Laughter from the Hip
24 Jazz Comedy Classics
1989: Jass Records J-CD-20
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Footwarmers (New York, 14 October 1941)
Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra (New York, 21 May 1930)
Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four (New York, 28 October 1925)
Don Redman and His Orchestra (New York, 28 June 1932)
Wingy Manone and His Orchestra (New York, 14 January 1940)
Red Allen and His Orchestra (New York, 1947)
Eight Squares and a Critic
Bud Freeman and His V-Disc Jumpers (New York, 4 October 1945)
Charlie Shavers with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (New York, August 1950)
George Lewis Band (New Orleans, 22 May 1950)
Eddie Johnson’s Crackerjacks (Atlanta, 25 February 1932)
Harry Roy and His Bat Club Boys (“From the Bat Club, London,” 1931)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (New York, 9 April 1929)
The Three Keys (New York, 21 September 1932)
The Slim Gaillard Trio (Los Angeles, 1 December 1945)
John Kirby and His Orchestra (New York, 11 February 1942)
Clarence Williams’ [sic] Novelty Band (New York, 22 May 1930)
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (New York, 19 May 1932)
The Washboard Rhythm Kings (Camden, 23 November 1932)
Woody Herman and His Orchestra (The Band That Plays the Blues) (New York, 14 April 1938)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (New York, 11 April 1941)
Ted Weems and His Orchestra, with Perry Como & Gary Moore (New York, 27 January 1941)
Leo Watson and His Orchestra (New York, 22 August 1939)
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Chicago, 24 April 1933)
“Well, whaddayou know ’bout that?”
Comments © 2006 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.