Record Changer 1947
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) February 1947
Gordon Gullickson (Editor, Publisher), Ernest Borneman (Associate), John Ball, Jr., and Edward Hill (Classical Department),
Bill Gottlieb (photography), George Greenfield (Circulation Manager), William Grauer, Jr., (Commercial Advertising Manager);
Don Anderson and Gene Deitch (Art Department), Irving L. Jacobs (Research Department), R. C. Williams (publication Assistant)
Published every month at 1425 Hopkins St., NW, Washington, D.C. Copyright, 1947.
The Record Changer All-Star Band (reader’s voting)
Jazz on Records by John Lucas;
Sacred and Sinful, Singing the Blues, Barrellhouse and Boogie, the Dixieland Band, Swing and Stuff, Old and Rare
Questions and Answers by Ernest Borneman
Farrago 4 by Edward Hill
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Blue Note (767 Lexington Ave. New York 21, NY)
BN-517 Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five: Quincy Street Stomp/ Weary Way Blues
BN-518 Baby Dodds’ Jazz Four: Winin’ boy Blues/ Careless Love
BN-522 Sammy Benskin: The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise/ Cherry
BN-524 Flying Home (part 1)/ Flying Home (part 2)
BN-525 Tiny Grimes’ Swingtet: Tiny’s Boogie Woogie/ “C” Jam Blues
BN-526 Low Down Blues/ Back-Room Blues
BN-527 Art Hodes’ Back-Room Boys: Jug Head Boogie/ M.K. Blues
BN-530 T-Bone Walker: T-bone Blues/ Jimmy Shirley: Jimmy’s Blues
Signature Records (distributed by General Electric Supply Corp.)
28101 Coleman Hawkins and His Orch.: Voodte/ Hawkins Barrell House
28102 Coleman Hawkins and His Orch.: Stumpy/ How Deep Is the Ocean
28104 Coleman Hawkins and His Orch.: Get Happy/ Crazy Rhythm
28106 “Flip” Phillips and His Fliptet: Skycraper/ Pappilloma
28107 Yank Lawson’s Jazz Band: Too Many Times/ Stumbling
28108 Yank Lawson’s Jazz Band: That’s A Plenty/ Wang Wang Blues
28112 Nat Jaffe piano solo: How Can You Face Me/ Keeping Out of Mischief/ Keeping Out of Mischief Now
28113 Shorty Sherock and His Orch.: Meandering/ It’s the Talk of the Town
28114 Barney Bigard Trio: Steps Steps Up/ Steps Steps Down
28115 Dickie Well’s and His Orch.: Hello Babe/ Linger Awhile
28116 Barney Bigard Trio: Moonglow/ Tea for Two
28117 “Flip” Phillips and His Orch.: Why Shouldn’t I/ Swingin’ for “Popsie”
28118 Shorty Sherock and His Orch.: Snafu/ The Wllies
90001 Coleman Hawkins Swing Four: The Man I Love/ Sweet Lorraine
90003 “Flip” Phillips and His Fliptet: Sweet and Lonely/ Bob’s Belief
15001 Johnny Bothwell and His Orch.: Laura/ Lonely Serenade
15002 Johnny Bothwell and His Orch.: The Trouble with Me Is You/ John’s Other Wife
15004 Yank Lawson and His Orch.: Sugar/ Sensation Rag
Disc (Company of America) (117 West 46th St., NYC 19)
Muggsy Spanier and His Orchestra (3 10” records with Illustrated by Charles Smith Booklet)
6030 Am I Blue/ Do Me Like You Do
6031 You’re Driving Me Crazy/ Sentimental Journey
6032 Pee Wee Squawks/ Muggsy Special
Yerba Buena Music Shop (5721 Grove Street Oakland 9, California)
Exner presents
No. 1 Johnny Wittwer Trio: Wolverine Blues/ Joe’s Blues,
No. 2 Johnny Wittwer Trio: Come Back Sweet Papa/ Tiger Rag
No. 3 Kid Ory’s Creole Band: Dippermouth Blues/ Savoy Blues,
No. 4 Kid Ory’s Creole Band: High Society/ Ballin’ the Jack
1004 Art Hodes piano solo: Eccentric/ Washboard Blues
1005 Art Hodes piano solo: The Mooche/ No Pay Blues
1006 Art Hodes Jazz Record Six: Chimes Blues/ Organ Grinder Blues
1007 Art Hodes Jazz Record Six: Wolverine Blues/ Someday Sweetheart
1008 Art Hodes Jazz Record Six: Sister Kate/ Basin Street Blues
1009 Art Hodes Jazz Record Six: Ballin’ the Jack/ That’s A Plenty
Jazz Man label (reissue)
No. 1 Lu Watters: Maple Leaf Rag/ Black & White Rag
No. 2 Lu Watters: Irish Black Bottom/ Memphis Blues
No. 3 Lu Watters: Muskrat Ramble/ Smokey Mokes
No. 4 Lu Watters: Original Jelly Roll Blues/ At A Georgia Camp Meeting
Louis Armstrong Dixieland Seven;
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans/ Endie
