Joe Tarto

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Joe Venuti's Blue Four Eddie Lang's Orchestra Miff Mole's Molers Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang The Al Duffy Four The Charleston Chasers Joe Venuti And His New Yorkers The Broadway Syncopaters Rega Dance Orchestra Johnny Sylvester & His Playmates Johnny Sylvester & His Orchestra Broadway Bell Hops

American jazz bassist, arranger and tuba player.
Played with: Cliff Edwards, Sam Lanin, Vincent Lopez, Joe Venuti, Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Dorsey Brothers, Bix Beiderbecke, Phil Napoleon, Eddie Lang and many others.
Arranged for Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson.

Born: February 22, 1902 in Newark, New Jersey.
Died: August 24, 1986 in Morristown, New Jersey.

ALBUMS

Titan Of The Tuba

The Charleston Chasers

The Charleston Chasers

1999, CD, Comp, ASV, Living Era,

Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang

High And Dry, 1930-1931, Vol. 3

1987, LP, Comp, Retrieval,

Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang

Some Fun, 1929-1930, Vol. 2

1985, LP, Comp, Retrieval,

Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang

Doin’ The New Lowdown, 1928-1929, Vol. 1

1984, LP, Comp, Retrieval,

The Charleston Chasers

Cinderella Brown / Sing You Sinners

1930, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Joe Venuti And His New Yorkers

That's The Good Old Sunny South / Weary River

1929, Shellac, 10", Okeh

The Charleston Chasers

Ain't Misbehavin / Moanin' Low

Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang

Harvey / March Of The Hoodlums

The Charleston Chasers

Red Hair And Freckles / Lovable And Sweet

The Charleston Chasers

Someday Sweetheart / After You've Gone

1927, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Broadway Bell-Hops

There's A Cradle In Caroline / There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me

1927, Shellac Bridgeport Pressing,

Broadway Bell-Hops

Leonora / I'm In Love Again

The Charleston Chasers

Red Hot Henry Brown / Loud Speakin' Papa

APPEARANCES +

Stardust Memories

2018, CD, Comp, Promo, Car, Jazz Magazine (2)

Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards

Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Retrieval,

Dixieland/Swing

A Rivermont Records Sampler

2010, 7", Mono, Rivermont

Turn On The Heat (Hot Dance Band Sides 1925 - 1931)

2006, CD, Comp, RM, Rivermont,

Big Band/Ragtime

2006, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Living Era,

Various, Bill Johnson

How Low Can You Go? : Anthology Of The String Bass (1925-1941)

2006, 3x CD, Box Set,

Calypso/Bluegrass/Ragtime/Big Band/Gospel/Folk

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies*

That's A Bargain! (Centenary Issue)

2005, CD, Comp, Living Era,

Dixieland/Big Band

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

2004, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

The New York Sessions 1926-1935

2003, 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

The Key Sessions 1931-1937

2003, 5xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

2003, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

2003, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Stringing The Blues (Original Recordings 1926-1931)

2002, CD, Comp, Naxos Jazz Legends,

Lost World: The Emmett Miller Saga

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Jack Norton--30/30 Industries

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

The Classic Columbia And Okeh Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Sessions

2002, 8xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Ltd, Mosaic Records (2),

Recorded In New York, 1928-35

2002, 3xCD, Comp, Jazz Oracle

The Georgians 1923-1924

2002, CD, Comp, Retrieval

2002, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

2002, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

2001, CD, Comp, ASV, Living Era,

Swing/Dixieland

Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer*, Jack Teagarden

The Complete Okeh & Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer & Jack Teagarden Sessions (1924-1936)

2001, 7xCD + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Swing/Dixieland

2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Digressions - L' Arrangiamento Per Piccoli Gruppi

2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Jazz Early Days Vol.2

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Disky

Original Memphis Five*

Great White Way Blues 1922/1931

1999, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2)

Tony Parenti And His Jazz-Stars

1999, CD, Album, RE, Jazzology

The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925-1932

1998, CD, Comp, Timeless Records (3),

Legends Of Ukulele

1998, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2),

"Slippin' Around" - Again

1998, CD, Comp, Frog (7),

Slippin' Around -- Miff Mole, Volume 1

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7)

