Savoy Bearcats

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Demas Dean Henry Edwards James Reevy Willie Lynch Joe Steele Gilbert Paris Freddy White Leon Abbey Otto Mikell Ramon Hernandez

Eleven-piece jazz band, which was the house band at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City from 1926 to 1928.
It was first known as the Charleston Bearcats and then as the Leon Abbey's Band.

ALBUMS

Stampede / Hot Notes

1927, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bearcat Stomp / How Could I Be Blue?

1927, Shellac, 10", Victor

Nightmare / Senegalese Stomp

1926, Shellac, 10", Victor

Ross De Luxe Syncopators* / Savoy Bearcats

Savannah 1927 NYC 1926

LP, Comp, Collectors Items

The Savoy Bearcats* - Arthur Gibbs And His Gang*

The Savoy Bands

APPEARANCES +

The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No 2

2011, CD, Comp, Frog (7),

That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927)

2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives,

Jazz Cats - Felix and Other Cats

2003, CD, Comp, Saga,

Harlem Jazz The 20s

2002, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Acrobat Music,

Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance

2000, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2),

Music, New York & Hopper

1999, CD, Comp, Art In Concert, Philadelphia Museum Of Art,

Classic Ragtime: Roots And Offshoots

1998, CD, Comp, RM, RCA Victor, BMG Classics,

Don't You Leave Me Here. (New York Volume 3)

1997, CD, Comp, Frog (7)

Harlem Jazz (1921-28)

1996, CD, Comp, RCA

Hot Notes. New York - Volume 1

1996, CD, Comp, Frog (7),

Harlem, L'Age D'Or 1926/1957

1980, 3xLP, Comp + Box, RCA

The Jazzy Twenties

1978, LP, Comp, Folkways Records,

1972, LP, Comp, Jazum