PLANTATION REVUE (1922)



Composer: J. Russel Robinson
Lyricist: Roy Turk

Opened: July 17, 1922, 48th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 33


(Sergeant Dunn’s) Bugle Call Blues (aka “Bugle Blues”) (M/L: Johnny Dunn):

1. 78/Columbia A-3541 (Johnny Dunn Orchestra)  [reissued on Johnny Dunn & Edith Wilson: Vol. 1 1921-1922, CD/Document 1522]  
2. 78/Columbia 14306 D (Johnny Dunn and His Band) [reissued on Johnny Dunn, Vol. 2, CD/Document 1523]
3. 78/Vocalion 1176 (Johnny Dunn Orchestra) (as “Bugle Blues”) [reissued on The Chronological James P. Johnson 1921-1928, CD/Classics 658]
4. 78/Hot Jazz Club HC 75 (Jelly Roll Morton with Johnny Dunn and His Band) [also 78/Biltmore 1076; reissued on The Chronological Jelly Roll Morton 1926-1928, CD/Classics 612]
5. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness, CD/Stomp Off 1312 (Bob Oliver’s Hot Seven)


The Darktown Strutters’ Ball (M/L: Shelton Brooks) (not in program):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. Legend & Songwriters In Concert 1941, CD/Original Cast 9839 (Shelton Brooks)


Gypsy Blues (originally used in SHUFFLE ALONG; also used in PLANTATION DAYS and BLACK BROADWAY):

1. 78/Gennett 4794 A (Ladd's Black Aces) [also 78/Starr 9177; reissued on The Complete Ladd's Black Aces 1921-24, CD/Timeless 77]
2. 78/Symphony Concert 14250 (Farrell's Dance Orchestra)
3. 78/Emerson 10467 (Sam Lanin's Southern Serenaders) [reissued on Shake It And Break It, CD/Frog 61]
4. 78/Hytone K 140 (Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
5. 78/Reference Recording D 624/5 (Everett Johnson) (unverified)
6. 78/Banner 1021 (Irving Weiss and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra) [also 78/Puritan 11091; 78/Paramount 20091]
7. 78/Okeh 4461 (Julius Lenzbergs Harmonists)
8. 78/ Regal 9143 (Kentucky Serenaders)
9. 78/Edison 50866 (Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra)
10. 78/Victor 18839 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
11. 78/Black Swan 2025 (Henderson's Novelty Orchestra)
12. Songs From Shuffle Along, 45EP/Victor EPA 482 (Thelma Carpenter and Avon Long with orchestra directed by Eubie Blake) [reissued on Seems Like Old Times, CD/Sepia Records 1080]
13. The Eighty Six Years Of Eubie Blake, Columbia (S) C2S-847 (Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle) (part of medley)
14. Carolina Shout, CD/Collectables Records 6924 (James P. Johnson, piano roll)
15. Blue Roses Of Far And Near, CD/Stomp Off 1361 (Dan Levinson)
16. Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along, CD/Harbinger HCD3204 (Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano)
17. Black Manhattan, Volume 2, CD/New World Records 80731-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
18. Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along, CD/Harbinger HCD3204 (Uncredited QFS Piano Roll)]
19. Sissle & Blake’s Shuffle Along Of 1950, CD/Harbinger HCD-3402 (Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano)


Hawaiian Blues (M/L: Perry Bradford) (not in program):

1. 78/Columbia A-3729 (Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds) [reissued on Johnny Dunn & Edith Wilson: Vol. 1 1921-1922, CD/Document 1522]


He May Be Your Man, But He Comes To See Me Sometimes (M/L: Perry Bradford; Lem Fowler) (not in program):

1. 78/Columbia A 3653 (Edith Wilson with Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds) [reissued on Johnny Dunn & Edith Wilson: Vol. 1 1921-1922, CD/Document 1522]
2. 78/Decca 7528 (Trixie Smith with orchestra) [also 78/Decca M 30344; reissued on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1925-1939, CD/Document DOCD 5333]
3. 78/Okeh 8037 (Lizzie Miles with orchestra) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1922-23), CD/Document 5458]
4. 45/Coral 9-61487 (Pearl Bailey with orchestra conducted by Don Redman)
5. Eubie Blake And His Friends, Eubie Blake Music 3 (Edith Wilson with Eubie Blake, piano)
6. He May Be Your Man, Delmark 637 (Edith Wilson) [reissued on He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes), CD/Delmark DD 637]
7. Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1922-1924), CD/Document DOCD 5332 (Trixie Smith)
8. Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1920-1922), CD/Document 5419 (Lucille Hegamin)
9. Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1920-1922), CD/Document 5420 (Lucille Hegamin)
10. Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1921-1930), CD/Document DOCD 5573 (Lucille Hegamin)
11. The Chronological Sidney Bechet 1937-1938, CD/Classics 593 (Noble Sissle and His Orchestra with Sidney Bechet)
12. Low Down Papa: Enhanced Pianola Rolls, Vol. 2, CD/Delmark DE 813 (Clarence Johnson)
13. Shining The Pearls, CD/Blind Pig BP 71886 (Mr. B)
14. 30’s Girls, CD/Timeless CBC 1026 (Amanda Randolph)
15. Pathe Instrumentals: Complete Set 1922-1926, CD/Retrieval Recordings RTR 79044 (The Original Memphis Five)
16. The Cotton Pickers: 1922-1925, CD/Timeless CBC 1029 (The Cotton Pickers)


