Jimmy Durante at the piano
Happy 123rd Birthday, Jimmy Durante! (2/10/1893). Durante recorded “Gypsy Blues” with Ladd’s Black Aces in 1921 in NYC. It appeared on Gennett 4794, Connorized 3030, Rich-Tone 7014, and Starr Gennett 9177. In addition to Durante on piano, the track featured Phil Napoleon (c?), Moe Gappell (tb), Loring McMurray (sax), Doc Behrendson (cl), John Cali (bjo) & Jack Roth (d).
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My research into the career of the Original Memphis Five revealed that Jimmy Durante took NO part in any recordings by Ladd’s Black Aces / Lanin’s Southern Serenaders. All standard discographies are wrong in this respect!
see: http://www.vjm.biz/178-om5-part-1-internet.pdf
and: http://www.vjm.biz/179-om5-part-2.pdf
Ralph Wondraschek
Heidelberg, Germany