Musical Bacon: George "Pops" Foster

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Louis Armstrong	bass	Alexander's Ragtime Band, As Long as You Live You'll Be Dead If You Die, Bye and Bye, Cain and Abel (with pre-groove warm-up), Confessin, That I Love You, Cuban Pete, Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty, Ev'ntide, Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven, Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven (alternate take B), Got a Bran' New Suit, Got a Bran' New Suit (alternate take A), Happy Birthday, Harlem Stomp, Hear Me Talkin' to Ya, Hep Cats' Ball, I Come From a Musical Family, I Double Dare You, I Double Dare You (alternate take B), I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music, I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music (alternate take C), I'm Shooting High, I'm in the Market, I've Got My Fingers Crossed, I've Got My Fingers Crossed (alternate take A), I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm, If It's Good (Than I Want It), If We Never Meet Again, It's Wonderful, Jeepers Creepers, Jonah and the Whale, Jubilee, La Cucaracha, Lazy 'Sippi Steamer, Let That Be a Lesson to You, Let That Be a Lesson to You (alternate take B), Love Walked In, Lyin' to Myself, Mahogany Hall Stomp, Me and Brother Bill, Mexican Swing, Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen, Old Man Mose, Old Man Mose (alternate take A), Old Man Mose (alternate take D), On Treasure Island, On the Sentimental Side, Our Monday Date, Poor Old Joe, Public Melody Number One, Red Cap, Red Nose, Red Sails in the Sunset, Rhythm Saved the World, Rhythm Saved the World (alternate take B), Satchel Mouth Swing, Save It Pretty Mama, Savoy Blues, Shanty Boat on the Mississippi, She's the Daughter of a Planter From Havana, Shoe Shine Boy, So Little Time (So Much to Do), Solitude, Solitude (alternate take B), Solitude (alternate take C), Somebody Stole My Break, Something Tells Me, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Struttin' With Some Barbecue (alternate take B), Sun Showers, Sweet as a Song, Sweethearts on Parade, Swing That Music, Thankful, Thanks a Million, Thanks a Million (alternate take B), The Music Goes 'Round and Around, The Trumpet Player's Lament, The Trumpet Player's Lament (alternate take C), True Confession, True Confession (alternate take B), Was I to Blame for Falling in Love With You, West End Blues, What Is This Thing Called Swing?, When the Saints Go Marching In, Wolverine Blues, You Are My Lucky Star, You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business, You're Just a No Account, You're a Lucky Guy, You've Got Me Voodoo'd, Yours and Mine
Grant Johannesen	bass guitar, double bass	Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, Beams of Heaven, Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down, Didn't It Rain, Family Prayer, Heaven Is Not My Home, I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Lay Down Your Soul, My Journey to the Sky, Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey, Precious Memories, Stretch Out, Teach Me to Be Right, The Natural Facts, This Train, Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
Sidney Bechet	bass	Blame it on the blues, Blue horizon, Dear old southland, Jazz Me Blues, Milenberg joys, Muskrat ramble, Salty dog, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Weary blues, Weary way blues
Nathan Kersey-Wilson	bass	2, C Jam Blues, Downhearted Blues, Gallon Stomp, I Will Always Be in Love With You, Moanin' Low, St. Louis Blues, Streets Paved With Gold, Sweet Georgia Brown, You Better Change
Art Hodes' Blue Five	double bass	Apex Blues, Gut Bucket Blues, Indiana, Nobody’s Sweetheart, Nobody’s Sweetheart (alternate take), Shake That Thing, Shake That Thing (alternate take)
Ed Lojeskie	bass guitar	Beams of Heaven, Didn’t It Rain, My Journey to the Sky, Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey, Precious Memories, Stretch Out, Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
JR O Chrome	bass	Days Beyond Recall, High Society, Jackass Blues, Lord, Let Me in the Lifeboat, Old Stack O'lee Blues, St. Louis Blues, Up in Sidney's Flat
Art Hodes' Hot Five	double bass	Darktown Strutter’s Ball, Darktown Strutter’s Ball (alternate take), Memphis Blues, Save It Pretty Mama, Shine, St. James Infirmary, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Lead Belly	double bass	4, 5, and 9, Defense Blues, Diggin' My Potatoes, Diggin’ My Potatoes, Easy Rider, Pigmeat
Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians	double bass	Blues des chaussures neuves, Clarinet Creole, Gotta Boogie, Gotta Woogie, Helene's Blues, Swing That Rhythm, Swingin' Kansas City Style
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers	double bass	Jersey Joe, Mint Julep, Mississippi Mildred, Sweet Peter
Victoria Spivey	bass	Blood Hound Blues, Dirty T.B. Blues, Moaning the Blues, One Hour Mama
Jack Teagarden & His Swinging Gates	double bass	Big 'T' Blues, Chinatown, My Chinatown, Pitchin' a Bit Short
June Christy	drums	Sometimes I'm Happy, Tommy Tommy
Luis Russell and His Orchestra	double bass	Saratoga Drag, Saratoga Shout
Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet	double bass	Everybody Loves My Baby
Josh Holleman	double bass	Blue Horizon
Wild Bill Davison	double bass	Eccentric
Henry Allen and His New York Orchestra	bass guitar	Pleasin' Paul
Fats Waller and His Buddies	double bass	Won't You Get Off It, Please?
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet	double bass	Out of the Gallion
We Are Van Peebles	double bass	Swing That Music
Muggsy Spanier	double bass	Muskrat Ramble

