Chu Berry

Leon Brown "Chu" Berry (September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. According to music critic Gary Giddins, musicians called him "Chu" either because he chewed on the mouthpiece of his saxophone or because he had a Fu Manchu mustache.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 13, 1908 (Wheeling), Died October 30, 1941 (Conneaut)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone, saxophone, composer

Notes: Sometimes listed as Leon "Chu" Berry on Gramophone Company discs and as Leon Berry in Victor ledgers.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 85 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-037729	10-in.	6/19/1939	Royal Garden blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-037730	10-in.	6/19/1939	Beale Street blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-037731	10-in.	6/19/1939	In the barrel	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-037732	10-in.	6/19/1939	Farewell blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-037733	10-in.	6/19/1939	Fare thee, my baby, fare-thee-well	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-037734	10-in.	6/19/1939	Limehouse blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, saxophone
Victor	BS-041408	10-in.	9/11/1939	Hot mallets	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041971	10-in.	9/6/1939	Blue Lou	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041972	10-in.	9/6/1939	Sudan	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041973	10-in.	9/6/1939	How long blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041974	10-in.	9/6/1939	When the saints go marching in	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041975	10-in.	9/6/1939	My honey's lovin' arms	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Victor	BS-041976	10-in.	9/6/1939	When my sugar walks down the street	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W152577	10-in.	11/24/1933	Do your duty	Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W152578	10-in.	11/24/1933	Gimme a pigfoot	Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W152579	10-in.	11/24/1933	Take me for a buggy ride	Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W152580	10-in.	11/24/1933	I'm down in the dumps	Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	23992	10-in.	1/20/1939	That's all I ask of you	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	23993	10-in.	1/20/1939	Dream of life	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W265156	10-in.	10/10/1933	Blue interlude	Chocolate Dandies		instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W265157	10-in.	10/3/1933	I never knew-1	Chocolate Dandies		instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W265158	10-in.	10/10/1933	Once upon a time-1	Chocolate Dandies		instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Columbia	W265159	10-in.	10/3/1933	Krazy kapers	Chocolate Dandies		instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Brunswick	B18196	10-in.	10/25/1935	Twenty-four hours a day	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Brunswick	B18197	10-in.	10/25/1935	Yankee Doodle never went to town	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone

(Results 26-50 of 85 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Berry, Chu," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103961.

Berry, Chu. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103961.

"Berry, Chu." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.