J. C. Heard
James Charles Heard (August 10, 1917 – September 27, 1988) was an American swing, bop, and blues drummer. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D6VB-2337 | 10-in. | 6/11/1946 | Blues to end all blues | J. C. Heard Orchestra ; Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, drums | |
| Victor | D6VB-2338 | 10-in. | 6/11/1946 | Among my souvenirs | J. C. Heard Orchestra ; Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, drums | |
| Victor | D6VB-2339 | 10-in. | 6/11/1946 | Mean to me | J. C. Heard Orchestra ; Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, drums | |
| Victor | D6VB-2340 | 10-in. | 6/11/1946 | Osculate me, daddy | J. C. Heard Orchestra ; Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, drums | |
| Victor | D7VB-0643 | 10-in. | 3/11/1947 | (Go to sleep) my sleepy head | Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader | |
| Victor | D7VB-0644 | 10-in. | 3/11/1947 | I sold my heart to the junkman | Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader | |
| Victor | D7VB-0645 | 10-in. | 3/11/1947 | The richest guy in the graveyard | Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader | |
| Victor | D7VB-0646 | 10-in. | 3/11/1947 | Ain't no hurry, baby (with a guy like me) | Etta Jones | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader | |
| Columbia | W26900 | 10-in. | 6/07/1940 | I'm pulling through | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | W26901 | 10-in. | 6/07/1940 | Tell me more and more (and then some) | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | W26902 | 10-in. | 6/07/1940 | Laughing at life | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | W26903 | 10-in. | 6/07/1940 | Time on my hands | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 31002 | 10-in. | 8/07/1941 | Jim | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 31003 | 10-in. | 8/07/1941 | I cover the waterfront | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 31004 | 10-in. | 8/07/1941 | Love me or leave me | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 31005 | 10-in. | 8/07/1941 | Gloomy Sunday | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 32405 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | Wherever you are | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 32406 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | Mandy is two | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 32407 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | It's a sin to tell a lie | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Columbia | 32408 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | Until the real thing comes along | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Decca | 68480 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Valse in D flat major, Op.64, No.1 ; (Minute waltz) ; (Chopin) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 68481 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Country gardens (Percy Grainger) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 68482 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Ritual fire dance (De Falla) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 68483 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Prelude in C sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 68484 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Two-part invention in A minor (Bach) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 68485 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Hungarian rhapsody No.2 (Liszt) | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70029 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Why don't you love me any more? | Ruby Smith | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70030 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Harlem gin blues | Ruby Smith | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70031 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | My name is Jim | Jack Meredith | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70032 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Match box blues | Jack Meredith | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70410 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Embraceable you | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70411 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Hazel's boogie woogie | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70412 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Blues in B flat | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70413 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Hallelujah | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70414 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Dark eyes | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 70415 | 10-in. | 2/27/1942 | Three little words | Hazel Scott | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72624 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Lass with the delicate air | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72625 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Jelly jelly | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72626 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Evil hearted man | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72627 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Backwater blues | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72628 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Frankie and Johnnie | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72629 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | John Henry | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72660 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Letter from the Russian front | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72661 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | In the dugout | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72662 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Beloved comrade | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72663 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Lord Randall, my son | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 72664 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Johnny has gone for a soldier | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Decca | 73466 | 3/26/1946 | Sometime | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73467 | 3/26/1946 | The lass with the delicate air | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73468 | 3/26/1946 | I gave my love a cherry | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73902 | 5/6/1947 | Molly Malone | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73903 | 5/6/1947 | Dip His finger in the water | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73904 | 5/6/1947 | Green grass growing all around | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73905 | 5/6/1947 | Josh and Bill's blues-1 | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 73906 | 5/6/1947 | Jim Crow | Josh White | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 74386 | 12/23/1947 | I've got a feeling I'm fallin' | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 74387 | 12/23/1947 | You turned the tables on me | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 74392 | 12/23/1947 | I cried and cried and cried | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Decca | 74393 | 12/23/1947 | Robbins nest | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, drums | |||
| Signature | SRC 100 | 10-in. | 1945 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Signature | SRC 101 | 10-in. | 1945 | Why shouldn't I | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Signature | SRC 102 | 10-in. | 1945 | Swingin' for Popsie | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
| Signature | SRC 103 | 10-in. | 1945 | [Unknown title] | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Heard, J. C.," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320583.
Heard, J. C.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320583.
"Heard, J. C.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91057391
Wikidata: J.C. Heard - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q725325
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/64191916
MusicBrainz: J.C. Heard - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bdd9189-ccf8-4f32-a648-640eff7f5a33
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