Joe Venuti discography
Joe Venuti, regarded by some as the Father of Jazz Violin, enjoyed a recording career under his own billing that stretched from 1926 to 1978. Besides momentary lapses in the years after 1935 and one big gap from 1961 to 1967, this activity is practically continuous. But in his last decade, Joe effectively surpassed his prodigious 1926 to 1960 output in the sheer number of late recordings he made, transforming it into a large and bewildering legacy. For most listeners, a decent collection drawn from the years 1926 to 1935 is sufficient, and the number of compilations derived from that period nearly equals the number of original 78 rpm record releases themselves.
This discography organizes original discs/LPs/CDs in issue order with an emphasis on reflecting the recordings as they might be found in the field. Secondary, non-commercial issues and unissued items are not included, except in cases where a secondary issue contains a different coupling, or when no issue can be considered "primary," as in the case of dime-store labels. Matrix numbers are not included, but this information is provided when multiple takes of a title are available. Corrections are welcome, especially when it comes to specific billing on a label or the verbatim appearance of titles. However, any rearrangement into strict chronological order in a track-based economy or by session—such as is common in traditional discography—is discouraged, as it would defeat the purpose of this listing and tend to duplicate work found elsewhere. The issue order does not automatically reflect strict chronological order of recording.
This discography does not include 78-era guest appearances by Venuti on records billed to other artists. For these, please visit the listings in Mosaic Records' The Classic Columbia and OKeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Sessions Discography[1] and in the entry for Venuti in Tom Lord's The Jazz Discography. Those principally interested in the career of Venuti's longtime collaborator Eddie Lang may wish to consult the excellent discography at Eddie Lang Sessions.[2] In the case of mixed issues where a Venuti side is coupled with another artist, the other artist's name is included, but not the title of the piece performed.
78 rpm issues (1926–1950)
[edit]Disc | Artist Credit | Coupling | Recording Date | Notes |
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Columbia 914-D | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Stringin' the Blues (takes 8 & 11)/Black and Blue Bottom | 11-8-1926/9-26-1926 | |
Okeh 40762 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Sunshine/Wild Cat | 1-24-1927 | |
Okeh 40825 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Doin' Things/Goin' Places | 5-4-1927 | |
Okeh 40853 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Kickin' the Cat/Beatin' the Dog | 6-28-1927 | |
Okeh 40897 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Cheese and Crackers/A Mug of Ale | 9-13-1927 | |
Okeh 40947 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Four String Joe/Penn Beach Blues | 11-15-1927 | |
Okeh 41025 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Dinah/The Wild Dog | 3-28-1928 | |
Okeh 41051 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers with Ed Lang | I Must Be Dreaming/'Tain't So Honey, 'Tain't So | 5-25-1928 | |
Okeh 41056 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers with Ed Lang | Because My Baby Don't Mean "Maybe" Now/Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky | 6-6-1928 | |
Okeh 41076 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Pretty Trix/The Man From the South | 6-14-1928 | |
Victor 21561 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Doin' Things (take 3)/Wild Cat (take 3) | 6-21-1928 | |
Bluebird 10280 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Doin' Things (take 2)/Wild Cat (take 1) | 6-21-1928 | [3] |
Okeh 41087 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | Pickin' Cotton/I'm on the Crest of a Wave | 7-24-1928 | |
