Cliff Jackson Discography
1926 (age 24)
Cliff Jackson
Cliff Jackson, piano roll.
NYC, September, 1926
| Hock Shop Blues | QRS 3616; Riverside RLP 12-115; Biograph BLP-1001Q |
* Riverside RLP 12-115 Various Artists - The Riverside History Of Classic Jazz Volumes 7 & 8: Chicago Style / Harlem
= Riverside SDP 11 Various Artists - Riverside History Of Classic Jazz 1956
= Riverside RB-005 - 1986
= Riverside 3RBCD-005-2 - 1994
* Biograph BLP-1001Q Various Artists - Parlor Piano 1917-27 - Blues And Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls 1970
* QRS 3616 Cliff Jackson - Hock Shop Blues
1930
Cliff Jackson And His Krazy Kats
Melvin Herbert, trumpet; Henry Goodwin, trumpet, vocal; Noisy Richardson, trombone; Rudy Powell, clarinet, alto sax; Earl Evans, alto sax; Horace Langhorn, tenor sax; Cliff Jackson, piano, director; Andy Jackson, banjo; Chester Campbell, brass bass; Percy Johnson, drums.
NYC, circa January 30, 1930
| 3866-A-B | Horse Feathers | Grey Gull 1839; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3867 | Torrid Rhythm | Grey Gull 1842; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
* Retrieval (E) FJ-119 Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kats 1930 1981
* Grey Gull 1839 Wolverine Pepperpots - T'ain't No Sin / Tuxedo Syncopators - Horse Feathers
* Grey Gull 1842 Tuxedo Syncopators - Torrid Rhythm / Times Square Headlights - Do Ya Love Me
Cliff Jackson And His Krazy Kats
same personnel.
NYC, circa February 27, 1930
| 3926-A | Ring Around The Moon | Grey Gull 1850; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3927 | We'll Be Married In June | Grey Gull 1853; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3928-A-B | She's Just The Baby For Me | Grey Gull 1852; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3929-A | Soubrette | Grey Gull 1861; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3930-B | No-One But Betty Brown | Grey Gull 1865; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3931-A | Desert Blues | Grey Gull 1854; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3932-A | Because I'm Lonesome | Grey Gull 1851; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3933-A | Apart From You | Grey Gull 1868; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3934-A | Waiting Thru' The Night | Grey Gull 1880; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| 3935-A-B | The Terror | Grey Gull 1879; Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
| The Terror (Take B) | Retrieval (E) FJ-119 |
* Retrieval (E) FJ-119 Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kats 1930 1981
* Grey Gull 1850 Marvin Smolev - Ring Around The Moon / Savoy Dance Orchestra - Soon
* Grey Gull 1853 Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie / Newport Syncopators - We'll Be Married In June
* Grey Gull 1852 Newport Society Orchestra - She's Just The Baby For Me / Merry Collegians - You've Got That Thing
* Grey Gull 1861 Astoria Danceplayers - Alone With My Dreams / Novelty Syncopators - Soubrette
* Grey Gull 1865 Newport Syncopators - No-One But Betty Brown / High Hat Revelers - The Free And Easy
* Grey Gull 1854 Newport Society Orchestra - Desert Blues / Whiteway Serenaders - Sing You Sinners
* Grey Gull 1851 Bar Harbor Do - Lazy Louisiana Moon / Newport Do - Because I'm Lonesome
* Grey Gull 1868 Newport Syncopators - Apart From You / X - I Never Dreamt You'd Fall In Love With M
* Grey Gull 1880 High Hat Revelers - I'm Dancing With Tears In My Eyes / Newport Syncopators - Waiting Thru' The Night
* Grey Gull 1879 Frank Novak And His Music - I'm In The Market For You / Newport Syncopators - The Terror
1944 (age 42)
Cliff Jackson's Quartet / Cliff Jackson's Black & White Stompers
Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Cliff Jackson, piano; Bob Casey, bass; Jack Parker, drums.
NYC, March 4, 1944
| HS1206 | Quiet Please | Black & White 3 |
| HS1207 | Squeeze Me | - |
| BW6 | If I Could Be With You | Black & White 4 |
| BW7 | Weary Blues | - |
* Black & White 3 Cliff Jackson - Quiet Please / Squeeze Me 1944
* Black & White 4 Cliff Jackson - Weary Blues / If I Could Be With You 1944
Cliff Jackson Piano Solo
Cliff Jackson, piano.
