Floyd O'Brien
Floyd O'Brien (May 7, 1904 – November 26, 1968) was an American jazz trombonist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. O'Brien first played in Chicago in the 1920s with the Austin High School Gang; later in the decade he played with Earl Fuller, Floyd Town, Charles Pierce, Thelma Terry, and Husk O'Hare. During 1930-31 he worked in a pit band at a theater in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved to New York City and played with Mal Hallett, Joe Venuti, Smith Ballew, Mike Durso (1933–34), Phil Harris (1935–39), Gene Krupa (1939–40), and Bob Crosby (1940–42). In 1943, he relocated to Los Angeles and played with Eddie Miller, Bunk Johnson, Shorty Sherock, Jack Teagarden, and Wingy Manone. In 1948, he moved back to Chicago and there worked with Bud Freeman, Art Hodes and Danny Alvin. O'Brien had recorded with Freeman as early as 1928; other recordings include with Eddie Condon (1933 and later), Fats Waller, Mezz Mezzrow, George Wettling (1940), Charles LaVere (1944), Albert Nicholas (1959), and Smokey Stover. His lone session as a bandleader yielded two singles for Jump Records in 1945, which were also released under LaVere's name. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 118 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 69451 | 10-in. | 6/30/1941 | The angels came thru | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 69452 | 6/30/1941 | La plus que lente | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 93634 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Well, well | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93635 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Call it anything (It's love) | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93636 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Look at you, look at me | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93637 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Far away music | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93638 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Flamingo | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93639 | 10-in. | 3/29/1941 | Those things I can't forget | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93640 | 10-in. | 3/29/1941 | I'll keep thinking of you | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93641 | 10-in. | 3/29/1941 | Precious memory | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93642 | 10-in. | 3/29/1941 | I've nothing to live for now | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 93643 | 10-in. | 3/29/1941 | Juke box Judy | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2108 | 10-in. | 8/3/1940 | Cow cow blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2140 | 10-in. | 9/10/1940 | Take me back again | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2141 | 10-in. | 9/10/1940 | I'll come back to you | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2142 | 10-in. | 9/10/1940 | You're bound to look like a monkey when you grow old | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2271 | 10-in. | 12/13/1940 | Tea for two | Connie Boswell ; Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2272 | 10-in. | 12/13/1940 | Yes indeed! | Connie Boswell ; Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2273 | 10-in. | 12/13/1940 | Christmas greeting to New York | Connie Boswell ; Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2274 | 10-in. | 12/16/1940 | San Antonio Rose | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2275 | 10-in. | 12/16/1940 | It makes no difference now | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2276 | 10-in. | 12/16/1940 | The mark hop | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2277 | 10-in. | 12/16/1940 | Burnin' the candle at both ends | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2290 | 10-in. | 12/23/1940 | Dolores | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | DLA 2291 | 10-in. | 12/23/1940 | Pale moon | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "O’Brien, Floyd," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100201.
O’Brien, Floyd. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100201.
"O’Brien, Floyd." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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