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Not to be confused with Bob Escudero, also tubist and bassist; or Rafi Escudero also known as Rafael Escudero, composer.

Puerto Rican tubist, later double bassist (July 16, 1898, Manatí, Puerto Rico - April 10, 1970, Puerto Rico). He moved to New York City in 1920-1921 where he played with a number of famous jazz musicians (as well as in Los Angeles) before returning to Puerto Rico in the 1930s. Leaders and bands whom he played with include the New Amsterdam Musical Association, Wilbur Sweatman, Fletcher Henderson, William McKinney, Kaiser Marshall, the Savoy Bearcats, and W.C. Handy among others.

ALBUMS


The Chocolate Dandies
1928/1940
1993, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2), ,
Swing
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1924 Vol. 3
1992, CD, Comp, Classics (11),
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1924 Vol. 2
1992, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1924-1925
1992, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1925-1926
1991, CD, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1923-1925
1975, LP, Comp, Fountain Records (5),
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
4 - "Rarest Fletcher 2" "1924"
1975, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records, ,
Big Band
The Chocolate Dandies
The Chocolate Dandies 1928-33
1967, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Big Band Story Vol 1
1963, 7", EP, Jazz Collector,
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
What-Cha-Call-'Em Blues / Blazin'
1936, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Let Me Introduce You To My Rosie / I Want To See A Little More Of What I Saw In Arkansas
1926, ,
Big Band
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Bye And Bye / Play Me Slow
1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
When You Do What You Do / Memphis Bound
1925
Fletcher Henderson And His Club Alabam Orchestra
Mobile Blues / Tea Pot Dome Blues
1924, Shellac, 10", red, Vocalion (2)
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Manda / Go 'Long, Mule
1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
My Papa Doesn't Two-time No Time / Somebody Stole My Gal
1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia,
Fletcher Henderson And His Club Alabam Orchestra
Sud Bustin' Blues / War Horse Mama
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Forsaken Blues / Cold Mammas (Burn Me Up)
1924, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Fletcher Henderson and his Club Alabam Orchestra
Do That Thing / Those Broken Busted (Can't Be Trusted Blues)
1924, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
The Gouge Of Armour Avenue / Hard Hearted Hannah
1924, Shellac Red, ,
Big Band
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
I Wish I Could Make You Cry / Say Say Sadie
1924
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Feelin' The Way I Do / Chicago Blues
1924
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
He's The Hottest Man In Town / I Never Care 'Bout To-Morrow
1924
Lucille Hegamin And Her Blue Flame Syncopators
State Street Blues / High Brown Blues
1922
Lucille Hegamin And Her Blue Flame Syncopators
Wang Wang Blues / I Like You Because You Have Such Loving Ways
1921
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra

