Victor matrix BVE-57140. Wherever there's a will, baby / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Wherever there's a will, baby (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Fox trot (Title descriptor) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Don Redman (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Victor ledgers. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Musical group) | |
| Don Redman (vocalist) | |
| Benny Carter (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Leonard Davis (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Sidney De Paris (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Coleman Hawkins (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone) | |
| Coleman Hawkins (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Claude Jones (instrumentalist : trombone) | |
| Kaiser Marshall (instrumentalist : drums) | |
| Theodore McCord (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Theodore McCord (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone) | |
| Don Redman (director) | |
| Don Redman (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Don Redman (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Joe Smith (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Fats Waller (instrumentalist : piano) | |
| Fats Waller (instrumentalist : celeste) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
- Instrumentation: 4 saxophones, 3 trumpets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
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| Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session. |
| Test pressing in Michael Brooks collection at UCSB. |
| Source(s): Frog CD notes (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
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| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 1 | Destroy | ||||
| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | Victor 22736 | |||
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| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | Bluebird B-10249 | |||
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| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | Gramophone BD-135 | |||
| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | RCA Victor LPV-501 | |||
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| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | Frog DGF 25 | |||
| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master | JSP 928 | |||
| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 3 | Hold | Victor [BVE-57140] | Test pressing. | ||
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| 11/7/1929 New York, New York | 3 | Hold | JSP 928 | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-57140. Wherever there's a will, baby / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800028023/BVE-57140-Wherever_theres_a_will_baby.
Victor matrix BVE-57140. Wherever there's a will, baby / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800028023/BVE-57140-Wherever_theres_a_will_baby.
"Victor matrix BVE-57140. Wherever there's a will, baby / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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