DICK McDONOUGH & CARL KRESS: THE BIG BAND SESSIONS
DICK McDONOUGH AND HIS ORCHESTRA : Dick McDonough-g dir. unknown
instrumentation and
personnel. Generally believe to be comprised mainly of Hal Kemp sidemen. New
York, March 13, 1929.
401711-A Broadway Rose OK rejected (issued on Merritt LP in the '80s.)
We are not incuding
the on guitar solo from November 22, 1934 ("Honeysuckle Rose")
DICK McDONOUGH AND
HIS ORCHESTRA : THE ARC SESSIONS, 1936 - 1937 :
? Yank Lawson and another -t / tb / Toots Mondello - cl - as / Babe Russin or
Larry Binyon - cl - ts / Claude Thornhill - p / Dick McDonough - g / Mort
Stuhlmaker or Artie Bernstein - sb? / Cozy Cole - d / Chick Bullock - Dorothy
Dreslin - v. New York, June 4, 1936.
1.
19373-1
Take My Heart (Fred Ahlert - Joe Young) vCB ARC 6-08-07, Rex
8834, Kr 4222
2.
19374-2
Stars In My Eyes (waltz) (from The King Steps Out) vDD -
Lucky S-71
3.
19375-1
The Scene Changes (Billy Hill) vCB ARC 6-08-08, Cq 8678,
Cr 235
4.
19376-1
On The Beach At Bali-Bali - vCB - Rex 8807 - Kr 4223
(Sherman-Meskill-Silver) Lucky 60509
NOTE:- 911 Crown 235 as BUDDY BARNETT AND HIS MUSIC.
Bunny
Berigan-t/Artie Shaw-cl/Larry Binyon-cl-ts/Adrian Rollini-bsx/Claude
Thornhill-p/ Dick McDonough g/sb/Chauncey Morehouse-d/Buddy Clark-v /possibly
others. New York, June 23, 1936.
5.
19466-1
Summer Holiday (Conley-Marks)- vBC ARC 6-09-07
6.
19467-1
I'm Grateful To You (Davis-Coots) - vBC –
7.
19468-1
Dear Old Southland (Creamer-Layon) - vBC ARC 6-09-08, Voc C-0012,
Irip 6094
8.
19469-1
'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creamer-Layon) - vBC -
Bunny
Berigan-t/Lloyd Turner-tb/Toots Mondello-cl-as/Larry Binyon-cl-ts/Adrian
RolIini -bsx--vib/Manny Prager-p/Dick McDonough-g~Paul Prince-sb/Cozy
Cole-d/Buddy Clark-v. New York, August 4, 1936.
9.
19649-1
Dardanella (Fisher-Bernard-Black) ARC 7-02-04, Voc C-0004, S-174,
Imp 18018
10.
19650-1
It Ain't Right - vBC ARC 6-11-02, Voc C-0003
11.
19651-1
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea ARC 7-02-04, Voc C-0004,
S-174, Imp 6050
(Arlen-Koehler)
12.
19652-1
In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington) ARC 6-11-02, Voc C-0003,Imp
18018
Rollini omitted.
New York, August 5, 1936.
13.
19663-1
When The Moon Hangs High vBC ARC 6-11-04
(Ted Fiorito - Walter Bullock - Percy Weinrich)
14.
19664-1
Midnight Blue (Leslie-Burke) - vBC - Cq 8724
15.
19665-1
South Sea Island Magic - vBC ARC 6-11-01, Cq 8750, Rex
8890
16.
19666-1
Afterglow - vBC -
Bunny Berigan and
another-t/Jack Lacey-tb/'? Toots Mondello-cl-as/Babe Russin-ts/Claude
Thornhill-p/Dick McDonough-g/Paul Prince-sb/Cozy Cole-d/Larry Stewart-Chick
Bullock-v. New York, September 17, 1936.
17.
19891-1
I'm One Step Ahead Of My Shadow (Cahn-Chaplin) - vCB ARC
6-12-02
18.
19892-1
Now Or Never - vCB –
19.
19893-1
Love, What Are You Doing To My Heart-vLS ARC 6-12-03
20.
19894-1
You're Giving Me A Song And A Dance - vLS -
Stan King-d replaces
Cole. New York, November 3, 1936.
21.
20183-1
With Thee I Swing (Stillman-Hyde-Adam) vCB ARC 7-01-07, Cq
8761
22.
