Hayes Alvis

bass, tuba, bass guitar, vocal, double bass

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Earl Hines
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra vocal, bass (There Is) No Greater Love, Accent on Youth, Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Carnival in Caroline, Clarinet Lament, Cotton, Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Shoe Shine Boy, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Stepping Into Swing Society, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Yearning for Love
Earl Hines tuba Beau-Koo Jack (Alt Tk -1) (E), Beau-Koo Jack (E), Everybody Loves My Baby (Alt Tk -1) (C), Everybody Loves My Baby (Alt Tk -2) (C), Good Little, Bad Little You (Alt Tk -2) (D), Good Little, Bad Little You (D), Have You Ever Felt That Way? (D), Sister Kate (Alt Tk -1) (E), Sister Kate (Alt Tk -2) (E), Sister Kate (E), Sweet Ella May (Alt Tk -2) (C), Sweet Ella May (C)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers bass Love in My Heart, Love in My Heart (alternate take), Sugar Hill Shim Sham, Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take), Tea and Trumpets (78 take), Tea and Trumpets (CD take), Tea and Trumpets (LP take), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters bass Blue Reverie, Blue Reverie (alternate take), Digga Digga Do, Digga Digga Do (alternate take), Downtown Uproar, Downtown Uproar (alternate take), I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me, I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take), Tiger Rag
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra bass A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take), A Salboat in the Moonlight, Foolin' Myself, Foolin' Myself (alternate take), Peckin', You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Lionel Hampton bass Charlie Was a Sailor, Just for Laffs, Just for Laffs (alternate take), Martin on Every Block, Martin on Every Block (alternate take), Pig Foot Sonata
Louis Armstrong bass (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You, I Used to Love You (But It's All Over Now), I Used to Love You (But It's All Over Now) (alternate take A), Leap Frog
Mein Sohn William bass guitar In Bethlehem, This Ole House, When Was Jesus Born
Στέφανος Μακρίδης bass guitar Everytime I Feel the Spirit, Go Ahead, He Is Everything to Me
Earl Hines and His Orchestra vocal, tuba Everybody Loves My Baby, Good Little, Bad Little You
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra bass When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Mills Blue Rhythm Band double bass Savage Rhythm
Duke Ellington vocal I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter
We Are Van Peebles double bass You Rascal, You
Ράνια Διζικιρίκη bass guitar Look Away in the Heavenly Land
Benny Carter and His Orchestra double bass Okay for Baby