Red Nichols & Miff Mole

Red Nichols & Miff Mole, 1925-1927

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Retrieval

The Original Memphis Five / Napoleon's Emperors / The Cotton Pickers

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3),

Clarinet À La King

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish

Swing Celebration

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish,

Swing/Big Band/Soundtrack

Yasuhiko Arima & Dixie Jive

Dixie Jive 1996 - Dropping In To Melbourne

1996, CD, Album, Dixie Jive Record

The Minstrel Man From Georgia

Country Blues/Country/Musical/Vaudeville

Her Best Recordings 1921 - 1940

1994, CD, Comp, Best Of Jazz,

Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing

Sophisticated Ladies

1993, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Columbia, Legacy,

1993, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Columbia, Legacy,

Jazz Guitar Rarities

1992, CD, Comp + CD, Recording Arts (3),

Bix Beiderbecke

The Bix Beiderbecke Story

Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra

Big Band/Dixieland

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

Volume 2: 1924-1929

1990, LP, Comp, Retrieval,

Bix Beiderbecke

Volume 1 - Singin' The Blues

Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Le Grandi Voci, I Want To Be Loved

Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti*

Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti Volumes I & II

1989, 2xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

A Handful of Riffs

The Jazz Arranger Volume 1

The Big Bands Of Joe Venuti Volume 1. 1928-1930

1987, LP, Comp, JSP Records,

The Big bands Of Joe Venuti Volume 2. 1930-1933

1987, LP, Comp, JSP Records,

Red Nichols And His Five Pennies

1928 Volume Three

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Swaggie Records

Joe Venuti Eddie Lang*

Great Original Performances 1926-1933

Red Nichols And Miff Mole

Great Original Performances - 1925 To 1930

Dixieland/Swing

The Permanent Goodman - A Portrait In Music Of The King Of Swing 1926-1945

1986, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Big Band/Swing/Ragtime

Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards

Fascinatin' Rhythm

1985, LP, Album, Mono, Totem Records (7),

Cotton Club Stars

1984, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues

Under A Blanket Of Blue

1983, LP, Comp, Take Two Records

Annette Hanshaw

Miss Annette Hanshaw, "It Was So Beautiful," 1927-36

1983, LP, Album, Comp, Sunbeam (3),

The Boswell Sisters

The Boswell Sisters

1982, 3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Columbia Special Products, Columbia Special Products,

Red Nichols And Other Radio Transcriptions

1982, LP, Comp, Meritt Record Society

Hoagy Carmichael

1982, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

The Jazz Singers

1982, 4x Vinyl Red Vinyl, Box Set,

The Small Labels 1927-1935

The Unknown Band -1939 / The Sideman 1931 - 1933

The Reed Album Volume Two

1980, LP, Comp, Meritt Record Society,

Paper Hits ("Hit Of The Week" Recordings Volume 1)

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, Broadway Intermission, Broadway Intermission

The Tennessee Tooters & The Hottentots

The Recordings 1924-1926

1980, 2x Vinyl,

Jay C. Flippen & His Gang 1926-27

1979, LP, Comp, Fountain Records (5)

Blue Notes And Hot Rhythm

The Jazzy Twenties

1978, LP, Comp, Folkways Records,

New York Jazz 1927-30

1976, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,

New York Jazz 1927-30

1976, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,

Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra*

16 Original 1925-'29 Recordings

1974, LP, Comp, Ltd, Alpha Records (24), Alpha Record Co.,

1925-28: The Redheads - We Three - Sam Lanin - The Six Hottentots

1973, 2xLP, Comp, Fountain Records (5),

The Great Soloists

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph,

Eddie Condon's World Of Jazz

1973, 2x Vinyl Textured Gatefold,

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Dixieland/Big Band

Sam Morgan's Jazz Band / The Get-Happy Band* / The Blue Ribbon Syncopators

Sam Morgan Etc.

1972, LP, Comp, VJM,

Ethel Waters' Greatest Years

The Boswell Sisters

The Boswell Sisters 1932-34

1971, 10", Comp, Mono, Ristic Records

Miss Annette Hanshaw*

The Early Years 1926. Volume I

Miff Mole's Molers

Miff Mole's Molers 1927

The Charleston Chasers With Miff Mole, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Fud Livingston

1970, LP, Comp, VJM

Annette Hanshaw

Sweetheart Of The Twenties

The Original Recordings Of Ruth Etting

The Boswell Sisters

Nothing Was Sweeter Than The Boswell Sisters

Bix Beiderbecke

Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti*

Stringing The Blues Vol. I / Vol. II

1963, 2x Vinyl, Box Set,

A Red Nichols Story Volume 1

Thesaurus Of Classic Jazz

1959, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

Ragtime/Dixieland

Life Begins At Forty........And Other Songs

Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America

The Big Brass Band

Paul Lavalle - His Woodwinds* And His Band*

Lavalle In Hi-Fi

Cities Service Band Of America Conducted By Paul Lavalle

Sunday Band Concert

Adrian Rollini And His Orchestra / Venuti-Lang And Their All-Star Orchestra*

Battle Of Jazz Volume 3

1953, Vinyl Richmond Pressing,

Joe Tarto And His Barflies

Tin Pan Polka / I Knew From The Start

1946, 10", Mercury

Eddie Lang's Orchestra

Hot Heels / March Of The Hoodlums

1942, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

La Spagnola / Funiculi Funicula

1938, Shellac, 10", Decca

Ciribiribin / Marie Ah Marie

1938, Shellac, 10", Decca,

Phil Napoleon And His Orchestra* / Doug Bine And His Dixie Ramblers

Thunder In My Dreams / Roseland Waltz

1937, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

The Boswell Sisters

Crazy People / Shout, Sister, Shout!

