Kurz-Bio:
Der Kornettist, Band-Leader, Songwriter und Arrangeur Lu Watters wurde am 19. Dezember 1911 in Santa Cruz, California, als Lucius Carl Watters geboren und verstarb am 5. November 1989, 77-jährig, in Santa Rosa, California, an Krebs. 1938 gründete er mit Musikern, mit welchen er schon vorher oft Sessions, unter anderem im Big Bear Lodge an der Redwood Road in den Hügeln von Oakland veranstaltet hatte, die Yerba Buena Jazz Band (Besetzung siehe in Disco bei GOOD TIME JAZZ), mit der er im Dawn Club in San Francisco auftrat. Yerba Buena war übrigens der alte Name von San Francisco.
Die 45 RPM-Singles von Lu Watters:
MERCURY - Jazz Series (ab 1953 fallweise auch als CLEF
01 50 08 51....11025-X45....LU WATTERS & HIS YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..Doin' The Hambone (C-332)/Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (C-329)
01 50 08 51....11026-X45....LU WATTERS & HIS YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..Weary Blues (C-338)/Ace In The Hole (C-334)
?? 50 09 51....11050-X45....LU WATTERS and his HIS YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..Emperor Norton's Hunch (C-337)/Skid Da De Dat (C-331)
?? 50 09 51....11051-X45....LU WATTERS and his HIS YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..When The Saints Go Marching In (C-336-1)/Sage Hen Strut (C-330-2)
?? 50 09 51....11052-X45....LU WATTERS and his HIS YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..Copenhagen (C-340)/Antigua Blues (C-333-1)
07 50 09 51....11057-X45....LU WATTERS and his YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND Vocal by Clancy Hayes..St. Louis Blues (C-339-1)/Broken Promises (C-335-2)
03 51 09 51....11065-X45....LU WATTERS and his YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND..Royal Garden Blues (C-426-2)/Shake That Thing (C-423-3)
05 51 10 51....11077-X45....LU WATTERS and His Yerba Buena Jazz Band..Tin Roof Blues (C-424-1)/Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (C-425-3)
06 51 10 51....11081-X45....LU WATTERS and His Jerba Buena Jazz Band..Beale Street Blues (C-422-2)/LU WATTERS and His Jerba Buena Jazz Band - Vocals - Clancy Hayes..Doctor Jazz (C-420-3)
08 52....11090X45....LU WATTERS and His Jerba Buena Jazz Band..Sweet Georgia Brown (C-427-2)/Irish Black Bottom (C-421-3)
GOOD TIME JAZZ
?? 52 ?? 55....NO.45056....LU WATTERS’ YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND LU WATTERS, BOB SCOBEY, cornets; TURK MURPHY, trombone; ELLIS HORNE, clarinet; WALLY ROSE, piano; DICK LAMMI, tuba; CLANCY HAYES, RUSS BENNETT, banjos; BILL DART, drums..Maple Leaf Rag (LK 45–268)/LU WATTERS’ YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND featuring WALLY ROSE, piano; RUSS BENNETT, CLANCY HAYES, banjos; BILL DART, drums..Black & White Rag (LK 45–269)
?? 52 ?? 55....NO.45057....LU WATTERS’ YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND LU WATTERS, BOB SCOBEY, cornets; TURK MURPHY, trombone; ELLIS HORNE, clarinet; WALLY ROSE, piano; DICK LAMMI, tuba; CLANCY HAYES, RUSS BENNETT, banjos; BILL DART, drums..Memphis Blues (LK 45–270)/Irish Black Bottom (LK 45–271)
?? 52 ?? 55....NO.45058....LU WATTERS’ YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND LU WATTERS, BOB SCOBEY, cornets; TURK MURPHY, trombone; ELLIS HORNE, clarinet; WALLY ROSE, piano; DICK LAMMI, tuba; CLANCY HAYES, RUSS BENNETT, banjos; BILL DART, drums..Muskrat Ramble (LK 45–272)/Smokey Mokes (LK 45–273)
?? 52 ?? 55....NO.45059....LU WATTERS’ YERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND LU WATTERS, BOB SCOBEY, cornets; TURK MURPHY, trombone; ELLIS HORNE, clarinet; WALLY ROSE, piano; DICK LAMMI, tuba; CLANCY HAYES, RUSS BENNETT, banjos; BILL DART, drums..Original Jelly Roll Blues (LK 45–274)/Georgia Camp Meeting (LK 45–275)
MERCURY
05 53....89055-X45....LU WATTERS & HIS JERBA BUENA JAZZ BAND CLANCY HAYES on vocal..Doctor Jazz (C-420-3)/Ace In The Hole (C-334)
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