (10).

 

Bix didn’t participate to the recording of the following title:
BVE 63654-1-  One Night in Havana – (Carmichael-Porter-arr: Carmichael)

 

Same personnel as for Georgia on My Mind:

BVE 63655-1 – Bessie Couldn’t Help It (Warner-Richmond-Bayha-arr : Carmichael)
BVE 63655-2 –  Bessie Couldn’t Help It (Warner-Richmond-Bayha-arr : Carmichael)
solos : Bix (8) – Teagarden (32) – Venuti (8) – Freeman (16) – Carmichael, voc (32) – Dorsey (24).

 

 

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