Zilner Trenton Randolph
Zilner Trenton Randolph (January 28, 1899, Dermott, Arkansas – February 2, 1994, Chicago) was an American jazz trumpeter and music educator. Randolph attended Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University), the Kreuger Conservatory, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and played in territory bands including Bernie Young's (1927–31). He moved to Chicago in 1931 and became Louis Armstrong's musical director in 1931–32 and again in 1933 and 1935. Randolph also played trumpet on a number of Armstrong's recordings and composed the tune "Old Man Mose". He played with Carroll Dickerson and Dave Peyton in the middle of the decade, and led his own Chicago band later in the 1930s. He arranged for such bandleaders as Earl Hines, Woody Herman, Fletcher Henderson, and Duke Ellington, and led a quartet in the 1940s. He never recorded a session as a leader. After the 1940s Randolph devoted himself mainly to teaching, but recorded as a pianist in 1951 and led the house band at the Indiana Theater off and on during the 1950s. Zilner's son Lucious Randolph played trumpet with Sun Ra and Jerry Butler, among others. His daughter Hattie recorded for the small Chicago label Drexel in 1955 and sang with Sun Ra from 1957 to 1959. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 28, 1899, Died February 2, 1994
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, director, composer, songwriter, speaker
Notes: Name also appears as Z. T. Randolph and Zilmer Randolph.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 28 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-74891 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | I've got the world on a string | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-74892 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | I gotta right to sing the blues | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-74893 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | Hustlin' and bustlin' for baby | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-74894 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | Sittin' in the dark | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-74895 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | High society | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with spoken introduction | director | |
Victor | BS-74896 | 10-in. | 1/26/1933 | He's a son of the South | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-75105 | 10-in. | 1/28/1933 | Snowball | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-75106 | 10-in. | 1/28/1933 | Mahogany Hall stomp | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-75107 | 10-in. | 1/28/1933 | Swing you cats | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-75481 | 10-in. | 4/26/1933 | Don't play me cheap | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-023771 | 10-in. | 7/1/1938 | Ol' man Mose | Scat Powell ; Willie Farmer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-031981 | 10-in. | 2/2/1939 | Ol' man Mose | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152086 | 10-in. | 1/25/1932 | Between the devil and the deep blue sea | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | W152092 | 10-in. | 1/27/1932 | All of me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | W152093 | 10-in. | 1/27/1932 | Home | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W152087 | 10-in. | 1/25/1932 | Kickin' the gong around | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405058 | 10-in. | 11/3/1931 | Lazy river | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405059 | 10-in. | 11/3/1931 | Chinatown, my Chinatown | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405060 | 10-in. | 11/4/1931 | Wrap your troubles in dreams (And dream your troubles away) | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405061 | 10-in. | 11/4/1931 | Star dust | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405062 | 10-in. | 11/5/1931 | You can depend on me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405063 | 10-in. | 11/5/1931 | Georgia on my mind | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405064 | 10-in. | 11/6/1931 | The lonesome road | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and talk | instrumentalist, trumpet, speaker | |
OKeh | W405065 | 10-in. | 11/6/1931 | I got rhythm | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with talk | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W405154 | 10-in. | 3/2/1932 | Love, you funny thing! | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Randolph, Zilner Trenton," accessed May 17, 2022, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106080.
Randolph, Zilner Trenton. (2022). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106080.
"Randolph, Zilner Trenton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2022. Web. 17 May 2022.
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LCNAR: Randolph, Zilner Trenton - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89610805
Wikidata: Zilner Randolph - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8071923
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/64196441
MusicBrainz: Zilner Randolph - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6bbe7be0-8aca-4c68-8402-e49a22418043
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