Bob Helm


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American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born July 18, 1914 in Fairmead (Kings County), California, died September 1, 2002 in San Rafael, California.
Helm met Lu Watters and Turk Murphy in San Francisco in 1935, and played in the Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band intermittently 1940-1950, and with Murphy's band 1947-1981. He also played with Marlene Dietrich on tour.

ALBUMS


Bob Helm, Miss Carol Leigh*, Blues & Jazz Review
Ma 'N Bessie Greater Tent Shows Act II
1998, CD, Album, Comp, Stomp Off Records,
Bob Helm, Miss Carol Leigh*, Blues & Jazz Review
Ma 'N Bessie Greater Tent Shows Act I
1998, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records,
Chris Tyle's New Orleans Rover Boys With Bob Helm
A Tribute To Benny Strickler
1991, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records, ,
Dixieland
Down Home Jazz Band Featuring Bob Helm
Vol. 5 - Dawn Club Joys
1991, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Ragtime
South Frisco Jazz Band ,with Special Guest Bob Helm
Jones Law Blues
1985, LP, Album, Stomp Off Records, Stomp Off Records,
Carol Leigh, Bob Helm, Ray Skjelbred
Blame It On The Blues
LP, G.H.B.,
The Funky New Orleans Jazz Band
Funky Fantasy
1999, CD, Album, G.H.B.
The Funky New Orleans Jazz Band
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
1973, LP, Album, Herwin Records, Herwin Records, Herwin Records
Lu Watters Jazz Band
Blues Over Bodega
1964
Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
The San Francisco Style: Vol. 3 Stomps, Etc. & The Blues
1954
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Roll Jordan Roll / High Society
1950, Shellac, 10", Down Home Records,
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Doin' The Hambone / Oh By Jingo !
1950, Shellac, 10", Down Home Records
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Bees Knees / Aunt Hagar's Blues
1950, Shellac, 10", Down Home Records
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Down Home Rag / Peoria
1950, Shellac, 10", Down Home Records
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Alcoholic Blues / My Little Bimbo
1950, Shellac, 10", Down Home Records
Lu Watters Jazz Band*
Frankie And Johnny / Muskrat Ramble
1950
Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Lu Watters Jazz
1950

