Sid Weiss
Sid Weiss (April 30, 1914 – March 30, 1994) was an American jazz double-bassist, active principally as a sideman for white jazz musicians in the 1930s and 1940s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 30, 1914 (Schenectady), Died March 30, 1994 (Colton)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
Notes: Sid Weiss someitmes listed in Victor ledgers as Seymour Weiss.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 76-100 of 170 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-043319 | 10-in. | 10/26/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-043367 | 10-in. | 11/9/1939 | Shadows | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-043368 | 10-in. | 11/9/1939 | I didn't know what time it was | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-043369 | 10-in. | 11/9/1939 | Do I love you | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-043370 | 10-in. | 11/9/1939 | When love beckoned (In 52nd Street) | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-048939 | 10-in. | 4/23/1940 | East of the sun (and west of the moon) | Tommy Dorsey ; The Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance octet, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-048940 | 10-in. | 4/23/1940 | Head on my pillow | Tommy Dorsey ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance octet, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-051278 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Funny Little Pedro | Tommy Dorsey ; The Pied Pipers ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-051279 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Whispering | Tommy Dorsey ; The Pied Pipers ; The Sentimentalists ; Frank Sinatra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-051280 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Quiet please! (It's the drummer in me) | Tommy Dorsey ; Buddy Rich ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance band, with drum solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-051878 | 10-in. | 7/17/1940 | So what! | Tommy Dorsey ; Don Lodice ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance band, with tenor saxophone solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-055108 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swing time up in Harlem | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-055109 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swing high | Ziggy Elman ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with trumpet soloist | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-055110 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Do you know why | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-055111 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Isn't that just like love | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-055112 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swanee River | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060346 | 10-in. | 1/20/1941 | I tried | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060347 | 10-in. | 1/20/1941 | Dolores | The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060348 | 10-in. | 1/20/1941 | For you | Jo Stafford ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060349 | 10-in. | 1/20/1941 | Without a song | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060900 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | Will you still be mine? | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060901 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | You betcha my life | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060902 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | Let's get away from it all | The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060903 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | Let's get away from it all | Connie Haines ; The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060904 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | I love it so | Paul Mason ; The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Weiss, Sid," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106891.
Weiss, Sid. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106891.
"Weiss, Sid." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Weiss, Sid - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93057834
Wikidata: Sid Weiss - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1351706
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54335647
MusicBrainz: Sid Weiss - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/721749f7-4055-48b6-b9ff-9cf38156101b
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