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-106 | Muskrat Ramble |
MLB-107 | At A Georgia Camp Meeting |
MLB-108 | Original Jelly Roll Blues |
MLB-109 | Maple Leaf Rag |
MLB-110 | Irish Black Bottom |
MLB-112 | Smoky Mokes |
MLB-113 | Memphis Blues |
Wally Rose, piano; Clancy Hayes, banjo; Bill Dart, drums.
MLB-111 | Black 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-129 | High Society (alternate) |
MLB-125 | Daddy Do (alternate) |
MLB-131 | Muskrat Ramble (alternate) |
MLB-123 | London Cafe Blues (alternate) |
MLB-122 | Fidgety Feet (alternate) |
MLB-124 | Sunset 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-46 | You 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-117 | Hot House Rag |
MLB-118 | Temptation 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-120 | Come Back, Sweet Papa |
MLB-121 | Terrible Blues |
MLB-122 | Fidgety Feet |
MLB-123 | London Cafe Blues |
MLB-124 | Sunset Cafe Stomp |
MLB-125 | Daddy Do |
MLB-126 | Milenberg Joys |
MLB-127 | Riverside Blues |
MLB-128 | Cake Walking Babies |
MLB-129 | High Society |
MLB-130 | Tiger Rag |
MLB-131 | Muskrat 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-119 | Black 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-13A | Working Man Blues |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 1946
WCR-22A | Chattanooga Stomp |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 6, 1946
WCR-67A | South |
WCR-69A | Friendless Blues |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946
WCR-105A | 1919 Rag |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946
WCR-114A | Sunset Cafe Stomp |
WCR-124A | Panama |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946
WCR-144A | Triangle Jazz Blues |
WCR-149A | Copenhagen |
WCR-152A | Bienville Blues (aka Storyville Blues) |
WCR-156A | Richard M. Jones Blues (aka All Night Blues) |
WCR-158A | Weary 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-20A | Big Bear Stomp |
WCR-27A | Antigua Blues |
WCR-36A | Sunburst Rag |
WCR-40A | Trombone Rag |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1946
WCR-47A | Creole Belles |
WCR-62A | Down Home Rag |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946
WCR-103A | That's A Plenty |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946
WCR-116A | Sage Hen Strut |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946
WCR-143A | Climax Rag |
WCR-151A | Emperor Norton's Hunch |
WCR-154A | Annie Street Rock |
Wally Rose, piano; Harry Mordecai, banjo; Dick Lammi, bass; Bill Dart, drums.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, September, 1946
WC7 1/2 | Harlem 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-38A | Canal Street Blues |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1946
WCR-56A | Pineapple Rag |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 6, 1946
WCR-75A | I'm Goin' Huntin' |
WCR-77 | Minstrels Of Annie Street |
WCR-80 | Ory's Creole Trombone |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1946
WCR-100A | New Orleans Joys (as New Orleans Blues) |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 1946
WCR-127A | Jazzin' Babies Blues |
same personnel.
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 1946
WCR-142A | Pastime Rag No. 5 |
WCR-159A | I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll |
WCR-162A | Ostrich 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. SF8 | Cake Walking Babies From Home |
2. SF9 | Antigua Blues |
3. SF10 | Beale Street Blues |
4. SF11 | Chattanooga Stomp |
5. SF12 | Jazzin' Babies Blues |
6. SF13 | Snake 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
SF14 | Pineapple 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
DH1 | Doin' The Hambone |
DH3 | Bees Knees |
DH4 | Aunt Hagar's Blues |
same personnel.
Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, January 31, 1950
DH6 | High Society |
DH7 | Down 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
DH10 | Muskrat Ramble |
Lu Watters - Doin' The Hambone / Oh, By Jingo Down Home 1
same personnel.
Hambone Kelly's, El Cerrito, CA, December 7, 1949
DH2 | Oh, 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
329-3 | Waiting For The Robert E. Lee |
332-2 | Doin' 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
330-2 | Sage Hen Strut |
331-1 | Skid-Da-De-Dat |
333-1 | Antigua Blues |
336-1 | When The Saints Go Marching In |
337 | Emperor Norton's Hunch |
340 | Copenhagen |
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
420 | Doctor Jazz |
421 | Irish Black Bottom |
422 | Beale Street Blues |
423 | Shake That Thing |
424 | Tin Roof Blues |
425 | Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me |
426 | Royal Garden Blues |
427 | Sweet 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
334-3 | Ace In The Hole |
338 | Weary 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
335-2 | Broken Promises |
339 | St. 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
DH5 | Roll, 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
DH9 | Frankie And Johnny |
DH11 | Alcoholic Blues |
DH12 | My 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.