APPEARANCES +


Bob Scobey And His Frisco Jazz Band*
The Unheard Bob Scobey And His Frisco Jazz Band, 1950-1957.
2008, CD, Album, G.H.B.
Turk Murphy And His San Francisco Jazz Band*
Volume 1 Ragged But Right
2007, CD, Album, G.H.B., ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy And His San Francisco Jazz Band*
Volume 2 Ragged But Right
2007, CD, Album, G.H.B.
Ted Des Plantes' Washboard Wizards
Feelin' Good
2007, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band Plays Good Time Music San Francisco Style
2006, CD, Comp, RM, Living Era, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spanier
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Causal
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, ,
Dixieland
B.B. King / Turk Murphy & The San Francisco Jazz Band*
Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, DVD-V, PAL, Idem Home Video,
Various
This Is Jazz: The Historic Broadcasts, Volume Seven
2001, 2xCD, Jazzology
Turk Murphy Jazz Band*
Wild Man Blues
2001, CD, Album, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation
Lu Watters & His Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Doing The Hambone At Kelly's
2000, CD, Album, Mono, Jasmine Records
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Live From The Rathskellar San Francisco — April 5, 1978
1998, CD, Merry Makers Record Company, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy Jazz Band*
Live at Carson Hot Springs
1998, CD, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation
Christopher Lee Clayton
Livin' Alone Together / The Folks Across The Street
1996, CD, Single, Comstock Records
Reed Renaissance
As Time Goes By
1996, CD, Album, Jazz Crusade
Bob Helm Jazz Band
Hotter Than That
1996, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records
Carol Leigh
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night
1996
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Favorites, Vol.2
1995, CD, Comp, RE, Good Time Jazz
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
At Hambone Kelly's 1949-1950
1995, CD, Comp, Merry Makers Record Company
Turk Murphy, Lu Watters
Together Again (Blues On Bodega Bay)
1995, CD, Album, Merry Makers Record Company
Down Home Jazz Band
Back To Bodega
1994, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Live at Hambone Kelly's Volume II
1994, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Live at Hambone Kelly's Volume III
1994, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.
Ernie Carson And The Castle Jazz Band
Old Bones
1994, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records
The Down Home Five With Guests John Gill (18), Carl Lunsford
Strut Miss Lizzie
1994
Various
Blues In History III
1994,
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings
1993, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Good Time Jazz, ,
Ragtime/Dixieland
Jacques Gauthe's Creole Rice Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Creole Jazz
1993, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records
Lisa Daggs
Angel In Your Eyes
1993
Jim Beatty
The West Coast Years 1968-1993
1993
South Frisco Jazz Band
Got Everything Don't Want Anything But You
1992, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Live at Hambone Kelly's: 1950
1992
Turk Murphy Jazz Band*
Southern Stomps
1988
South Frisco Jazz Band
In Search Of "The Famous Grouse"
1987, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Favorites
1986
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jass Band*
The 50's Recordings Volume Two
1983, LP, Comp, Dawn Club
Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band*
Live At Easy Street Vol.3
1983
Various
The Blues Vol. 3 - From New Orleans To Chicago
1982, ,
Easy Listening/Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing
Pete Allen Jazz Band
Gonna Build A Mountain
1981, LP, Album, Platform (7), ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco*
Oz Turk - The Australian Album
1979
Turk Murphy's Dixieland Band*
A Closer Walk With Me?
1978, LP, Audio Engineering Associates
Various
History Of Jazz
1978, 10x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime
Various
Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73 Live
1974, LP, Album, MPS Records, BASF, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Bop/Post Bop/Dixieland
Tony Arnopp
The Glorious Sax Of Tony Arnopp
1974, LP, Album, Gold Star
Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band*
Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band Live!
1974, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Volume 2
1973, LP, Album, Motherlode Records
Various
Jazz Of The Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club 9
1973, LP, Comp, ConnTrad Jazz, ConnTrad Jazz,
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Live From The Dawn Club
1973, LP, Album, Fairmont Records, ,
Dixieland
Various
Jazz Spectrum, Vol. 16 Dixieland Classics
1972
Clancy Hayes With Yank Lawson And His Yankee Clippers
Happy Melodies
1965, 7", Jukebox, ABC-Paramount
Various
The Best Of Dixieland
1964, ,
Dixieland
Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band
Good Old Jazz Volume Three
1964
Turk Murphy
Let The Good Times Roll
1962
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
At The Roundtable
1959
Turk Murphy
Music For Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters
1959
Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jass Band*
Dixieland Jamboree
1957, 10", Album, Mono, Columbia, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
New Orleans Shuffle
1957, ,
Dixieland
Various
Dixieland Sampler
1957, ,
Dixieland
Clancy Hayes, Lu Watters And His Jass Band*
Clancy Hayes Sings
1956, ,
Ragtime
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
Turk Murphy Plays Jelly Roll Morton
1956
Various
History Of Classic Jazz
1956
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Bar-Room Jazz
1955
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
Turk Murphy's Red Hot Mamas
1955, Vinyl Hollywood Pressing, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
Various
Jazz
1955,
Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts
Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts
1955, Vinyl,
George Lewis & His New Orleans Music / Turk Murphy's Jazz Band / Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band* / Pete Daily's Rhythm Kings
Jazz Band Ball
1955
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
1955
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band
1954, 7", EP, Columbia
Turk Murphy And Wally Rose
The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol 1
1954
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
When The Saints Go Marching In
1954
Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
The San Francisco Style, Vol. 1
1954
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
The San Francisco Style Vol. 2: Watters Originals & Ragtime
1954
Turk Murphy And Wally Rose
The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton
1954
Turk Murphy And Wally Rose
The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol. II.
1954, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*
Barrelhouse Jazz
1953
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Bay City / Carewalkin' Babies
1953
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk No. 4
1953, ,
Dixieland
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jass Band*
No.2
1952
Clancy Hayes And His Washboard Five
Clancy Hayes And His Washboard Five
1951, 10", Album, Mono, Down Home Records
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
He's Just A Cousin Of Mine / Little John's Rag
1951, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Friendless Blues / I'm Goin' Huntin'
1951
Benny Strickler & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Jazzin' Babies Blues / Fidgety Feet
1950, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz
Benny Strickler & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Dippermouth Blues / Kansas City Stomps
1950, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Copenhagen / Jazzin' Babies Blues
1950, Shellac, 10", Melodisc (3)
Lu Watters & His Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Ace In The Hole / Weary Blues
1950
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Grandpa's Spells / All The Wrongs You've Done To Me
1949
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street / Chimes Blues
1949
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
New Orleans Stomp / Trouble In Mind
1949
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Papa Dip / Turks Blues
1949, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers
Shake That Thing / Kansas City Man Blues
1948
Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers
Yellow Dog Blues / Brother Lowdown
1948
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Working Man Blues / Big Bear Stomp
1947, Shellac, ,
Dixieland
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Sunburst Rag / Trombone Rag
1946
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*, Clancy Hayes
Lu Watter's Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Volume 4
LP, Album, Homespun Records (3)
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Unissued Live Recordings From Hambone Kelly's, Volume 3
LP, Album, Homespun Records (3)
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
South / Richard M. Jones Blues
Shellac, 10", West Coast Recordings (2)
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*, Clancy Hayes
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
LP, Homespun Records (3)
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Air Shots From The Dawn Club 1941
LP, Homespun Records (3)
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jass Band*
Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jass Band
7", EP, Mono, Verve Records, ,
Dixieland
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*, Clancy Hayes
Lu Watter's Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Volume Two
LP, Album, Homespun Records (3)
Wally Rose
Live From The Dawn Club
LP, Album, Fairmont Records
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Emperor Norton's Hunch / Harlem Rag
Shellac, 10", West Coast Recordings (2)
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
New Orleans Joys / Panama
Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Sage Hen Strut / Climax Rag
Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Aint Gonna Give / Triangle Jazz Blues
Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Little John's Rag / He's Just A Cousin Of Mine
7", Single, Mono, Good Time Jazz
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
New Orleans Jazz
CD, Comp, Merry Makers Record Company
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band* / Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts
San Francisco Style
LP, Comp, Riverside Records, ,
Dixieland
The Turk Murphy Band Of San Francisco*
Ragged But Right
LP, Jazz & Jazz (2)
Wally Rose / Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Sunburst Rag / Trombone Rag
Shellac, 10", Dixieland Jubilee
Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band With Turk Murphy And Bob Scobey
San Francisco Style
7", EP, Riverside Records, ,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Barrelhouse Jazz
LP, Philips
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Doin' The Hambone / Bee's Knees
Shellac, 10", Dixieland Jubilee
Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band
Toe Tapping Dixieland Jazz
CD, Album, Merry Makers Record Company
Die Kilima Hawaiians*
Dort In Hawaii / Du Liebes Vögelein
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
1919 Rag / Ostrich Walk
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk No. 1
The Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Lu Watters: 1947
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Creole Belles / Chattanooga Stomp
Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*
Antigua Blues / Canal St. Blues
,
Dixieland
Turk Murphy Jazz Band*
A Natural High
CD, ,
Dixieland
Various
Riverside Dixieland Sampler
1956
Various
The Riverside History Of Classic Jazz Volumes 9 & 10 - New York Style/New Orleans Revival