Face the Music 1.16.20 - Tuba Wrestlers of the 1920s {1}

Burnin’ the Iceberg

Courthouse Bump

Harry Prather with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1929

I’m Looking for a Little Bluebird

Billy Taylor with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1930

Kansas City Stomps

Bill Benford with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1928

Jackass Blues

Bill Benford with Thomas Morris & his Seven Hot Babies 1926

Squeeze Me

Milt Hinton with Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1930

Alligator Crawl

Pete Briggs with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven 1927

Deep Henderson

Bud Scott with King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators 1926

Chickasaw Stomp

Moses Allen with the Chickasaw Syncopators 1927

Hot Mustard

June Cole with Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1926

Shoe Shiner’s Drag

Bill Benford with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1928

Rock Bottom

Milt Hinton with Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1930

Slow Motion

Vernon Page with Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1928

Shake It and Break It

Lawson Buford with King Oliver & his Orchestra 1930

Boston Skuffle

Lawson Buford with Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

Charleston is the Best Dance After All

Cyrus St. Clair with Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten 1928

Dog Bottom

Elmer James with Chick Webb & his Orchestra 1929

The Ramble

James Jackson with Paul Howard’s  Quality Serenaders 1929