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 51-75 of 89 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	64464	10-in.	8/18/1938	Who ya hunchin'?	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64465	10-in.	8/18/1938	I let a tear fall in the river	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64573	10-in.	10/6/1938	F.D.R Jones	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64574	10-in.	10/6/1938	I love each move you make	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64575	10-in.	10/6/1938	It's foxy	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	64576	10-in.	10/6/1938	I found my yellow basket	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65039	10-in.	2/17/1939	Undecided	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65040	10-in.	2/17/1939	T'ain't what you do	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65041	10-in.	2/17/1939	In the groove at the Grove	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65042	10-in.	2/17/1939	One side of me	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65043	10-in.	2/17/1939	My heart belongs to Daddy	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65094	10-in.	3/2/1939	Sugar pie	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65095	10-in.	3/2/1939	It's slumbertime along the Swanee	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65096	10-in.	3/2/1939	I'm up a tree	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65097	10-in.	3/2/1939	Chew-chew-chew (Your bubble gum)	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65445	10-in.	4/21/1939	Have mercy	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65446	10-in.	4/21/1939	Little white lies	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65447	10-in.	4/21/1939	Coochi-coochi-coo	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65448	10-in.	4/21/1939	That was my heart	Chick Webb Orchestra	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65903	10-in.	6/29/1939	Betcha nickel	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65904	10-in.	6/29/1939	Stairway to the stars	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65905	10-in.	6/29/1939	I want the waiter (with the water)	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65906	10-in.	6/29/1939	That's all, brother	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	65907	10-in.	6/29/1939	Out of nowhere	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone
Decca	66134	10-in.	8/18/1939	My last goodbye	Ella Fitzgerald	instrumentalist, trombone

(Results 51-75 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.