421002 BUNK JOHNSON’s JAZZ BAND
  Recorded: 1942-10-02, WSBM Radio, Hotel Roosevelt, Canal Street, New Orleans
     
Personnel    
  Bunk Johnson trumpet
  Albert Warner trombone
  George Lewis clarinet
  Walter Decou piano
  Lawrence Marrero banjo
  Chester Zardis bass
  Edgar Mosley drums
     
Recordings    
     
4657-1A Big Chief Battle Axe Document DOCD-1010
    Mosaic MR20-134
    NOLA LP6, TC006
    Purist 1004
     
4657-1B Big Chief Battle Axe Jazz Information 13
    Jazztone J717
    Guilde de Jazz J717
    Commodore 657, CEP80, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J) XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    Cadillac SGC/MLP 12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
    Upbeat URCD 235
     
4568-2A Dusty Rag Jazz Information 14
    Jazztone J1013
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 658, CEP80, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Marshall Cavendish Jazz CD 045
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4659-3A Franklin Street Blues Jazz Information 12
    Jazztone J1013
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 656, CEP79, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Music Memorial 7243 8429 402 1
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4659-3B Franklin Street Blues Purist 1004
    NOLA LP6, TC006
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4660-4A Thriller Rag Jazz Information 11
    Jazztone J1013, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 655, CEP79, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)PS1307
    Vogue (F) INT40026, INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Concert Hall SMS7130
    Indiana Historical Society IHS1001
    Mosaic MR23-123
    ASV: CD AJA 5256
    Document DOCD-1010
    Multimedia-Polska SDS JAZZ
    Upbeat URCD 235
     
4661-5A Sobbin’ Blues no 2 Jazz Information 16
    Jazztone J717, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J717
    Commodore 660, DL30007, 6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Music Memorial 7243 8429 402 1
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4661-5B Sobbin’ Blues Jazz Information 14
    Jazztone J1013, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 658, CEP80, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Concert Hall SMS7130
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4662-6A When I Leave The World Behind Jazz Information 11
    Jazztone J1013, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 655, CEP79, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40026, INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Caddillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
    Upbeat URCD 235
     
4663-7A Sometimes My Burden Jazz Information 16
    Jazztone J1013, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 660, DL30007, 6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Caddillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4664-8A Blue Bells Goodbye Jazz Information 13
    Jazztone J717, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J717
    Commodore 657, CEP80, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT 40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    Caddillac SGC/MLP12-11
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4665-9A Shine Jazz Information 15
    Jazztone J1013, J1212
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 660, DL30007, 6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT 40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Caddillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4666-10A Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula Jazz Information 15
    Jazztone J717
    Guilde de Jazz J717
    Commodore 660, DL30007, 6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT 40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
4667-11A Weary Blues Jazz Information 12
    Jazztone J1013
    Guilde de Jazz J1013
    Commodore 656, CEP79, DL30007,
       6.24547AG
    Melodisc MLP12-112
    Mainstream M56039, S6039, (J)XM31
    Vogue (F) INT 40027
    Top Rank (D) HJA16505
    London (J) SLC458
    Cadillac SGC/MLP12-112
    Mosaic MR23-123
    Document DOCD-1010
     
Notes    
- Matrix 4657-1B was issued as ‘Big Bell’s Goodbye’ on Top Rank HJA16505.
- Purist 1004 was limited to 1000 copies.
- Indiana Historical Society IHS 1001 is a 2-LP set entitled "Indiana Ragtime".
- Concert Hall SMS7130-7139 is a 10-LP box entitled "The Jazz Story".
- The Mosaic issue is an album with 23 LP's entitled "The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings vol.1", limited to 2500 copies. The Bunk Johnson titles are on record no. 18 which has MR23-12318 in the wax. Weary Blues #2 (4667-t-1) and #3 (4667-t-2) issued on that record are in fact identical with 4667-11A but pressed at a half-tone higher speed. Likewise Franklin Street Blues 4659-t is identical with 4659-3B.
- On Document DOCD-1010 the recording date is uncomplete mentioned as "autumn 1942".
- Multimedia-Polska JAZZ is a 28 cd box, covering the history of jazz until the seventies. 4660-4A 'Thriller Rag' is on cd 2.
     
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