Bernard Addison
Bernard Sylvester Addison (April 15, 1905 – December 18, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 15, 1905 (Annapolis), Died December 18, 1990 (Long Island)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, trumpet, banjo, leader, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-59504 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | Each day | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59505 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | If someone would only love me | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59506 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | That'll never do | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59507 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | I'm looking for a little blue bird | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59532 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Little Lawrence | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59533 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Harmony blues | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59643 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Fussy Mabel | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59644 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Ponchatrain | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-64313 | 10-in. | 10/9/1930 | Gambling Jack | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-64314 | 10-in. | 10/9/1930 | Fickle Fay creep | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-94135 | 10-in. | 8/26/1935 | I can't dance (I got ants in my pants) | Bernard Addison and his Rhythm ; Jasper Thomas ; Kirby Walker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
| Victor | BS-94136 | 10-in. | 8/26/1935 | Toledo shuffle | Bernard Addison and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band | composer, leader | |
| Victor | BS-94137 | 10-in. | 8/26/1935 | Lovely Liza Lee | Bernard Addison and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BS-010571 | 10-in. | 6/14/1937 | Hot Club stomp | Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-010572 | 10-in. | 6/14/1937 | The swing session's called to order | Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-051222 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | Shake it and break it | Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-051223 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | Old man blues | Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-051224 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | Wild man blues | Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-051225 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | Nobody knows the way I feels dis mornin' | Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W24877 | 10-in. | 7/05/1939 | Some other spring | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W24878 | 10-in. | 7/05/1939 | Our love is different | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W24879 | 10-in. | 7/05/1939 | Them there eyes | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W24880 | 10-in. | 7/05/1939 | Swing, brother swing | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W265135 | 10-in. | 9/22/1933 | Queer notions-1 | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265136 | 10-in. | 9/22/1933 | It's the talk of the town | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265137 | 10-in. | 9/22/1933 | Night life-3 | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265138 | 10-in. | 9/22/1933 | Nagasaki-2 | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265144 | 10-in. | 9/29/1933 | Jamaica shout-1 | Coleman Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265150 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | Happy feet | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265151 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | I'm rhythm crazy now-1 | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265152 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | Old man river | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265153 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | Minnie the moocher's wedding day-1 | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265154 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | Ain't cha glad?-1 | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Columbia | W265155 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | I've got to sing a torch song | Horace Henderson Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| OKeh | 73778 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Some of these mornings | Harry's Happy Four ; Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| OKeh | 73779 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Yes sir, that's my baby | Harry's Happy Four ; Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| OKeh | 73780 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Alabamy bound | Harry's Happy Four ; Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| OKeh | W403896 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | My sweet | Louis Armstrong | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W403897 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W403999 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Indian cradle song | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W404000 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Exactly like you | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W404001 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Dinah | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W404002 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Tiger rag | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Decca | 61492 | 10-in. | 12/17/1936 | Pennies from heaven | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 61493 | 10-in. | 12/17/1936 | Swing for sale | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 61529 | 10-in. | 1/14/1937 | Big boy blue | Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 61574 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | Swing for sale | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 61575 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | Pennies from heaven | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 61576 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | Dedicated to you | Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62106 | 10-in. | 4/5/1937 | The love bug will bite you | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62115 | 10-in. | 4/7/1937 | Rockin' chair swing | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63829 | 10-in. | 5/20/1938 | Asleep in the deep | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63830 | 10-in. | 5/20/1938 | Caravan | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63831 | 10-in. | 5/20/1938 | The song is ended | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64223 | 10-in. | 6/20/1938 | Funiculi, funicula | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64224 | 10-in. | 6/20/1938 | Asleep in the deep | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64249 | 10-in. | 6/29/1938 | Side-kick Joe | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64323 | 10-in. | 7/19/1938 | Julius Caesar | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64324 | 10-in. | 7/19/1938 | Sixty seconds got together | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64466 | 10-in. | 8/19/1938 | Just a kid named Joe | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64475 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | The yam | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64480 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | The lambeth walk | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64934 | 10-in. | 1/24/1939 | Sweet Adeline | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64935 | 10-in. | 1/24/1939 | Meet me tonight in dreamland | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64948 | 10-in. | 1/25/1939 | You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64949 | 10-in. | 1/25/1939 | 'Way down home | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64959 | 10-in. | 1/26/1939 | Sweet Sue, just you | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 64960 | 10-in. | 1/26/1939 | Goodbye blues | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67339 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Sleepy time gal | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67340 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Moonlight Bay | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67341 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | My gal Sal | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67350 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Break the news to Mother | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67355 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Darling Nellie Gray | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67356 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Old Black Joe | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67357 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Swanee river | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67366 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | Can't yo' heah me callin' Caroline | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67367 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | On the banks of the wabash | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67380 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | Just a dream of you dear | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67381 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | Love's old sweet song | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67382 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | When you were sweet sixteen | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67529 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Once upon a dream | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67817 | 10-in. | 5/27/1940 | Perdido Street blues | Sidney Bechet ; Louis Armstrong Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67818 | 10-in. | 5/27/1940 | 2:19 blues | Sidney Bechet ; Louis Armstrong Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67819 | 10-in. | 5/27/1940 | Down in honky tonk town (some pressings De. 18091 (alb. A-144)) | Sidney Bechet ; Louis Armstrong Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67820 | 10-in. | 5/27/1940 | Coal cart blues | Sidney Bechet ; Louis Armstrong Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67839 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Down in jungle town | Red Allen Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67840 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Canal Street blues | Red Allen Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67841 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | King Porter stomp | Zutty Singleton Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 67842 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Shim-me-sha-wabble | Zutty Singleton Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68288 | 10-in. | 10/24/1940 | When you said goodbye | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68289 | 10-in. | 10/24/1940 | A bird in the hand | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68406 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | How did she look | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68407 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | Did anyone call ? | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68972 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Down, down, down | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68973 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | I yi yi yi amigo (Cielito lindo) | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68995 | 10-in. | 4/15/1941 | If it's true | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 68996 | 10-in. | 4/15/1941 | Brazilian nuts | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69001 | 10-in. | 4/15/1941 | Love is fun | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69016 | 10-in. | 4/17/1941 | If it's true | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69017 | 10-in. | 4/17/1941 | The very thought of you | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69018 | 10-in. | 4/17/1941 | Rig a jig jig | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69825 | 10-in. | 10/15/1941 | The bells of San Raquel | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69826 | 10-in. | 10/15/1941 | I guess I'll be on my way | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69854 | 10-in. | 10/22/1941 | Lazy river | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69943 | 10-in. | 11/13/1941 | Delilah | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69944 | 10-in. | 11/13/1941 | 627 stomp | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 69945 | 10-in. | 11/13/1941 | The window washer man | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 70993 | 10-in. | 7/2/1942 | Lonely boy blues | Jay McShann Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70994 | 10-in. | 7/2/1942 | Get me on your mind | Jay McShann Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70995 | 10-in. | 7/2/1942 | The jumpin' blues | Jay McShann Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70996 | 10-in. | 7/2/1942 | Sepian bounce-1 | Jay McShann Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71019 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | I met her on Monday | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2250 | 10-in. | 6/23/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2251 | 10-in. | 6/23/1936 | Shoe shine boy | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2442 | 10-in. | 9/10/1936 | London rhythm | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2443 | 10-in. | 9/10/1936 | Solitude | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2444 | 10-in. | 9/10/1936 | Swing is the thing | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | TB 2445 | 10-in. | 9/10/1936 | 'Long about midnight | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Addison, Bernard," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106889.
Addison, Bernard. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106889.
"Addison, Bernard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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