Where the Blues Began in New Orleans/ Mahogany Hall Stomp
HRS Spanier-Becht Big Four
2000 Sweet Lorraine/ Lazy River
2001 China Boy/ Four or Five Times
The Record Changer (1425 Hopkins St., N.W., Washington 6, DC)
Back Issues for Sale (38 sets of Record Changer) $10.00 from August 1942 through December 1946
Commodore Records
Commodore presents Eddie Condon
C-500 Jada/ Love Is Just Around the Corner
C-502 Beat to the Socks/ I Got Rhythm
C-505 Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland/ Diane
C-515 California, Here I Come/ Sunday
C-530 It’s Right Here for You/ Strut Miss Lizzie
C-531 Ballin’ the Jack/ I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly-Roll
C-535 You’re Some Pretty Doll/ Oh, Sister Ain’t That Hot
C-536 Georgia Grind/ Dancing Fool
C-542 Don’t Leave Me Daddy/ Fidgety Feet
C-551 Back in Your Own Back Yard/ All the Wrongs You’ve Done Me
C-568 Singin’ the Blues/ Pray for the Lights to Go Out
C-1509 Tortilla B Flat/ Mammy O’ Mine
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) March 1947
Gordon Gullickson (Editor, Publisher), Ernest Borneman (Associate), John Ball, Jr., and Edward Hill (Classical Department),
Bill Gottlieb (photography), George Greenfield (Circulation Manager), William Grauer, Jr., (Commercial Advertising Manager);
Don Anderson and Gene Deitch (Art Department), Irving L. Jacobs (Research Department),
Published every month at 1425 Hopkins St., NW, Washington, D.C. Copyright, 1947.
Buzzin’ ‘Round by Bill Gottlieb
The Record Changer’s Book Review: Esquire’s 1947 Jazz Book
Jazz on Records by John Lucas
Sacred and Sinful, Singing the Blues, Barrelhouse and Boogie, The Dixieland Band, Swing and Stuff, Old and Rare
Questions and Answers by Ernest Borneman
Farrago 5 by Edward Hill
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Blue Note (767 Lexington Ave. New York 21, NY)
BN-517 Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five: Quincy Street Stomp/ Weary Way Blues
BN-518 Baby Dodds’ Jazz Four: Winin’ boy Blues/ Careless Love
BN-522 Sammy Benskin: The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise/ Cherry
BN-524 Flying Home (part 1)/ Flying Home (part 2)
BN-525 Tiny Grimes’ Swingtet: Tiny’s Boogie Woogie/ “C” Jam Blues
BN-526 Low Down Blues/ Back-Room Blues
BN-527 Art Hodes’ Back-Room Boys: Jug Head Boogie/ M.K. Blues
BN-530 T-Bone Walker: T-bone Blues/ Jimmy Shirley: Jimmy’s Blues
Muse Photos (90-01 193 St. Hollis 7, NYC): Jazz Photos by Bill Gottlieb
The Record Changer (1425 Hopkins St., N.W., Washington 6, DC)
Back Issues for Sale (38 sets of Record Changer) $10.00 from August 1942 (8p) through December 1946
he Little Discography compiled by William H. Miller, Melbourne, Australia
Jazz Man Record Shop (6420 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood 38, California)
Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band
JM-1 Maple Leaf Rag/ Black & Whitee Rag (piano solo)
JM-2 Memphis Blues/ Irish Black Bottom
JM-3 Muskrat Ramble/ Smokey Mokes
JM-4 Original Jelly Roll Blues/ At A Georgia Camp Meeting
JM-5 Cake Walking babies/ Riverside Blues
JM-6 Tiger Rag/ Come Back Sweet Papa
JM-7 Fidgety Feet/ Temptation Rag (piano solo)
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) July 1947
Gordon Gullickson (Editor, Publisher), Ernest Borneman (Associate), John Ball, Jr., and Edward Hill (Classical Department),
Bill Gottlieb (photography), George Greenfield (Circulation Manager), William Grauer, Jr., (Commercial Advertising Manager);
Don Anderson and Gene Deitch (Art Department), Irving L. Jacobs (Research Department),
Published every month at 1219 Wisconsin Ave., Washington 7, D.C. Copyright, 1947
Commercial Advertising Address: William Grauer, Jr., The Record Changer , 170 Claremont Ave. New York 27, NY
Buzzin’ ‘Round by Bill Gottlieb (photos by the author)
Jazz on Records by John Lucas
Old and Rare: Blues, Boogie, and Hot Jazz
Questions and Answers by Ernest Borneman
My Days Have Grown So Lonely by Albert Avakian
Recordings with Aroma or Buzzin’ with Buzz by Paul Sipp, Jr.