NYC, July 16, 1944
| BW21 | Royal Garden Blues | Black & White 26; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| BW22 | It Had To Be You | Black & White 8, 25; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| BW23 | Limehouse Blues | Black & White 26; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| BW24 | Who | Black & White 25 |
* Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 Willie "The Lion" Smith, Cliff Jackson, Don Frye - Midnight Piano 1970s
* Black & White 26 Cliff Jackson - Limehouse Blues / Royal Garden Blues
* Black & White 8 Black & White Quartet - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Cliff Jackson - It Had To Be You
* Black & White 25 Cliff Jackson - It Had To Be You / Who
Cliff Jackson's Village Cats
Sidney De Paris, trumpet; Wilbur De Paris, trombone; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax, clarinet; Gene Sedric, tenor sax; Cliff Jackson, piano; Everett Barksdale, guitar; Welman Braud, bass; Eddie Dougherty, drums.
NYC, December 21, 1944
| BW43 | You've Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself | Black & White 1204; Jazztone (Eu) J-736; Storyville (D) SLP 806 |
| BW44 | Quiet Please | Black & White 1204; Jazztone (Eu) J-736; Tops L 1508; Storyville (D) SLP 806 |
| BW45 | Cliff's Boogie Blues | Black & White 1205; Jazztone (Eu) J-736; Tops L 1508; Storyville (D) SLP 806 |
| BW46 | Jeepers Creepers | - |
* Storyville (D) SLP 806 Cliff Jackson, Lil Armstrong, Willie "The Lion" Smith - A Reissue Of Some Famous Black And White Masters Vol. 2 1970s
* Tops L 1508 Various Artists - Jazz Greats 1960
* Jazztone (Eu) J-736 Sidney Bechet And His All Stars 1950s
* Black & White 1204 Cliff Jackson - Quiet Please / Cliff Jackson, Gene Sedric - You've Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself
* Black & White 1205 Cliff Jackson - Cliff's Boogie Blues / Jeepers Creepers
1945
Cliff Jackson Solo
Cliff Jackson, piano.
NYC, December 9, 1945
| D195 | You Took Advantage Of Me | Disc 6008; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| D196 | Tea For Two | Disc 6009; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| D197 | Memphis Blues | Disc 6010; Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
| Sweet Lorraine | Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 |
* Classic Jazz Masters (Swd) CJM 26 Willie "The Lion" Smith, Cliff Jackson, Don Frye - Midnight Piano 1970s
* Disc 6008 Don Frye - Man In The Moon / Cliff Jackson - You Took Advantage Of Me
* Disc 6009 Don Frye - Voulez-Vous / Cliff Jackson - Tea For Two
* Disc 6010 Cliff Jackson - Memphis Blues / Don Frye - Let's Get Together
1961 (age 59)
Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers
Ed Allen, trumpet; Rudy Powell, clarinet; Cliff Jackson, piano; Elmer Snowden, banjo; Abe Bolar, bass; Floyd Casey, washboard, kazoo.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 20, 1961
| 282 | Wolverine Blues | Swingville SVLP 2026 |
| 283 | Sheik Of Araby | - |
| 284 | I Found A New Baby | - |
| 285 | Blues In Englewood Cliffs | - |
* Swingville SVLP 2026 Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers, Dick Wellstood's Wallerites - Uptown And Lowdown 1961
Cliff Jackson Solo
Cliff Jackson, piano.
Stea-Philips Studios, NYC, December 30, 1961, and January 16, 1962
| Honeysuckle Rose | Black Lion (E) BLP 30136 | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | - | |
| S'Wonderful | - | |
| Tin Roof Blues | - | |
| You Took Advantage Of Me | - | |
| Carolina Shout | - | |
| I'm Coming Virginia | - | |
| Crazy Rhythm | - | |
| Beale Street Blues | - | |
| Someday Sweetheart | - | |
| Who's Sorry Now | - |
same session.
| 427-5 | Carolina Shout | |
| 429-1 | I'm Coming Virginia | |
| 424-2 | Crazy Rhythm | |
| 425-1 | Beale Street Blues | |
| 426-5 | Someday Sweetheart | |
| 447-1 | Who's Sorry Now | |
| 444-1 | Squeeze Me | Black Lion (G) BLCD 760194 |
| 442-1 | Honeysuckle Rose | |
| 446-1 | Ain't Misbehavin' | |
| 448-1 | S'Wonderful | |
| 428-1 | Tin Roof Blues | |
| 445-1 | You Took Advantage Of Me | |
| 424-1 | Crazy Rhythm | Black Lion (G) BLCD 760194 |
| 426-4 | Someday Sweetheart | - |
| 427-4 | Carolina Shout | - |
| 443 | not used? | Chris Albertson unissued |
* Black Lion (E) BLP 30136 Cliff Jackson - Carolina Shout! 1973
= Black Lion (G) BLCD 760194 Cliff Jackson - Carolina Shout 1993