Original Memphis Five*

Jazz Me Blues / Anything

1932, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Eddie Lang-Joe Venuti And Their All Star Orchestra

After You've Gone / Beale Street Blues

Joe Venuti's Blue Four

I've Found A New Baby / Sweet Sue - Just You

Fred Rich And His Orchestra

I'm Just A Dancing Sweetheart / Kiss Me Goodnight, Not Goodbye

1931, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Chester Gaylord

Cheerful Little Earful / Would You Like To Take A Walk (Sump’n Good’ll Come From That)

1931, Shellac, 10", Brunswick,

Ed Parker And His Orchestra / Fred Rich And His Orchestra

Wabash Moon / Would You Like To Take A Walk

1931, Shellac, 10", Okeh

The Boswell Sisters

Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On / Shout, Sister, Shout !

Heartaches / One Little Raindrop

Victor Arden-Phil Ohman And Their Orchestra*

What A Fool I've Been / I Hate Myself

1931, Shellac Oakland Pressing,

Kyrle Bell's Orchestra / Cyril Merrivale's Orchestra

Where The Golden Daffodils Grow / It Must Be You

1930, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

The New York Syncopators

It Seems To Be Spring / Beware Of Love

1930, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Carl Fenton & His Orchestra* / George Posnack & Orchestra*

Whippoorwill / Black Horse

1930, Shellac, 10", QRS Records

Red Nichols And His Five Pennies

Nobody Knows / Smiles

Joe Venuti And His Orchestra

My Man From Caroline / I Like A Little Girl Like That

The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra / Imperial Dance Orchestra

Beside An Open Fireplace / Ring Around The Moon

Red Nichols And His Five Pennies

They Didn't Believe Me / Say It With Music

Shoo Shoo Bogie Boo / Do I Know What I'm Doing

1929, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Fred Rich & His Orchestra* / Kentucky Grasshoppers*

I Get The Blues When It Rains / Makin' Friends

1929, Shellac, 10", Banner

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra

Miss You / Junior

1929, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)*

Anita / Just A Night For Meditation

1929, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Napoleon's Emperors

Mean To Me / My Kinda Love

The Cotton Pickers

Sweet Ida Joy / Sugar Is Back In Town

Dorsey Brothers & Their Concert Orchestra*

Lover, Come Back To Me!

Ten Freshmen / La Palina Broadcasters

That's Why I'm Jealous Of You / Piccolo Pete

Ain't Misbehavin' / Doin' The New Low Down

Ed. Lang And His Orchestra*

Freeze An' Melt / Hot Heels

Birmingham Bertha / Am I Blue?

Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra

You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You? / I Want To Be Bad

All Star Orchestra / The Troubadours

Waiting At The End Of The Road / My Song Of The Nile

Eddie South And His Alabamians / All Star Orchestra

That's What I Call Keen / I'm More Than Satisfied

1928, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Mississippi Maulers

My Angeline / Don't Mess Around With Me

1928, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

All Star Orchestra

Oh, Baby! / Add A Little Wiggle

1928, Shellac, 10", Oak, Victor,

The Victorian Syncopators* / The Melody Makers*

Chilly Pom Pom Pee / Laugh! Clown! Laugh!

1928, Shellac, 10", Duophone Record

Beltona Melodists / Avenue Dance Band

Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky / Minnetonka

1928, Shellac, 10", Beltona

The Dorsey Brothers And Their Orchestra, The Big Aces

Dixie Dawn / Cherry

1928, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Eddie Gordon's Band

You're The Cream In My Coffee / Wild Oat Joe

Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)*

Half-way To Heaven / It Goes Like This (That Funny Melody)

Blue Ribbon Syncopators*

Memphis Sprawler / Scratch

1927, Shellac, 10", Columbia

John Sylvester And His Orchestra* / Miami Troupe

Idolizing / All Night Long

1927, Shellac, 10", Spl, Pathé Actuelle

Johnny Silvester & His Playmates* / Harry Pollock's Blue Diamonds

Song Of The Wanderer / One Alone

1927, Shellac, 10", Gennett

Earl Gresh's Orchestra* / Levee Loungers

White Ghost Shivers / The Devil Is Afraid Of Music

1927, Shellac, 10", Red, Perfect (3)

