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)