American jazz trumpeter, born January 29, 1902 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died c. 1962 in California.
Performed and recorded with Dewey Jackson 1925-1926, moved to New York in 1930, working intermittently with Claude Hopkins 1932-1941. Ceased to work full-time in music, but played occasionally with Sidney Bechet (1949) and Frank Big Boy Goudie (early 1960s) and others. Moved to the West Coast in late 1950s.
ALBUMS
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
1934-1935
1993, CD, 
,
, Big Band/Swing
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
1932-1934
1993, CD, 
,
, Big Band/Swing
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
The Golden Swing Years (1935)
1968
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
Zozoi / Monkey Business
1936, Shellac, 10", Decca
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
Trees / Love In Bloom
1935, Shellac, 10", Decca, 
,
, Big Band
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
My Gal Sal / Three Little Words
1934
APPEARANCES +
Sidney Bechet
Petite Fleur
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania
Sidney Bechet
Les 100 Plus Grands Succès De Sidney Bechet
2001, 4xCD, Comp, JBM, 
,
, Dixieland/Swing
Various
1934
2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2), ,
, Big Band/Swing
Sidney Bechet
1949
2000
Sidney Bechet
Up A Lazy River
1999, CD, Comp, Good Time Jazz
Claude Hopkins
The Transcription Performances 1935
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3)
Sidney Bechet
Up A Lazy River
1999, CD, Comp, Good Time Jazz, 
,
, Dixieland
Various
Jazz In Saint Louis 1924-1927
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3), 
Sidney Bechet
The Genius Of Sidney Bechet. This Is Jazz Broadcasts + Bechet's Circle Seven
1995, CD,
Claude Hopkins
Monkey Business
1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3), 
,
, Big Band
Various
Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
1993, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Dixieland
Various
The Jazz Arranger Volume 1
1989, Vinyl, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Various
1930s Jazz Big Bands
1987
Various
The Sound Of Harlem Volume 2
1986, LP, Comp, Mono, JazzDocument
Various
Cotton Club Stars
1985, Vinyl, ,
, Jump Blues/Swing
Various
Cotton Club Stars
1984, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues
Various
Big Bands: Big Band Bash
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Various
Jazz (Some Cities & Towns)
1977, LP, Album, Comp, Folkways Records,
Various
Jazz 2: The Grand Piano Family
1976, 5x Vinyl, Box Set,
Sidney Bechet
Le Roi De La Nouvelle Orleans
1975
Various
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing
Various
Kings Of Classics Jazz: Georges Lewis - Kid Ory
1969, LP, Comp, BYG Records, BYG Records, BYG Records
Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Benny Carter, Lucky Millinder
Big Bands Uptown Volume 1 (1931 - 1943)
1969
Various
Byways Of Jazz
1965
Various
The Sound Of Harlem
1964, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Swing/Piano Blues/Stride/Ragtime/Big Band/Jump Blues/Bop
Various
The Golden Book Of Classic Swing - Volume 2
1963, 3xLP, Comp, Brunswick, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Sidney Bechet Et Son Orchestre*
I Got Rhythm
1956, Vinyl, ,
, Dixieland/Swing
Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber's Jazz Band* / Sidney Bechet's Seven
Sidney Bechet (The Master Of The Soprano Sax)
1954, 10", Comp, Riverside Records,
Sidney Bechet's Circle Seven*
September Song / Who
1950
Sidney Bechet's Circle Seven*
I Got Rhythm / Casbah
1950, ,
, Dixieland
Various
Riverboat Jazz (New Orleans To Chicago)
1943
Claude Hopkins And His Roseland Orchestra
He's A Son Of The South / Canadian Capers
1933
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet (Volume 10)
2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4), ,
, Swing
Various
St. Louis Jazz 1925-1927
LP, Comp, Herwin Records,
Claude Hopkins
Claude Hopkins 1932-1934
LP, Comp, GAPS
Sidney Bechet
Portrait
2x Vinyl,
Sidney Bechet
Rocking!
Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra*
1935-6