Farrago 7 by Edward Hill
Jazz Man Record Shop (6420 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood 38, California)
Johnny Wettwer (piano solos)
JM-18 Ragged but Right/ Aunt Hagar’s Blues
JM-19 Ace in the Hole/ Two Kinds of People
JM-20 Ragtime Nightingale/ Bill Bailey
Circle Sound, Inc. (38 East 4th Street New York 3, NY)
Jelly Roll Morton recordings from the Library of Congress (available soon)
Century Record Company (737 Fox Street Bronx 55, NY) (reissue)
New Re-Issues
3018 Edith Johnson (vcl): Honey Dripper Blues/ Nickless Worth of Liver (Para 12823)
3019 Cow Cow Davenport: Chimes Blues/ Slow Drag (Para 12800)
3020 Ike Rodgers and Henry Brown: Blues Stomp/ Blind Boy Blues (Para 12934)
3021 Edith Johnson (vcl): Good Chib Blues (Para 12864)/ Cow Cow Davenport (vcl) Jim Crow Blues (Para 12439)
Blue Note (767 Lexington Ave. New York 21, NY)
Art Hodes’ Hot Five (10”)
531 Save It Pretty Mama/ Darktown Strutters’ Ball
532 Shine/ Memphis Blues
533 St. James Infirmary/ Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Yerba Buena Music Shop (5721 Grove Street Oakland 9, California) (236 West 19th Street, New York 14, NY)
Art Hodes All Star Trio
JR 1010 Buddy Bolden’s Blues/ Too Busy
R 1011 Droppin’ Shucks/ Swanee
Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc., Dept. RC, (1 Madison Ave.., NY 10)
Horn of Plenty by Robert Goffin (Louis Armstrong – book)
Commodore Music Shop (136 East 42nd Street, NYC)
Bob Wilber’s Wild Cats (10”)
C-538 Willie the Weeper/ Mabel’s Dram
C-584 Blues for Fowler/ Wild Cat Rag
Disc Album
No. 632 Pee Wee Russell Jazz Ensemble with Muggsy Spanier
No. 701 Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet with Sidney Bechet
No. 709 Baby Dodds Drum Solos
Columbia Album
Set C-40 Bud Freeman Famous Chicagoans
Set C-29 Bix Beiderbecke
Set C-31 Bessie Smith
Set C-126 Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band
Who’s Who in Jazz Collecting by William C. Love (book)
The Record Changer (1425 Hopkins St., N.W., Washington 7, DC)
Volume 3 of Index to Jazz by Orin Blackstone
Muse Photos (90-01 193 St. Hollis 7, NYC): Jazz Photos by Bill Gottlieb
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) June 1947
Gordon Gullickson (Editor, Publisher), Ernest Borneman (Associate), John Ball, Jr., and Edward Hill (Classical Department),
Bill Gottlieb (photography), George Greenfield (Circulation Manager), William Grauer, Jr., (Commercial Advertising Manager);
Don Anderson and Gene Deitch (Art Department), Irving L. Jacobs (Research Department),
Published every month at 1219 Wisconsin Ave., Washington 7, D.C. Copyright, 1947
Commercial Advertising Address: William Grauer, Jr., The Record Changer , 170 Claremont Ave. New York 27, NY
Buzzin’ ‘Round with Bill Gottlieb (photo by the author)
A Style and A Memory by Nesuhi Ertegun (reprinted from April 1943, Record Changer)
Farewell to Basin Street by Sterling A. Brown (reprinted from December 1944, Record Changer)
Tony Jackson by R. J. Carew (reprinted from February 1943, Record Changer)
Jazz on Records by John Lucas (Best Jazz; December 1946 – June 1947)
“Storyville” New Movie to Show Real History of Jazz by Gene Deitch
Rex Stewart as I Know by Charles Wilford
Cardonia by Jazzbo Brown; Hugues Panassie, Robert Goffin, P. E. Millere,Neshi Ertigun, Bill Golburn, Dave Dexter
Farrago 9 by Edward Hill
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Century Record Company (737 Fox Street Bronx 55, NY) (reissue)
3001 Dixieland Thumpers; Weary Way Blues/ There’ll Comes A Day
3004 Jelly Roll Morton & His Orch.; Muddy Water Blues/ Big Fat Mama
3008 King Oliver & His Creole Band; Alligator Hop/ Krooked Blues
3011 King Oliver & His Jazz Band; Southern Stomp, J.C. Johnson & His Five Hot Sparks; Red Hot Hottentot
The Record Changer (1425 Hopkins St., N.W., Washington 7, DC)
