RHYTHMANIA
aka "Rhyth-mania" or "Cotton Club Show Of 1931"
Composer: Harold
Arlen
Lyricist: Ted Koehler
Opened: March 1931, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Note: This was the 18th edition of the Cotton Club Revue
Bandanna Babies (M: Jimmy McHugh; L: Dorothy Fields) (added after opening from BLACKBIRDS OF 1928):
1. 78/Victor V-38007 (Ozie
Ware and Irving Mills with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
[also 78/Bluebird B 7182; 78/Gramophone B 4957; 78/Gramophone B
8652; reissued on The Chronological Duke Ellington And His
Orchestra 1928-1929, CD/Classics 559]
2. 78/Brunswick 01521 (Harry and Donald Mills with Don Redman
and His Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 6520; Blackbird 01521;
reissued on The Chronological Don Redman and His Orchestra
1931-1933, CD/Classics 543]
3. 78/Brunswick 4030 (Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra)
[reissued on The Famous "Blackbirds" Revues, Saville 195]
4. Blackbirds Of 1928, Columbia (M) OL-6770 (The Blackbirds
Orchestra) (alternate take)
5. The Chronological Don Redman and His Orchestra 1933-1936,
CD/Classics 553 (Don Redman and His Orchestra)
6. Rose Colored Glasses, CD/Stomp Off 1334 (San Francisco
Starlight Orchestra)
7. My Favorite Band!, CD/Mr. Ace 001 (Mora's Modern Rhythmists)
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th Edition):
I have attempted to
compile discological information for this Arlen standard.
Breakfast Dance (Every Day) (also
used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th Edition):
1. 78/Victor V-38115 (Duke
Ellington and His Orchestra) [also 78/Bluebird B 10243;
78/Gramophone B 4905; 78/Gramophone K 6948; reissued on Complete
RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973, CD/RCA 63386]
2. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 2, Jazz
Archives (M) JA-13 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) [reissued
as CD/Jazz Archives 380113]
3. A Nite At The Cotton Club, CD/Giants of Jazz 53304 (Duke
Ellington and His Orchestra)
4. Live At The Cotton Club, CD/TKO Collectors 29 (Duke Ellington
and His Cotton Club Orchestra)
5. I Have But Two Horns, CD/Fresh Sound 2209 (Maynard Ferguson)
(unverified)
6. The British Connexion 1933-1940, CD/Storyville 2069 (Duke
Ellington)
Creole Love Call (inst.) (M: Duke
Ellington):
I have attempted to
compile discological information for this Ellington standard.
Dinah (M: Harry Akst; L: Sam M. Lewis;
Joe Young) (added after opening; originally used in
PLANTATION REVUE and interpolated into BLACKBIRDS OF 1930):
I have attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night
(M/L: Sidney Easton; Ethel Waters) (added after opening):
1. 78/Brunswick m 8221
(Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also Swing 318;
reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG
730236]
I Love A Parade (cut after opening)
(also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th Edition):
1. 78/Victor 22892 (Frank
Luther with Arden and Ohman)
2. 78/Columbia 2701-D (Harry Richmond) [also 78/Columbia DB 981;
reissued on Puttin' In The Ritz, CD/ASV/Living Era 5405]
3. 78/Decca 139 (Cavalier Quartette with the King's Band)
4. 78/Victor 20-4575 (The Promenade Band with Male Chorus
directed by Philip Lang) [also 45/RCA Victor 47-4578;
45EP/Victor EPA 457]
5. 45/Golden 2036 (Captain Kangaroo with the Sandpiper Orchestra
conducted by Jimmy Carroll)
6. I Love A Parade, Disneyland 1361 (unknown singer)
7. Song Hits Of 1931, *** (Ray Benson Orchestra)
8. Bessie Smith/Louis Armstrong/Cab Calloway, LP Biograph BLPM-3
(Bessie Smith)
9. Oz And Beyond: The Music Of Harold Arlen, CD/Boston Gay Men's
Chorus BGMC03 (Boston Gay Men's Chorus with music direction by
Reuben M. Reynolds)
10. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836
(Maxine Sullivan)
11. Manhattan Skyline Barbershop Harmony, CD/Sony Special
Products 28603 (The Big Apple Chorus)
12. I Love A Parade, CD/Sony 46747 (John Williams and the Boston
Pops Orchestra)
13. Sounds Of The Circus, Vol. 21, CD/Sounds Of The Circus 221
(South Shore Concert Band)
14. Drew's Famous 4th Of July Party Music, CD/Turn Up The Music
1418 (Hit Crew House Band)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Allen Roth Orchestra and
Earl Wrightson and the Gotham Male Quartet with Lyn Murray's
Concert Orchestra are also known to exist.
