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Bessie Smith And Her Band The Jungle Town Stompers Elmer Snowden Sextet The Elmer Snowden Quartet The Three Jolly Miners Choo Choo Jazzers The Sepia Serenaders Kansas City Five Booker’s Dixie Jazz Band Elmer Snowden & His Small’s Paradise Orchestra Jasper Davis & His Orchestra Elmer Snowden Trio Musical Stevedores Rocky Mountain Trio Three Hot Eskimos Texas Trio

American jazz banjoist, guitarist and bandleader, born October 9, 1900, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, died May 14, 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
He was the original bandleader of The Washingtonians and worked with Duke Ellington and Eubie Blake.

ALBUMS

Lonnie Johnson (2) With Elmer Snowden

Blues, Ballads, And Jumpin' Jazz - Vol. 2

Various, Noble Sissle And His Orchestra, The Washboard Serenaders, Elmer Snowden, Don Redman And His Orchestra, Chick Webb And His Orchestra

Film Soundtrack Special

1969, 10", Comp, Ristic Records,

Lonnie Johnson (2) With Elmer Snowden

Blues & Ballads

Jazz Collection - Volume 12

LP, Comp, IAJRC,

Elmer Snowden / Buddy Guy / Barney Kessel / Jim Hall / George Benson

Paris Guitar Jazz Festival - Live

CD, Album, Blu Jazz,

Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz/Bop

The Three Jolly Miners

The Three Jolly Miners 1925-1928

1967, LP, Comp, Historical Records, Historical Records,

The Sepia Serenaders

The Sepia Serenaders 1934

1967, 7", EP, RCA Victor,

Kansas City Five

Kansas City Five

1961, 7", EP, VJM

The Elmer Snowden Quartet

The Sepia Serenaders

Baby Brown / Breakin' The Ice

1935, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Rocky Mountain Trio

Grand Opera Blues / Old Man's Charleston

1926, Shellac, 10", Gennett

Bessie Smith And Her Band

J. C. Holmes Blues / I Ain't Got Nobody

1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

APPEARANCES +

The Best Of Blues

2020, LP, Comp, RM, Jazz Essential, Halidon

Blues By Lonnie Johnson Plus Losing Game

2018, CD, Comp, RM, Soul Jam Records

Four Classic Albums

2016, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Roots, Avid Entertainment,

Queen Of The Blues - Volume 1: 1923 - 1926

2007, Box, Comp + 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Nocturne,

Chattanooga Gal

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

Recorded In New York 1926-34

The Complete Recordings, Volume 4

2002, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7),

Thomas Morris / Clarence Williams

1925-1926 / Volume 1 1924-1929 The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Neatwork

Dick Wellstood / Cliff Jackson

Uptown And Lowdown

"Go Harlem" -- New York Columbia Recordings, Volume 2

2000, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7),

"Happy Rhythm" - New York Columbia Recordings, Volume 1

2000, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7)

Song Of The Wanderer

2000, CD, Comp, Jazzology

The Luis Russell Story 1929 - 1934

Tribute To W.C. Handy

1998, CD, Comp, Jazz Colours,

Dixieland/Swing

Vocal Blues & Jazz (Alternate Takes & Remaining Titles Vol. 2 1921-1938)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

George Williams (16) And Bessie Brown (2) / Various

Volume 2 (1925 - 1930) Plus More Vocal Duets (1923 - 1929)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Volume 3 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 2 May 1928 To 7 October 1939)

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

In Chronological Order 1924-1925

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (October 1924-March 1925)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Female Blues Singers Volume 14: S/T/U/W/Y (1923-1932)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Female Blues Singers Volume 11: J/L (1921-1931)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Male Blues Of The Twenties Volume 1 (1922-1930)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Jazz & Blues Collection

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas,

Maggie Jones, Gladys Bentley

Volume 2 (May 1925 To June 1926) / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1928/1929

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 1923

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 1924-1926

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Viola McCoy / Julia Moody

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 1926-1929 / Complete Recorded Works 1922-1925