Okeh 41133 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | Doin' Things/I Must Have That Man! | 10-4-1928 | |
Okeh 41144 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | The Blue Room/Sensation | 9-27-1928 | |
Okeh 41192 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | That's the Good Old Sunny South/Weary River | 2-2-1929 | |
Okeh 41251 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | My Honey's Lovin' Arms/Goin' Home | 12-12-1928 | |
Okeh 41263 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | I'm in Seventh Heaven/Little Pal | 5-1-1929 | |
Okeh 41320 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | The Chant of the Jungle/That Wonderful Something | 10-16-1929 | |
Okeh 41361 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Running Ragged/Apple Blossoms | 10-28-1929 | |
Okeh 41427 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | Promises (takes B & C)/Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (takes A & C) | 5-22-1930 | |
Okeh 41432 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Raggin' the Scale/Put and Take (takes A & C) | 5-7-1930 | |
Clarion 5474-C, Harmony1427-H, Velvet Tone 2534-V | Tennessee Music Men | Raggin' the Scale/Miff Mole | 5-7-1930 | [4] |
Okeh 41451 | Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers | I'm Only Human After All/Out of Breath | 9-6-1930 | |
Victor 23015 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | My Man From Caroline/I Like a Little Girl Like That | 9-30-1930 | |
Victor 23018 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Wasting My Love On You/Bix Beiderbecke | 9-30-1930 | |
Victor 23021 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | The Wild Dog/Really Blue | 10-7-1930 | |
Okeh 41469 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | I've Found a New Baby/Sweet Sue, Just You | 11-12-1930 | |
Okeh 41506 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Pardon Me Pretty Baby/Little Buttercup | 6-10-1931 | |
Columbia 2488-D | Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys | Little Girl/Tempo di Modernage | 6-10-1931 | |
Parlophone (UK) R 1063 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Little Girl/Tempo di Barrel | 6-10-1931 | [5] (same recording as above) |
Columbia 2535-D | Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys | There's No Other Girl/Now That I Need You, You're Gone | 9-10-1931 | |
Columbia 2589-D | Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys | The Wolf Wobble/Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 9-10-1931 | |
Parlophone (UK) R-1115 | Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys | To To Blues/Emmett Miller | 9-10-1931 | |
Vocalion 15858, Melotone M-12277, UCHA 105/106 | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti's All-Star Orchestra | Farewell Blues/Someday Sweetheart | 10-22-1931 | |
Vocalion 15864, Melotone M-12294, Polk P-9095, UCHA 107/108 | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti's All-Star Orchestra | After You've Gone/Beale Street Blues | 10-22-1931 | |
Lucky 7000 | Joe Venuti & Friends | Onyx Club Revue/Non Skid Manure | 1-24-1933/4-8-1933 | [6] |
Columbia 2765-D | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang's Blue Five | Raggin' the Scale/Art Kassel | 1-28-1933 | |
Columbia (UK) CB 601 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang's Blue Five | Hey! Young Fella/Pink Elephants | 2-28-1933 | |
Columbia 2782-D | Joe Venuti's Blue Five | Jig Saw Puzzle Blues/Vibraphonia | 2-28-1933/5-8-1933 |
Eddie Lang dies March 26, 1933
Disc | Artist Credit | Coupling | Date | Notes |
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Columbia 2783-D | Joe Venuti's Blue Five | Isn't It Heavenly?/Billy Cotton | 5-8-1933 | |
Columbia (UK) CB 637 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Hiawatha's Lullaby/My Gypsy Rhapsody | 5-8-1933 | |
Ногинский Завод (Noginskiy Factory) (USSR) Г 8746 ГРК 2218 | Орк. под управлением Ч. Венутти | ИНДЕЙСКАЯ КОЛЫБЕЛЬНАЯ (Hiawatha's Lullaby) | 5-8-1933 | |
