Spencer Clark


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American jazz bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, born March 15, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. Family moved to New York in 1909.
In addition to bass saxophone, Clark was also competent on mandolin, cornet, trumpet, clarinet, alto and tenor saxes, guitar, xylophone, and string bass, as well as an occasional vocalist. Married to and played with Mary Clark.

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California Ramblers
The Hottest Of The California Ramblers On Edison
2011, CD, Comp, Retrieval,
The University Six*
1925-1927
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Retrieval,
Joe Venuti, Zoot Sims
Joe & Zoot & More
2002, CD, ,
Bop/Swing
Pee Wee Russell
1935-1946
2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
The California Ramblers*
The California Ramblers 1925-1928
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3),
Art Hodes And His Windy City Seven
Echoes Of Chicago
1999, ,
Swing
Dave Wilborn
Live At The Manassas Jazz Festival 1973
1999
Jack Pettis
Volume 2: 1924-1929
1990, LP, Comp, Retrieval,
Bob Haggart Featuring Tom Pletcher
A Portrait Of Bix
1986
Max Kaminsky Quartet Plus
Two For Tea
1985, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
Bob Haggart
Enjoys Carolina In The Morning
1984, LP, Album, Jazzology
Waring's Pennsylvanians*
The Fred Waring Memorial Album (16 Hot Hits)
1984,
Various
Laughing In Rhythm
1978, LP, Comp, Stash Records Inc., ,
Big Band/Dixieland/Swing
Billy Butterfield & His World Class Jazz Band*
Swinging At The Elks'
1978, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
Maxine Sullivan
We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
1978,
Various
Eighth Annual Manassas All Star Jazz Festival - Volume Three
1976, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
Various
In Memoriam - Doc Evans - The Golden Horn Speaks Jazz
1976, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
"Wild Bill" Whelan With Fat Cat's Festival Jazzers
The Cornet Of "Wild Bill" Whelan With Fat Cat's Festival Jazzers - 1975
1975, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
Ernie Carson
The Mighty Driving Horn At Manassas '73
1975, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz,
The Joe Venuti Blue Four*
The Joe Venuti Blue Four
1974, Vinyl,
Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon's World Of Jazz
1973,
Bill Rank And Tony Newstead
Bix's Gang Lives
1973
California Ramblers
New York Jazz In The Roaring Twenties, Volume 3
1970
Various
Informal Sessions at Squirrel's - The Early Years, Vol. 1
1967, LP, Album, MIS Records
Freddie Wacker And His Windy City Seven
Freddie Wacker And his Windy City Seven
1960, LP, Album, Mono, Dolphin Records (7), Dolphin Records (7)
Casino Royal Orchestra
Rainbow On The River / Someone To Take Care Of Me
1937, Shellac, 10", Regal Zonophone
Bert Lown And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / The Troubadours
The First Girl I Met / When The Clock Is Striking Twelve
1931, Shellac, 10", Victor,
Bert Lown And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
I'm Painting Pictures / Never
1931, Shellac, 10", Victor
The Westerners*
The Pay-Off / My Pet
1928, Shellac, 10", Harmony (4)
California Ramblers / The Four Aristocrats
Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows / I Told Them All About You
1927, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Sons Of Bix's*
Second Session At Squirrel's
10", Album, Red, Paramount
Tommy Saunders
Manassas Musicale '73
LP, Fat Cat's Jazz
Jack Pettis & His Pets, Jack Pettis And His Band, Jack Pettis And His Orchestra
Jack Pettis, His Pets, Band And Orchestra
2xCD, Comp, Kings Cross Music (2), ,
Dixieland
Vic Berton And His Orchestra / Mark Fisher And His Edgewater Beach Hotel Orchestra
Vic Berton And His Orchestra 1935 - Also Mark Fisher And His Edgewater Beach Hotel Orchestra 1933
LP, Comp, Harrison Records, ,
Swing
California Ramblers - Red And Miff's Stompers - Phil Napoleon's Orchestra*
Rare Vertical Jazz - 1926-1928
Various
Selection Of The 13th International Traditional Jazz Festival Breda 1983
1983, LP, Jazz Crooner, ,
Dixieland