James Alston

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-37945 10-in. 2/24/1927 Rock away Sadie McKinney Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37946 10-in. 2/24/1927 Brownskin flapper Sadie McKinney Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano songwriter, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37952 10-in. 2/25/1927 Everybody have the blues sometime Arah "Baby" Moore Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37953 10-in. 2/25/1927 Drop down Arah "Baby" Moore Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano songwriter, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37959 10-in. 2/27/1927 Scandinavian stomp Beale Street Frolic Orchestra ; Charley Williamson Jazz/dance band composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37960 10-in. 2/27/1927 Midnight frolic drag Beale Street Frolic Orchestra ; Charley Williamson Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37973 10-in. 3/1/1927 Memphis scronch Beale Street Frolic Orchestra ; Charley Williamson Jazz/dance band composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37974 10-in. 3/1/1927 Bear wallow Beale Street Frolic Orchestra ; Charley Williamson Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano, composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Alston, James," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/200166.

Alston, James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/200166.

"Alston, James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/200166

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