If Dreams Come True (M/L: Goodman;
Irving Mills; Sampson) (added after opening):
1. Duke Ellington At The
Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 1, Jazz Archives (M) JA-12 (Duke
Ellington and His Orchestra)
2. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 2, Jazz
Archives (M) JA-13 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (two
renditions)
3. Swing That Music, CD/Telarc CD-83317 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, with the Howard Alden-Dan Barrett Quintet)
4. Beauty And The Beat!, CD/Capitol Jazz 7243 5 42308 2 0 (Peggy
Lee with George Shearing, piano, Ray Alexander, vibes, Toots
Theilmanns, guitar, Carl Pruitt, bass, and Ray Mosca, drums)
Kickin' The Gong Around (cut after
opening) (also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th
Edition):
1. 78/Brunswick 6209 (Cab
Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick 6511; 78/Brunswick 80015; 78/Melotone M 12888;
78/Perfect 15873; reissued on The Song Is… Harold Arlen, CD/ASV
CD AJA 5159; The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
1931-1932, CD/Classic 526]
2. 78/Columbia 2600 D (Louis Armstrong, vocal, with Louis
Armstrong and His Orchestra) [also 78/Parlophone R 1170; 78/Okeh
41550; 78/Vocalion 3073; reissued on The Great American
Composers: Harold Arlen, CD/Columbia House 2C2 8015; The
Chronological Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1931-1932,
CD/Classics 536]
3. 78/Crown 3233 (Dick Robertson, vocal, with Dick Robertson and
his Band) [also 78/Crown 3306]
4. Jump For Joy, Vanguard 79243 (Jim Kweskin) [reissued as
CD/Universe 51]
5. Hi-De-Hi, Hi-De-Ho, RCA Victor (S) LSP-2021 (Cab Calloway)
6. The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1932-1934,
CD/Classic 544 (Cab Calloway and His Orchestra)
7. Stormy Weather: The Music Of Harold Arlen, CD/Sony Classical
SK 87888 (David Johansen)
8. Live At Espiritu, CD/Orchard 4772 (Chris Calloway)
9. In The Pink, CD/Doc Fingers 6 (Doc Fingers and His Real Gone
Rhythm)
10. How'm I Doin'?, CD/ Sounds of Yesteryear 717 (Nat Gonella
and His Georgians)
11. Golden Greats: Greatest Film Hits, CD/ Disky Golden Greats
79179 (unknown performer) (unverified)
The Mooche (inst.) (M: Duke Ellington)
(added after opening; from COTTON CLUB REVUE (1930)):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Ellington standard.
'Neath The Pale Cuban Moon (also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE
(1931) (19th Edition):
1. Songs From The Cotton
Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836 (Maxine Sullivan)
Oh, Lady, Be Good! (M: George Gershwin;
L: Ira Gershwin) (added after opening; originally used in
LADY, BE GOOD!):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this interpolated Gershwin
standard.