Index to Jazz, Volume Three by Orin Blackstone
Back Issues for Sale (38 sets of Record Changer) $10.00 from August 1942 through December 1946
The Little Discography by William H. Miller, Melbourne, Australia
Muse Photos (90-01 193 St. Hollis 7, NYC): Jazz Photos by Bill Gottlieb
Jazz Man Record Shop (6420 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood 38, California)
Johnny Wittwer
JM-18 Ragged but Right/ Aunt Hagar’s Blues
JM-19 Ace in the Hole/ Two Kinds of People
JM-20 Ragtime Nightingale/ Bill Bailey
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) August 1947 (NEW)
Editorial Offices (6420 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood 38, California)
Nesuhi Ertegun (editor), Charles Richards (assistant editor), Gene Deitch (art editor), George S. Fletcher (staff photographer),
Ernest Borneman, Jim Higgins (contributing editor)
Publishing Offices (1219 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington 7, DC)
Gordon Gullickson (publisher), George A. Greenfield (circulation manager), William Grauer Jr. (advertising manager),
Jacob S. Schneider (legal department)
Published Monthly at 1219 Wisconsin Ave. Washington 7, DC. Copyright 1947 by Gordon Gullickson.
Commercial advertising: William Grauer, Jr., the Record Changer, 170 Claremont Ave., New York 27, NY
Jazz Parade: Carnival in New Orleans by Record Changer
Let Me Take This Chorus by Gordon Gullickson
Minor Hall Speaks by Alice Finley
The Anthropologist Looks Back by Ernest Borneman
Dixieland Piano by J. Russell Robinson, as told to Ralph Auf Der Heider
Records Noted by Jim Higgins
Fats Waller (RCA re-issues):
S’posin’/ Darktown Strutters’ Ball, You Stayed Away Too Long/ There’ll Be some Changes Made,
Oooh, Look-A-There Ain’t She Pretty/ You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew,
Everybody Loves My Baby/ Squeeze Me, Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me/ I Used to Love You
Kid Ory (Columbia Set C-126):
Tiger Rag/ Bucket Got A Hole in It, Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho/ Eh! Las Bas,
Bill Bailey Won’t You Lease Come Hoe/ Creole Bo-Bo, Farewell to Storyville/ The World’s Jazz Crazy,
Lawdy So Am I,
Dan Burley (Circle album S-3):
South Side Shake/ Dusty Bottom, Big Cat, Little Cat, Lakefront Blues/ Shotgun House Rag
Art Hodes’ Hot Five: (Blue Note album 103)
Save It Pretty Mama/ Darktown Strutters’ Ball, Shine/ Memphis,
St. James Infirmary/ Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Lu Watters (West Coast 109, 110, 111)
1919 Rag/ Ostrich Walk,Pineapple Rag/ Minstrels of Annie Street, Friendless Blues/ I’m Goin’ Huntin’ Esquire’s
All American Hot Jazz (Victor Hot Jazz Album 10)
Blow Me Down/ Rockabye River, Jivin’ with Jarvis/ Buckin’ the Blues, Indian Summer/
Sugar, I Cried for You/ Indiana Winter
Mezz Mezzrow (King Jazz 146);
Really the Blues (parts I & II), Knocky – Knocky! By Charles Richards
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Blue Note (767 Lexington Ave. New York 21, NY)
Art Hodes’ Hot Five 10”)
531 Save It Pretty Mama/ Darktown Strutters’ Ball
532 Shine/ Memphis Blues
533 St. James Infirmary/ Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
The Record Changer (1219 Wisconsin Ave. Washington 7, DC)
Index to Jazz, Volume Three by Orin Blackstone
Century Record Company (737 Fox Street Bronx 55, NY) (reissue)
3013 Henry Brown: Deep Morgan Blues/ Eastern Chimes Blues
3015 Will Ezell: Pitchin’ Boogie/ Just Can’t Stay Here
3019 Cow Cow Davenport: Chimes blues/ Slow Drag
4000 Jelly Roll Morton: Dead Man Blues; Cliff Jackson: Hock Shop Blues
4001 James P. Johnson: Make Me A Pallet on the Floor; Fats Waller: 18th Street Strut
AM Records (704 Lewis Street Canton, Missouri)
Bunk Johnson
No. 517 Where the River Shannon Flows/ When the Moon Comes Over the Mt.