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (16 August 1923 To 1942)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (1924-1926)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works 1923-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1924-1932)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

1995, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Modern Times - Deluxe Collector's Edition

1995, CD, Comp, Deja Vu, Deja Vu

Jazz & Blues Collection

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Mail Order Services,

Bessie Smith / Josh White

I Ain't Got Nobody

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

Bobby Leecan* & Robert Cooksey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1 1924-1927

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Vocal Duets (1924-1936)

1991, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Fantasy By Selmerphone

Male Blues Singers (1923-1931)

1991, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Fantasy By Selmerphone,

Female Blues Singers Volume R/S (1921-1931)

1991, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Fantasy By Selmerphone,

Luis Russell And His Orchestra

Vol. 5 - "Goin' Crazy With The Blues" (1924-1942) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)

1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Document Records (2),

Luis Russell, 1929-1930

The Bessie Smith Story

Our 1984 Convention Special

1983, LP, Album, IAJRC,

Jelly Roll Morton

The Complete Jelly Roll Morton Volumes 5/6 (1929-1930)

Harry Cooper, R.Q. Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

Harry Cooper, R.Q.Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

1978, LP, Comp, Collectors Items

Black Lion Jam Session

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

Sam Morgan Etc.

1972, LP, Comp, VJM,

Nobody's Blues But Mine

Rare, Hot & Fine Vol. 3

Dixieland/Swing

Volume Two 1925-6

Kansas City Five (2), The Stompin' Six

The K.C. Five and The Stompin' Six

1968, LP, Comp, VJM

Collectors' Items 1925-1929

Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop

Ragtime/Chicago Blues/Boogie Woogie/Swing/Cool Jazz/Samba/Bossa Nova

The Vaudeville Era

1967, 10", Comp, Audubon,

Collectors' Items 1922-1930

Rare And Hot ! 1925-1930

Roy Eldridge, Bud Freeman With The Elmer Snowden Sextet*

Saturday Night Fish Fry

The Sound Of Harlem

Swing/Piano Blues/Stride/Ragtime/Big Band/Jump Blues/Bop

Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers / Dick Wellstood's Wallerites

Uptown And Lowdown

Sepia Serenaders*

Dallas Blues / Alligator Crawl

1935, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Here 'Tis / Alligator Crawl

1928, Shellac, 10", Banner,

Three Blues Chasers

Lame Duck Blues / Nothin' But Blues

1928, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Three Jolly Miners*

House Party Stomp / Grand Opera Blues

1926, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Three Jolly Miners*

F Minor Blues / Chicago Back Step

Broken Busted, Can't Be Trusted Blues / Worried Blues

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

Maggie Jones And Her Band*

I'm A Back Bitin' Mama / Never Drive A Beggar From Your Door

1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Bessie Smith & Her Band* / Bessie Smith And Clara Smith

Nobody's Blues But Mine / My Man Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Three Jolly Miners*

Charleston Clarinet Blues / Freakish Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Red, Vocalion (2)

Three Jolly Miners*

Louisville Blues / Lake George Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Josie Miles And The Choo Choo Jazzers* / Helen Gross And The Choo Choo Jazzers*

I'm A Cabaret Nightingale / Last Journey Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Ajax (6)

Maggie Jones And Her Jazz Band

Dallas Blues / South Street Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Columbia

Charleston Clarinet Blues / Spread Yo' Stuff

Black Cat Blues / Too Bad Jim (Blues)

Three Jolly Miners*

Old Man's Charleston / Texas Shuffle

It Makes No Difference Now / West Indies Blues

1924, Shellac, 10", Bro, Vocalion (2)

Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds

Lost Opportunity Blues / Good Time Ball

1924, Shellac, 10", Ajax (6)

LP, Comp, Black Lion Records, Intercord

Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop

LP, Album, Gat, MPS Records, BASF

The Complete Recordings Vol. 2

Birth Right: A Black Roots Music Compendium

2023, 2xCD, Comp, Craft Recordings,

Classic Blues From Bluesville

2014, 3xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

Country Blues/Piano Blues

Jazz At Black Lion