Papa-De-Da-Da (M/L: Clarence Todd;
Clarence Williams; Spencer Williams) (added after opening;
from BLACKBIRDS OF 1930):
1. 78/Brunswick 6053
(King Oliver Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on The
Chronological King Oliver And His Orchestra 1930-1931,
CD/Classics 594]
2. 78/Okeh 8215 (Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams' Blue Five)
[reissued on The Chronological Clarence Williams 1930-1931,
CD/Classics 832]
3. 78/Okeh 8842 (Clarence Williams Washboard Band) [reissued on
The Chronological Clarence Williams 1930-1931, CD/Classics 832]
4. 78/Perfect 15387 (Clarence Williams and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Clarence Williams 1930-1931,
CD/Classics 832]
5. 78/Columbia 349 D (St. Louis Rhythm Kings)
6. 78/M-G-M 11010 (Donald Forbes with The Rampart Street
Paraders directed by Billy Maxted)
7. 78/Perfect 12235 (Original Bessie Brown) [reissued on
Complete Recorded Works (1925-1929), CD/Document 5456]
8. 78/Okeh 8218 (Virginia Liston with Clarence Williams, piano)
[reissued on Virginia Liston: Volume 2 (1921-1922)/Lavinia
Turner (1923-1924), CD/Document 5447; The Chronological Clarence
Williams 1924-1926, CD/Classics 695]
9. 78/Hot Jazz Club 604 (Louis Armstrong with Clarence Williams'
Blue Five) [reissued on Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
1923-1934, CD/Columbia/Legacy 57176]
10. Parlor Piano, 1917-27, Biograph BLP-100 1-Q (Clarence
Williams, piano roll)
11. A Rare Batch Of Satch, RCA PM-2322 (Louis Armstrong)
[reissued as CD/Castle Pulse 136]
12. Here Is Chris Barber, Atlantic 1292 (Chris Barber) [reissued
as CD/Rhino Atlantic]
13. Legendary Eva Taylor With Maggie's Blue Five, CD/Kenneth
2042 (Eva Taylor with Maggie's Blue Five)
14. Live At The Pawnshop, CD/Opus 3 22071 (Eva Taylor)
15. Edison Laterals 4, CD/Diamond Cut 303 (Eva Taylor with
Clarence Williams)
16. Stomp Miss Hannah, CD/Stomp Off 1354 (Milano Hot Jazz
Orchestra)
17. Swinging Hamburg: Jazz Im Hamburg Von A-Z, CD/Documents
(unknown performer)
18. Driving Hot, CD/Ghb 49 (Barrelhouse Jazz Band)
19. The Hottest Dixie Party In Town, Vol. 1, CD/Documents 201603
(unknown performer)
20. Die Grossen Bigbands, Vol. 3, CD/Bella 314127 (unknown
performer)
21. Existentialism: Revival Jazz Of The 60's, CD/TBC 231762
(unknown performer)
22. The Chronological Buster Bailey 1925-1940, CD/Classics 904
(Buster Bailey)
23. Gulf Coast Blues, CD/Omega OCD-3009 (Dick Hyman, piano)
24. Let It Shine, CD/Lake 37 (Denise Lawrence & Storeyville
Tickle)
25. Back From New Orleans, CD/Timeless (Midlife Revival
Jazzband)
26. Original Indiana Five Volume 2, CD/Jazz Oracle 8030
(Original Indiana Five)
27. Dreamland Orchestra, CD/Documents 201618 (Peter Petrel)
28. Live At The BP Studienhaus, CD/Timeless 620 (Monty
Sunshine's Jazz Band)
29. The Full Monty Sunshine Volume 2, CD/Upbeat Jazz 206 (Monty
Sunshine's Jazz Band)
30. The Music Of Clarence Williams, CD/GHB 452 (West Jesmond
Rhythm Kings with Bent Persson & Keith Nichols)
31. The Wolverines of Bern At 35, CD/Arbors 19196 (The
Wolverines)
Shake That Thing (M/L: Papa Charlie
Jackson) (added after opening; originally from AFRICANA):
1. 78/Paramount 12281
(Papa Charlie Jackson) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works In
Chronological Order Vol. 1: 1924 To February 1926, CD/Documents]
2. 78/Columbia 14116-D (Ethel Waters with Pearl Wright, piano)
[reissued on The Incomparable Ethel Waters, CD/Columbia/Legacy
65852]
3. 78/Jazz Man 31 (Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers) [reissued on
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites, Vol. 2, CD/Good Time Jazz
60026]
4. 78/Decca 7366 (Wingy Mannone, vocal, with Wingy Mannone and
His Orchestra) [also 78/Champion 40054; reissued on The
Chronological Wingy Mannone And His Orchestra 1927-1934,
CD/Classics 774]
