Joe Poston
Birth and Death Data: Died May 31, 1942 (Illinois)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: alto saxophone, clarinet, vocalist, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | W145859 | 10-in. | 3/30/1928 | Hum and strum (Do, do, do, that's what I do) | 14 Doctors of Syncopation ; Doc Cook | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C1939 | 10-in. | 5/16/1928 | Four or five times | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C2111 | 10-in. | 7/23/1928 | Apex blues | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | C2258 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Apex blues | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | C2710 | 10-in. | 12/27/1928 | It’s tight like that | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C2711 | 10-in. | 12/27/1928 | Let’s sow a wild oat | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C3378 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Wake up! Chill’un, wake up! | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C3379 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Love me or leave me | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C3849 | 10-in. | 7/11/1929 | Apex blues | The Club Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Decca | C 3849 | 10-in. | 7/11/1929 | Apex blues (No. 2) | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Gennett | 11727 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Scissor-grinder Joe | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Gennett | 11728 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Lonely little wall flower | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Gennett | 11729 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | So this is Venice | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Gennett | 11730 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Moanful man | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Gennett | 11731 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | The Memphis maybe man | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Gennett | 11732 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | The one I love (Belongs to somebody else) | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
| Decca | C 3848 | 10-in. | 7/8/1929 | My daddy rocks me | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Poston, Joe," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106832.
Poston, Joe. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106832.
"Poston, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Allmusic: Joe Poston
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Poston, Joe - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93030049
Wikidata: Joe Poston - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29958269
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/43510116
MusicBrainz: Joe Poston - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc5fb473-c79f-45f5-87ca-3251265267da
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