Melotone M-12807, Banner 32872, Perfect 15830 | Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers or Joe Venuti and his Orchestra | I Want to Ring Bells/Gather Lip Rouge While Ye May | 9-25-1933 | |
Oriole 2771, Romeo 2144, Domino 152 | Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers or Joe Venuti and his Orchestra | I Want to Ring Bells/Gather Lip Rouge While Ye May | 9-25-1933 | |
Melotone M-12816, Banner 32874, Perfect 15832 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | You're My Past, Present, and Future/Doin' the Uptown Lowdown | 9-25-1933 | |
Conqueror 8250, Oriole 2776, Romeo 2149, Domino 154 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | You're My Past, Present, and Future/Doin' the Uptown Lowdown | 9-25-1933 | |
Melotone M-12831, Banner 32883, Perfect 15482, Oriole 2787, Romeo 2160 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Moonglow/Cheese and Crackers | 9-25-1933 | |
Columbia 2834-D | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Doin' the Uptown Lowdown/Emil Coleman | 10-2-1933 | |
Columbia (UK) CB 708 | Joe Venuti & his Blue Six | Sweet Lorraine/Doin' the Uptown Lowdown | 10-2-1933 | |
Decca 18167 | Joe Venuti & his Blue Six | Sweet Lorriane/Doin' the Uptown Lowdown | 10-2-1933 | [7] |
Bluebird B-5293 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Fiddlesticks (take 1)/Phantom Rhapsody | 10-13-1933 | |
Victor 24946 (Argentina) | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Fiddlesticks (take 2)/Phantom Rhapsody | 10-13-1933 | [8] |
Bluebird B-5520 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Moonglow/Everybody Shuffle | 10-13-1933 | |
Montgomery Ward 4504 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Moonglow/Totem Lodge Orchestra | 10-13-1933 | |
Columbia (UK) CB 686 | Joe Venuti & his Blue Six | The Jazz Me Blues/In De Ruff (take 2) | 11-3-1933 | |
Decca 18168 | Joe Venuti & his Blue Six | The Jazz Me Blues/In De Ruff (take 2) | 11-3-1933 | [9] |
Melotone M-12838, Banner 32895, Perfect 15845 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Everything I Have is Yours/My Dancing Lady | 11-3-1933 | |
Conqueror 14256, Oriole 2791, Romeo 2164 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Everything I Have is Yours/My Dancing Lady | 11-3-1933 | |
Lucky 7001 | Joe Venuti & Friends | Venuti's Pagliacci No. 1/Onyx Club Revue No. 2 | 12-12-1933 | [10] |
Okeh 41586 | Joe Venuti and his Orchestra [Venuti fronting Joe Haymes' Orchestra] | Fiddlesticks/Goblin Market | 8-17-1934 | |
Regal-Zonophone (UK) MR 1452 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Satan's Holiday/Hell's Bells And Hallelujah | 9-20-1934 | |
Regal-Zonophone (UK) MR 1508 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Tea Time/Romantic Joe | 9-20-1934 | |
Decca 624 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Mello as a Cello/Nothing But Notes | 3-20-1935 | |
Decca 625 | Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Mystery/Tap Room Blues | 3-20-1935 | |
Columbia 3103-D | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Eeney Meeny Miney Mo/Twenty Four Hours a Day | 10-28-1935 | |
Columbia 3104-D | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Stop Look and Listen/Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town | 10-28-1935 | |
Columbia 3105-D | Joe Venuti & Russ Morgan | Red Velvet/Black Satin | 10-28-1935 | |
Decca 2312 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Something/Nothing | 1-25-1939 | |
Decca 2313 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Flop/Flip | 1-25-1939 | |
Tempo 516/518/520 | Pietro Gentile with Joe Venuti & strings | Musical Milestones of the Jewish People | 1946 | [11] |
Tempo 516 | Joe Venuti & Pietro Gentile | Eli Eli/Rachem | 1946 | |
Tempo 518 | Joe Venuti & Pietro Gentile | A Yiddishe Momme/Oy der rebbenu | 1946 | |
Tempo 520 | Joe Venuti & Pietro Gentile | Meirke mein sumn/A dudele | 1946 | |
