Lu Watters Catalog

1941 (age 30)

Willie Bunk Johnson, Lu Watters - Bunk & Lu   Good Time Jazz L-12024   1957

Lu Watters, 1st cornet, leader; Bob Scobey, 2nd cornet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Ellis Horne, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Russ Bennett, Clancy Hayes, banjo; Dick Lammi, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

San Francisco, CA, December 19, 1941

MLB-106Muskrat Ramble
MLB-107At A Georgia Camp Meeting
MLB-108Original Jelly Roll Blues
MLB-109Maple Leaf Rag
MLB-110Irish Black Bottom
MLB-112Smoky Mokes
MLB-113Memphis Blues

Wally Rose, piano; Clancy Hayes, banjo; Bill Dart, drums.

MLB-111Black And White Rag

** also released on Vogue (E) LAG 12121 in 1958; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12024-2 in 1990.

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings   Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2   1993

same session.

San Francisco, CA, December 19, 1941

Black And White Rag (alternate)

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, cornet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Ellis Horne, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Russ Bennett, Clancy Hayes, banjo; Squire Girsback, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

San Francisco, CA, March 29, 1942

MLB-129High Society (alternate)
MLB-125Daddy Do (alternate)
MLB-131Muskrat Ramble (alternate)
MLB-123London Cafe Blues (alternate)
MLB-122Fidgety Feet (alternate)
MLB-124Sunset Cafe Stomp (alternate)

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, trumpet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, bass; Bill Dart, drums.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1946

WCR-46You Can't Shush Katie (The Gabbiest Girl In Town)

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, February, 1947

Maple Leaf Rag

** same as Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 1 - The San Francisco Style: Dawn Club Favorites, Good Time Jazz L-12001 in 1954 + Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 2 - The San Francisco Style: Watters' Originals & Ragtime, L-12002 in 1954 + Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 3 - The San Francisco Style: Stomps, Etc. & The Blues, L-12003 in 1954 + Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 1942 Series, L-12007 in 1955 + Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band - "Live From The Dawn Club", Fairmont F-101 in 1973 + 30 bonus tracks.

1942

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 1942 Series   Good Time Jazz L-12007   1955

Wally Rose, piano; Russ Bennett, Clancy Hayes, banjo; Bill Dart, drums.

San Francisco, CA, March 22, 1942

MLB-117Hot House Rag
MLB-118Temptation Rag

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, cornet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Ellis Horne, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Russ Bennett, Clancy Hayes, banjo; Squire Girsback, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

San Francisco, CA, March 29, 1942

MLB-120Come Back, Sweet Papa
MLB-121Terrible Blues
MLB-122Fidgety Feet
MLB-123London Cafe Blues
MLB-124Sunset Cafe Stomp
MLB-125Daddy Do
MLB-126Milenberg Joys
MLB-127Riverside Blues
MLB-128Cake Walking Babies
MLB-129High Society
MLB-130Tiger Rag
MLB-131Muskrat Ramble

** also released on Vogue (E) LAG 12123; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12007-2 in 1995.
** part of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings, Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2 in 1993.

Lu Watters - Maple Leaf Rag / Black And White Rag   Jazz Man 1 (alt.)   1942

Wally Rose, piano; Russ Bennett, Clancy Hayes, banjo; Bill Dart, drums.

San Francisco, CA, March 22, 1942

MLB-119Black And White Rag (remake)

** also released on Jazz Man (E) 1.

1946

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 3 - The San Francisco Style: Stomps, Etc. & The Blues   Good Time Jazz L-12003   1954

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, trumpet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, bass; Bill Dart, drums.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 15, 1946

WCR-13AWorking Man Blues

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 1946

WCR-22AChattanooga Stomp

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 6, 1946

WCR-67ASouth
WCR-69AFriendless Blues

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946

WCR-105A1919 Rag

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946

WCR-114ASunset Cafe Stomp
WCR-124APanama

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946

WCR-144ATriangle Jazz Blues
WCR-149ACopenhagen
WCR-152ABienville Blues (aka Storyville Blues)
WCR-156ARichard M. Jones Blues (aka All Night Blues)
WCR-158AWeary Blues

** also released on Vogue (E) LAG 12035; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12003-2 in 1995.
** part of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings, Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2 in 1993.

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 2 - The San Francisco Style: Watters' Originals & Ragtime   Good Time Jazz L-12002   1954

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 1946

WCR-20ABig Bear Stomp
WCR-27AAntigua Blues
WCR-36ASunburst Rag
WCR-40ATrombone Rag

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1946

WCR-47ACreole Belles
WCR-62ADown Home Rag

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946

WCR-103AThat's A Plenty

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946

WCR-116ASage Hen Strut

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946

WCR-143AClimax Rag
WCR-151AEmperor Norton's Hunch
WCR-154AAnnie Street Rock

Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, bass; Bill Dart, drums.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, September, 1946

WC7 1/2Harlem Rag

** also released on Vogue (E) LAG 12030; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12002-2 in 1995.
** part of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings, Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2 in 1993.

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band Vol. 1 - The San Francisco Style: Dawn Club Favorites   Good Time Jazz L-12001   1954

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, trumpet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, bass; Bill Dart, drums.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 1946

WCR-38ACanal Street Blues

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1946

WCR-56APineapple Rag

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 6, 1946

WCR-75AI'm Goin' Huntin'
WCR-77Minstrels Of Annie Street
WCR-80Ory's Creole Trombone

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946

WCR-100ANew Orleans Joys (as New Orleans Blues)

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946

WCR-127AJazzin' Babies Blues

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946

WCR-142APastime Rag No. 5
WCR-159AI Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
WCR-162AOstrich Walk

same personnel.

