Edmond Hall - Recommended Listening

As Leader (all sides feature Edmond Hall on clarinet except where noted)

Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
Meade "Lux Lewis, celeste; Charlie Christian,guitar; Isreal Crosby, bass
Feb. 5, 1941. Blue Note.

Jammin' In Four
Profoundly Blue
Edmond Hall Blues
Celestial Express

Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen
Sidney DeParis, trumpet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; James P. Johnson, piano; James Shirley, guitar;
Isreal Crosby, bass; Sid Catlett, drums
Nov. 29, 1943. Blue Note

High Society
Blues At Blue Note
Night Shift Blues
Royal Garden Blues
Blue Note Boogie

Edmond Hall All-Star Quintet
Red Norvo, vibraphone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Carl Kress, guitar; Johnny Williams, bass
Jan 25, 1944. Blue Note

Rompin' In '44
Smooth Sailing
Blue Interval
Seein' Red

Edmond Hall Swingtet
Benny Morton, trombone; Harry Carney, baritone sax; Don Frye, piano; Everett Barksdale, guitar; Junior Raglin, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.
May 5, 1944. Blue Note

It's Been So Long
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Big City Blues
Beamin' and Steamin'

With Frankie Newton
Newton, trumpet; Pete Brown, alto sax; Cecil Scott, tenor sax; Don Frye, piano; John Smith, guitar; Richard Fulbright, bass; Cozy Cole, drums
March 5, 1937, Variety

Who's Sorry Now

Add Russell Procope, alto sax
April 15, 1937

I Found A New Baby
The Brittwood Stomp*

*Ed Hall plays a baritone sax solo

With Billie Holiday
accompanied by Buck Clayton, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor sax; James Sherman, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Holiday, vocal.
June 15, 1937, Vocalion

Me,  Myself and I

With Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters
Billy Hicks, trumpet; Fernando Arbello, trombone, Cyril Haynes, piano; Leroy Jones, guitar; Al Hall, bass; Arnold Boling, drums; Williams, vocals
July 9, 1937, Variety

I Was Born To Swing

With Lionel Hampton
Benny Carter, trumpet; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Hampton, vibraphone; Joe Sullivan, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Artie Bernstein, bass; Zutty Singleton, drums
December 21, 1939, Victor

My Buddy

With Art Tatum
Joe Thomas, trumpet; Tatum, piano; John Collins, guitar; Billy Taylor, bass; Eddie Dougherty, drums
January 21, 1941

Stompin' At The Savoy
Battery Bounce

With Teddy Wilson
Wilson, piano; Joe Thomas, trumpet; Sid Catlett, drums
August 13, 1943, V-Disc

How High The Moon

Wilson, piano; Emmett Berry, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Slam Stewart, bass; Sid Catlett, drums
June 15, 1944, Transcription

The Sheik of Araby

With Wild Bill Davison
Davison, cornet; George Brunies, trombone; Gene Schroeder, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Bob Casey, bass; George Wettling, drums
November 30, 1943, Commodore

At The Jazz Band Ball
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

Davison, cornet; Vernon Brown, trombone; Gene Schroeder, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Bob Casey, bass; Danny Alvin, drums
January 22, 1945, Commodore

A Monday Date
Big Butter and Egg Man

With George Wettling's Jazz Band
Wettling, drums; Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Jimmy Archey, trombone; Joe Sullivan, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Bob Casey, bass
March 2, 1951, Columbia

After You've Gone
Collier's Climb (Hi, Moon)
Rose Room

With Vic Dickenson
Dickenson, trombone; Ruby Braff, cornet; Sir Charles Thompson, piano; Steve Jordan, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Lee Erskine, drums
December 29, 1953, Vanguard

Jeepers Creepers

Jo Jones, drums, replaces Erskine; Shad Collins, trumpet, replaces Braff on *
November, 29, 1954

Everybody Loves My Baby
Suspension Blues

With Jack Teagarden
Teagarden, trombone, vocals; Jimmy McPartland, cornet; Dick Cary, piano; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums
November 12, 1954, Bethlehem

Eccentric
Original Dixieland One-Step
High Society
Bad Acting Woman

Dick Cary, trumpet replaces McPartland; Leonard Feather, piano; Ray Bauduc replaces Jones; Add Carl Kress, guitar
November 13, 1954, Bethlehem

Davenport Blues

With Louis Armstrong

Carnegie Hall Concert, February 8, 1947
Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography, December 11, 1956-January 28, 1957

Edmond Hall - Works Cited

1. Chilton, John. Who's Who's In Jazz,4th ed. DeCapo Press. 1985

2. Unknown. "Edmond Hall." MediaWiki. 2014. April 28, 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hall>

3. Case, Brian and Stan Britt. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz. Salamander Books Ltd. 1979

4. Lord, Tom et al. CD-Rom. The Jazz Discography ver 3.3 Lord Music Reference,Inc. 1992-2002. Canada