Tempo 528 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Lloyd Sloop, Lou Singer | Summertime part 1/Summertime part 2 | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 530 | Joe Venuti & Dr. Kolline/Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | Kreutzer No. 27/Loose Bow Boogie | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 532 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra/Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri | Filigree/Star Dust | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 534 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | Body and Soul/Santa Lucia | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 536 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen, Lou Singer | Tea for Two/Estrellita | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 538 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | Danny Boy/When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 540 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | Rose of Tralee/Cruiskeen Lawn | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 542 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | The Kerry Dance/Garden Where the Pratees Grow | 10-1946 | |
Tempo 580 | Joe Venuti, Herb Kern, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | If I Had My Way/Wishing | 10-1946 | |
Pan-American 046 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | Come Back to Sorrento/Toselli's Serenade | 1946 | |
Pan-American 054 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | Louise/Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear | 1946 | |
Pan-American 055 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | A Little Love, a Little Kiss/My Melancholy Baby | 1946 | |
Pan-American 060 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | South of the Border/My Ol' Ten Gallon Hat | 1946 | |
Pan-American 063 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | Passe/Lovely Fantasy | 1946 | |
Pan-American 064 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | You Call It Madness/I Surrender Dear | 1946 | |
Tops 1007 | Jon Laurenz with Joe Venuti & his All Star Orchestra | Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear/I Surrender Dear | 1946 | [12] |
Parlophone R-3043 | Joe Venuti, Charlotte Tinsley, Vincent Terri, Larry Breen | Body and Soul/Tea for Two | 1-1947 | |
Tempo 580/582/584 | Donald Novis, with Orchestra under the direction of Joe Venuti (and others) | Queen for a Day | 11-1947 | [13] |
Tempo 408, 4524 (45 rpm) | Joe Venuti, Bobby Maxwell, Jimmy Briggs & the Joe Venuti Rhythmists | Melancholy Baby/Karavan | 6-1949 | [14] |
Tempo 410, 4526 (45 rpm) | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | Alexander's Ragtime Band/Zone 28 | 8-1949 | |
Tempo 414, 4528 (45 rpm), Oriole (UK) 1069 | Joe Venuti & his Orchestra | My Heart Stood Still/Schon Rosmarin | 8-1949 | |
Tempo 416, 4530 (45 rpm) | Joe Venuti & Bobby Maxwell | Skeletons at Midnight aka Danse Macabre/It Ain't Necessarily So | 8-1949 | [16] |
Tempo 426 | Joe Venuti Trio | The Hot Canary/Flat Tortillas | 9-1949 | |
Decca 27134 | Joe Venuti & Russ Morgan | Black Satin/Red Velvet | 3-9-1950 |
Mono LP and corresponding CD issues (1948–1960)
[edit]Disc | Album Artist and Title | Date | Notes |
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Tempo TT-2008 | Joe Venuti and His Violin/Galla-Rini and His Accordion | 1948 | split LP [17] |
Tempo TT-2056 | Joe Venuti and His Violin/Italy's Two Greatest Accordionists: Wolmer Beltrami and Francesco Ferrari | 1948 | split LP |
Tempo TT-2064 | Joe Venuti and His Violin/Bobby Maxwell and His Swing Harp | 1950 | split LP |
Tempo TT-2220 | Don Blanding: Twelve Great Poems from "Vagabond's House" | 1950 | Venuti as musical director; recorded late November 1949. Also issued as 78 rpm album set; CD re-release in 2013, but no details.[18][19][20] |
Tempo TT-2230 | Joe Venuti: Vignettes by Venuti | 1949 | 10" LP |
Tempo TT-2236 | Joe Venuti and Bobby Maxwell | 1949 | 10" LP[21] |
Decca DL-5273 | Joe Venuti and Russ Morgan: World's Greatest Jazz Violinist | 3-9-1950 | 10" LP[22] |
Tops L 101 | John Laurenz with Joe Venuti and His Orchestra: Six All-Time Hits | recorded 1946, issued c. 1952 | 10" LP |