20184-1
Tea On The Terrace (Coslow) - vCB ARC 7-01-11
23.
20185-1
I'm In A Dancing Mood (Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman) vCB ARC 7-01-07,
Cq 8761
24.
20196-1
There's Frost On The Moon (Young-Ahlert) vCB ARC 7-01-11, Cq 8775
Manny Klein or
Sterling Bose-t believed present (one of these may be the unknown 2nd t above);
Art Gentry v. New York, January 5, 1937.
25.
20479-2
He Ain't Got Rhythm (Berlin, On The Avenue)- vCB ARC
7-03-11
26.
20430-1
The Girl On The Police Gazette (Berlin, On The Avenue) -
vCB -
Mondello definite-,
Charlie Barnet, Art Drelinger and Freddy Fellensby have all been suggested as
replacement for Russin-ts; Barry McKinley-v; Carl Kress-g may also be present
(see Note below). New York, February 16, 1937.
3.
20686-2
The Mood That I'm In - vBM ARC 7-05-02
4.
20687-2
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Kahn-Kaper-Jurman) vBM ARC 7-06-14
NOTE: ARC 7-06-14 as DICK McDONOUGH-CARL KRESS ORCHESTRA.
Sam Shapiro-Russ
Case-t/Jerry Colonna-tb/Milt Yaner-Joe Marsala-cl-as /Babe Russin-ts/ Claude
Thornhill p/Dick McDonough-g/Artie Bernstein-sb/Cozy Cole-d/Barry McKinley-v.
New York, March 19, 1937.
5.
20844-1
I've Got Beginner's Luck (G & I Gershwin, Shall We Dance)
vBM ARC 7-05-18
6.
20845-2
I'm Never Blue Where The Grass Is Green (Little-Coots) vBM
ARC 7-06-03
7.
20846-1
Shall We Dance? (G & I Gershwin, Shall We Dance) vBM
ARC 7-05-18
8.
20847-1
Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready For Love) vBM ARC 7-06-03
(Samuels-Whitcup-Powell)
Manny Klein-Charlie
Margulis or Johnny McGhee-t/Jack Jenney-tb/Toots Mondello-John M
Ingram-as/Larry Binyon-ts/Claude Thornhill-p/Dick McDonough-g/Artie
Bernstein-sb/Billy Gussak-d/Barry McKinley-v.5/18/37
9.
21163-
Don't Ever Change (Hirsh-Handman) vBM ARC 7-07-16
10.
21164-
Two Hearts Are Dancing (Hirsch-Handman, Rhythm In The Clouds)
- vBM –
11.
21165-1
And Then They Called It Love (Rothberg - Meyer) vBM ARC
7-07-07
12.
21156-1
You're Looking For Romance (Nieberg - Levinson) vBM -
Cliff Weston-t-v
replaces both previous t; remainder probably as above.
New York, July 15,
1937.
13.
21393-2
Public Melody No. 1 (Koehler-Arlen) vCW ARC 7-09-08
14.
21394-1
My Cabin Of Dreams (Kenny-Frazzini-Madison)- vBM - Cq 8908
15.
21395-2
Love Is On The Air Tonight (Warren - Dubin, Varsity Show)
vBM ARC 7-10-04, Cq 8907
16.
21396-1
Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? (Warren - Dubin, Varsity Show)
vBM -
Bunny Berigan-t
replaces Weston; Howard Phillips-v.
New York, September
2, 1937.
17.
21607-
You And I Know (Schwartz- Stillman - Stallings, from Virginia)
vHP ARC 7-11-11, Cq 8903
18.
21608-
An Old Flame Never Dies (Schwartz- Stillman - Stallings,
from Virginia) vHP
19.
21609-1
The Big Apple (Bernier-Emmerich) vHP ARC 7-11-02
20.
21610-1
That Old Feeling (Brown-Fain) vHP Cq 8903
See also Carl
Kress.
CARL KRESS AND
HIS ORCHESTRA: The World Transcription session (11 out of 14 titles recorded, which,
plus a 12th, MY GAL SAL, were on LP: Jazz Archives JA-32). The only positively
identified musicians present are:Kress & McDonough, Adrian Rollini, Milt
Yaner, Barry McKinley, vocal on some titles. Ca 1937.
21.
Between
The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
22.
All
God's Chillun Got Rhythm
23.
