New Orleans native Jimmie Noone led this band at the Apex Club on the second floor of 330 East 35th Street in Chicago's Southside from 1928 to 1930. The bar was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Noone's smooth clarinet playing was a big influence on Benny Goodman, and the Swing era that would follow. |
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| After You're Gone
(Henry Creamer / J. Turner Layton) |
10-21-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Brunswick 7124 Brunswick 1086 Vocalion 1229 |
| Ain't Misbehavin'
(Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Harry Brooks) |
7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 15819 |
| Am I Blue? Vocal Chorus by May Alex (From the Motion Picture "On With The Show") (Harry Akst / Grant Clarke) |
7-8-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1296 |
| A Monday Date
(Earl Hines) |
8-23-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1296 Vocalion V-1026 Brunswick 80026 UHCA 41 |
| Anything You Want | 6-21-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 15823 |
| Apex Blues (2259-A)
(Jimmie Noone) |
7-11-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 2779 Brunswick 4966 Brunswick 7096 |
| Apex Blues (2259-B)
(Jimmie Noone) |
7-11-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 2779 Brunswick 4966 Brunswick 7096 |
| Apex Blues (A) 071129-A
(Jimmie Noone) |
7-11-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 2779 Brunswick 4966 Brunswick 7096 |
| Apex Blues (B) 071129-B
(Jimmie Noone) |
7-11-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 2779 Brunswick 4966 Brunswick 7096 |
| Birminghan Bertha Vocal Chorus by May Alex (From the Motion Picture "On With The Show") (Harry Akst / Grant Clarke) |
7-8-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1296 |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
(Swanstone / MaCarron / Morgan) |
8-23-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1215 Brunswick 80026 |
| Chicago Rhythm
(Grossman / Kanter) |
2-26-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1267 |
| Crying For The Carolines
(Lewis / Warren / Young) |
2-6-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1466 |
| Deep Trouble
(Rose) |
2-3-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1490 |
| El Rado Scuffle
(Rose) |
2-3-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1490 |
| Every Evening (I Miss You)
(McHugh / Rose) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1135 C-1940-A |
| Every Evening (I Miss You)
(McHugh / Rose) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1135 C-1940-B |
| Four Or Five Times
(Gay / Hellman) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1135 C-1939-A |
| Four Or Five Times
(Gay / Hellman) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1135 C-1939-B |
| Forevermore
(Burnett / Gotthelf) |
6-14-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1188 |
| Have A Little Faith In Me
(Lewis / Warren / Young) |
2-6-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1466 |
| He's A Good Man To Have Around (From the Motion Picture "Honky Tonk") (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager) |
10-15-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1436 |
| I Got A Misery
(Yoell / Scharlin) |
3-1-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 267 |
| I Know That You Know
(Vincent Youmans) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1184 Brunswick 80024 |
| I Lost My Gal From Memphis | 5-16-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1497 |
| I'm Doing What I'm Doin' For Love
(Jack Yellen / Milton Ager) |
9-15-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1436 |
| I'm Following You
(Dreyer / MacDonald) |
2-18-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1471 |
| It's Tight Like That
(Thomas A. Dorsey / Hudson Whittaker) |
12-27-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1238-A C-2710-A |
| It's Tight Like That
(Thomas A. Dorsey / Hudson Whittaker) |
12-27-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1238-A C-2710-B |
| King Joe
(Bud Scott) |
8-25-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1229 |
| Let's Sow A Wild Oat
(Gay) |
12-27-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1238-B C-2711-A |
| Let's Sow A Wild Oat
(Gay) |
12-27-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1238-B C-2711-B |
| Love Me Or Leave Me From "Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) |
4-27-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1272 C-3379-A |
| Love Me Or Leave Me From "Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) |
4-27-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1272 C-3379-B |
| My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) (J. Berni Barbour) |
7-8-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 2779 Brunswick V-1007 Brunswick 4966 Brunswick 7096 |
| My Melancholy Baby
(Burnett / Norton) |
10-21-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 7124 Brunswick 1086 |
| Off Time
(Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Harry Brooks) |
7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 15819 |
| Oh, Sister! Ain't That Hot
(Jack Yellen / Milton Ager) |
8-25-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1215 |
| Oh, Sister! Ain't That Hot
(Donaldson / White) |
8-25-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 070228 |
| Ready For The River
(Kahn / Moret) |
6-14-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1188 |
| San
(Lindsay McPhail / Walter Michaels) |
7-1-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Swaggie JCS-33786 C-5903-A |
| San
(Lindsay McPhail / Walter Michaels) |
7-1-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Ace Of Hearts 84
C-5903-B |
| Satisfied | 9-26-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1416 |
| Some Rainy Day
(Benjamin Spikes) |
12-6-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1240 |
| She's Funny That Way
(Moret / Whiting) |
12-27-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1240 |
| Should I?
(Brown / Freed) |
2-18-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1471 |
| So Sweet
(Gillespie / Kanter / Shawn) |
7-1-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1518 C-5901-A |
| So Sweet
(Gillespie / Kanter / Shawn) |
7-1-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion unissued C-5901-B |
| S'posin'
(Paul Denniker / Andy Razaf) |
7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1415 |
| St. Louis Blues
(W.C. Handy) |
2-26-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Swaggie JCS-33787 |
| Sweet Lorraine
(Mitchell Parish / Cliff Burwell) |
8-25-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Brunswick 80023 C-2268-B |
| Sweet Lorraine
(Burwell / Parish) |
8-25-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1207 C-2268-C |
| Sweet Sue - Just You
(Harris / Young) |
5-16-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1184 Brunswick 80024 |
| That Rhythm Man
(Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Harry Brooks) |
7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 15819 |
| Through (How Can I Say We're Through?) (McCarthy) |
9-26-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1416 |
| True Blue Lou
(Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Sam Coslow) | 7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1415 |
| Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up
(Robinson / Trent) |
4-27-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1272 |
| When You're Smiling
(Fisher / Goodwin / Shay) |
5-16-1930 | Chicago, Illinois | Vocalion 1497 |
| Artist | Instrument |
| May Alix | Vocals |
| Lawson Buford | Tuba |
| Junie Cobb | Banjo, Guitar, Vocals |
| Zinky Cohn | Piano |
| Wilbur Gorham | Banjo, Guitar |
| Alex Hill | Piano |
| Earl Hines | Piano |
| George Mitchell? | Cornet |
| Bill Newton | Tuba |
| Jimmie Noone | Clarinet, Vocals, Leader |
| Joe Poston | Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Vocals |
| Helen Savage | Vocals |
| Bud Scott | Banjo, Guitar |
| Elmo Tanner | Vocals |
| Johnny Wells | Drums |
| Georgia White | Vocals |
| Fayette Williams | Trombone |
A special thanks to Wayne Brandtner and James
Gallup for their contributions to this page.
 
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