Tops L 923 | John Laurenz with Joe Venuti and His Orchestra: Twilight On the Trail | recorded 1946, issued c. 1952 | 10" LP |
Shoestring 111 | Joe Venuti: The Mad Fiddler from Philly | 1952–1953 | from radio airchecks; issued 1970s |
Sandy Hook 2047 | Joe Venuti: Hot Swing Fiddle Classics | 1952–1953 | probably identical to Shoestring 111, issued 1981 |
Jazz Man LJ-336 | Joe Venuti, violin with Tony Romano playing Eddie Lang's Guitar | 10-1954 | |
Just a Memory JAM-9127-2 | Joe Venuti with Tony Romano: Never Before, and Never Again | 1953–1954 | CD, issued 2000 |
Grand Award G.A. 33-351 | Joe Venuti with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra: Fiddle On Fire | 1957 | |
Grand Award EP-2020 | Joe Venuti with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra: Fine and Dandy/Midnight in Monte Carlo/Hindustan/Body and Soul | 1957 | 45 rpm 7"[23] |
Golden Crest CR-3100 | Joe Venuti plays Gershwin | 1960 | |
Golden Crest CR-3101 | Joe Venuti plays Jerome Kern | 1960 |
Stereo LP and corresponding CD issues (1968–1998)
[edit]Disc | Album Artist and Title | Date | Notes |
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Ovation OV/14-04 | Joe Venuti: Once More with Feeling | 1968 | |
Affinity AFF 29 | Stephane Grappelli & Joe Venuti: Venupelli Blues | 1980 | recorded 10–22–1969 in Paris |
Audiophile AP 118 | Joe Venuti with the Gil Cuppini Orchestra: The Incredible Joe Venuti | 1971 | |
RCA/Black & White (France) 7149 | Joe Venuti: Violinology | 1971 | |
Durium ms A 77277 | Joe Venuti in Milan with Lino Patruno & His Friends | 1971 | |
VanguardVSD-79396 | Joe Venuti in Milan | 1971 | |
Everest FS-349 | Joe Venuti with the Dutch Swing College Band | 1971 | |
Halcyon HAL 112 | Marian McPartland and Joe Venuti: The Maestro and Friend | 1973 | |
MPS 21 20885-0p | Joe Venuti:...the Daddy of the Violin | 1973 | |
Pausa PR 7034 | Joe Venuti: Doin' Things | 1973 | |
Chiaroscuro CR 128 | Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims: Joe and Zoot | 1974 | |
Chiaroscuro CR(D) 128 | Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims: Joe and Zoot and more | 1998 | recorded 1973–1974; re-issued with 5 extra tracks |
Chiaroscuro CR134 | The Joe Venuti Blue Four | 1974 | |
Durium ms A 77356 | Joe Venuti with Lino Patruno & his Friends: Welcome Joe! | 1974 | recorded in Milan 9–13 and 9–14, 1974; re-issued in 1981 as Durium Start LP.S 40.133[24] |
Vanguard VSD-79405 | Joe Venuti: Jazz Violin | 1974 | Identical to Welcome Joe! |
Concord Jazz CJ-14 | Joe Venuti and George Barnes: Gems | 1975 | |
Chiaroscuro CR 145 | Joe Venuti and Earl Hines: Hot Sonatas | 1975 | |
Chiaroscuro CR(D) 145 | Joe Venuti and Earl Hines: Hot Sonatas | 1998 | recorded 1975, re-issued with 5 extra tracks |
Orly SBV 336 (France) | Joe Venuti and the Holiday Mood Orchestra: Venutiana (aka New Times Vol. 11) | 1976 | |
Jump ??? (Italy) | Joe Venuti and the Holiday Mood Orchestra: Venutiana, concerto for violin & orchestra | 1977 | Contains different filler material from the Orly release |
Chiaroscuro CR-153 | Joe Venuti: Hooray for Joe! | 1977 | |
Sonet SNTF-734 | Joe Venuti: Sliding By | 1977 | recorded 4–15–1977 |
Chiaroscuro CR 160 | Joe Venuti and Dave McKenna: Alone at the Palace | 1977 | recorded Palace Theater, Albany NY 4–27 and 4–28–1977 |
Chiaroscuro CR(D) 160 | Joe Venuti and Dave McKenna: Alone at the Palace | 1991 | recorded Palace Theater, Albany NY in 1977, re-issued with 7 extra tracks and some alternates |
Flying Fish 035 | Joe Venuti, Eldon Shamblin, Curly Chalker, Jethro Burns: 4 Giants of Swing | 1977 | |
Concord Jazz CJ-30 | Joe Venuti and George Barnes: Live at the Concord Summer Festival | 1978 | |
Concord Jazz CJ-51 | Ross Tompkins and Joe Venuti: Live at Concord '77 | 1978 | recorded 8–5–1977 |
Dobre Records DR-1066 | Joe Ventui and Tony Romano: Never Before...Never Again | 1979 | |
Flying Fish 077 | Joe in Chicago, 1978 | 1979 | Venuti's last recording |
Chiaroscuro CR-203 | The Best of Joe Venuti | 1979 | |