He Used To Be Your Man (But He’s My Man Now) (M/L: Robert Kelly):

1. 78/Columbia A 3787 (Edith Wilson with Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds) [reissued on Johnny Dunn, Vol. 2, CD/Document 1523]
2. 78/Perfect 12044 (Lena Wilson and the Nubian Five) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 1 (1922-24), CD/Document DOCD 5443]
3. 78/Okeh 8048 (Lizzie Miles with Rickets’ Stars) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1922-23), CD/Document 5458]
4. Charleston Mad And Other Songs Of The 1920’s, CD/Stomp Off 1324 (Neville Dickie)
5. Gay Love, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP ES0804 (Jon Peterson with musical direction by Richard Danley)


I’ve Got What It Takes, But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away (not in program):

1. 78/Cameo 254 (Lucille Hegamin and Her Band Up Six From Georgia) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1922-1923), CD/Document 5420]
2. Bessie, CD/HBO Films 88875099702 (Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks)


Mandy (M: Turner Layton; L: Henry Creamer):

1. 78/Okeh 4677 (Ernest Hare with orchestra)


Marching Through Georgia (M: Henry Clay Work):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard.


Oh, Is She Dumb? (M/L: Grant Clarke; Edgar Leslie; Archie Gottler):

1. 78/Columbia A 3682 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on The Columbia Years: 1922-1940, CD/Columbia Legacy 57148]
2. 78/Brunswick 2297 (Margaret Young with orchestra)
3. 78/Okeh 4676 (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare with orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 14408 (Billy Jones with orchestra)


Old Black Joe (M/L: Stephen Collins Foster):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard.


Some Sunny Day (M/L: Irving Berlin):

1. 78/Radiex 1104 (Yerkes S.S. Flotilla Orchestra)
2. 78/Puritan 11120 (Earl Randolph’s Orchestra)
3. 78/Conqueror 9084 (Chick Bullock with Sammy Williams and His Three Naturals (Cozy Cole, Johnny McGhee, and Billy Kyle))
4. 78/Gennett 4873 A (Arthur Fields with orchestral accompaniment)
5. 78/Starr 9242 (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
6. 78/Cameo 221 (Arthur Lange’s Orchestra)
7. 78/Perfect 14017 (Majestic Dance Orchestra)
8. 78/Decca 24426 (Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra) [reissued on Music Lessons With The Andrews Sisters, CD/Sepia Records 1020]
9. 78/Brunswick 2274 (Isham Jones Orchestar)
10. 78/Columbia A 3593 (Marion Harris) [reissued on Look For The Silver Lining, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5330]
11. 78/Columbia A 3603 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
12. 78/Okeh 4607 (Vaughn De Leath with orchestra)
13. 78/Okeh 4612 (Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra)
14. 78/Okeh 6429 (Amy Arnell with Tommy Tucker Time)
15. 78/Silvertone 2263 (Charles Hart with orchestral accompaniment)
16. 78/Victor 18891 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
17. 78/Victor 18903 (American Quartet)
18. 78/Vocalion 4229 (Chick Bullock with Sammy Williams and His Three Naturals)
19. 78/Edison 50973 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
20. Lee Wiley Sings Irving Berlin, CD/Columbia C-6216 (Lee Wiley with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos) [reissued on Nights In Manhattan/Sings Vincent Youmans/Sings Irving Berlin, CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 204-2]
21. Irving Berlin: All By Myself Vol. 1 – Everybody Step: The Years 1921-1926, Monmouth Evergreen (S) MES/6809 (The Rusty Dedrick Orchestra) [reissued on All By Myself, CD/Audiophile 21/22]
22. That’s What Life Is All About, United Artists (S) UAG 29730 (Bing Crosby with the Pete Moore Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete United Artists Sessions, CD/EMI 8598082]
23. The Chronological Eddie Condon 1944-1946, CD/Classics 1033 (Eddie Condon)
24. Bing With A Beat, CD/Bluebird RCA 82876601422 (Bing Crosby with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band)
25. Irving Berlin, Volume 1, CD/Unknown label (Fred Miller)
26. Crinoline Days, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1400 (Dan Levinson)
27. Some Sunny Day, CD/Jazzology 208 (Ed Polcer All-Stars)
28. It’s Time You Learnt, CD/Jazz Crusade 3070 (Geoff Cole)
29. Alexander’s Ragtime Band, CD/Howards International 4011 (Don Ameche)


(Dear Old) Southland (M: Turner Layton; L: Henry Creamer):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Chappelle & Stinette 5006 (Juanita Stinette Chappelle)


Sweet Man O’ Mine (not in program):

1. 78/Path 020572 (Lavinia Turner and Her Jazz Band) [also 78/Perfect 12033; reissued on Virginia Liston, Vol. 2: 1924-1926/Lavinia Turner: 1921-1922, CD/Document DOCD 5447]
2. 78/Brunswick 2138 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 3692 (Dolly Kay)
4. 78/Okeh 4511 (Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Band) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1921-1922), CD/Document 5358]
5. 78/Paramount 20120 (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra) [also 78/Purtian 11120]


Unrecorded Material:

Finale
Hawaiian Night In Dixieland
I Want To Be Vamped In Georgia
Minstrels On Parade
Robert E. Lee
A Southern Hobby
Swanee River
That Kind Of Man (not in program)
Unexpectedly
When You Speak Of Vamps, Don’t Leave Out Caroline (M/L: Shelton Brooks)