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American jazz pianist, violinist and bandleader.
Recorded with Junie and Jimmie Cobb, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Bertrand, Beale Street Washboard Band, Windy Rhythm Kings, Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers, Cellar Boys and as a leader.

Born: November 26, 1907 in Sumner, Illinois.
Died: September 01, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois.

Brother of Walter Melrose and Lester Melrose.

APPEARANCES +


Les Célestins
Wailing Blues
2018, CD, Album, EMA Production
Louis Armstrong
The Nightclubs
2017, CD, Album, Mono, Dot Time Records
Skeewiff
Electro-Swing & Gospel-Breaks
2012, 14xFile, WAV, Pedigree Cuts
Various
Squeeze Me • The Jazz And Swing Accordion Story
2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2), ,
Hard Bop/Swing/Bop
Claude Luter Et Les Lorientais*
Intégrale 1947-1949
2003, 3xCD, Comp, Box, Memories, Memories, Memories, ,
Big Band/Swing
Rod Andrew's Hot Peppers Jazz Band
Australian Jazz ...N Z Tour
2003, CD, Not On Label (Rod Andrew's Hot Peppers Jazz Band Self-released), ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
Johnny Dodds
(1926-1929) The Alternative Takes
2001, CD, Comp, RM, Neatwork,
Arosia
Forty And Tight
1999, ,
Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Black And White Piano Volume 2 - 1929-1942
1998, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Earl Hines And His Esquire All Stars*
Earl Hines And His Esquire All Stars Featuring Dicky Wells
1998
Muggsy Spanier And Bud Freeman
1944-45
1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Jazz Unlimited, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Various
Black Chicago
1996, CD, Comp, RCA, BMG
Various
Get Easy Blues (Chicago 1928-1930)
1996,
Various
Jazzin' The Blues (1929-1937)
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Punch Miller & Albert Wynn
Complete Recorded Works 1925-1930 In Chronological Order
1995, CD, Comp, Rst Records,
Kenneth Arnström Featured By Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five And Friends*
Rhythm King
1995, CD, Opus 3 (2),
J. K. Novák* & Bridge Band
Jan Křtitel Novák & Bridge Band 1995
1995, ,
Swing/Dixieland
Various
Crumb - Original Soundtrack
1995
Various
Accordéon Jazz Paris - Chicago - New York - Bruxelles - Buenos Aires 1911-1944
1995, ,
Swing/Chanson
Al Miller
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1927-1936
1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Jazz From The Windy City 1927-1930
1994, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3)
Tampa Red
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 6 (14 June 1934 To 26 February 1935)
1993, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Junie Cobb
The Junie Cobb Collection, 1926-29
1993, CD, Comp, Collector's Classics,
Johnny Dodds
Great Original Performances 1923-1929
1993,
Johnny Dodds
1928-1940
1992, ,
Swing/Ragtime
Jelly-Roll Morton*
1924-1926
1991, CD, Comp, Classics (11),
Earl Hines
Blues So Low (For Fats) '66 Solo Piano Live!
1991, ,
Swing
Tampa Red
Tampa Red - Volume 2 1929-1940
1990, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Old Tramp,
Bullevarkvartetten
Bullevarkvartetten
1990, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Various
Chicago Southside
1987, LP, Comp, Collectors Items
Various
Jazz Me Blues (The Chicago Connection)
1987, LP, Comp, Affinity
Various
The Best Of Jazz Classics In Digital Stereo
1987, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Ragtime
Johnny Dodds
Great Original Performances 1923-1929
1986,
Various
Kansas City Memories
1985, LP, Comp, IAJRC, IAJRC, ,
Swing/Big Band
King Oliver And His Creole Jazz Band*
The Okeh Sessions 1923
1985
Various
Jazzy Jugs And Washboards
1983, ,
Jug Band
Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor
1983, ,
Piano Blues
Benny Goodman
20 Greatest Hits
1980
Tampa Red
Tampa Red Vol. 1
1976, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA
Tampa Red
Guitar Wizard
1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, Bluebird (3)
Lubomír Pleva
Harmonica In Mood And Rhythm
1975, ,
Easy Listening
The French Market Jazz Band
Direct From New Orleans
1975, ,
Jazz-Funk/Dixieland
Jelly Roll Morton
Blues And Rags From Piano Rolls 1924/1925
1975, ,
Piano Blues/Ragtime
Johnny Dodds
2 - "Blues Galore" 1927 - 1940
1974, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings*
1934-1935
1974,
Abbi Hübner & His Low Down Wizards*
City Jazz
1974, ,
Dixieland
Muggsy Spanier And His All Stars
Muggsy Spanier And His All Stars - Vol.2
1974
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton 1923/24
1974,
Sidney Bechet
Bechet Live ! Vol. 3
1973, LP, Vogue
Various
Old Jazz Breda 1 - 5 Jaar Roaring Twenties Club Breda