Vanguard/Omega 3019 (CD) | The Fabulous Joe Venuti | 1995 | combines Vanguard VSD-79396 and VSD-79405 |
Laserlight 17183 | The Best of Jazz Violin | 1998 | contains five Venuti tracks from 1971 |
Hoban Music | Joe's Last Ride | 2013 | Venuti's final sessions. Recorded in Chicago at Curtom Studios in 1977, sold privately on CDR by producer Bob Hogan.[25] |
Guest appearances on LP and CD (1948–2005)
[edit]Disc | Album Artist and Title | Date | Notes |
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Tempo TT 2086 | Bobby Maxwell and His Swing Harp/Mel Henke and His Ultra-Modern Piano | 1948 | Venuti, uncredited, on two tracks on the Bobby Maxwell side |
Joyce 1128 | One Night Stand with Bing Crosby's 20th Anniversary in Show Business | 1970s | with Venuti as guest on Bing's Chesterfield radio program, 1951 |
Sunbeam HB-309 | The Dinah Shore–Bing Crosby Shows | 1975 | with Venuti as guest on Bing's Chesterfield radio program, recorded 11–13–1952 |
Grand Award G. A. 33-901 | Paul Whiteman 50th Anniversary | 1959 | Venuti featured on 2 tracks |
Columbia M 32587 | Dick Hyman: Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton Transcriptions for Orchestra - Some Rags, Some Stomps and a Little Blues | 1974 | |
Flying Fish M1366 | Bucky Pizzarelli: Nightwings | 1975 | |
Warner Bros. BS-2888 | Leon Redbone: On the Track | 1975 | |
Golden Crest CRSQ31043 | The New England Conservatory Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, conductor, Joe Venuti, special guest artist: Happy Feet, a Tribute to Paul Whiteman | 1976 | |
DSC Productions PA 2020, Everest FS-341 | The Dutch College Swing Band with Famous American Guests | 1977 | recorded 1972–76 |
Hindsight HSR-229 | Kay Starr: The Uncollected Kay Starr 1949 Vol. 2 | 1979 | [26] |
Varèse Sarabande 066672-2 (CD) | Les Paul and his Trio: Crazy Rhythm | 2005 | Includes Venuti with Kay Starr on 3 tracks, 1944–45 |
Reissues on LP and CD from 78rpm era material (1953–present)
[edit]Disc | Album Artist and Title | Date | Notes |
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X LVA-3036 (10" LP) | Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang with Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Phil Napoleon | 1955 | Issued 8-10-1955: includes first releases of two 78-era alternates |
Design DLP 54 | Joe Venuti and Louis Prima: Hi-Fi Lootin' | 1957 | Sourced from 1934 to 1935 transcriptions |
Columbia C2L-24 (2-LP set) | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: Stringing the Blues | 1962 | Curated by Frank Driggs |
Regal REG.1076 | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang: Hell's Bells and Hallelujah | 1960s | |
Big Band Archives LP-1215 | Joe Venuti & His Big Band | c. 1970 | Broadcast and transcription material from Venuti's big band featuring Kay Starr, c. 1945 |
RCA Black & White Vol. 118 FPMI 7016 (LP and CD) | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang: Hot Strings | c. 1974 | |
Sunbeam MFC-16 | Time Out for Listening: Theatre Intermission Music 1932–34 | 1976 | Sourced from transcription material and including Venuti with other artists |
TOM 7 (LP and CD) | Venuti-Lang Vol. 1 1927–1928 | 1970s; CD issued 2000 | |
TOM 8 (LP and CD) | Venuti-Lang Vol. 2 1928–1930 | 1970s; CD issued 2000 | |
Swaggie Records (Australia) 817 | Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang 1926–1930 | 1984 | |
Swaggie (Australia) 819 | Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang 1930–1933 | 1984 | |
Conifer 172/DRG 200 (CD; though Conifer was also an LP) | Joe Venuti: Fiddlesticks (Conifer)/Joe Venuti - Eddie Lang: Great Original Performances 1926–1933 (DRG) | 1987/1992 | Identical releases, in digitally simulated stereo |
Yazoo 1062 (LP and CD) | Joe Venuti: Violin Jazz | 1989 | Some material identified as alternate, or unissued, within the notes is apparently not so. |
IAJRC CD1003 (CD) | Joe Venuti: Pretty Trix | 1993 | Sourced from 1934 to 1935 transcriptions |
Pearl Topaz 1015 | Joe Venuti: Stringin' the Blues | 1995 | Direct lift from Columbia C2L-24 |
