Nat Story

Nathaniel Edward Story (August 8, 1904 in Oak Station, Kentucky – November 21, 1968 in Evansville, Indiana) was an American jazz trombonist. Story played on riverboats on the Mississippi with Fate Marable and Floyd Campbell in the 1920s, and played with the Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight in 1928. He moved to New York City in the 1930s, working with Luis Russell (1934), Sam Wooding (1934), and Chick Webb (1936–39). After Webb's death he remained in the orchestra under the direction of Ella Fitzgerald, but left in 1940. Early in the 1940s he played with Andy Kirk and Lucky Millinder, but went into semi-retirement after this, though he performed occasionally into the 1960s.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 8, 1904, Died November 21, 1968

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 89 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	62726	10-in.	10/27/1937	I got a guy	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62728	10-in.	10/27/1937	Holiday in Harlem	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62738	10-in.	11/1/1937	Rock it for me	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62739	10-in.	11/1/1937	Squeeze me	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62740	10-in.	11/1/1937	Harlem conga	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62743	10-in.	11/2/1937	Hallelujah!	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62744	10-in.	11/2/1937	I want to be happy	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62886	12-in.	12/17/1937	I want to be happy-1	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62887	10-in.	12/17/1937	The dipsy doodle-1	Chick Webb Orchestra ; Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62888	10-in.	12/17/1937	If dreams come true	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62889	12-in.	12/17/1937	Hallelujah!	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	62890	10-in.	12/17/1937	Midnite in a madhouse (Midnite in Harlem)	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63693	10-in.	5/2/1938	A-tisket, a-tasket	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63694	10-in.	5/2/1938	Heart of mine	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63695	10-in.	5/2/1938	I'm just a jitterbug	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63696	10-in.	5/2/1938	Azure	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63707	10-in.	5/3/1938	Spinnin' the Webb	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63708	10-in.	5/3/1938	Liza (All the clouds 'll roll away)	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63934	10-in.	6/9/1938	Pack up your sins and go to the devil	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63935	10-in.	6/9/1938	MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63936	10-in.	6/9/1938	Everybody step	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	63937	10-in.	6/9/1938	Ella	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64459	10-in.	8/17/1938	Wacky dust	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64460	10-in.	8/17/1938	Gotta pebble in my shoe	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64461	10-in.	8/17/1938	I can't stop loving you	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone

(Results 26-50 of 89 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Story, Nat," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/345565.

Story, Nat. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/345565.

"Story, Nat." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.