[Dixielandjazz] washboard rhythm kings

[dj outrage]

ROBERT R. CALDER wrote:
> As I recall from various articles in Storyville magazine, this was a
> recording
> band varying in personnel and the occasion of a discographers' frenzy at
> one
> time, when it emerged that Clarence Profit,  whom Joe Turner declared
> possibly
> the only pianist to rival Art Tatum in the 1930s, was on only about four
> numbers.  Or maybe just two.
>
>
> There is a lanky pianist with a flat cap on a video of the band on the
> Daily
> Motion site, an alternative to YouTube, and he is in fact Joe Turner, but
> whether any of the other film clips or shorts by one of the various
> related
> ensembles is actually Profit I can't say, since nobody seems to have come
> up
> with a photo of him!
>
> The names varied betweer WASHBOARD RHYTHM SERENADERS and I can't remember
> the
> others, and there is one set of recordings made by a few of the members of
> the
> overall group in London,  with the excellent local Derek Neville on alto
> in the
> 1930s. It was one side of an EMI LP which had a US-recorded group on the
> other
> side.  The ensemble names varied and I could never keep track of which
> name was
>
> attached to which
>
> Presumably they could record a lot of eight number sessions because of the
> unrehearsed style
>
>
> This is a batch of personnels. and alternative names and even a couple of
> tracks
>
> including a PEPPER STEAK. Bespoke bargain basement stuff -- Teddy Bunn was
> on
> the session combining one of these ensembles with the Ellington band.
>
>
> W A S H B O A R D   S E R E N A D E R S  Harold Randolph (kazoo) Clarence
> Profit
> (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Bruce Johnson (wbd,vcl) Gladys Bentley (vcl) New York,
> March
> 24, 1930
>
> 59548-1 Kazoo moan (bj vcl)(+) Vic V38127, (F)430700,
> 59549-1 Washboards get together (bj,gb vcl,*)
>
> Henry Allen (tp) replaces Harold Randolph New York, March 31, 1930
> 59568-2 Teddy's blues Vic V38610, Jazum 13
> 59569-2 Tappin' the time away -, RCA (F)430700, PM42404,
>
> Harold Randolph (kazoo) prob Arthur Brooks (p) Bruce Johnson (wbd), Film
> Soundtrack, New York, late
>
> 1932-early 1933
> Stomp     Ristic (E)SAC, Harlequin (E)HQ2038 (`Vitaphone filmshot entitled
> "That's the spirit")
>
> Randolph (kazoo,vcl) Derek Neville (cl,as,bassax) Brooks (p) Jerome Darr
> (g) Len
> Harrison (b) Johnson (wbd,vcl) London, July 19, 1935
>
> CE7108-1 The sheik of Araby (hr,bj vcl) Par (E)F428, Grand Pree 707
> CE7109-1 Dear old southland (hr,bj vcl) (E)229, Best of Jazz (F)4073(CD),
> CE7110-1 St. Louis blues (hr,bj vcl) (E)F428
> CE7111-1 Black eyes (hr,bj vcl) (E)F358
> CE7112-1 Lonesome road (hr,bj vcl) (E)F229
> CE7113-1 Nagasaki (hr,be vcl) (E)F358, Grand Pree 707
>
> Five Rhythm Kings : unknown kazoo, p, g, wbd, Jake Henderson, Dallie
> Foster
> (vcl) Camden, N.J., April 21, 1931
>
>
> Washboard Rhythm Kings or The Rhythm Kings* : unknown tp, as, bj, Teddy
> Bunn (g)
>
> unknown (wbd) Buck Franklin (vcl) Camden, N.J., May 8, 1931
>
