Bubber Miley
James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 3, 1903 (Aiken), Died May 20, 1932 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1932
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, composer, cornet, leader, director
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-39370 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Creole love call | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-39371 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Blues I love to sing | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-40155 | 10-in. | 10/6/1927 | Black and tan fantasie | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-40156 | 10-in. | 10/6/1927 | Washington wabble | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-41244 | 10-in. | 12/19/1927 | Harlem River quiver | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-41245 | 10-in. | 12/19/1927 | East St. Louis toodle-oo | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-41246 | 10-in. | 12/19/1927 | Blue bubbles | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-43502 | 10-in. | 3/26/1928 | Black beauty | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-43503 | 10-in. | 3/26/1928 | Jubilee stomp | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-43504 | 10-in. | 3/26/1928 | Got everything but you | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-48102 | 10-in. | 10/30/1928 | I can't give you anything but love | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-48166 | 10-in. | 11/15/1928 | Bandanna babies | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-48167 | 10-in. | 11/15/1928 | Diga diga do | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-48168 | 10-in. | 11/15/1928 | I must have that man | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | CVE-49007 | 12-in. | 12/20/1928 | St. Louis blues | Warren Mills and his Blue Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal chorus | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-49652 | 10-in. | 1/16/1929 | Flaming youth | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-49653 | 10-in. | 1/16/1929 | Saturday night function | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-49654 | 10-in. | 1/16/1929 | High life | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-49655 | 10-in. | 1/16/1929 | Doin' the voom voom | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-58183 | 10-in. | 1/10/1930 | What is this thing called love? | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59532 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Little Lawrence | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59533 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Harmony blues | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59643 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Fussy Mabel | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59644 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Ponchatrain | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59800 | 10-in. | 5/21/1930 | Rockin' chair | Hoagy Carmichael Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62232 | 10-in. | 5/16/1930 | I lost my gal from Memphis | Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62233 | 10-in. | 5/16/1930 | Without you, Emaline | Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62301 | 10-in. | 5/21/1930 | Barnacle Bill, the sailor | Hoagy Carmichael Orchestra ; Carson Robison | Jazz/dance band, with 2 male vocal solos and male vocal chorus | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Victor | BVE-62370 | 10-in. | 7/26/1930 | Body and soul | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (takes 15-17); with male vocal solo (takes 1-14) | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-63108 | 10-in. | 7/3/1930 | Black Maria | George Bias ; Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-63109 | 10-in. | 7/3/1930 | Chinnin' and chattin' with May | George Bias ; Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-63645 | 10-in. | 9/11/1930 | Loving you the way I do | Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley ; Edith Wilson | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-63646 | 10-in. | 9/11/1930 | The penalty of love | Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley ; Edith Wilson | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-64315 | 10-in. | 10/10/1930 | Trees | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64316 | 10-in. | 10/10/1930 | Bolero | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BRC-69991 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | It's the girl | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BRC-69992 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | Without that gal! | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BRC-69993 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | Take it from me (I'm takin' to you) | Leo Reisman Orchestra ; Lee Wiley | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | LBRC-71811 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 2/3/1932 | Mood indigo | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | LBSHQ-71812 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 2/3/1932 | Mood indigo | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | LBRC-71836 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 2/9/1932 | East St. Louis toddle | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | LBSHQ-71837 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 2/9/1932 | East St. Louis toddle | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W143203 | 10-in. | 12/21/1926 | On Decoration Day (They'll know where to bring your flowers to) | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143204 | 10-in. | 12/21/1926 | Fortune teller blues | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143705 | 10-in. | 3/22/1927 | East St. Louis toodle-o | Duke Ellington ; Washingtonians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W146923 | 10-in. | 8/28/1928 | Mama's well has done gone dry | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W146924 | 10-in. | 8/28/1928 | I ain't your hen, Mister Fly Rooster | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | [W]150590 | 10-in. | 6/12/1930 | Black and tan fantasy | Ten Black Berries | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W151503 | 10-in. | 4/10/1931 | Black and tan fantasy | Clyde McCoy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W151766 | 10-in. | 9/2/1931 | Creole love call | Clyde McCoy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71306 | 10-in. | February 1923 | E flat blues no. 2 | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71307 | 10-in. | February 1923 | Original Charleston strut | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71531 | 10-in. | May 1923 | Lonesome journey blues | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71532 | 10-in. | May 1923 | When the jazz band starts to play | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71582 | 10-in. | June 1923 | Just blues that's all | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71583 | 10-in. | June 1923 | The bull blues (E flat no. 1 blues) | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-71739 | 10-in. | August 1923 | Those blues | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet, composer | |
| OKeh | S-71740 | 10-in. | August 1923 | Beaucoup de jazz | Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-73081 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | Who'll chop your suey (When I'm gone) | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | S-73082 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | Done made a fool out of me | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | 73759 | 10-in. | Nov. 1925 | Forget me not blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with cornet, piano, and harmonica | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | 73760 | 10-in. | Nov. 1925 | Nobody knows and nobody cares blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with cornet, piano, and harmonica | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | 73761 | 10-in. | 11/12/1925 | Give me just a little of your time | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with cornet, piano, and harmonica | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| OKeh | W81776 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | Black and tan fantasy | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W400032 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Harlem twist | Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W401351 | 10-in. | 11/20/1928 | Goin' to town | Chicago Footwarmers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 13878-13880 | 10-in. | 10/7/1924 | Down in the mouth blues | Texas Blues Destroyers | Cornet and organ duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | 13881-13883 | 10-in. | 10/7/1924 | Lenox Avenue shuffle | Texas Blues Destroyers | Cornet and organ duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E4110-E4111 | 10-in. | 11/29/1926 | East St. Louis toodle-o | Duke Ellington ; Kentucky Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21636-E21638 | 10-in. | 2/28/1927 | East St. Louis toodle-oo | Duke Ellington ; Kentucky Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21871-E21873 | 10-in. | 3/14/1927 | East St. Louis toodle-o | Duke Ellington ; Kentucky Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22299-E22301 | 10-in. | 4/7/1927 | Black and tan fantasy | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9707 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Sweet man Joe | Josephine Miles | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Edison | 9762 | 10-in. | 10/2/1924 | Sweet man Joe | Kansas City Five ; Josephine Miles | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Miley, Bubber," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110995.
Miley, Bubber. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110995.
"Miley, Bubber." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Miley, Bubber, 1903-1932 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98058167
Wikidata: Bubber Miley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q691572
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/44485863
MusicBrainz: Bubber Miley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7006fd35-11e6-4e77-b82c-c752d1febb25
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