Don Albert
For the architect, see Don Albert & Partners. Albert Dominique, better known as Don Albert (August 5, 1908, New Orleans – January 1980, San Antonio, Texas) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Albert's uncle was Natty Dominique. He got his start playing in parade brass bands in New Orleans at the beginning of the 1920s. He toured with the territory band of Alphonse Trent in 1925, then played with Troy Floyd at the Shadowland Ballroom in San Antonio from 1926 to 1929. Albert led his own territory bands out of Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, with sidemen that included Alvin Alcorn, Louis Cottrell, Jr., and Herb Hall. After 1932 he acted more in a manager's capacity than as a performer. His bands played in Mexico and Canada, and won positive reviews from newspapers, but recorded only eight sides. He disbanded this group around 1937 due to economic conditions, and found work in civil service and managing a nightclub called the Keyhole Club in San Antonio in the early and mid-1940s; his club was shut down in 1948 by local authorities. In 1950, he opened a second location at 1619 West Poplar. He led a group at the Palace Theater in New York in 1949. In the 1950s he continued performing part-time, playing in small groups into the 1970s. He recorded again in the 1960s and appeared at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 1969. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 5, 1908 (New Orleans), Died March 4, 1980 (San Antonio)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: director, leader
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | MVE-46723 | 16-in. | 8/6/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra | director | |
Victor | MVE-46724 | 16-in. | 8/6/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46725 | 16-in. | 8/6/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46726 | 16-in. | 8/6/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus (take 1A); with whistling (takes 2A-3A) | director | |
Victor | MVE-46727 | 16-in. | 8/7/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46728 | 16-in. | 8/8/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra | director | |
Victor | MVE-46729 | 16-in. | 8/8/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra | director | |
Victor | MVE-46730 | 16-in. | 8/8/1928 | Excess baggage | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra | director | |
Victor | MVE-46734 | 16-in. | 8/9/1928 | The ol' gray hoss | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46753 | 16-in. | 8/10/1928 | The ol' gray hoss | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46754 | 16-in. | 8/10/1928 | School begins | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46755 | 16-in. | 8/10/1928 | School begins | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | MVE-46757 | 16-in. | 8/11/1928 | Imagine my embarrassment | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with vocal solo and hand clapping | director | |
Victor | MVE-46758 | 16-in. | 8/11/1928 | Imagine my embarrassment | Motion Picture Orchestra | Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra, with hand clapping | director | |
Brunswick | E28590 | 10-in. | 11/1/1928 | Caballo criollo | Los Argentinos | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Brunswick | E28591 | 10-in. | 11/1/1928 | Conchita | Los Argentinos | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Brunswick | E28592 | 10-in. | 11/1/1928 | Huye ladron | Los Argentinos | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Brunswick | E28593 | 10-in. | 11/1/1928 | Ya no me importa | José Moriche | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
Brunswick | E28817 | 10-in. | 11/19/1928 | Hurame | Los Argentinos | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Brunswick | C2294 | 10-in. | 9/5/1928 | Celos | Genaro Veiga | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director | |
Brunswick | C2295 | 10-in. | 9/5/1928 | Payaso | Genaro Veiga | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Albert, Don," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105518.
Albert, Don. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105518.
"Albert, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Albert, Don, 1908-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87118818
Wikidata: Don Albert - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1238872
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/55658839
MusicBrainz: Don Albert - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23974597-88d6-4f40-bce6-1e19280f1994
ISNI: 0000 0000 5175 2051 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000051752051
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