5. 78/Perfect 14533 (Bob Oliver with Bill Wirges and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Perfect 14533]
6. 78/Harmony 55 (The Jim-Dandies)
7. 78/Cameo 872 (Fred Rich and His Orchestra)
8. 78/Blue Note 45 (Art Hodes' Blue Five) [also Dixieland
Jubiliee, 10"/Blue Note BP-7006 (Art Hodes); reissued on
Complete Blue Note Art Hodes Sessions, Mosaic 5-114]
9. 78/Brunswick 3069 (Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
[reissued on Hot Recordings by a West Coast Band, 1922-32,
CD/Timeless 59]
10. 78/Brunswick 02504 (Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs)
11. 78/Okeh 8267 (Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams' Blue Five)
[reissued on The Chronological Clarence Williams 1924-1926,
CD/Classics 695]
12. 78/Mercury 11065 (Lu Watters & His Yerba Buena Jazz
Band) [reissued on Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 1, 1937-1943,
CD/S.F. Traditional Jazz 105]
13. 78/Vocalion 15245 (Viola McCoy) [reissued on Complete
Recorded Works, Vol. 2: 1924-1926, CD/Document 5417]
14. Art Hodes All-Star Stompers, Jazzology 20 [reissued as
CD/Jazzology 20]
15. The Magnolia Jazz Band & Art Hodes, CD/Ghb 171]
16. Chasin' The Blues, CD/Riverwalk Jazz 9 (Jim Cullum Jazz
Band)
17. Back To Bodega, CD/Stomp Off 1273 (Down Home Jazz Band)
18. Shake That Thing: Fingerpicking Country Blues, CD/Shanachie
97027 (Stefan Grossman)
19. Satisfied: Live, CD/Beacon 51577 (Mississippi John Hurt)
20. Revisited, CD/Varese 061149 (Mississippi John Hurt)
21. Mule Bone, CD/Gramavision R2-79432 (Taj Mahal)
22. Devil's Serenade, CD/Mr. Ace 005 (Mora's Modern Rhythmists)
23. Creole Jazz Band, CD/Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12008-2 (Kid Ory's
Creole Jazz Band)
24. Blue Turning Gray, CD/Old Blue Goat 001 (Chick Roberts)
25. Kinky and Sweet, CD/Stomp Off 1339 (Terry Waldo and Bo
Grumpus)
26. Together Again, CD/Merry Makers 8 (Turk Murphy and Lu
Watters)
27. Live at Hambone Kelly's, Vol. 2, CD/Ghb 97 (Lu Watters'
Yerba Buena Jazz Band)
28. Doing the Hambone at Kelly's, Vol. 2, CD/Jasmine 2590 (Lu
Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band)
29. Chitterlin Struts and Washboard Stomps, CD/Frog 66 (Lem
Fowler)
Trickeration (also used in COTTON CLUB
REVUE (1931) (19th Edition):
1. 78/ Brunswick 1263 (Cab
Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick 6214; 78/Perfect 15727; 78/Domino 101; 78/Banner
32673; 78/Melotone M 12609; 78/Oriole 2640; reissued on The
Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1931-1932,
CD/Classics 526]
2. Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical, CD/Mark Birnbaum
(Mark Birnbaum)
White Heat (M: Arthur Schwartz; L:
Howard Dietz) (added after opening; originally from THE
BAND WAGON):
1. 78/Victor 22836 (Fred
Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra) [reissued on Fred
Astaire Rarities, CD/RCA 2337-2-R]
2. The Band Wagon, RCA (M) RD-7756 (Fred Astaire with Arthur
Schwartz, piano) [also 10"RCA (M) L-24003; reissued on Fred
Astaire Rarities, CD/RCA 2337-2-R]
3. Alone Together, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MRS-6604/5 (Neal
Kenyon with orchestra conducted by Paul Trueblood)
4. The Band Wagon, CDr/American Classics (Ken Avery and Merle
Perkins with Margaret Ulmer, piano)
Without Rhythm (also used in COTTON
CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th Edition):
1. 78/Banner 32378 (Cab
Calloway, vocal with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also
78/Oriole 2421; 78/Perfect 15572; 78/Regal 218; 78/Romeo 1794;
78/Melotone 99278; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway
And His Orchestra 1931-1932, CD/Classics 526]
Unrecorded Material:
Get Up, Get Out, Get Under
The Sun (also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931) (19th Edition)
Satan Leads The Band (also used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1931)
(19th Edition)