Dance to the Latest and Best on Gennett Records -- August 14, 2024

Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, 01-August-1924

The Starr Piano Company in Richmond, Indiana owned Gennett Records. Gennett made many early jazz recordings.

The Wolverine Orchestra was cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's group, and yet he is not mentioned in the ad. 

Oh, Baby! - Wolverine Orchestra (Bix Beiderbecke) (1924)

Copenhagen - Wolverine Orchestra (Bix Beiderbecke) (1924)

New Orleans Joys -- July 10, 2024

Indianapolis Star, 24-July-1924

Gennett Records' offerings included "Perfect Rag" and "New Orleans (Blues) Joys," by Jelly Roll Morton. Morton was a great composer and pianist. His name may have been Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe or LaMenthe or something else. He told many wonderful stories about himself and some were probably true.  He said that he invented jazz.  He didn't, but he had a lot to do with its growth and increasing sophistication.  He spent time in San Francisco, playing in the Barbary Coast, where he owned a club called the Jupiter. He said the cops drove him out of town.  I would like to write a story about that. 

Jelly Roll Morton - Perfect Rag


Jelly " Roll" Morton New Orleans Joys

Bix Beiderbecke -- The Wolverine Orchestra -- May 29, 2024

Indianapolis Times, 31-May-1924

It took me a moment to realize that the Wolverine Orchestra was Bix Beiderbecke's group, and yet he is not mentioned in the ad. 

Riverboat Shuffle - Wolverine Orchestra (Bix Beiderbecke) (1924)

Copenhagen - Wolverine Orchestra (Bix Beiderbecke) (1924)

The World's Greatest Colored Orchestra -- April 11, 2024

Saint Joseph Herald-Press, 24-April-1924

100 years ago this month, in April 1923, Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was touring the country. This item is an ad for their show at the Silver Beach Pavillion in Benton Harbor. "Recording for Okeh, Columbia and Gennett Records."

Numbers That Make Your Feet Tingle in the Hottest Weather -- June 10, 2023

Richmond Palladium-Item, 12-June-1923

The Starr Piano Company in Richmond, Indiana owned Gennett Records. Gennett made many early jazz recordings.

King Joe Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, featuring Louis Armstrong, began recording for Gemmett in April, 1923. The "New Orleans Rythm (Sic - JT) Kings" was formed in Chicago by white New Orleans musicians. Ladd's Black Aces was an alias used by the Original Memphis Five, led by Phil Napoleon.

Richmond Palladium-Item, 14-June-1923

Three Agitatin Records -- May 13, 2023

Richmond Item, 10-May-1923

Last month we saw the 100th anniversary of the first recordings by King Joe Oliver's Creole Jazz Bank. These records, made in Gennett's Richmond, Indiana studio, were also the first recordings to feature Louis Armstrong:

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Richmond Palladium-Item, 23-May-1923

This ad offers the first record, with "Dipper Mouth Blues" and "Weather Bird Rag."

Richmond Item, 26-May-1923

This ad offers records from other pioneering jazz groups. Ladd's Black Aces was an alias used by the Original Memphis Five. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings was formed in Chicago by New Orleans musicians. They were very popular.