Biography
Red Onion Jazz Babies sessions were organized by Clarence Williams and featured Lil Hardin-Armstrong who had come east to be near her husband Louis who had just joined the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra the month before. The sessions are also famous for bringing Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong together for the first time on record.
Artist Instrument
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Louis Armstrong Cornet
Lil Hardin-Armstrong Piano
Buster Bailey Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
Sidney Bechet Clarinet
Buddy Christian Banjo
Alberta Hunter
(under the name of Josephine Beatty) Vocals
Charlie Irvis Trombone
Aaron Thompson Trombone
Clarence Todd Vocals
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company :
-Cake Walking Babies From Home
(Clarence Williams / Chris Smith / Henry Troy) 1-7-1925 New York, New York Gennett
5627-A
Silvertone
4029-A
-Early Every Morn
(Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet) 12-24-1924 New York, New York Gennett
5626
-Everybody Loves My Baby
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams) 11-6-1924 New York, New York Gennett
5594
-Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
(Tom Delany) 12-24-1924 New York, New York Gennett
8162-A
-Of All The Wrongs You've Done To Me
(Payton / Smith) 11-8-1924 New York, New York Gennett
5627-B
Silvertone
4029-B
-Santa Claus Blues
(Charley Straight / Gus Kahn) 11-26-1924 New York, New York Gennett
5607-B
-Terrible Blues
(Clarence Williams) 11-26-1924 New York, New York Gennett
5607-A
-Texas Moaner Blues
(Faye Barnes / Clarence Williams) 11-8-1924 New York, New York Gennett
8171-B
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