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Savoy Bearcats
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
Savoy Bearcats
Stampede / Hot Notes
1927, Shellac, 10", Victor
Savoy Bearcats
Bearcat Stomp / How Could I Be Blue?
1927, Shellac, 10", Victor
Savoy Bearcats
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
LP, Comp, RCA
APPEARANCES +
Various
The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No 2
2011, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Various
That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927)
2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives,
,
Ragtime
Various
Jazz Cats - Felix and Other Cats
2003, CD, Comp, Saga,
Various
Harlem Jazz The 20s
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Acrobat Music,
,
Big Band
Various
Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance
2000, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2),
Various
Music, New York & Hopper
1999, CD, Comp, Art In Concert, Philadelphia Museum Of Art,
Various
Classic Ragtime: Roots And Offshoots
1998, CD, Comp, RM, RCA Victor, BMG Classics,
,
Ragtime
Various
Don't You Leave Me Here. (New York Volume 3)
1997, CD, Comp, Frog (7)
Various
Harlem Jazz (1921-28)
1996, CD, Comp, RCA
Various
Hot Notes. New York - Volume 1
1996, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Harlem, L'Age D'Or 1926/1957
1980, 3xLP, Comp + Box, RCA
Various
The Jazzy Twenties
1978, LP, Comp, Folkways Records,
Various
Jazum-8
1972, LP, Comp, Jazum