Recordings of club and ballroom 'themes'

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Eyeball · #16 Post by **Eyeball** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:15 pm

Harry James - Palladium Party
Artie Shaw - Rockin' the State
Jimmy Lunceford - Siesta At the Fiesta
Lionel Hampton - Wailin' At the Trianon

anton · #17 Post by **anton** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:17 am

Some more suggestions. I have not verified that all of the ones below are clubs or ballrooms, so please give feedback:

James P. Johnson - Swingin' at the Lido [1939]
Benny Carter - Swingin' at the Maida Vale [1936]
Bobby Sherwood - Swingin' at the Semloh [1943]
Herbie Haymer - Swingin' on Central [1945]
Lester Young - Jumpin' at Mesner's [1945]
Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore - Jumpin' at the Chez Paree [1945]
Slam Stewart - Jumpin' at the Deuces [1945]
Cootie Williams - Jumpin' at the Zanzibar [1946]
Shorty Allen - Savoy Riff [1944]
Bunny Berigan - Savoy Jump [1939]
Benny Carter - Savoy Stampede [1939]
Earl Hines - Grand Terrace Shuffle [1939] (from same session as G.T. Stomp)
Andy Kirk - Apollo Groove [1944] - Unissued!
Lionel Hampton - Shufflin' at the Hollywood [1939]
Eddie Cole - Stompin' at the Panama [1936]
Tommy Dorsey - At the Fat Man's [1945]
Edgar Hayes - Stomping at the Renny [1937]
Willie Lewis - Swinging at the Chez Florence [1938]

Eyeball · #18 Post by **Eyeball** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:50 am

Swede! Lots of gooood ones! Good work! More text when I am actually awake!

The Swedes are romping on this thread!

I recall that Maida Vail was where a recording studio was.

I think Mesner's was a music shop. Not sure.

Commodre - record shop.

Fat man's - fictional as far as I know.

Stomping at the Renny - Renaissance ballroom. Good one!!

Shufflin' at the Hollywood - I wonder what the Hollywood is?

Did you think of these from memory?

anton · #19 Post by **anton** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:51 am

No, not from memory, no way. I searched my music and then I searched Tom
Lord's discog.

Ostrand · #20 Post by **Ostrand** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:55 am

Stuff Smith - Onyx Club Spree

Eyeball · #21 Post by **Eyeball** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:55 pm

I'm going with these as sure things. Are any of the ones below broadcasts? The Berigan isn't a Victor recording.

Who is Shorty Allen?

Andy Kirk - Apollo Groove
Earl Hines - Grand Terrace Shuffle
Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore - Jumpin' at the Chez Paree
Slam Stewart - Jumpin' at the Deuces
Cootie Williams - Jumpin' at the Zanzibar
Bunny Berigan - Savoy Jump
Shorty Allen - Savoy Riff
Benny Carter - Savoy Stampede
Lionel Hampton - Shufflin' at the Hollywood
Eddie Cole - Stompin' at the Panama
Edgar Hayes - Stomping at the Renny
Willie Lewis - Swinging at the Chez Florence
James P. Johnson - Swingin' at the Lido
Bobby Sherwood - Swingin' at the Semloh

http://jazzagediva.com/places/france/chez-florence/

anton · #22 Post by **anton** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:15 pm

Yes, Bunny is a broadcast. From the Panther Room at Hotel Sherman! :)

Pianist Shorty Allen has a single entry in the Jazz discography - a quintet recording issued on Savoy 525. I have never heard it.

That's why I love these little exercises - I learn so much!

Eyeball · #23 Post by **Eyeball** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:33 am

Benny Goodman - Music Hall Rag
Benny Goodman - Riffin' At The Ritz
Benny Goodman - Smoke House Rhythm
Benny Goodman - Pick-A-Rib
Benny Goodman - Cocoanut Grove
Lionel Hampton - Bouncing At The Beacon
Charlie Barnet - Southland Shuffle
Duke Ellington - Scattin' At The Cotton Club
Duke Ellington - Sherman Shuffle

I had to go hunting for these and I am only unconvinced about SMOKE HOUSE RHYTHM and PICK-A-RIB. Was "The Smokehouse" a genuine music (or any other kind of) venue? And the "PICK-A-RIB" was a real restaurant, but I don't know if there was live music there.

anton · #24 Post by **anton** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:23 am

I assume that you are compiling a delicious Spotify list of (most of) these songs that you will share with everyone, John?

Eyeball · #25 Post by **Eyeball** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:31 am

anton wrote:I assume that you are compiling a delicious Spotify list of (most of) these songs that you will share with everyone, John?

Nope, but the first post in this thread has been updated each time there were new titles contributed. Help yourself to jam.

anton · #26 Post by **anton** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:17 pm

Hot-cha was a club, wasn't it? In that case:

Cab Calloway - Hotcha razz-ma-tazz [1934]
Carnival Three - Harlem hotcha [1945]

The Carnival Three
Omer Simeon (cl) James P. Johnson (p) Pops Foster (b)
New York, February 22, 1945
D205 Lorenzo's blues Disc 6001, Folkways FP53, Xtra (E)1024, Tempo
(E)A15
D206 Harlem hotcha Disc 6001, Asch AA2, Tempo (E)A15, Time-Life
STL-J18
D207 Bandanna days Disc 6002, Tempo (E)A27
D208 Creole lullaby - -

anton · #27 Post by **anton** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:32 am

Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street - real or ficticious rib joint?

Eyeball · #28 Post by **Eyeball** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:02 pm

anton wrote:Hot-cha was a club, wasn't it? In that case:

Cab Calloway - Hotcha razz-ma-tazz [1934]
Carnival Three - Harlem hotcha [1945]

Hot-cha was a club, but it was an expression prior - as in "hot cha cha cha!" which Jimmy Durante used to utter. So...is the song about the club or is it the expression, "Hot cha!"? I think iy is the expression, but not certain and I cannot recall if the Cab song has a lyric.

Map of Harlem clubs

http://bigthink.com/ideas/22867
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Eyeball · #29 Post by **Eyeball** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:03 pm

anton wrote:Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street - real or ficticious rib joint?

I never heard a name mentioned in the song unless it is in the verse if there is one, so I assumed it was fictitious.

anton · #30 Post by **anton** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:00 am

What about these?

Joe Venuti - Tap Room Blues [1933]
The Little Ramblers - Tap Room Special [1935]
Adrian Rollini - Tap Room Swing [1937]