Tape # Side

Time

Subject

1 a

005-114

Introduction; Biographical, Family, music, school

1 a

115-167

First instrument, learning to play by ear

1 a

168-222

Awareness of famous musicians - listening to records

1 a

223-290

Brass bands, lodges, learning to read music

1 a

291-329

Influence of Whiteman and Henry Busse

1 a

330-378

Trip to Kansas City to hear Whiteman, meets
Biederbecke

1 a

379-419

School and lodge bands, parades

1 a

420-444

Meets Lamarr Wright from B. Moten Band

1 a

445-519

High school band jobs; Joins Kansas University Band

1 a

520-545

Playing with K.U. Band, integration

1 a

546-590

Goes to Chicago to play with Tiny Parham

1 a

591-626

Plays Lake boat with Francois

1 a

627-648

Meets Willie Humphrey

1 a

649-687

Other trumpet players met in Chicago

1 a

688-698

Paul Banks, K. City

1 a

699-738

Bands heard in Chicago

1 a

739-end

Kansas City

1 b

004-056

Eddie Tompkins - trumpet, Jimmy Lunceford

1 b

057-114

Clarence Love Orchestra, personnel, Milton Fletcher

1 b

115-149

Tour with Love Orchestra, - instrumentation,
arrangements

1 b

150-174

Kansas City - Vic Dickenson

1 b

175-219

St. Louis - 1931; the "Cave", trumpet style; sitting in

1 b

220-244

Kansas City - Harlan Leonard Band - Vic Dickenson

1 b

245-310

The Cave; Harold Baker; KMOX Radio Band

1 b

311-363

Eddie Johnson, Club Plantation Band, 1933-34, after Crackerjacks, musicians, and changes in

1 b

364-395

Personnel met in Kansas City

1 b

396-407

Plantation - nights, money

1 b

408-449

K. City in 1935, rehearsals, show people at Plantation

1 b

450-475

Sit-ins - Dewey Jackson, Red Allen, Rex Stewart, Jackson's style

1 b

476-514

K. City with Eddie Johnson

1 b

515-529

Joins Andy Lirk, Lester Young

1 b

530-566

Leaves Kirk, returns to St. Louis

1 b

567-599

Works with Marable & Creath on boats, meets Louie, other visiting musicians, Red Allen

1 b

600-623

New Orleans, untrained musicians, "New Orleans style"

1 b

624-653

Personnel of first band, Creath, directing, playing piano

1 b

654-714

1936, personnel changes; "Trombone Smitty"

1 b

715-742

Other personnel, 1936; Trip down river

2 a

001-079

New Orleans, musicians met there, sitting-in, working on boat

2 a

080-132

New Orleans style; funerals, street bands, religious songs

2 a

133-185

Learning new styles, improvising, chord formation and changes

2 a

186-240

Bands, tunes, musicians heard in New Orleans

2 a

241-325

Dixieland music - study of in order to play with Palmer

2 a

326-399

New Orleans, Kid Ory, after-hours, sitting-in

2 a

400-420

Food, women, races in New Orleans

2 a

421-483

Kaiter, N.O. trumpet player, other musicians

2 a

484-523

Return St. Louis, 1938; Small Marable Band, club Soho

2 a

524-589

Marable as pianist and leader

2 a

590-673

Rehearsals, trumpet section; tunes; King, Telphy reed section

2 a

674-697

Creath, playing and directing, personality, "father figure"

2 a

698-724

Tab Smith, Donny Stovall

2 a

725-733

Eddie Randle band, traveling Illinois, Missouri

2 b

005-134

Eddie Randle band, personnel, Springfield, N.Y., other cities

2 b

135-193

Randle as player, other musicians in band

2 b

194-274

Shows played for

2 b

275-328

Return to St. Louis, WWII, White bands played with

2 b

329-390

Medicine-packing job; Calls from Lunceford & Basie

2 b

391-430

U.S. Army, basic training

2 b

431-485

Trumpet exam

2 b

486-524

U.S. Army Air Force Band, Swing Band, USO

2 b

525-584

Musicians who did USO Shows, Lena Horne

2 b

585-619

Other music jobs, Discharge - 1946

2 b

620-647

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Club Riveria

2 b

648-688

Benny Goodman, Fox Theater & Castle Ballroom, 1946 & 47

2 b

689-719

Jobbing around; Singleton Palmer band 1952, stomach ulcer

2 b

720-737

Club dates with Palmer's Band; Delmar

3 a

005-075

Delmar Blvd. Club cont'd; New Year's Eve police raid

3 a

076-127

Palmer's band; material; re-learning tunes; repertoire

3 a

128-244

Personnel of Palmer band - beginning, changes in

3 a

245-269

Saunder's opinion on best Palmer Band - reasons

3 a

270-339

Present Palmer Band & other versions

3 a

340-376

Havens' first visit to Gaslight Square

3 a

377-399

Saunders with Joe Langworthy Band

3 a

400-456

Clark Terry; Miles Davis

3 a

457-517

Clark Terry - Circular breathing

3 a

518-534

Bands traveling through St. Louis

3 a

535-550

Gigging with George Hudson

3 a

551-566

Ellington Band; Using Basie as standard for comparison

3 a

567-606

Possible changes in life and career; Influence of
parents, up-bringing, own Family

3 a

607-628

Government jobs

3 a

629-652

Influential musicians - to Saunders

3 a

653-678

Best Bands - Blue Devils

3 a

679-699

Lester Young

3 a

700-717

Charlie Parker and his teacher

3 a

718-742

Ben Webster , Dickie Wells

3 a

743-754

Piano players

3 b

002-160

Blues singers - "Big" Joe Turner - as inspiration to E. Presley

3 b

161-219

Pete Johnson, piano; Albert Ammons

3 b

220-304

Night clubs in Kansas City : corruption and politics

3 b

305-344

Discussion of other musicians

3 b

345-373

Charlie Straight - i.e. F. Henderson?

3 b

374-444

Trumpet players - Jabbo Smith; clarinet players

3 b

445-480

Ralph Sutton