Red Onion Jazz Babies sessions were organized by Clarence Williams and featured Lil Hardin-Armstrong who had come east to be near her husband Louis who had just joined the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra the month before. The sessions are also famous for bringing Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong together for the first time on record. |
Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
Cake Walking Babies From Home
(Clarence Williams / Smith / Troy) |
1-7-1925 | New York, New York | Gennett 5627-A Silvertone 4029-A |
Early Every Morn
(Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet) |
12-24-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5626 |
Everybody Loves My Baby
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams) |
11-6-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5594 |
Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
(Tom Delany) |
12-24-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 8162-A |
Of All The Wrongs You've Done To Me
(Payton / Smith) |
11-8-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5627-B Silvertone 4029-B |
Santa Claus Blues
(Charley Straight / Gus Kahn) |
11-26-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5607-B |
Terrible Blues
(Clarence Williams) |
11-26-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5607-A |
Texas Moaner Blues
(Faye Barnes / Clarence Williams) |
11-8-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 8171-B |
Artist | Instrument |
Louis Armstrong | Cornet |
Lil Hardin-Armstrong | Piano |
Buster Bailey | Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone |
Sidney Bechet | Clarinet |
Buddy Christian | Banjo |
Alberta Hunter (under the name of Josephine Beatty) |
Vocals |
Charlie Irvis | Trombone |
Aaron Thompson | Trombone |
Clarence Todd | Vocals |