New Orleans Owls
The New Orleans Owls (active 1922–29) were an early jazz band from New Orleans that descended from The Invincibles String band and recorded 23 sides for Columbia from 1925 to 1927 on 78 rpm phonograph record. They are reportedly the first group to record by the electric system operating from a mobile recording van. They played principally for the dancers in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. The replaced Abbie Brunies' Halfway House Orchestra at the Halfway House dancehall in the late 1920s. Members included Bill Padron (very much in the Paul Mares school) (ct), Benjie White (cl, as, leader), Lester Smith (ts), Mose Farrar (p), Rene Gelpi (bjo, g), Dan LeBlanc (tu), Earl Crumb (d), Frank Netto (tb), Pinky Vidacovitch (cl, as) and Sigfre Christensen (p). Their records are not as collectible as those of similar bands like the New Orleans Rhythm Kings or the Friar's Society Orchestra, but will still fetch a hundred dollars or more at auction if they are in excellent condition. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1922, Died Ceased 1929
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
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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 | Audio |
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Columbia | W140992 | 10-in. | 9/24/1925 | Stomp off—let's go | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W140993 | 10-in. | 9/24/1925 | Oh me! Oh my! | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W140994 | 10-in. | 9/24/1925 | The owls' hoot | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W140995 | 10-in. | 9/24/1925 | Zero | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142018 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | Spaghetti | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142019 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | Piccadilly | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142020 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | Tampeekoe | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142021 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | Dynamite | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142022 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | Pretty baby | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W142023 | 10-in. | 4/14/1926 | West End romp | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143110 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | Blowin' off steam | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143111 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | Boneyard shuffle | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143112 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | White ghost shivers | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143113 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | The nightmare | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143114 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | Brotherly love | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143115 | 10-in. | 11/8/1926 | Eccentric | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143979 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | So long, Joe | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143980 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | Killing time | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143981 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | That's a plenty | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W143982 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | Meat on the table | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W145022 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | The new twister | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W145023 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Goose pimples | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W145024 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Throwin' the horns | New Orleans Owls | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "New Orleans Owls," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111351.
New Orleans Owls. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111351.
"New Orleans Owls." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: New Orleans Owls - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99037037
Wikidata: New Orleans Owls - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7010763
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/128165659
MusicBrainz: New Orleans Owls - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d47023f2-3c46-45e9-8c06-568e8d32f280
ISNI: 0000 0001 0659 2017 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000106592017
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