Contemporary Records Discography: 1938-1950 - session index

1938

• Jelly Roll Morton 1  Washington, DC, Dec., 1938

1940

• The Bechet-Spanier Big Four  NYC, Mar. 28, 1940
• The Bechet-Spanier Big Four  NYC, Apr. 6, 1940

1941

• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  SF, Dec. 19, 1941
• Wally Rose 3  same location, date

1942

• Wally Rose 4  SF, Mar. 29, 1942
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  same location, date
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  SF, Apr., 1942
• Bunk Johnson Superior Jazz Band  Grunewald's Music Store, NO, June 11, 1942
• Benny Strickler & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band  KYA broadcast, Dawn Club, SF, Aug., 1942

1944

• Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band  SF, spr. 1944
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Aug. 3, 1944
• Johnny Wittwer 3  KOL Radio Studio, Seattle, WA, Sep. 26, 1944

1945

• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Feb. 12, 1945
• Brunson Campbell 1  LA, June 2, 1945
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Aug. 5, 1945
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Sep. 8, 1945
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Nov. 3, 1945
• Johnny Wittwer 1  prob. SF, Dec., 1945

1946

• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, Apr. 15, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, Apr. 22, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, Apr. 29, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, May 6, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, May 13, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, May 20, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, May 27, 1946
• Brunson Campbell 1  LA, Aug. 28, 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band / Wally Rose Band?  SF, Sep., 1946
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Dawn Club, SF, aut. 1946
• Brunson Campbell 1  LA, Dec., 1946

1947

• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  Avalon Ballroom, SF, Feb., 1947
• This Is Jazz All Stars  RB, This Is Jazz, NYC, Mar. 1, 1947
• This Is Jazz All Stars  RB, This Is Jazz, NYC, Apr. 19, 1947
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band  RB, This Is Jazz, SF, Aug. 16, 1947
• Pete Daily's Rhythm Kings  LA, Dec. 24, 1947
• Turk Murphy's Jazz Band  SF, Dec. 31, 1947
• Barrie Vye 3  Seattle, WA, Dec., 1947
• Rainy City Jazz Band  same location, date
• Don Ewell 1  Baltimore, MD, 1947 or Aug., 1946

1949

• Sidney Bechet Circle Seven  NYC, Jan. 31, 1949
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, May 13, 1949
• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, May 31, 1949
• Sidney Bechet w/ Bob Wilber Jazz Band  NYC, June 8, 1949
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Oct. 8, 1949
• Burt Bales 1  SF, Oct. 22, 1949
• Burt Bales 3  LA, Dec. 10, 1949

1950

• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, Jan. 19, 1950
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Feb. 18, 1950
• Darnell Howard's Frisco Footwarmers  SF, Apr. 29, 1950
• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, May 8, 1950
• Armand Hug's 3  NO, June 4, 1950
• George Lewis New Orleans Music  NO, June 5, 1950
• Wally Rose 3  LA, June 12, 1950
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, July 20, 1950
• Bob Scobey's Frisco Band  SF, Sep. 23, 1950
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Oct. 10, 1950
• Burt Bales & The Gin Bottle Three / Jeanne Gayle w/ The Gin Bottle Four  LA, Dec. 5, 1950