Danny Barker
Daniel Moses Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was an American jazz musician, vocalist, and author from New Orleans. He was a rhythm guitarist for Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter during the 1930s. One of Barker's earliest teachers in New Orleans was fellow banjoist Emanuel Sayles, with whom he recorded. Throughout his career, he played with Jelly Roll Morton, Baby Dodds, James P. Johnson, Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, and Red Allen. He also toured and recorded with his wife, singer Blue Lu Barker. From the 1960s, Barker's work with the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band was pivotal in ensuring the longevity of jazz in New Orleans, producing generations of new talent, including Wynton and Branford Marsalis who played in the band as youths. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 13, 1909 (New Orleans), Died March 13, 1994 (New Orleans)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1954
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 68 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Vocalion | 22921 | 10-in. | 5/11/1938 | You go to my head | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 22922 | 10-in. | 5/11/1938 | The moon looks down and laughs | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 22923 | 10-in. | 5/11/1938 | If I were you | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 22924 | 10-in. | 5/11/1938 | Forget if you can | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 23151 | 10-in. | 6/23/1938 | Having myself a time | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 23152 | 10-in. | 6/23/1938 | Says my heart | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 23153 | 10-in. | 6/23/1938 | I wish I had you | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Vocalion | 23154 | 10-in. | 6/23/1938 | I'm gonna lock my heart (and throw away the key) | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Decca | 64432 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | You're going to leave the old home Jim | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64433 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | New Orleans blues | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64434 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | He caught that B & O | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64435 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | Don't you make me high | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64767 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64768 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | Give me some money | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64769 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | I got ways like the devil | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64770 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | That made him mad | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65433 | 10-in. | 4/20/1939 | Scat skunk | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65434 | 10-in. | 4/20/1939 | Nix on those lush heads | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65435 | 10-in. | 4/20/1939 | Buy me some juice | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65436 | 10-in. | 4/20/1939 | Georgia grind | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 66893 | 10-in. | 11/17/1939 | Blue deep sea blues | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 66894 | 10-in. | 11/17/1939 | Never brag about your man | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 66895 | 10-in. | 11/17/1939 | He's so good | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 66896 | 10-in. | 11/17/1939 | I didn't dig you Jack | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 66956 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Handy Andy | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barker, Danny," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105056.
Barker, Danny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105056.
"Barker, Danny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Barker, Danny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85239484
Wikidata: Danny Barker - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1164505
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/14818884
MusicBrainz: Danny Barker - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d89e0eeb-97f9-476b-96d5-0318f0c1c298
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