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American jazz banjo and guitar player and singer, born May 25, 1907 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died May 5, 1968 in the same city.
Guesnon was an excellent musician, playing with most of the better New Orleans jazz bands. On tour with F.S. Wolcott's Rabbit Foot Minstrels (mid-1930s). Much recorded during the New Orleans renaissance.

ALBUMS


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Various
Rare Cuts - Well Done Volume 4
2016, CD, Album, Comp, Jazz Crusade
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau*
Drag's Half Fast Jazz Band
2016, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland
Various
Pickin' For Jivin' (The Very Best Of Swingin' Jive Guitarists)
2015, CD, ,
Swing
George Lewis
The Best Of George Lewis 1943-1964
2013, 2xCD, Album, G.H.B., ,
Dixieland
Jim Robinson (2) With Kid Thomas*, Ernest Cagnolatti & De De Pierce
Jim Robinson With Kid Thomas, Ernest Cagnolatti & De De Pierce
2012, CD, G.H.B.,
Various
Classic Sounds Of New Orleans (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2010, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
Ragtime/Dixieland
Keith Smith (7) With George Lewis' Jazz Band* And Jimmy Archey's Hot Six
5-4 Club
2007, CD, Album, G.H.B., ,
Dixieland
Kid Thomas Valentine
1961 & 1968 - The Lord Richard New Orleans Sessions - Volume 2
2006, CD, 504 Records, La Croix Records
The Kid Thomas Band With Raymond Burke
The Famous Tulane Jazz Archive Session
2003, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland
Kid Howard* With George Lewis (2), Jim Robinson
Kid Howard At The San Jacinto Hall
2002
Various
Hopes Hall, New Orleans 1963
2000, CD, Album, G.H.B.
George Lewis
Jammin’ In The 1950s
2000, CD, Album, Jazz Crusade, ,
Dixieland
Various
The Jazzology Poll Winners 1964
2000, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.
Various
"Too Late, Too Late": More Newly Discovered Titles, Supplements & Alternative Takes, Volume 13 (1921-1940)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues
Steve Angrum & George Lewis (2) With Kid Sheik Band*
Steve Angrum & George Lewis With Kid Sheik's Band
1999, CD, Album, American Music
Kid Clayton's Happy Pals
Kid Clayton's Happy Pals
1998, CD, Album, American Music, ,
Dixieland
Kid Howard's New Orleans Band
Kid Howard's New Orleans Band 1962
1998, CD, Album, American Music
Various
Visions Of Jazz: A Musical Journey
1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jump Blues/Swing
Kid Howard's Olympia Band
Kid Howard's Olympia Band & Sam Morgan Revisited
1998, CD, Comp, American Music
Emma Barrett
Sweet Emma Barrett & Her Bell Boys : Mardi Gras Live 1960
1997, CD, 504 Records, ,
Dixieland
Various
Hot Jazz On Blue Note
1996, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Blue Note, Blue Note, Smithsonian Institution Press, Smithsonian Institution Press, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Ragtime
Various
Portrait Of Keith Smith "Mr Hefty Jazz" Vol. 1
1996, CD, Album, Lake Records
Noon Johnson - Lemon Nash
1960
1994, CD, 504 Records
Various
Blues In History III
1994,
Little Brother Montgomery
Vocal Accompaniments & Early Post-War Recordings 1930-1954
1993, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Kid Thomas*, Kid Thomas And His Algiers Stompers
The First Recordings: The Original 1951 Session
1993, CD, Album, RE, American Music
Jim Robinson
Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol. 2
1993, CD, Comp, RE, Biograph
John Handy*
The Very First Recordings
1993, CD, Comp, American Music
Various
The Best Of The Jazz Crusade
1992, CD, Comp, Special Request Music, ,
Dixieland
George Lewis
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis
1990, ,
Ragtime
The Mighty Four
Music From The Melody Inn By The "Mighty 4"
1988
Emile Barnes
Early Recordings Volume 2 / 1951 - 1952