1973, LP, Comp, Jazz Crooner, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
1972, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Chicago South Side Jazz Vol. 1
1972
Muggsy Spanier & Frank Teschemaker* And The Chicagoans
Muggsy Spanier & Frank Teschemaker And The Chicagoans
1971
Various
Rare, Hot & Fine Vol.5
1970, LP, Comp, Ariston, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Black Bottom Stompers
The Black Bottom Stompers
1968, LP, Album, Heco
Pete Fountain
Pete's Place
1964
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards, Clarence Williams & His Washboard Band*, Beale Street Washboard Band, Alabama Washboard Stompers, Chicago Stompers
Washboard Rhythm
1963,
VJM Washboard Band
VJM Washboard Band
1961, 7", EP, VJM
Various
Jazz Piano Rarities
1957, 10", Comp, Mono, London Records
Johnny Dodds And His Black Bottom Stompers*
Johnny Dodds Vol. 1
1956
Muggsy*, Tesch* And The Chicagoans*
Muggsy, Tesch And The Chicagoans
1953,
Frank Johnson & His Fabulous Dixielanders*
Forty And Tight / Daily Jazz
1951, Shellac, 10", Parlophone
Bud Jacobson's Jungle Kings
Clarinet Marmalade / Laughing At You
1948, Shellac, 10", Century (13)
Johnny Dodds
The King Of New Orleans Clarinets (Volume One)
1945,
Bud Jacobson's Jungle Kings
Clarinet Marmalade / Opus No. 1, Sans Melody
1944, Shellac, 10", Signature (4)
State Street Ramblers
Barrel House Stomp / Kentucky Blues
1935
Kansas City Frank
Jelly Roll Stomp / Pass The Jug
1929, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Helen Savage With The Dixie Syncopators
For Just A Little Love From You / It's Bad For Your Soul
1929
Kansas City Stompers*
Shanghai Honeymoon / Good Feelin' Blues
1929
Al Miller And His Market Street Boys
Somebody's Been Using That Thing / I Would If I Could
1929
State Street Ramblers
Tack It Down / Shanghai Honeymoon
1928, Shellac, 10", Gennett
"Kid Punch" Miller*
Jazz Rarities 1929-1930
LP, Comp, Herwin Records, Herwin Records,
Various
Rare Hot Chicago Jazz 1925(?)-1929
LP, Comp, Herwin Records,
Various
Jazz Skiffle And Jug Style Chicago 1924-1929
LP, Comp, Mono, Herwin Records
Various
Chicago Jazz Volume 2 (Richard M. Jones, Omer Simeon)
LP, Comp, Classic Jazz Masters (3), ,
Dixieland
Johnny Dodds, Junie C. Cobb*
Johnny Dodds, Junie C. Cobb 1927/29
7", EP, Mono, Coral, Coral,
Various
Chicago In The 20's
LP, Comp, Collector's Classics,
Frank Teschemacher
Vol. 2 1929-1930
7", EP, Comp, Coral, Coral, ,
Dixieland
The Black Bottom Stompers* / The Beale Street Washboard Band*
Weary Blues / New Orleans Stomp / Forty And Tight / Piggly Wiggly
7", EP, Coral,
Various
Piano Jazz "Rent Party Style"
7", Swaggie Jazz Collector Series
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds Volume 1
CD, Comp, Mono, Village
Lawrence Welk's Novelty Orch.*
Spiked Beer / Shanghai Honeymoon
Shellac, 10", Gurney,
Various
Chicago: Anni Venti
Pete Daily And His Chicagoans*, Phil Napoleon And His Memphis Five
Dixieland Jazz Battle Vol. 1
Cy Laurie Band*
Forty And Tight
Various
Rare Bands Of The Twenties 1927-1929
Roy Palmer And The State Street Ramblers
A Chicago Skiffle Session
Various
Barrel House Piano
Various
Gennett Jazz 1922-1930
2017, 4xCD, Comp + Box, JSP Records
Various
The Rise And Fall Of Paramount Records 1928-1932, Volume 2
2014, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Ragtime/Religious
Various
The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No 2
2011, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Various
Black Swan Sampler
2011, CD, Comp, Black Swan Records (3),
Various
Gennett Jazz 1922-1930
2009, 4xCD, Comp + Box, JSP Records,
King Mutt & His Tennessee Thumpers*
Good Time Mamma
2008, CD, Comp, Mono, Frog (7)
Various
Jazz Piano History
2006, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Documents, ,
Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Jazz-Rock/Ragtime
Various
Now That's Chicago
2003, CD, Comp, Legacy
Various
Now That's Chicago!
2003, CD, Comp, Legacy,
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits Collection
2001, 3xCD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits - Volume II
2001, CD, Comp, Star-Gennett Foundation
Various
Black And White Piano Volume 3 (Complete Recorded Works, Alternative Takes, Supplements & Remaining Titles (1897-1929)
1999, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Various
A Piano Anthology (From Jelly Roll Morton To Bill Evans)
1994
Various
Ragged Piano Classics 1923-1943
1968
Various
Barrel House Piano
1954, 10", Comp, Festival Records
Various
Barrel House Piano
1943
Various
Rugged Piano Classics: 1927-39
LP, Comp, Origin Jazz Library
Various
Jazz Piano History
2xCD-ROM, Comp, MP3, Documents, ,
Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Jazz-Rock/Ragtime