Tony Sbarbaro

Tony Sbarbaro

Antonio Sparbaro, known professionally as Tony Sbarbaro or Tony Spargo (June 27, 1897 – October 30, 1969) was an American jazz drummer associated with New Orleans jazz. He was the drummer of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for over 50 years.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 27, 1897 (New Orleans), Died October 30, 1969 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: traps, drums, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-19331	10-in.	2/26/1917	Livery stable blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-19332	10-in.	2/26/1917	Dixieland jass band one-step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-21583	10-in.	3/19/1918	At the Jazz Band Ball	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-21584	10-in.	3/19/1918	Ostrich walk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-21700	10-in.	3/25/1918	Skeleton jangle	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-21701	10-in.	3/25/1918	Tiger rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22041	10-in.	6/25/1918	Bluin' the blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22042	10-in.	6/25/1918	Fidgety feet	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22043	10-in.	6/25/1918	Mournin' blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps, composer
Victor	B-22044	10-in.	6/25/1918	Sensation rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22066	10-in.	7/17/1918	Clarinet marmalade blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22067	10-in.	7/17/1918	Lazy daddy	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22337	10-in.	12/3/1918	'Lasses candy	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-22338	10-in.	12/3/1918	The satanic blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24580	10-in.	11/24/1920	In the dusk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24581	10-in.	11/24/1920	Margie	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24590	10-in.	12/4/1920	Palesteena	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24809	10-in.	12/30/1920	Broadway Rose	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24810	10-in.	12/30/1920	Sweet mamma (Papa's getting mad)	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24825	10-in.	1/28/1921	Home again blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	B-24826	10-in.	1/28/1921	Crazy blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0301	10-in.	9/2/1936	Bluin' the blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with trumpet and clarinet solos	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0302	10-in.	9/2/1936	Tiger rag	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0303	10-in.	9/2/1936	Ostrich walk	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0304	10-in.	9/2/1936	Original Dixieland one-step	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Alex Palocsay ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo and trombone solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0305	10-in.	9/2/1936	Clarinet marmalade	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with trumpet solo and clarinet solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0306	10-in.	9/2/1936	Satanic blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0489	10-in.	9/25/1936	Toddlin' blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0490	10-in.	9/25/1936	Did you mean it?	Chris Fletcher ; Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0491	10-in.	9/25/1936	Who loves you?	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0492	10-in.	9/25/1936	Old Joe Blade	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; J. Russel Robinson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0493	10-in.	9/25/1936	Your ideas are my ideas	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0494	10-in.	9/25/1936	Fidgety feet	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0495	10-in.	9/25/1936	Clarinet marmalade	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0496	10-in.	9/25/1936	Bluin' the blues	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0497	10-in.	9/25/1936	Tiger rag	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-0498	10-in.	9/25/1936	Skeleton jangle	Nick LaRocca ; The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-02488	10-in.	11/10/1936	Barnyard blues	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-02489	10-in.	11/10/1936	Original Dixieland one step	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019681	10-in.	2/18/1938	Drop a nickel in the slot	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019682	10-in.	2/18/1938	Please be kind	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019683	10-in.	2/18/1938	Jezebel	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019684	10-in.	2/18/1938	oooOO-OH BOOM!	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019685	10-in.	2/18/1938	In my little red book	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BS-019686	10-in.	2/18/1938	Good-night, sweet dreams, good-night	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, traps
Victor	[Trial 1918-06-25-01]	Not documented	6/25/1918	Sweet mamma	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	74103	12-in.	5/14/1920	Sphinx	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	74104	12-in.	5/14/1920	Alice blue gown	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	74105	12-in.	5/14/1920	Soudan	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76418	12-in.	4/16/1919	Barnyard blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76419	12-in.	4/16/1919	At the Jazz Band Ball	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76458	12-in.	5/12/1919	The ostrich walk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76459	12-in.	5/12/1919	Sensation rag, one step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76467	12-in.	5/19/1919	Look at 'em doing it	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76468	12-in.	5/19/1919	Tiger rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76566	12-in.	8/13/1919	Satanic blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76567	12-in.	8/13/1919	Lasses candy, one-step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76751	12-in.	1/8/1920	My baby's arms	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76752	12-in.	1/8/1920	Tell me	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76753	12-in.	1/8/1920	I've got my captain working for me now	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76754	12-in.	1/8/1920	I'm forever blowing bubbles	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76755	12-in.	1/8/1920	Mammy o' mine	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Columbia	76756	12-in.	1/8/1920	I lost my heart in Dixieland	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, traps
Decca	75968		3/15/1950	Fair Jennie's lament	Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75969		3/15/1950	When the Saints go marching in	Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75970		3/15/1950	The Blue Danube goes Dixieland	Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75971		3/15/1950	Alabama blues	Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five		instrumentalist, drums
Signature	T-1901	10-in.	11/20/1942	Squeeze me	Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang		instrumentalist, drums
Signature	T-1902	10-in.	11/20/1943	That's a plenty	Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang		instrumentalist, drums
Signature	T-1903		11/20/1943	Yank's blues-1	Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang		instrumentalist, drums
Signature	T-1904		11/20/1943	Old fashioned love-1,2	Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang		instrumentalist, drums

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sbarbaro, Tony," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110378.

Sbarbaro, Tony. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110378.

"Sbarbaro, Tony." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.