Old-Fashioned
Love
24. Way Down
Yonder In New Orleans
25. Georgia On
My Mind
26.
Chinatown, My Chinatown
27. Wang Wang
Blues
28. Strut Miss
Lizzie
29. My Honey's
Lovin' Arms
30.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
31.
China
Boy
See if there's room
for 12 KRESS/MCD TX TITLES
possibly drop HONEYSUCKLE if so....
Possibly extract simmons newer versions of 4 other titles from newer disc...
Also include
THREE MCD solos???
FOUR KRESS-MCD DUETS?
Possibly the Johnston ARC sides, leftover from the Clark JJ disc?
19 BEAUTIFUL LADY
IN BLUE WALTER BOTSFORD CQ 8620
18468 01/02/36
20 LIGHTS OUT BOB TREASTER CQ 8620
18469 01/02/36
21 THOUSAND DREAMS OF YOU LEE JOHNSON MEL
7-03-01 20420 12/17/36
22 TREAT FOR THE EYES LEE JOHNSON MEL
7-03-01 20419 12/17/36
2 rhythm in the clouds (hirsch - handman, rhythm in the clouds) vBM 6/4/36
On The Beach at Bali-Bali - v Chick Bullock
6/23/36
Summer Holiday - v Buddy Clark
*** HEADS UP BOB & HOPE LANGE, this tune was written by "Conley -
Marks." (Marks might be Gerald Marks of "All of Me" fame.)
I'm Grateful to You - vBC
Dear Old Southland
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - vBC
8/4-5/36
Dardanella - vBC
It Ain't Right - vBC
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - vBC
In A Sentimental Mood - vBC
Midnight Blue - vBC
11/3/36
With Thee I Swing - v Chick Bullock
Tea On the Terrace - vCB
I'm In A Dancing Mood - vCB
There's Frost on Your Moon - vCB
1/5/37
He Ain't Got Rhythm - vCB
I Can't Lose That Longing - v Art Gentry
The Goona Goo - vAG
2/17/37
All God's Chillun' Got Rhythm - v Barry McKinley
3/19/37
I'm Never Blue When The Grass is Green - vBMcK
Spring Cleaning - v BMcK
5/18/37
Don't Ever Change - vBMcK
7/15/37
Public Melody No. 1 - v Cliff Weston
(Hmmm...personnel mostly unknown...might it be part of Haymes' band?)
9/2/37
(Everybody's Learning How to Do) The Big Apple - v Howard Phillips
That Old Feeling - vHP
Okay : Al
Simmons has provided me with very nice copies of the following :
19665-1 South Sea
Island Magic - vBC ARC 6-11-01, Cq 8750, Rex 8890
19666-1 Afterglow - vBC -
19891-1 I'm One Step Ahead Of My Shadow - vCB ARC 6-12-02
19892-1 Now Or Never - vCB -
19893-1 Love, What Are You Doing To My Heart-vLS ARC 6-12-03
19894-1 You're Giving Me A Song And A Dance - vLS -
And Jeff Healey has the following :
20686-2 The Mood
That I'm In - vBM ARC 7-0 5-02
Which means I'm still missing only ONE title :
21164- Two Hearts
Are Dancing - vBM ARC 7-07-16
can anyone supply
this ? Thanks! Will
2 rhythm in the clouds (hirsch - handman, rhythm in the clouds) vBM DICK
McDONOUGH
Dick McDonough and his Orchestra : prob pers Bob Mayhew (tp) Tommy Dorsey
(tp,tb) poss Don Murray (cl, as) or
poss Fud Livingston (cl,as) poss Tony Parenti (as) Jack Pettis (ts) Lennie
Hayton (p) Dick McDonough (g)
Harry Goodman (b) Dillon Ober (d)
New York, March 13,
1929
W401771-A Broadway rose Meritt 9
Note : Bix Beiderbecke is not present on the above.
Dick McDonough (g)
Artie Bernstein (b-1)
New York, November
22, 1934
TO1481 The ramble (Dick Bernstein ramble*) Yazoo 1057* (VAN EPS)
TO1482 Chasing a buck -TO1483- (VAN EPS)
1 Honeysuckle rose Col AL33567, CG33566, CBS 88225
Note : Entire session on Jazz Archives JA32. The above are ARC test pressings.
Columbia CG33566 enti-tled
"50 years of jazz guitar", rest by other artists.
Suds p 539
roger has four on Schirmer....