Alexander's Ragtime Band, As Long as You Live You'll Be Dead If You Die, Bye and Bye, Cain and Abel (with pre-groove warm-up), Confessin, That I Love You, Cuban Pete, Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty, Ev'ntide, Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven, Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven (alternate take B), Got a Bran' New Suit, Got a Bran' New Suit (alternate take A), Happy Birthday, Harlem Stomp, Hear Me Talkin' to Ya, Hep Cats' Ball, I Come From a Musical Family, I Double Dare You, I Double Dare You (alternate take B), I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music, I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music (alternate take C), I'm Shooting High, I'm in the Market, I've Got My Fingers Crossed, I've Got My Fingers Crossed (alternate take A), I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm, If It's Good (Than I Want It), If We Never Meet Again, It's Wonderful, Jeepers Creepers, Jonah and the Whale, Jubilee, La Cucaracha, Lazy 'Sippi Steamer, Let That Be a Lesson to You, Let That Be a Lesson to You (alternate take B), Love Walked In, Lyin' to Myself, Mahogany Hall Stomp, Me and Brother Bill, Mexican Swing, Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen, Old Man Mose, Old Man Mose (alternate take A), Old Man Mose (alternate take D), On Treasure Island, On the Sentimental Side, Our Monday Date, Poor Old Joe, Public Melody Number One, Red Cap, Red Nose, Red Sails in the Sunset, Rhythm Saved the World, Rhythm Saved the World (alternate take B), Satchel Mouth Swing, Save It Pretty Mama, Savoy Blues, Shanty Boat on the Mississippi, She's the Daughter of a Planter From Havana, Shoe Shine Boy, So Little Time (So Much to Do), Solitude, Solitude (alternate take B), Solitude (alternate take C), Somebody Stole My Break, Something Tells Me, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Struttin' With Some Barbecue (alternate take B), Sun Showers, Sweet as a Song, Sweethearts on Parade, Swing That Music, Thankful, Thanks a Million, Thanks a Million (alternate take B), The Music Goes 'Round and Around, The Trumpet Player's Lament, The Trumpet Player's Lament (alternate take C), True Confession, True Confession (alternate take B), Was I to Blame for Falling in Love With You, West End Blues, What Is This Thing Called Swing?, When the Saints Go Marching In, Wolverine Blues, You Are My Lucky Star, You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business, You're Just a No Account, You're a Lucky Guy, You've Got Me Voodoo'd, Yours and Mine

Grant Johannesen

bass guitar, double bass

Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, Beams of Heaven, Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down, Didn't It Rain, Family Prayer, Heaven Is Not My Home, I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Lay Down Your Soul, My Journey to the Sky, Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey, Precious Memories, Stretch Out, Teach Me to Be Right, The Natural Facts, This Train, Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air

Sidney Bechet

bass

Blame it on the blues, Blue horizon, Dear old southland, Jazz Me Blues, Milenberg joys, Muskrat ramble, Salty dog, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Weary blues, Weary way blues

Nathan Kersey-Wilson

bass

2, C Jam Blues, Downhearted Blues, Gallon Stomp, I Will Always Be in Love With You, Moanin' Low, St. Louis Blues, Streets Paved With Gold, Sweet Georgia Brown, You Better Change

Art Hodes' Blue Five

double bass