No. 518 Ja-Da/ Poor Butterfly
George Hornby
No. 521 Jesus Gave Me a Little Light/ Bye and Bye
No. 522 I Know It Was the Blood/ My Soul Loves Jesus
RECORD CHANGER (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF JAZZ) November 1947
Editorial Offices (6420 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood 38, California)
Nesuhi Ertegun (editor), Charles Richards, Ralph Auf der Heide (assistant editor), Gene Deitch (art editor), Ernest Borneman, Jim Higgins (contributing editor) George S. Fletcher (staff photographer),
Publishing Offices (1219 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington 7, DC)
Gordon Gullickson (publisher), George A. Greenfield (circulation manager), William Grauer Jr. (advertising manager),
Jacob S. Schneider (legal department)
Published Monthly at 1219 Wisconsin Ave. Washington 7, DC. Copyright 1947 by Gordon Gullickson.
Commercial advertising: William Grauer, Jr., the Record Changer, 170 Claremont Ave., New York 27, NY
Jazz Parade by The Record Changer
Let Me Take This Chorus by George Gullickson
What Did Ory Say, Stenograph notes by Jane Greenough
Records Noes by James Higgins
Ernestine B. Washington (Disc Album 712)
God’s Amazing Grace/ Where Could I Go but to the Lord
Does Jesus Care/ The Lord Will Make a Why Somehow
Louis Armstrong (Columbia set C-139)
Savoy Blues/ Put ‘Em Down Blues, Once in a While/ Struttin’ with Some Barbecue
Got No Blues/I’m Not Rough, Ory’s Creole Trombone/ I’m Not Rough
Folk Music of Haiti (Disc album 142) eight sides
Cisco Huston (Disc album 608)
Roving Gambler/ Philadelphia Lawyer, Oh, Willy My Darling/ Tying a Knot in the Devil’s Tail
Drunker Rat/ Blue Yodel No. 2
Jazz LDT. (11 East Grand Ave. Chicago, Illinois) by John Lucas
The Development of Awareness of Popular Jazz Music in the Individual by Raoul de la Bruyere
Duke Ellington at Hollywood Bowl by Albert S. Otto
Fiddlers and Such by Edward Hill
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Century Record Company (737 Fox Street Bronx 55, NY) (reissue)
3022 Alice Moore (vcl): Prison Blues/ My Man Blues
3023 Dixie Four: Kentucky Stomp/ St. Louis Man
3024 Dixie Four: Five O’Clock Stomp/ South Side Stomp
3025 Blind Leroy Garnett: Louisiana Glide/ Chain ‘Em Down
The Record Changer (1219 Wisconsin Ave. Washington 7, DC)
Index to Jazz, Volume Three by Orin Blackstone
Columbia Records: Hot Jazz Classics Re-Issues
Louis Armstrong
C-28 Eight of Louis’ Finest All-Around Favorites
C-57 The Cream of the Earliest Hot Five
C-73 Louis and Earl Hines at Their Best Band
The Condon Story
C-43 With Frank Tescheacher and Original “Chicagoans”
C-40 Bud Freeman’s All Star with Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell
The Fabulous Dorseys
C-51 Jimmy and Tommy with bunny Berigan and Their Original Band
The Swing Revival
C-44 The Album That Put Boogie-Woogie on the Map to Stay
C-61 Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday in Their Finest Form
The Great Brassmen
C-46 Hot Trombones – Jimmy Harrison to Higginbotham and Back Again
C-66 Hot Trumpets, with Bix, Muggsy, Louis and Five Other All-Timers