JIMMIE LUNCEFORD
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JIMMIE LUNCEFORD, PART 1
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
Decca Recording Sessions – Selections
August 31, 1936 – New York
September 1, 1936 – New York
October 14, 1936 – New York
June 15, 1937 – New York
July 8, 1937 – New York
November 5, 1937 – New York
January 6, 1938 – New York
March 12, 1941 – New York
June 23, 1941 – Los Angeles
December 22, 1941 – New York
June 26, 1942 – Los Angeles
February 8, 1944 – New York
August 9, 1945 – Los Angeles
Columbia-Vocalion-Okeh Recording Sessions – Selections
January 3, 1939 – New York
January 31, 1939 – New York
December 4, 1939 – New York
February 28, 1940 – Los Angeles
May 9, 1940 – Chicago
Jubilee Program No. 33
HD3-MM-6022-1
HD3-MM-6023-1
Dubbed June 29, 1943
NBC Hollywood
(SSD)
Jim Doyle, announcer
Ernest “Bubbles” Whitman, host
Featuring Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
With Ada Brown, Rose Murphy, Dolores Williams, Butterfly McQueen
and the Delta Rhythm Boys, guests
Playlists
(41-03-12) (688765-A, Decca 3718) Twenty Four Robbers (Trummy Young and the Band, vocal) (Roger Segure arrangement) (37-06-15) (62263-A, Decca 1340) For Dancers Only (Sy Oliver arrangement) (36-08-31) (61246-A, Decca 908) Organ Grinder’s Swing (Sy Oliver arrangement) (36-09-01) (61247-A, Decca 915) On The Beach at Bali-Bali (Sy Oliver, vocal( (Sy Oliver arrangement) (36-10-14) (61325-A, Decca 980) Harlem Shout (Eddie Durham arrangement) (37-07-08) (62344-A, Decca 1355) Posin (Willie Smith and the Band, vocal) (Sy Oliver arrangement) (37-11-05) (DLA 1010-A, Decca 1659) Pigeon Walk (Eddie Durham arrangement) (38-01-06) (63133-A, Decca 1617) Margie (Trummy Young, vocal) (Sy Oliver arrangement) (38-04-12) (63585-A, Decca 1927) By The River Sainte Marie (Dan Grissom, vocal) (Sy Oliver arrangement) (39-01-03) (23907-1, Vocalion-Okeh 4595) Le Jazz Hot (Sy Oliver arrangement) (39-01-31) (24053-1, Vocalion-Okeh 4831) The Lonesome Road (Trummy Young, vocal) (Sy Oliver arrangement) (39-12-04) (25753-1, Vocalion-Okeh 5326) Wham (Re-Bo-Boom-Bam) (Willie Smith and the Band, vocal) (Eddie Durham arrangement) (25756-1, Vocalion-Okeh 5326) Lunceford Special (Eddie Durham arrangement) (40-02-28) (LA2163-C, Columbia 35510) What’s Your Story, Morning Glory? (Billy Moore arrangement) (40-05-09) (WC 3069-A, Columbia 35725) Swingin’ on C (Eddie Durham arrangement) (41-06-23) (DLA 2449-A, Decca 3931) Flamingo (Dan Grissom, vocal) (Roger Segure arrangement) (41-12-22) (70093-A, Decca 4125) Blues In The Night, Part 1 (Willie Smith, Gerald Wilson and Ray Heindorf arrangement), (70094-A, Decca 4125) Blues In The Night, Part 2 (with uncredited band vocals) (Willie Smith and Gerald Wilson arrangement) (42-06-26) (L-3063-A) Strictly Instrumental (Gerald Wilson arrangement) (43-06-12) Uptown Blues (program open), Hallelujah; Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (Rose Murphy, piano and vocal); Yesterdays, Hip Hip Hooray (Ada Brown, vocal), Dry Bones (the Delta Rhythm Boys, vocal), In The Blue of Evening (Dolores Williams, vocal, with piano accompanist), Comedy Skit, Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) (Earl Carruthers, vocal), For Dancers Only (program close) (44-02-08) (N1623-1, Decca 18594) Back Door Stuff – Part 1, (N1624-3, Decca 18594) Back Door Stuff – Part 2 (45-08-09) The Honeydripper (The Delta Rhythm Boys, vocal) (44-02-08) (N1627-1, Decca 18618) Jeep Rhythm
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