Castor McCord
Castor "Cass" McCord (May 17, 1907 — February 14, 1963) was an American jazz saxophonist, born in Alabama's largest city, Birmingham, who, with his twin brother, clarinetist and alto saxophonist Ted McCord, started out, at age 17, as a member of Edgar Hayes' Blue Grass Buddies in 1924. Along with Hayes, he attended Ohio's Wilberforce University, where he played in the student band run by Horace Henderson. Later in the 1920s he moved from Ohio to Atlantic City and then to New York City, where he played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and Louis Armstrong early in the 1930s. His other collaborators included Eubie Blake and Charlie Matson. In the middle of the 1930s, McCord played in France for a year and toured India with Leon Abbey in 1936. McCord led his own trio in Amsterdam in 1937, then worked with Walter Rains in Rotterdam the next year. He moved back to New York near the end of the decade, returning to briefly play under Abbey as well as in the bands of Benny Carter, Eddie Mallory, and Claude Hopkins. In 1940, when he was 33 years old, McCord left music to open a hairdresser shop in Manhattan, running it until his death three months before his 56th birthday. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 17, 1907, Died February 14, 1963
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone, clarinet, saxophone
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-035355 | 10-in. | 3/27/1939 | Lonesome walls | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-035356 | 10-in. | 3/27/1939 | If you ever change your mind | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-035357 | 10-in. | 3/27/1939 | What goes up must come down (And baby, you've been flyin' too high) | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-035358 | 10-in. | 3/27/1939 | Y' had it comin' to you | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-041552 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Bread and gravy | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Victor | BS-041553 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Down in my soul | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Victor | BS-041554 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Georgia on my mind | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Victor | BS-041555 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Stop myself from worrying over you | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Victor | BS-041556 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Old man Harlem | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Victor | BS-041557 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Push out (Te-huey, te-huey, te-huey) | Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
OKeh | W403896 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | My sweet | Louis Armstrong | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
OKeh | W403897 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
OKeh | W403999 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Indian cradle song | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
OKeh | W404000 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Exactly like you | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
OKeh | W404001 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Dinah | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
OKeh | W404002 | 10-in. | 5/4/1930 | Tiger rag | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McCord, Castor," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206517.
McCord, Castor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206517.
"McCord, Castor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
Wikidata: Castor McCord - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1049743
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/37106956
MusicBrainz: Castor McCord - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/316e5184-7b63-4564-8eb4-76462f0af6ae
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