APPEARANCES +


Various
Frog Blues And Jazz Annual Number 5
2017, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Lonnie Johnson
The Lonnie Johnson Collection, 1925-52
2015, 2xCDr, Comp, Acrobat, ,
Swing/Dixieland/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Coleman Hawkins
Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947
2012, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Swing
Louis Armstrong
Intégrale Louis Armstrong Vol. 1 - Chimes Blues 1923-1924
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Dixieland
Louis Armstrong
Rétrospective 1923-1956
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Saga, ,
Swing/Dixieland
Various
Jazz Im New York Der Wilden Zwanziger
2007, CD,
Various
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)
2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland
Various
Classic Jazz: The Twenties
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Various
1924
2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),
Rex Stewart
Take It Easy
2001, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Big Band
Fletcher Henderson
Volume 1 1923-1925 (The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order)
2001, CD, Comp, RM, Neatwork
Fletcher Henderson
Volume 2 1926-1936 (The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order)
2001, CD, Comp, RM, Neatwork
Various
1928
2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),
Fletcher Henderson
The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926
2000, CD, Comp, Timeless Records (3)
Various
Changes: L'Arrangiamento Per Big Band
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Various
Harlem Conga (La Batteria Nelle Big Band - Vol.1)
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Ken Burns Jazz (The Story Of America's Music)
2000, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Fusion/Dixieland/Modal/Swing/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Big Band/Country Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime
Fletcher Henderson
Ken Burns Jazz
2000, CD, ,
Big Band
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
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
"Put It There" (Volume 1 - 1928-29)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7), Frog (7), ,
Swing/Big Band
Lucille Hegamin
Complete Recorded Works - Volume 4 (Alternative Takes & Remaining Titles) (1920-1926)
1998, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Various
Vocal Blues & Jazz (Alternate Takes & Remaining Titles Vol. 2 1921-1938)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Bessie Smith
The Empress 1923 - 1933
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés
Various
Classic Blues & Vaudeville Singers (The Alternate Takes) (1921 -1930)
1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2), ,
Vaudeville
Fletcher Henderson
New York City - Chicago 1924 - 1936
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Big Band/Swing
Josie Miles
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (August 1922-September 1924)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),
Bessie Smith
Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933
1996, CD, Comp, Best Of Jazz
Bessie Smith
The Complete Recordings Vol. 5 The Final Chapter
1996
Coleman Hawkins
New York Camden Londres Paris Chicago 1926 - 1944
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Big Band/Swing
Viola McCoy / Julia Moody
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 1926-1929 / Complete Recorded Works 1922-1925
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Lucille Hegamin
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (1920-1922)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Rosa Henderson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1924)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Trixie Smith
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1925-1939)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson & The Blues Singers Volume 1 (1921-1923)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Bessie Smith
1924-1925
1995, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
Bessie Smith / Josh White
I Ain't Got Nobody
1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History,
Ethel Waters
1921-1923
1994, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Vocal
Fletcher Henderson
A Study In Frustration (The Fletcher Henderson Story)
1994, Box Set, 3x CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Louis Armstrong
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934
1994
Don Redman
Doin' What I Please
1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, ASV, Living Era, ,
Big Band
Louis Armstrong With Fletcher Henderson
The Complete Louis Armstrong With Fletcher Henderson Vol. 1 1924/25
1993, CD, Comp, King Jazz
Bessie Smith
Classic Blues
1993
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
1928-1929
1991, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
Fletcher Henderson And Louis Armstrong
Fletcher Henderson And Louis Armstrong 1924 1925
1991, ,
Big Band
Various
Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra And The Blues Singers - Vol. 1 (1921-1923)
1990, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Rst Records,
Bessie Smith
La Selection 1923-1933
1990, CD, Comp, L'Art Vocal, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing
Various
Early Black Swing - The Birth Of Big Band Jazz: 1927 - 1934
1989, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
1988, LP, Comp, RM, Musica Jazz
Various
Chicago
1986, Vinyl,
Bessie Smith
Empress Of The Blues
1985, Vinyl,
Fletcher Henderson & The Dixie Stompers
Fletcher Henderson & The Dixie Stompers 1925-1928
1984, 2x CD, ,
Swing
Various
Big Band Jazz (From The Beginnings To The Fifties)
1983, 6x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Le Favolose Big Bands
1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop/Big Band/Swing
Various
The Jazz Singers
1982, 4x Vinyl Red Vinyl, Box Set,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
The Complete McKinney's Cotton Pickers Volumes 3/4 (1929-1930)
1981, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,
Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet
Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet In New York 1923-1925
1981, 2x Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, ,
Dixieland
Various
Jazz
1980, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Opus Musicum,
Various
The Guitarists
1980, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Dixieland/Gypsy Jazz/Swing
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
The Complete McKinney's Cotton Pickers Volumes 1/2 (1928-1929)
1979, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,
Louis Armstrong
Giants Of Jazz: Louis Armstrong
1979, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Fletcher Henderson
Developing An American Orchestra 1923-1937
1977, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Big Band
Various
50 Years Of Jazz Guitar
1976
Various
This Is Jazz / Vol. 2 / The Hot Years
1976, Vinyl,
Bessie Smith
"Soundtrack" (The Whole "St. Louis Blues" Soundtrack Plus Rare Alternates)
1976
Fletcher Henderson
5 - "Rarest Fletcher 3" "1924-1931"
1975, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records
Fletcher Henderson
Rarest Fletcher (1923 - 1924)
1975, Vinyl Gloversville Pressing, ,
Big Band/Swing
Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra*
1924-1926 New York Columbia Sessions In Chronological Order
1974, LP, Comp, Mono, VJM, VJM
Ethel Waters
Jazzin' Babies' Blues (1921-1927 - Vol. Two)
1974, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
Louis Armstrong
In New York 1924 (Red Beans And Ricely Yours)
1973, LP, Comp, Napoleon, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra*
Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra
1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph, ,
Big Band
Lucille Hegamin
Blue Flame (Early Recordings)
1973, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,
Louis Armstrong
Un Retrato de Su Juventud
1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Pagoda (2), Sicamericana Sacifi, ,
Dixieland
Various
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973, 6x Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, Box Set, ,
Bop/Dixieland/Free Jazz/Big Band/Modal/Swing/Hard Bop/Ragtime
Louis Armstrong With Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1924 - 1925
1973
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Volume 1 (1928)
1972, LP, Comp, RCA,
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra*
1923-1927
1972
Fletcher Henderson
The Immortal Fletcher Henderson
1972, ,
Big Band/Dixieland/Swing
Bessie Smith
The Empress
1971
Fletcher Henderson, The Dixie Stompers
Fletcher Henderson The Dixie Stompers 1925-6
1970
Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra*
1923-1924 New York Columbia Sessions In Chronological Order
1969, LP, Comp, VJM,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1929-1930
1966, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA Victor, ,
Dixieland
Fletcher Henderson
Rare Fletcher Henderson Masterpieces
1966, Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Don Redman
Master Of The Big Band
1966, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra* With Louis Armstrong & Coleman Hawkins
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra With Louis Armstrong & Coleman Hawkins 1923-1927
1965
Various
A History Of Jazz: The New York Scene
1961, Vinyl, ,
Bop/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Will You, Won't You, Be My Babe? / Rocky Road
1932, Shellac,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Hello / You're Driving Me Crazy
1931, Shellac, 10", Victor
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Earl Hines And His Orchestra
I Want Your Love / Sister Kate
1931, Shellac, 10", Victor,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
It's A Precious Little Thing Called Love / Do Something
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Crying And Sighing / Nobody's Sweetheart
1929, Shellac,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
It's Tight Like That / There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1929
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Save It, Pretty Mamma / I Found A New Baby
1929,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Beedle Um Bum / Selling That Stuff
1929
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
Four Or Five Times / Blue Harmony
1928, Shellac, 10", Victor
Chocolate Dandies* / Five Little Chocolate Dandies*
Paducah / Four Or Five Times
1928
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Milenberg Joys / Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
1928, Shellac,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Cherry / Some Sweet Day
1928,
Trixie Smith With Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra*
Everybody's Doing That Charleston Now / Love Me Like You Used To Do
1926
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra*
Nobody's Rose / Pensacola
1926
The Ohio Novelty Band / The Cleveland Society Orchestra
A New Kind Of Man / Honest And Truly
1925, Shellac, 10", Aco
Five Birmingham Babies / Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Tiger Rag / Don't Forget You'll Regret Day By Day
1925, Shellac, 10", Perfect (3)
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra / Missouri Jazz Band*
Charley, My Boy / Doodle-Doo-Doo
1924
Lanin's Arcadians / Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
Some Other Day – Some Other Girl / My Rose Marie
1924
Henderson's Dance Orchestra
Why Put The Blame On You / Chicago Blues
1924
Lucille Hegamin Harris Blues And Jazz Seven*, Lucille Hegamin Blue Flame Syncopators*
The Jazz Me Blues / Arkansas Blues
1921
Louis Armstrong
The Jazz Collection Vol.1 1923-1925
2xLP, Comp, BYG Records,
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
LP, Comp, Collector's Classics,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Volume 4 (1930)
LP, Comp, RCA,
Louis Armstrong
Vol. 1
2xLP, Comp, Mono, Monkey Records (4), Monkey Records (4), ,
Swing/Dixieland
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
LP, Comp, Ltd, Collector's
Lonnie Johnson
Playing With The Strings
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson 1923
Vinyl,
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Louis Armstrong
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934. Volume One
2003