Bix Beiderbecke Discography.
Part 1. 1924 to 1926.
 

February 18, 1924 GENNETT Gennett Recording Company S. First and  A Streets  Richmond, Indiana WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA Bix (c); Al Gande (tb); Jimmy Hartwell (cl); George Johnson (ts); Dick Voynow (p); Bob Gillette (bj); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 11751-a Fidgety Feet (Nick La Rocca-Larry Shields)  Gennett 5408-A solos and/or breaks: Hartwell (2) – Gande (2) – Bix (2) – Hartwell (14) – Gillette (2) Label Image  Sound File 11754-a  Jazz Me Blues (Tom Delaney) Gennett 5408-B solos and/or breaks: Hartwell (2+4) – Bix (20) – Gande (2+4) – Gillette (2) – Johnson (4) Label Image  Sound File

May 6, 1924  GENNETT Richmond, Indiana WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA Bix(c); Jimmy Hartwell (cl);  George Johnson (ts); Dick Voynow (p); Bob Gillette (bj/g); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 11852  Oh Baby  (Buddy DeSylva - Walter Donaldson)  Gennett 5453-A, Claxtonola 40336-A solos and/or breaks: Bix (30) - Gilette, bj (8) - Johnson (30) - Hartwell (16) Label Image    Sound File 11853  Copenhagen (Charlie Davis) Gennett 5453-B, Claxtonola 40336-B solos and/or breaks: Hartwell (12) – Johnson (12) – Bix (6) – Hartwell (1)– Leibrook (4+4) – Gillette, g (2) Label Image     Sound File 11854-C  Riverboat Shuffle (Hoagy Carmichael) Gennett 5454-A, Claxtonola 40339-A solos and/or breaks: Voynow (2) – Bix (2+30+2) – Hartwell (2) – Gillette, g (2) – Johnson (2) Label Image     Sound File 11855-a  Susie (Clayton Naset-Gus Kahn) Gennett 5454-B, Claxtonola 40339-B solos and/or breaks: Johnson (32) – Gillette, bj (16) – Moore (8)  Label Image    Sound File 11855-B  Susie (Clayton Naset-Gus Kahn) Gennett 5454-B solos and/or breaks: Johnson (32) – Gillette, bj (16) – Moore (8) Label Image     Sound File Note: Claxtonola issues as by The Jazz Harmonizers.

June 20, 1924  GENNETT Richmond, Indiana WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA Bix(c); Jimmy Hartwell (cl);  George Johnson (ts); Dick Voynow (p); Bob Gillette (bj); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 11930-B  I Need Some Pettin’ (Gus Kahn-Ted Fiorito-Robert King) Gennett 20062-A  solos and/or breaks: Bix (32) – Johnson (30)  Label Image     Sound File  11931-C Royal Garden Blues (Clarence Williams-Spencer Williams) Gennett 20062-B  solos and/or breaks: Bix (12) – Hartwell (12)  Label Image     Sound File 11932  Tiger Rag (Nick La Rocca)  Gennett test  solos and/or breaks: Hartwell (8+2+2+2) – Bix (2+32) – Johnson (2) Sound File Notes: 1. Test pressings of 11932 reveal that, after the music ends, a voice is heard saying a few words.  2. 11932 first issued on 78 as Hot Record Society 24. The reverse of Hot Record Society 24 is a dub of Big Boy by the Wolverine Orchestra, recorded October 8, 1924. 3. Artist credits for Gennett 20062 as Wolverine Orch.

September 18, 1924 GENNETT Starr Piano Co. 9-11 East  37th Street New York City, NY WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA Bix (c/p); George Brunies (tb); Jimmy Hartwell (cl);  George Johnson (ts); Dick Voynow (p); Bob Gillette (bj); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 9079  Sensation (Eddie Edwards) Gennett 5542-A, Claxtonola 40375-A solos and/or breaks: Bix, c (16+2) – Johnson (2) – Hartwell (16) Label Image     Sound File 9080-a  Lazy Daddy (Nick La Rocca-Larry Shields-Henry Ragas) Gennett 5542-B solos and/or breaks: Leibrook (1) – Bix, c (2) – Hartwell (2) – Bix, c and Leibrook (2) – Johnson (2) – Brunies (1) - Gillette (1) - Brunies (1) - Gilette (1) - Brunies, trombone mouthpiece (16) – Johnson(2) – Bix, c (2) Label Image      Sound File 9080-B  Lazy Daddy (Nick La Rocca-Larry Shields-Henry Ragas) Gennett 5542-B, Claxtonola 40375-B solos and/or breaks: Leibrook (1) – Bix, c (2) – Hartwell (2) – Bix, c (2) – Johnson (2) – Brunies (1) - Gillette (1) - Brunies (1) - Gilette (1) - Brunies, trombone mouthpiece (16) – Johnson(2) – Bix, c (2) Label Image      Sound File Notes: 1. Claxtonola issues as by The Jazz Harmonizers. 2. On both takes of 9080, following the first 2-bar break by Johnson, Brunies plays 32 bars on  trombone mouthpiece. The  piano accompaniment is by Bix.