EPM Musique 160132 (CD) | Joe Venuti: Four String Joe | 2001 | Compilation, includes one track from 1946 |
ASV AJA 5386 (UK CD) | Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang: Wild Cats | 2001 | |
Jazz Forever 67043 (CD) | Stringing the Blues: The Best of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang | 2001 | |
JSP 3402 (2-CD set) | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The 20s and 30s Sides | 2001 | |
Mosaic MD8-213 (4-CD box) | The Classic Columbia and OKeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Sessions | 2002 | Collection of nearly everything recorded by Lang-Venuti 1926–1933. Out of print. |
Chronological Classics 1211 (CD) | Joe Venuti 1926–1928 | 2002 | |
Chronological Classics 1246 (CD) | Joe Venuti 1928–1930 | 2002 | |
Chronological Classics 1276 (CD) | Joe Venuti 1930–1931 | 2002 | |
Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120614 (Germany CD) | Joe Venuti: The Wild Cat | 2003 | Not available in the U.S. |
JSP JSP916 (4-CD set) | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926–1935 Remastered | 2003 | Mastered by John R. T. Davies |
Chronological Classics 1348 (CD) | Joe Venuti 1933 | 2004 | |
Chestnut 1005 (CD) | The Best of Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | 2005 | |
Fuel 839 (CD) | Joe Venuti: Performance | 2010 | Sourced from 1934 to 1935 transcriptions. |
See also
[edit]- Jazz violin
- Eddie Lang
- Adrian Rollini
- Jimmy Dorsey
- Tommy Dorsey
- Paul Whiteman
- Bing Crosby
- Phil Napoleon
- Louis Prima
- Russ Morgan
- Kay Starr
- Les Paul
- Robert Maxwell
- Tempo Records
- Tony Romano
- Dutch Swing College Band
- Marian McPartland
- Zoot Sims
- George Barnes
- Earl Hines
- Dave McKenna
- Eldon Shamblin
- Curly Chalker
- Jethro Burns
- Ross Tompkins
References
[edit]- ^ The Classic Columbia and OKeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang sessions Discography
- ^ Eddie Lang Sessions
- ^ issued 1939
- ^ issued in 1931
- ^ Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Tempo di Barrel
- ^ vinyl 78, issued 1981
- ^ issued 1942
- ^ issued 1935
- ^ issued 1942
- ^ vinyl 78, issued 1981
- ^ 78 rpm album set; three discs
- ^ issued ca. 1952
- ^ Album set advertised in Billboard, 11-15-1947. pg. 31. It is unclear as to whether Venuti is present on all six tracks, and entries for individual discs within this set listed in Worldcat seem to indicate that he is not so.
- ^ The title of the second selection is spelled as "Caravan" on the 45 rpm issue.
- ^ Oriole 1069 was released in the UK in April 1952."Charles King: "Miscellaneous and Dance." Gramophone, April 1952". Gramophone.net. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ^ Either or both titles to the first selection may appear on the label.
- ^ Anonymous: "Tempo Platters to Hit Market in June at $5." Billboard, June 5, 1948
- ^ Anonymous, "Tempo Cuts Blanding Poems", Billboard December 10, 1949
- ^ Don Blanding Website
- ^ The titles of the LP and 78 album sets may vary.
- ^ TT-2008 and TT-2056 were also issued in five pocket LP sets under the title Your Treasure Chest of Transcriptions. These were assembled in 1951 as a promotional aid to dealers of Philco radio-phonograph sets. Anonymous: "Promotion at Rapid Tempo: Philco Places 500G Order As Freebies to Distribs." Billboard, April 28, 1951
- ^ also issued as 45 rpm album set 9-81
- ^ Drawn from "Fiddle on Fire."
- ^ Discogs entry
- ^ "Joe Venuti". www.bobhoban.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03.
- ^ Information derived from copy of album. Venuti on 10 tracks; previously unreleased radio material, "mono playable stereo."
External links
[edit]- The Classic Columbia and OKeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang sessions Discography
- Red Hot Jazz Archive
- All Music Guide
- Charles Garrod: Joe Venuti and His Orchestra. Joyce Record Club, Portland, Oregon, 1993
- Anonymous: "Promotion at Rapid Tempo: Philco Places 500G Order As Freebies to Distribs." Billboard, April 28, 1951
- Anonymous: "Tempo Platters to Hit Market in June at $5." Billboard, June 5, 1948