(A kind of tentative)
With all due respect to my predecessors, I'll try to assemble here a discography of Cab Calloway. I'm not a professional discographer, so I hope you'll apologize the many mistakes and omissions that kind of labor has. It's a (bad) work in progress...
Precedent discographies
Otto FLUCKIGER
In Jazz Journal, three consecutive publications, May, June, July 1961
James POPA
Joyce Music Publication, 1976
Christopher POPA
in Discoveries Magazine, N°84, May 1995
Jan EVENSMO
Individual solographies of Cab's musicians
Alto Sax: Hilton Jefferson
Tenor Sax: Chu Berry, Greely Walton, Ted McRae, Ike Quebec, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Walter Foots Thomas (in Tenorsax, 1917-1934)
Trumpet: Irving Randolph, Shad Collins, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones
Jazz Solography Series, Self edited (begun in 1968)
Almost are now all available for free download on author's website: Jazz Archeology
Of course, the main discographies are the roots of any work:
- Charles DELAUNAY
- Kurt MOHR
- Brian RUST
- Walter BRUYNINCKX
- Jørgen Grunnet JEPSEN
- Tom LORD
Cab CALLOWAY
New York, July 24, 1930
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra: R.Q. Dickerson, Wendell Culley, Lammar Wright (tp) De Priest Wheeler (tb) William Thornton Blue (cl, as), Andrew Brown (as, cl, b-cl) Walter "Foots" Thomas (ts, as, bar) Earres Prince (p) Morris White (bj) Jimmy Smith (tu) Leroy Maxey (d) Cab Calloway (vcl)
| E-33353-A | Gotta darn good reason now (for bein' good) (cc vcl) | Br 4936, Bandstand BS7124 |
| E-33353-B | Gotta darn good reason now (for bein' good) (cc vcl) | Br 4936 |
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E-33354-A, B |
I'll be a friend with pleasure (cc vcl) |
(unissued) |
|
E-33355-A |
St. Louis blues (cc vcl) |
Br 4936 |
Early issues of Brunswick 4936 as by "The Jungle Band".
New York, October 14, 1930
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra: Harry White (tb) added, Andrew Brown (as,bar) Walter "Foots" Thomas (ts,cl,bar), rest same
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10134-1 |
Sweet Jennie Lee (cc vcl) |
Ban 0847, Dom 4656, Crown 81485 |
| 10134-3 |
Sweet Jennie Lee (cc vcl) |
Br 4936 |
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10135-2 |
Happy feet (cc vcl) |
Ban 0835, Per 15376, Angelus 3266 |
Domino 4656 as by "The Caroliners", Perfect 15376 as by "The Whoopee Makers", Angelus 3266 as by "The Clevelanders", Crown 81485 as by "Bob Galloway and his Orchestra".
To be continued...