The Six Hottentots

I'm In Love Again / Rosy Cheeks

1927, Shellac, 10", Regal (3)

Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra

My Pretty Girl / White Ghost Shivers

1927, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

New Orleans Owls / Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra*

White Ghost Shivers / Sidewalk Blues

1927, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Sophie Tucker with Miff Mole's Molers And Ted Shapiro

After You've Gone / I Ain't Got Nobody

Sam Lanin And His Orchestra*

Hello Cutie / A Lane In Spain

Tommy Christian And His Orchestra / The Westerners

Proud / There's Everything Nice About You

The Dixie Stompers

Nervous Charlie Stomp / Black Horse Stomp

1926, Shellac, 10", Harmony (4),

Corona Dance Orchestra

Say It Again / Good-Night (I'll See You In The Morning)

1926, Shellac, 10", Regal

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra / Lou Gold And His Orchestra

Collegiate / Who?

1926, Pathé Disc, 29cm, 80 RPM, Pathé,

Five Musical Blackbirds

Hot Coffee / Black Horse Stomp

1926, Shellac, 10", Perfect (3)

The Cotton Pickers

What Did I Tell Ya? / Fallin' Down

The Manhattan Dance Makers*

Just Around The Corner / Sleepy Time Gal

Red And Miff's Stompers

Alabama Stomp / Stampede

Lou Gold And His Orchestra / Nathan Glantz And His Orchestra

I Think You're Wonderful / Who

1925, Shellac, 10", Bro, Perfect (3)

The Lanin Orchestra* / Frankie Quartell And His Melody Boys

Honestly And Truly / Heart Broken Strain

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh

The Rainbow Serenaders (2) / Nathan Glantz And His Orchestra

Isn't She The Sweetest Thing? / Waitin' For The Moon

1925, Shellac, 10", Gennett

The Melody Sheiks

Cheatin' On Me / Sob Sister Sadie

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Dixie Jazz Band

Sweet Georgia Brown / Flag That Train

1925, Shellac, 10", Oriole (3)

Lenox Orchestra

I'll See You In My Dreams / Peter Pan, I Love You

1925, Shellac, 10", The New Emerson

Ipana Troubadours

Paddlin' Madelin' Home / Say! Who Is That Baby Doll?

1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Roseland Dance Orchestra / Bar Harbor Society Orchestra*

When My Sugar Walks Down The Street / Cheatin' On Me

1925, Shellac, 10", Bro, Domino (2)

The Tennessee Tooters

Deep Elm / Sweet Man

Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)*

He's The Hottest Man In Town / My Best Girl

Sam Lanin And His Roseland Orchestra*

Summer Nights / If I Had A Girl Like You

Art Kahn And His Orchestra* / Paul Specht And His Hotel Alamac Orchestra*

Blue Evening Blues / I'm All Broken Up Over You

1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 1

LP, Comp, Odeon

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 2

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 9

LP, Comp, Odeon

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 10

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Ed. Loyd And His Orchestra* / Joe Venuti And His New Yorkers

Lonely Troubadour / That Wonderful Something

Shellac, 10", Parlophone,

Guitar Accompaniment By Eddie Lang

LP, Comp, Mono, Grannyphone,

Cradle Of Jazz Sampler

2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

Echoes Of The Roaring Twenties (The Banjo King And His Jazz Pilots)

2xLP, Comp, Odeon,

Hot Dance Bands Of The Twenties 1926-1930 (Instrumentals)

LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Coral, MCA Coral,

7", EP, Rarities Records (2)

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),

Original Memphis Five*

Original Memphis Five Groups

CD, Comp, Mono, Village

The Dorsey Brothers

Volume 2 - Recorded In New York - 1929-30

CD, Comp, RM, Jazz Oracle

The Dorsey Brothers

Volume 3 - Recorded In New York 1930-33

CD, Comp, RM, Jazz Oracle,

Easy Listening/Dixieland

Life Begins At Forty...And Other Songs

7", EP, RE, Columbia

Golden Gate Orchestra / Lou Gold's Orchestra*

I Miss My Swiss (My Swiss Misses Me) / Sonya

California Ramblers - Red And Miff's Stompers

Rare Vertical Jazz

The Six Hottentots / Joe Candullo & His Orchestra*

The Memphis Blues / St. Louis Blues

Irving Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang*

Irving Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang 1930

Selection Of The 14th International Traditional Jazz Festival Breda 1984

1984, LP, Jazz Crooner,