October 8, 1924 GENNETT Starr Piano Co., New York WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA Bix(c/p); Jimmy Hartwell (cl); George Johnson (ts); Dick Voynow (p); Bob Gillette (bj); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 9115-B  Tia Juana  (Larry Conley-Gene Rodemich) Gennett 5565-A solos and/or breaks: Hartwell (8) – Johnson (32) – Bix, c (30) – Hartwell (2) Label Image     Sound File 9116 Big Boy  (Milton Ager-Jack Yellen) Gennett 5565-B solos and/or breaks: Bix, c (14+14) – Johnson (2+32) – Bix, p (32) – Bix, c (2) Label Image    Sound File

October 9, 1924 GENNETT Starr Piano Co., New York SIOUX CITY SIX Bix(c); Miff Mole (tb); Frank Trumbauer (Cm); Rube Bloom (p); Min Leibrook (bb); Vic Moore (d). 9119-a Flock O’ Blues (Rube Bloom) Gennett 5569-B solos and/or breaks: Bloom (2) – Mole (2) – Bix (2) – Trumbauer (2) – Mole (1+1) – Leibrook (1) – Bloom (2) – Mole (2) Label Image     Sound File 9120-C I’m Glad (Frank Trumbauer) Gennett 5569-A solos and/or breaks: Mole (16) – Bloom (16) – Trumbauer (2) Label Image    Sound File

November 24, 1924 VICTOR Detroit Athletic Club Detroit, Michigan JEAN GOLDKETTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Fuzzy Farrar, Tex Brewster (tp); Bix(c); Bill Rank, Tommy Dorsey (tb); Doc Ryker, Don Murray, ?George Williams (reeds); Joe Venuti (vn); Paul Mertz (p); Howdy Quicksell (bj); Irish Henry (bb); Charles Horvath (d).. 31206-2 I Didn’t Know   (Williams-Jones) Victor, unissued on 78 rpm solos and/or breaks: Bix (16) – ? tb (1) – Venuti (16) – ? as (2) Sound File Note: First issued on Victor LPM-2323.

November 25, 1924 VICTOR Detroit Athletic Club Detroit, Michigan JEAN GOLDKETTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Fuzzy Farrar, Tex Brewster (tp); Bix(c); Bill Rank, Tommy Dorsey (tb); Doc Ryker, Don Murray, ?George Williams (reeds); Joe Venuti,  ___ Gorner (vn); Paul Mertz (p); Howdy Quicksell (bj); Irish Henry (bb); Charles Horvath (d); George Crozier (arr). 31212-1 or -4 Adoration (Felix Borowski) Victor, unissued on 78 rpm Sound File Note: First issued on Sunbeam LP Box "Sincerely, Bix Beiderbecke," Volume 1, Record BIX 2A.

January 26, 1925 GENNETT Richmond, Indiana BIX AND HIS RHYTHM JUGGLERS Bix(c); Don Murray (cl); Tommy Dorsey (tb); Paul Mertz (p); Tommy Gargano (d) 12140  Toddlin’ Blues (Nick La Rocca-Larry Shields) Gennett 5654-A solos and/or breaks: Dorsey (2) Label Image     Sound File 12141 Davenport Blues (Bix Beiderbecke) Gennett 5654-B solos and/or breaks: Bix & Murray (2) – Bix (32, prominent in ensemble) – Dorsey (2) – Murray (4) Label Image     Sound File

October 12, 1926 VICTOR Victor Talking Machine Co.  42 West  38th Street New York City, NY JEAN GOLDKETTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig (tp); Bix(c); Bill Rank, Spiegle Willcox (tb); Doc Ryker, Frank Trumbauer, Don Murray (reeds); Eddie Lang (g); Joe Venuti (vn); Itzy Riskin (p); Howdy Quicksell (bj); Steve Brown (sb); Chauncey Morehouse (d); Frank Bessinger (voc);  Bill Challis (arr). 36813-1 Idolizing (Sam Messenheimer-Irving Abrahamson-Ray West) voc FB Victor, unissued on 78 rpm solos and/or breaks: Bix, derby mute (16)  Sound File 36813-2 Idolizing (Sam Messenheimer-Irving Abrahamson-Ray West) voc FB Victor 20270-B solos and/or breaks: Bix, derby mute (16)  Label Image   Sound File 36815-2 Hush-a-Bye (Frank Galvin-Robert Spencer) voc FB Victor 20270-A Label Image    Sound File Note: 36813-1 first issued on Natchez WEP 804.

October 15, 1926 VICTOR Victor Talking Machine Co. New York JEAN GOLDKETTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig (tp); Bix(c); Bill Rank, Spiegle Willcox (tb); Doc Ryker, Frank Trumbauer, Don Murray (reeds); Eddie Lang (g on 36814 and 36829 only.); Joe Venuti (vn); Itzy Riskin (p); Howdy Quicksell (bj); Steve Brown (sb); Chauncey Morehouse (d); Frank Bessinger, Nan and Taddy Keller (Keller Sisters), Al Lynch (voc); Bill Challis, Ed Sheasby (on 36831 only) (arr). 36814-8 I’d Rather Be The Girl in Your Arms (Harlan Thompson-Harry Archer) voc FB Victor 20273-A solos and/or breaks : Lang (8) – Venuti (2) – Venuti + Lang (16+7) – Trumbauer (8) Label Image    Sound File 36829-2 Sunday (Ned Miller-Chester Cohn-Jules Stein-Benny Krueger) voc KS,  AL Victor, unissued on 78 rpm solos and/or breaks: Rank (16+6) – Lang (8) – Murray (10) Sound File 36829-3 Sunday (Ned Miller-Chester Cohn-Jules Stein-Benny Krueger) voc KS, AL Victor 20273-B solos and/or breaks: Rank (16+6) – Lang (8) – Murray (10) Label Image   Sound File 36830-2  Cover Me Up With Sunshine(Mort Dixon-Ray Henderson) voc FB Victor 20588-B Label Image     Sound File 36831-2 Just One More Kiss (Harry Owens-Reggie Montgomery) voc AL Victor, unissued on 78 rpm Sound File 36831-4 Just One More Kiss (Harry Owens-Reggie Montgomery) voc AL Victor 20300-B Label Image     Sound File Notes: 1. 36829-2 first issued on Victor LPM-2323. 2. 36831-2 first issued on Raretone RTR 24008.