Victor matrix BVE-64008. Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus
  • Instrumentation: 4 saxophones, 3 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
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.
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Watson, present"; "Don Redman, director and playing sax"; "Vocal by George Thomas and members of orchestra."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/31/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1 1 Hold
7/31/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1 2 Master Victor 23012 10-in.

Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas

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Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas - Victor 23012 - Take 2 - 7/31/1930
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
7/31/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1 2 Master Gramophone B-4931 10-in.
7/31/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1 2 Master Gramophone (France) K-6262 10-in.
7/31/1930 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 1 2 Master Frog DGF 26 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-64008. Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033271/BVE-64008-Cotton_pickers_scat.

Victor matrix BVE-64008. Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033271/BVE-64008-Cotton_pickers_scat.

"Victor matrix BVE-64008. Cotton picker's scat / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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