> The Rhythm Kings : unknown cl, as, p, bj, Teddy Bunn (g) unknown (wbd)
> Buck
> Franklin, Jake Fenderson, The Melody Four (vcl) Camden, N.J., June 4, 1931
>
> Chicago Hot Five : unknown cl/as, Eddie Miles (p,vcl) Steve Washington
> (bj,mand)
> unknown (d,wbd) Jake Fenderson (vcl) Camden, N.J., July 9, 1931
>
>
> Dave Page (tp) Ben Smith (as) Carl Wade (ts) Eddie Miles (p,vcl) Steve
> Washington (bj,g) Jimmy Spencer (d, wbd,vcl) Camden, N.J., September 23,
> 1931
>
>
> Dave Riddick (tp) Jimmy Shine (as,vcl) Carl Wade (ts) Eddie Miles (p,vcl)
> Steve
> Washington (bj) Jimmy Spencer (wbd,vcl) Camden, N.J., March 1, 1932
>
>
> 70596-1 Pepper steak (js vcl)(*) Vic 22958, RCA LPV540, (F)PM42404, (F)
> 430700,
> 70598-1 You can depend on me (em vcl,+) 23326, RCA (G)LPM10021
>
> Carl Wade (ts) Eddie Miller (p,vcl) Steve Washington (bj,vcl) Ghost Howell
> (b,vcl) H. Smith (wbd), Camden, N.J., July 6, 1932
>
>
>
> 72691-1 Just another dream of you (em vcl) Vic 23348, RCA (G)LPM10021
> 72692-1 Depression stomp (sw vcl) 23357, 72693
>
> Valaida Snow (tp) Ben Smith (cl,as) Jerome Carrington (as) Carl Wade (ts)
> Eddie
> Miles (p) Steve Washington  (bj,vcl) Ghost Howell (b) H. Smith (wbd) Bella
> Benson, Lavaida Carter (vcl) New York, October 5, 1932
>
>
> Washboard Rhythm Boys : Taft Jordan (tp) Ben Smith (cl,as) Carl Wade (ts)
> Eddie
> Miles (p,vcl) Steve Washington (bj,vcl) Ghost Howell (b,vcl) H. Smith
> (wbd)
> Bella Benson (cl) Camden, N.J., October 18, 1932
>
>
> Dave Page (tp,vcl) Ben Smith (cl,as) Jimmy Shine or Jerome Carrington (as)
> Carl
> Wade (ts) Eddie Miles (p) Wilbur Daniels (bj,vcl) Leo Watson (b,vcl)
> unknown
> (wbd) Frank Benton (vcl,dir) Camden, N.J., November 23, 1932
>
>
> Unknown tp, cl/as, as, Carl Wade (ts) unknown (p) Steve Washington (b,vcl)
> prob
> Ghost Howell (b) unknown  (d), New York, December 14, 1932
>
>
> Washboard Rhythm Band : Taft Jordan (tp,vcl) John Haughton (tb) Ben Smith
> cl,as)
>
> prob Jerome Carrington  (as) Carl Wade (ts) prob NOT Clarence Profit (p)
> Steve
> Washington (bj,g) unknown (wbd), New York, March 8, 1933
>
>
> Washboard Rhythm Kings : Dave Page (tp,vcl) John Haughton (tb) Ben Smith
> (cl,as)
>
> prob Jerome Carrington  (as) Carl Wade (ts) prob NOT Clarence Profit (p)
> prob
> Steve Washington () prob Ghost Howell (b) unknown (wbd), Cal Clement (vcl)
> Camden, N.J., June 1, 1933
>
>
> Washboard Rhythm Boys : Dave Page, Frank "Fat Man" Humphries (tp) Cal
> Clement
> (tb) Mildred Humphries, Denny Washington (as) Willie "Biggs" Bigger (ts)
> Steve
> Washington (p,vcl,arr) Ghost Howell (b,vcl) "Biddy" (wbd), New York,
> August 19,
> 1933
>
>
>
>
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thanks for all the info guys! I've just spent an hour or so on archive.org
downloading and listening to a few of their tracks, great stuff!
so are these the washboard serenaders as well, the group that recorded
black eyes?
There was a 78 of that being bid pretty high on on ebay, with an audio
clip last week and that sounded like a great record.
Thanks again for all the help,
Rob.