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Tag: Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra

  • “Poplar Street Blues” – Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra (1925)

    “Poplar Street Blues” – Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra (1925)

    Another of my early Bernie Cummins Gennett discs. It gets off to a rough start, but worth hanging around for the pepped-up hot sax solo starting at 0:54, the intriguing muted trumpet hot break at 1:19, brief kazoo solo at 1:42, and a slightly-out-of-place languid clarinet coda at 2:14.

    Recorded in Richmond, Indiana on January 22, 1925.
    Released as Gennett 5641 and Claxtonola 40416.

    Credits:
    Bernie Cummins – drums, kazoo, director
    Paul Hasselburg (?) or Paul Roberts (?) – trumpet
    Buster Locks – trombone
    Jack King – clarinet, alto sax, soprano sax
    Karl Radlach – piano, arranger
    Walter Cummins – banjo
    Willis “Bill” Diehl – tuba
    Unknown Artists – trumpet, tenor sax