I’ve been meaning to post this one on 4-20 for the past two years but this is a busy time of year for me and I always don’t get to it in time. This year – I’m scheduling it ahead of time to make sure it gets posted!
Dedicated to all youse vipers out there – jazz violinist Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys perform the reefer anthem “You’se A Viper” with Jonah Jones taking lead vocals.
Recorded in New York, March 13, 1936.
Released as Vocalion 3201.
Credits
Jonah Jones – trumpet, vocals
Stuff Smith – violin, vocals
James Sherman – piano
Bobby Bennett – guitar
Mack Walker – bass
Cozy Cole – drums
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