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, February, 1947

The Easy Winners
Original Rags

** also released on Vogue (E) LAG 12025; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12001-2 in 1995.
** part of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings, Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2 in 1993.

Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band - "Live From The Dawn Club"   Fairmont F-101   1973

same personnel.

ABC radio broadcast, Dawn Club, San Francisco, CA, fall 1946

That's A Plenty
Original Jelly Roll Blues
Muskrat Ramble
Canal Street Blues
Yerba Buena Strut
Oriental Strut
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
Antigua Blues
Emperor Norton's Hunch
Ory's Creole Trombone
Weary Blues
Down Home Rag
Big Bear Stomp
Trombone Rag
Annie Street Rock
Get It Right

** also released on Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - On The Air, Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12057-2 in 1995.
** part of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings, Good Time Jazz 4GTJCD-4409-2 in 1993.

1947

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts - San Francisco Style   Riverside RLP 12-213   1956

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, trumpet; Turk Murphy, trombone, vocal #3; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

radio broadcast, This Is Jazz, San Francisco, CA, August 16, 1947

1. SF8Cake Walking Babies From Home
2. SF9Antigua Blues
3. SF10Beale Street Blues
4. SF11Chattanooga Stomp
5. SF12Jazzin' Babies Blues
6. SF13Snake Rag

Louis Armstrong, Lu Watters - Louie-Lu   Fairmont F-108   1974

Bob Scobey, Lu Watters, trumpet; Turk Murphy, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

radio broadcast, This Is Jazz, San Francisco, CA, August 16, 1947

SF14Pineapple Rag

1949

Santo Pecora And His Dixieland Jazz Band, Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jass Band - Dixieland Jamboree   Verve MGV-1008   1957

Lu Watters, trumpet; Don Noakes, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Pat Patton, banjo; Clancy Hayes, banjo, vocal; Dick Lammi, bass, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, December 7, 1949

DH1Doin' The Hambone
DH3Bees Knees
DH4Aunt Hagar's Blues

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 31, 1950

DH6High Society
DH7Down Home Rag

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, early 1950

Maple Leaf Rag
Ostrich Walk
Chanticleer

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, February 7, 1950

DH10Muskrat Ramble

Lu Watters - Doin' The Hambone / Oh, By Jingo   Down Home 1

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, December 7, 1949

DH2Oh, By Jingo

1950

Lu Watters - Waiting For The Robert E. Lee / Doin' The Hambone   Mercury 11025x45

Lu Watters, trumpet; Don Noakes, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Pat Patton, banjo; Clancy Hayes, banjo, vocal; Dick Lammi, bass, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 15, 1950

329-3Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
332-2Doin' The Hambone

** originally released on Mercury 11025.

Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jass Band   Down Home MGD-5   1956

same session.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 15, 1950

330-2Sage Hen Strut
331-1Skid-Da-De-Dat
333-1Antigua Blues
336-1When The Saints Go Marching In
337Emperor Norton's Hunch
340Copenhagen

Lu Watters, trumpet; Warren Smith, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Pat Patton, banjo; Clancy Hayes, banjo, vocal; Dick Lammi, bass, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, 1950

420Doctor Jazz
421Irish Black Bottom
422Beale Street Blues
423Shake That Thing
424Tin Roof Blues
425Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me
426Royal Garden Blues
427Sweet Georgia Brown

** also released on Verve MGV-1005 in 1957.

Lu Watters - Ace In The Hole / Weary Blues   Mercury 11026x45

Lu Watters, trumpet; Don Noakes, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Pat Patton, banjo; Clancy Hayes, banjo, vocal; Dick Lammi, bass, tuba; Bill Dart, drums.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 15, 1950

334-3Ace In The Hole
338Weary Blues

** originally released on Mercury 11026.

Lu Watters - Broken Promises / St. Louis Blues   Mercury 11057x45

same session.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 15, 1950

335-2Broken Promises
339St. Louis Blues

** originally released on Mercury 11057.

Clancy Hayes Sings Lu Watters And His Jass Band   Down Home MGD-3   1956

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 31, 1950

DH5Roll, Jordan, Roll
DH8(I Wish I Was In) Peoria

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, early 1950

St. James Infirmary

same personnel.

Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, February 7, 1950

DH9Frankie And Johnny
DH11Alcoholic Blues
DH12My Little Bimbo

** also released on Verve MGV-1003 in 1957.

1963 (age 52)

Lu Watters Jazz Band - Blues Over Bodega   Fantasy LP 5016   1964

Lu Watters, trumpet; Bob Mielke, trombone; Bob Helm, clarinet; Wally Rose, piano; Monte Ballou, banjo; Bob Short, tuba, bass; Thad Vandon as Thad Vandan, drums; Barbara Dane, vocal.

Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA, 1963

San Andreas Fault
See See Rider
The Villain
Some Of These Days
Blues Over Bodega
Willie The Weeper
Pork & Beans
San Francisco Bay
Emperor Norton's Hunch

** also released on Fantasy LP 85016 in 1964; Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12066-2 in 2000.