Art Kahn
Art Kahn was an American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader in Chicago during the 1920s. In later years, he sang and played piano as a solo act at the Torch Club in Chicago. The Art Kahn Orchestra recorded "Hello, Baby" with singer Ruth Etting in 1926. Other songs included "Shanghai Lullaby" (1924) and "When Day Is Done"( 1927) Art Kahn and His Orchestra appear in the short film, Gags and Gals (1936). This name was also used as a pseudonym for Gene Kardos. |
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, piano, songwriter, composer, arranger
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-29828 | 10-in. | 4/3/1924 | Blue evening blues | Paul Biese Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38761 | 10-in. | 5/18/1927 | You don't like it, not much | Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-39235 | 10-in. | 6/9/1927 | You don't like it, not much | Eddie Peabody | Banjo solo, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-39250 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | You don't like it, not much | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-39279 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Itchin' fingers | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39280 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Cheerie-beerie-be | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39281 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Banjokes | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-39282 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | The ghost of the banjo | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | PBVE-294 | 10-in. | 4/27/1927 | You don't like it, not much | Kane's Hawaiians | Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81305 | 10-in. | 10/16/1923 | Bit by bit you're breaking my heart | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81306 | 10-in. | 10/16/1923 | Sobbin' blues | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81307 | 10-in. | 10/16/1923 | Foolish child | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81388 | 10-in. | 12/7/1923 | Bahama | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81389 | 10-in. | 12/7/1923 | Shanghai lullaby | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81390 | 10-in. | 12/7/1923 | Blue evening blues | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, leader | |
| Columbia | 81608 | 10-in. | 3/5/1924 | Don't mind the rain | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81609 | 10-in. | 3/5/1924 | There's yes! yes! In your eyes | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81613 | 10-in. | 3/6/1924 | Glad | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81614 | 10-in. | 3/6/1924 | There's nobody else but you | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81952 | 10-in. | 9/3/1924 | Where is that old girl of mine? | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 81953 | 10-in. | 9/3/1924 | Morning | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81954 | 10-in. | 9/3/1924 | Forsaken blues | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81955 | 10-in. | 9/4/1924 | Sing a little song | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81956 | 10-in. | 9/4/1924 | Hand in hand | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81957 | 10-in. | 9/4/1924 | Follow the swallow | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81958 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | The little old clock on the mantel | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81959 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Gilda | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Frank Sullivano | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 81960 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Off and gone | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, leader | |
| Columbia | 140268 | 10-in. | 1/20/1925 | Some of these days | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 140269 | 10-in. | 1/20/1925 | Insufficient sweetie | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 140271 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Lucky Kentucky | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 140272 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | You should have told me | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 140273 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Who told you | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, composer | |
| Columbia | W140968 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | The co-ed | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Marty Livingston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W140969 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | By the waters of Minnetoka | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140970 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Lonesome | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140971 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Peaceful valley | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140972 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Gypsy dreams | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter, leader | |
| Columbia | W140973 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Back home in Illinois | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Marty Livingston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W140974 | 10-in. | 9/16/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Nubs Allen | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140975 | 10-in. | 9/16/1925 | I'm tired of everything but you | Nubs Allen | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140978 | 10-in. | 9/16/1925 | In the sweet bye-and-bye | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W140979 | 10-in. | 9/17/1925 | Dizzy fingers | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W140980 | 10-in. | 9/17/1925 | Some stuff | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W140981 | 10-in. | 9/17/1925 | Love's old sweet song | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |
| Columbia | W141653 | 10-in. | 2/9/1926 | Dizzy fingers | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W141654 | 10-in. | 2/9/1927 | Canadian capers | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W141658 | 10-in. | 2/10/1926 | Love's old sweet song | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W141659 | 10-in. | 2/10/1926 | In the sweet bye-and-bye | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |
| Columbia | W141666 | 10-in. | 2/11/1926 | The hobo's prayer | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W141667 | 10-in. | 2/11/1926 | Tie me to your apron strings again | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Ned Miller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W141668 | 10-in. | 2/11/1926 | What a man | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W141669 | 10-in. | 2/11/1926 | Talking to the moon | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 1 and 2); jazz/dance band (takes 3 and 4) | leader | |
| Columbia | W142449 | 10-in. | 7/27/1926 | Hello baby | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Ruth Etting | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W142500 | 10-in. | 7/27/1926 | While the years go drifting by | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W142501 | 10-in. | 7/27/1926 | I ain't got nobody | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W142506 | 10-in. | 7/28/1926 | Hoodle dee doo dee doodoo | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W142987 | 10-in. | 12/4/1926 | He's the last word | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
| Columbia | W142988 | 10-in. | 12/4/1926 | Hello! Swanee, hello! | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
| Columbia | W144289 | 10-in. | 6/17/1927 | Banjokes | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Banjo and piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144290 | 10-in. | 6/17/1927 | The ghost of the banjo | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Banjo and piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144295 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Flapperette | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144296 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Cheerie-beerie-be | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144301 | 10-in. | 6/8/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Paul Ash Orchestra ; Paul Small | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 144410 | 10-in. | 6/29/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Robert Benjamin ; The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W144418 | 10-in. | 7/1/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 144423 | 10-in. | 7/5/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Jack Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W144452 | 10-in. | 7/9/1927 | Jay walk | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144468 | 10-in. | 7/19/1927 | Swanee shore | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144469 | 10-in. | 7/19/1927 | Worryin' | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | 8633 | 10-in. | 4/10/1924 | Blue evening blues | Chubb-Steinberg Orchestra of Cincinnati | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W80874 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Sol S. Wagner Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W80932 | 10-in. | 5/21/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Russell Douglas | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W81108 | 10-in. | 6/24/1927 | When day is done | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | W81109 | 10-in. | 6/24/1927 | Cheerie-beerie-be | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | W81114 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Hallelujah! | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | W81115 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Sometimes I'm happy | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | W81165 | 10-in. | 7/13/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Les Reis | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W81190 | 10-in. | 8/5/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Beth Challis | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | Ch396-Ch399; Ch423 | 10-in. | 2/18/1925 | Off and gone | Oriole Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 15001-15002 | 10-in. | 2/19/1925 | Blue evening blues | Harry M. Snodgrass | Piano solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E35942 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | Truly (I love you) | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35943 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | It’s a lonesome old town (When you’re not around) | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35944 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | When you were the blossom of Buttercup Lane (And I was your Little Boy Blue) | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35945 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | They’ll all be there but me | Milt Shaw and his Detroiters [Art Kahn Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36701 | 10-in. | 5/19/1931 | Two little, blue little eyes | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Ross Colby | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36704 | 10-in. | 5/19/1931 | Building a home for you | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36918 | 10-in. | 7/9/1931 | Many happy returns of the day | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E24044-E24046 | 10-in. | 7/19/1927 | You don’t like it—not much | Chester Gaylord | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36702-E36703 | 10-in. | 5/19/1931 | Building a home for you | Art Kahn Orchestra ; Ross Colby | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36705-E36706 | 10-in. | 5/19/1931 | Two little, blue little eyes | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | leader | |
| Brunswick | C3539 | 10-in. | 5/23/1929 | Wedding of the painted doll | Art Kahn | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3906 | 10-in. | 7/20/1929 | The moonlight march | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Brunswick | C3907 | 10-in. | 7/20/1929 | [Unknown title(s)] | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Brunswick | C3908 | 10-in. | 7/20/1929 | Song of Siberia | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Brunswick | Ch65-Ch67 | 10-in. | 2/22/1924 | Blue evening blues | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | [C905-C906a] | 10-in. | 5/4/1927 | You don’t like it—not much | Jules Herbuveaux ; Palmer House Victorians ; Frank Sylvano | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Edison | 9710 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Blue evening blues | Million Dollar Pier Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11862 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | You don't like it—not much | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kahn, Art," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109605.
Kahn, Art. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109605.
"Kahn, Art." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Kahn, Art - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93019260
Wikidata: Art Kahn - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4796918
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