1937

Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith (tp), George Hunt, Dan Minor (tb), Caughey Roberts (as,cl), Herschel Evans, Lester Young (ts), Jack Washington (as/bs), Count Basie (p), Claude Williams (g,vln), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds), Jimmy Rushing (vcl)


1937-02-08

Chatterbox Room, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
WCAE Radio Broadcast (Mutual Broadcasting System)
Leslie Williams (mc), around 11 pm for dancers

1. Oh! Lady Be Good (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) 4:44
Basie, p (intro); Basie, p; Evans, ts; Williams, vln; Smith, tp
2. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy, arr. Fletcher Henderson) 5:29
Basie, p (intro); Keyes, tp; Hunt, tb; Rushing, voc; Rushing, voc w/Evans, ts obbligato; Young, ts; Smith, tp; Clayton, tp; Basie, p; Williams, vln; Roberts, as
3. Moten Swing (theme) (inc) (Bennie Moten, head arr.) 0:09
Basie, p (intro); Young, ts
4. Shoe Shine Swing [Roseland Shuffle] (Count Basie, arr. Fletcher Henderson) 2:11
Basie, p; Young, ts; Basie, p; Basie, p/Young, ts (4/4)
5. Moten Swing (theme) (Bennie Moten, head arr.) 1:36
Basie, p (intro); Young, ts; Basie, p w/band


1937-02-10

Chatterbox Room, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
WCAE-Mutual Broadcast, around 11 pm for dancers

1. Moten Swing (theme) (Bennie Moten, head arr.) 1:00
Basie, p (intro); Young (ts)
2. King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton, arr. Fletcher Henderson) 2:54
Clayton, tp; Evans, ts; Clayton, tp; Hunt, tb
3. I'll Always Be In Love With You (Herman Ruby-Bud Green-Sam Stept) 252
Basie, p (intro); Basie, p; Smith, tp; Young, ts; Jones, d
4. You Do the Darndest Things, Baby (L. Pollack-S.D. Mitchell) 3:17
Basie, p; Rushing, voc; Clayton, tp; Evans, ts; Clayton, tp; Basie, p
5. Swinging at the Daisy Chain (Count Basie) 4:09
Basie, p (intro); Young, ts; Clayton, tp; Evans, ts; Basie, p; Page, b break; Jones, d; Basie, p; Page, b; Jones, d; Clayton, tp
6. Riffin' [Rug Cutter's Swing] (Fletcher or Horace Henderson, arr. Fletcher Henderson) 3:25
Smith, tp; Young, ts; Smith, tp break; Young, ts break; Hunt, tb break; Jones, d break
7. Yeah! Man (inc) (Robinson-Noble Sissle, arr. Horace Henderson) 2:24
Washington, bs; Clayton, tp; Young, ts


1937-02-12

Chatterbox Room, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
WCAE-Mutual Broadcast, around 11 pm for dancers

1. Oh! Lady Be Good (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin, head arr.) 3:18
Basie, p (intro); Evans, ts; Smith, tp
2. Tattersfield Stomp (arr. Fletcher Hederson) 2:35
Young, ts; Basie, p; Young, ts; Smith, tp; Minor, tb; Basie, p; Basie p break; Young, ts break, Washington, bs

missing: Magnolias in the Moonlight (inc)


Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Bobby Moore (tp), Eddie Durham, Dan Minor, Benny Morton (tb), Earl Warren (as), Herschel Evans (ts), Lester Young (ts,cl), Jack Washington (as,bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds), Jimmy Rushing (vcl-1), Billie Holiday (vcl-2)


1937-11-03 (mostly here as MP3)

Meadowbrook Ballroom, Cedar Grove, NJ (USA)

Moten Swing (Bennie Moten, arr. Buck Clayton)
One O'Clock Jump (Count Basie, head arr.)
I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin, arr. Clayton)
A Study in Brown (Larry Clinton, arr. Fletcher Henderson)
I Got Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes (-1)
John's Idea (Count Basie, arr. Bobby Durham)
Good Morning Blues (-1) (Count Basie-Eddie Durham-Jimmy Rushing, arr. Durham)
Dinah (-1) (Henry Akst-Sam Lewis-Joe Young)

Notes:
The contribution is missing: I Can't Get Started (-2)
The other part of the contribution is here (1938).
I might post this as FLAC eventually as well!