Slats Long
Don "Slats" Long (December 6, 1906 – March 12, 1964) was an American jazz clarinetist. Long was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and he played in the late 1920s and early 1930s with Cass Hagan (1928), Ed Farley, and Mike Riley (1935). He then moved to New York City, where he played with Red Norvo (spring 1936), Chauncey Morehouse (spring 1938), Vincent Lopez (early 1937), and Bud Freeman (at Kelly’s Stable, New York, 1939). He worked in the early 1940s with Bobby Hackett (late 1940) Ted Lews, and Raymond Scott, Long appears on recordings with several of these leaders and many others, including Red McKenzie (1935, 1937), Bunny Berigan (1936–7), Tommy Dorsey (1937) and Frank Froeba (1935). He retired from music in 1943, moving back to Wichita and working for an aircraft manufacturer until his death in 1964. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 6, 1906, Died March 12, 1964
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 75 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-04932 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Thanks for everything | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-04933 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Liebestraum | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-04934 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Mendelssohn's spring song | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027478 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | Gardenias | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027479 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | In ole Oklahoma | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027480 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | You look good to me | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027481 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | This is madness (To love like this) | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030382 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Night and day | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030383 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Kinda lonesome | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030384 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | It ain't necessarily so | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030385 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Say it with a kiss | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030725 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Deep purple | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030726 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Are you in the mood for mischief? | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030727 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Medley of Gus Edwards' hits | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030728 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Medley of Gus Edwards' hits | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Decca | 39696 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Let's swing it | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39697 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | You're so darn charming | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39698 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | My very good friend the milkman | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39699 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Double trouble | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39721 | 10-in. | 7/12/1935 | Murder in the moonlight | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39722 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Let's swing it | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39805 | 10-in. | 8/2/1935 | Double trouble | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39807 | 10-in. | 8/5/1935 | That's what you think | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39819 | 10-in. | 8/6/1935 | I'm livin' in a great big way | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39820 | 10-in. | 8/6/1935 | In the middle of a kiss | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Long, Slats," accessed September 30, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/205933.
Long, Slats. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 30, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/205933.
"Long, Slats." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 30 September 2023.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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Wikidata: Slats Long - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2195688
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/74040447
ISNI: 0000 0003 5504 541X - http://www.isni.org/isni/000000035504541X
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