Tubby Hall
Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American jazz drummer. Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother Minor "Ram" Hall also became a professional drummer. He played in many marching bands in New Orleans, including with Buddie Petit. In March 1917 Tubby Hall moved to Chicago, where he played with Sugar Johnny Smith. After two years in the United States Army, he returned to playing in Chicago mostly with New Orleans bands, joining Carroll Dickerson's Orchestra (recording with it in 1927) and later with the groups of King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Tiny Parham, Johnny Dodds. Noted swing and big-band drummer Gene Krupa said that Hall and Zutty Singleton "were great! They knew every trick and just how to phrase the parts of the choruses behind the horns, how to lead a man in, what to do at the turn-arounds, when to use sticks and when to use brushes, when to go for the rims or the woodblocks, what cymbals are for." He is seen in Armstrong's movies of the early 1930s, including the live action and Betty Boop cartoon I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (1932) and A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932), made by Paramount. Only Armstrong and Hall got closeups in the two films, and both get their faces transposed with those of racially stereotyped "jungle natives" in the cartoon. Hall morphs from a jazz drummer to a cannibal stirring a cooking pot with two wooden sticks. His drumming style was forceful and sober, generally maintaining constant tempo on the snare. Jazz critic Hugues Panassié considered him one of the three greatest jazz drummers of his generation, along with Zutty Singleton and Warren "Baby" Dodds. Tubby Hall died in Chicago. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W152086 | 10-in. | 1/25/1932 | Between the devil and the deep blue sea | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Columbia | W152092 | 10-in. | 1/27/1932 | All of me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Columbia | W152093 | 10-in. | 1/27/1932 | Home | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W152087 | 10-in. | 1/25/1932 | Kickin' the gong around | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404422 | 10-in. | 4/20/1931 | Walkin' my baby back home | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404423 | 10-in. | 4/20/1931 | I surrender, dear | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404424 | 10-in. | 4/20/1931 | When it's sleepy time down South | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404425 | 10-in. | 4/28/1931 | Blue again | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404870 | 10-in. | 4/28/1931 | Little Joe | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404871 | 10-in. | 4/28/1931 | I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404872 | 10-in. | 4/29/1931 | Them there eyes | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W404873 | 10-in. | 4/29/1931 | When your lover has gone | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405058 | 10-in. | 11/3/1931 | Lazy river | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405059 | 10-in. | 11/3/1931 | Chinatown, my Chinatown | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405060 | 10-in. | 11/4/1931 | Wrap your troubles in dreams (And dream your troubles away) | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405061 | 10-in. | 11/4/1931 | Star dust | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405062 | 10-in. | 11/5/1931 | You can depend on me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405063 | 10-in. | 11/5/1931 | Georgia on my mind | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405064 | 10-in. | 11/6/1931 | The lonesome road | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and talk | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405065 | 10-in. | 11/6/1931 | I got rhythm | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with talk | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405154 | 10-in. | 3/2/1932 | Love, you funny thing! | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405155 | 10-in. | 3/11/1932 | New tiger rag | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with talk | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405166 | 10-in. | 3/11/1932 | Keepin' out of mischief now | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
OKeh | W405167 | 10-in. | 3/11/1932 | Lawd, you made the night too long | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Decca | 39578 | 10-in. | 6/8/1935 | Never too tired to love | Caire Brown | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hall, Tubby," accessed September 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111199.
Hall, Tubby. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111199.
"Hall, Tubby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 September 2024.
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Wikidata: Tubby Hall - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1774981
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