Victor matrix BVE-42566. Willow tree / Louisiana Sugar Babes

TitleSource
Willow tree (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
A musical misery (Subtitle)Victor ledgers
Keep shufflin' (Work title)Disc label
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Louisiana Sugar Babes (Musical group)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)
Jabbo Smith (instrumentalist : trumpet)
James P. Johnson (instrumentalist : piano)
Fats Waller (instrumentalist : pipe organ)
Garvin Bushell (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Garvin Bushell (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Clarinet, alto saxophone, cornet, piano, and pipe organ
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Disc label also credits lyricist Andy Razaf.
Notes
Instrumentation and assignments from audition; Victor ledgers identify performers as Fats Waller, pipe organ; Jimmie Johnson, piano; Jabbo Smith, cornet; and Garvin Bushell, clarinet.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/27/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 1 Master Victor 21348 10-in.

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Willow tree / Louisiana Sugar Babes - Victor 21348 - Take 1 - 3/27/1928
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
3/27/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 1 Master JSP 927 Compact disc
3/27/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 2 Destroy RCA (France) PM 43686 LP
3/27/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 2 Destroy JSP 927 Compact disc
3/27/1928 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 3 Hold

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-42566. Willow tree / Louisiana Sugar Babes," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016802/BVE-42566-Willow_tree.

Victor matrix BVE-42566. Willow tree / Louisiana Sugar Babes. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016802/BVE-42566-Willow_tree.

"Victor matrix BVE-42566. Willow tree / Louisiana Sugar Babes." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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