1983, LP, Folkways Records
Various
Echoes From New Orleans
1983
Kid Howard's New Orleans Band
Kid Howard's New Orleans Band
1982, LP, Album, Jazzology
Little Brother Montgomery
Crescent City Blues
1977, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Ind, Bluebird (3)
Various
Blues Box 2
1976, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,
Kid Thomas*, Big Eye Nelson*
American Music By Kid Thomas, Big Eye Nelson
1972
Various
Lo Spiritual
1969, 7", EP, Fratelli Fabbri Editori
Various
The Roots Of America's Music
1968, 2x Vinyl, ,
Cajun/Country Blues/Country/Harmonica Blues/Bluegrass/Honky Tonk/Texas Blues/Chicago Blues/Dixieland/Ragtime/Louisiana Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues/Zydeco/Folk
Keith Smith (7) With George Lewis's Jazz Band* & Jimmy Archey's Hot Six
Keith Smith With George Lewis's Jazz Band & JImmy Archey's Hot Six
1966, ,
Dixieland
Various
The Jazzology Poll Winners 1964
1965, LP, Mono, Jazz Crusade, ,
Dixieland
Percy Humphrey And His Crescent City Joymakers
Percy Humphrey And His Crescent City Joymakers
1965
Robinson's Jacinto Ballroom Orchestra
Robinson's Jacinto Ballroom Orchestra
1964, LP, Album, G.H.B.
"Kid" Howard And His New Orleans Jazz Band
"Kid" Howard And His New Orleans Jazz Band At Zion Hill Church
1964, LP, Album, Nobility, Nobility
Jim Robinson And His New Orleans Band*
Jim Robinson And His New Orleans Band
1964
Kid Howard's Olympia Band
The Heart And Bowels Of N. O. Jazz
1963, ,
Dixieland
George Lewis
Endless The Trek Endless The Search
1962
Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas
1961
Various
New Orleans: The Living Legends
1961, ,
Dixieland
Punch's Delegates Of Pleasure* Featuring Israel Gorman
The River's In Morning
1961
Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band
Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band
1961
Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band
Jim Robinson Plays Spirituals And Blues
1961
Various
The Music Of New Orleans Volume Five: New Orleans Jazz - The Flowering
1959
Various
The Music Of New Orleans Volume 3: Music Of The Dance Halls
1958
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Vol. 3)
1955, 10", Album, Mono, Blue Note
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Volume 1)
1955
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Volume 4)
1955
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
LP, SR International,
Don Ewell
Don Ewell In New Orleans
LP, G.H.B.
Various
New Orleans Rarities Volume 2b
LP, Album, Comp, Not On Label
Kid Thomas Algier Stompers*, Louis Delisle's Band & Wooden Joe's Band*
Echoes From New Orleans: Vol. 2
LP, Comp, Storyville
Don Ewell
Don Ewell In New Orleans
LP, Mono, DAN
Rolf Wahl & Friends*
To Corinne And Adeline
LP, Kenneth Records (2)
Various
New Orleans Rarities Vol. 2
2xLP, Album, Comp, W/Lbl, Rarities (2),
Various
New Orleans Jazz At The Kitty Halls
Kid Howard's New Orleans Band
Sam Morgan Re-Visited
Various
A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 1: 1940-41
2014, 4xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues - Jazz, Blues & Creole Roots - Volume 1 1921-1949
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records
Tom Sancton
Song For My Fathers
2006, CD, Not On Label
Various
A New Orleans Anthology - 726 St. Peter New Orleans La. 1955-1961
2000, CD, Album, Comp, 504 Records
Various
New Orleans Blues: 1923-1940
1992, CD, Comp, Blues Collection, EPM Musique
Various
Blues Bands - Recorded In New York (1936-1940)
1990, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Rst Records
Various
Joachim E. Berendt Presents: Jazzlife
1961, ,
Gospel/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Nothing But The Blues (Recordings By The Greatest Musicians Of Blues 1923 - 1948)
10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, History,