Carl Kress
Carl Kress (October 20, 1907 – June 10, 1965) was an American jazz guitarist. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-30172 | 10-in. | 1/12/1928 | San | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-41537 | 10-in. | 1/11/1928 | The grass grows greener ('Way down home) | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with piano and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-43585 | 10-in. | 4/19/1928 | What do you say? | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-43586 | 10-in. | 4/19/1928 | I'm wingin' home (Like a bird that's on the wing) | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BRC-53046 | 10-in. | 4/21/1931 | You don't know what you're doin' | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-99447 | 10-in. | 3/10/1936 | I'se a muggin' | Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-99448 | 10-in. | 3/10/1936 | I'se a muggin' | Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075439 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | I'm old-fashioned | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075440 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | When the lights go on again (All over the world) | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075441 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | There will never be another you | Joan Merrill | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075442 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | You can't say no to a soldier | Joan Merrill | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075443 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | I'm getting tired so I can sleep | Barry Wood | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-075444 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Why don't you fall in love with me (As long as you're not in love with anyone else) | Barry Wood | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0445 | 10-in. | 11/27/1944 | There's no you | Lewis Martin ; Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0446 | 10-in. | 11/27/1944 | (All of a sudden) My heart sings | Lewis Martin ; Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0447 | 10-in. | 11/27/1944 | There goes that song again | Lewis Martin ; Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0448 | 10-in. | 11/27/1944 | She's funny that way | Lewis Martin ; Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4RB-0523 | 10-in. | 12/30/1944 | Vive l'amour | Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4RB-0524 | 10-in. | 12/30/1944 | Please don't say no | Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0652 | 10-in. | 10/1/1945 | Would you cry | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0653 | 10-in. | 10/1/1945 | I'm all that's left of that old quartette | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0654 | 10-in. | 10/1/1945 | Blueberry Lane | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0655 | 10-in. | 10/1/1945 | Blue Texas moonlight | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0658 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | When I marry I'll marry for love | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0659 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | You're nobody 'til somebody loves you | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0660 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | I'm headin' east | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-0661 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | Lonely corral, old pard'ner | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W80478 | 10-in. | 2/23/1927 | Shanghai dream man | Irwin Abrams Hotel Manger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and banjo solo | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| OKeh | W403764 | 10-in. | 2/18/1930 | Cryin' for the Carolines | Artie Dunn ; William Dutton | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Decca | 60029 | 10-in. | 10/8/1935 | Top hat, white tie and tails | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 60030 | 10-in. | 10/8/1935 | Cheek to cheek | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64773 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Afterthoughts, part 1 | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64774 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Afterthoughts, part 2 | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 65016 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | Peg leg shuffle | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 65728 | 10-in. | 6/2/1939 | Sutton mutton | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 65753 | 10-in. | 6/9/1939 | Helena | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 66027 | 10-in. | 7/26/1939 | Love song | Carl Kress | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68353 | 10-in. | 11/15/1940 | Jivin' the Missouri waltz | Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68354 | 10-in. | 11/15/1940 | Beale Street Mama | Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68355 | 10-in. | 11/15/1940 | Whatcha know, Joe ? | Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68356 | 10-in. | 11/15/1940 | Stayin' at home | Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 73312 | 1/28/1946 | Soft lights and sweet music | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 72404 | 10-in. | 10/4/1944 | Lover man (oh, where can you be?) | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 72405 | 10-in. | 10/4/1944 | No more | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 72497 | 10-in. | 11/8/1944 | That ole devil called love | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 72498 | 11/8/1944 | Don't explain | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 72499 | 11/8/1944 | Big stuff | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 72692 | 10-in. | 1/14/1945 | Jodie man | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 72693 | 10-in. | 1/14/1945 | I wonder-1 | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 73313 | 1/28/1946 | What is there to say | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73343 | 2/5/1946 | Soon | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73344 | 2/5/1946 | With a song in my heart | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73345 | 2/5/1946 | If there is someone lovelier than you | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73372 | 2/15/1946 | Easy to love | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73373 | 2/15/1946 | Yesterdays | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73374 | 2/15/1946 | More than you know | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73375 | 2/15/1946 | What is there to say? | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75227 | 9/6/1949 | That lucky old sun | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75228 | 9/6/1949 | Blueberry hill-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75868 | 2/17/1950 | That's a plenty | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75869 | 2/17/1950 | If you can't get a drum with a boom-1 | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75870 | 2/17/1950 | Rose room | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75871 | 2/17/1950 | When my sugar walks down the street-2 | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76117 | 4/10/1950 | Washington Post march | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76118 | 4/10/1950 | My Scandinavian baby | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76119 | 4/10/1950 | Stars and stripes forever | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76120 | 4/10/1950 | Your heart of stone | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76121 | 4/10/1950 | Black bottom | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76122 | 4/10/1950 | Charleston | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76401 | 5/22/1950 | Semper fidelis | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76402 | 5/22/1950 | El Capitan | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76403 | 5/22/1950 | The thunderer | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84144 | 3/9/1953 | Clarinet marmalade | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84145 | 3/9/1953 | Singin' the blues | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Signature | SRC 108 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sugar | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Signature | SRC 109 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sensation rag | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 12SRC101 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Davenport blues | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Signature | BOB-5 | 6/7/1944 | Oh, lady be good | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Signature | BOB-6 | 6/7/1944 | Noteworthy blues | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Signature | BT-101 | 6/7/1944 | I've found a new baby | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Signature | BT-102 | 6/7/1944 | Jazz me blues | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 12SRC100 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Lady be good | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kress, Carl," accessed May 8, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103521.
Kress, Carl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 8, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103521.
"Kress, Carl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Kress, Carl, 1907-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82028132
Wikidata: Carl Kress - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q978680
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66655470
MusicBrainz: Carl Kress - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/500c2e07-e197-4c8d-8ef1-b3d25a44d933
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