Musical Bacon: Sonny Greer

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	vocal, drums	(A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship), Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, Admiration (matrix B17409), Admiration (matrix C883), After All, 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), All Too Soon, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B), Are You Sticking?, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Azure, Azure (alternate take 2), Baby When You Ain’t There, Baby! (alternate take A), Baby! (alternate take B), Baby! (alternate take D), Baby! (master take C), Bakiff, Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Best Wishes, Best Wishes (alternate take A), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby!, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C), Bli-Blip, Blue Goose, Blue Harlem, Blue Light, Blue Mood, Blue Mood (alternate take B), Blue Mood (alternate take C), Blue Ramble, Blue Ramble (alternate take B), Blue Serge, Blue Tune, Blue Tune (alternate take B), Bojangles, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Buffet Flat, Bundle of Blues, Bundle of Blues (alternate take B), Caravan, Carnival in Caroline, Chatter-Box (Jumpy), Chelsea Bridge, Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chocolate Shake, Clarinet Lament, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A), Conga Brava, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Cotton Tail, Country Gal, Creole Love Call, Creole Love Call (alternate take B), Crescendo in Blue, Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Delta Bound, Delta Bound (alternate take B), Diga Diga Do, Diga Diga Do (alternate take B), Diminuendo in Blue, Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Down a Carolina Lane, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B), Ducky Wucky, Ducky Wucky (alternate take B), Dusk, Dusk on the Desert, Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1), Echoes of Harlem, Eerie Moan, Eerie Moan (alternate take B), Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Farewell Blues, Fast and Furious, Five O'Clock Whistle, Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Happy as the Day Is Long, Harlem Air Shaft, Harlem Speaks, Harmony in Harlem, Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1), Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X), Hayfoot Strawfoot, Hip Chic, Hot and Bothered, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don't Mind, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take D), I Must Have That Man! (master take C), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), In a Jam, In a Mellotone, In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, It’s Swell of You, It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2), I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Satisfied, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jack the Bear, Jazz Cocktail, Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B), Jazz Potpourri, Jive Stomp, Jive Stomp (alternate take B), John Hardy's Wife, Johnny Come Lately, Jubilesta, Jump for Joy, Jumpin' Punkins, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Killin’ Myself, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lambeth Walk, Lazy Rhapsody, Lazy Rhapsody (alternate take B), Let’s Have a Jubilee, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5, Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise, Lightnin’, Lightnin’ (alternate take B), Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Love in Swingtime, Main Stem, Margie, Me and You, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3), Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Mood Indigo, Moon Mist, Moon Over Cuba, Moon Over Dixie, Moonglow, Morning Glory, My Little Brown Book, Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Old King Dooji, Old Plantation, Old Plantation (alternate take 2), Perdido, Porgy, Porgy (alternate take B), Porgy (alternate take C), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix B16974-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Pussy Willow, Pyramid, Pyramid (alternate take 2), Raincheck, Raisin’ the Rent, 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), Rocks in My Bed, Rose Room, Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Rumpus in Richmond, Saddest Tale, 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), Sentimental Lady, Sepia Panorama, Serenade to Sweden, Sherman Shuffle, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Slippery Horn, Slippery Horn (alternate take B), Smorgasbord and Schnapps, So Far, So Good, Solid Old Man, Solitude, Someone, Sophisticated Lady, Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1), St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Blues (alternate take A), Stars, Stars (alternate take B), Stepping Into Swing Society, Stormy Weather, Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm, Swampy River, Swing Low, Swing Low (alternate take B), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), Take the "A" Train, The Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown), The Clothed Woman, The Flaming Sword, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The Giddybug Gallop, The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You, The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed, The Mooche, The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2), The Sergeant Was Shy, The Sheik of Araby, The Sidewalks of New York, The Stevedore’s Serenade, There Shall Be No Night, There’s a Lull in My Life, There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2), Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, What Am I Here For?, What Good Would It Do?, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2), You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), You, You Darlin', Your Love Has Faded
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	drums	A Blues Serenade, A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take), A Salboat in the Moonlight, Dance of the Goons, Dancing on the Stars, Dooji Wooji, Dream Blues, Empty Ballroom Blues, Foolin' Myself, Foolin' Myself (alternate take), Good Gal Blues, Hodge Podge, Home Town Blues, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I'm in Another World, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?, Jeep's Blues, Jitterbug's Lullaby, Kitchen Mechanic's Day, Krum Elbow Blues, Like a Ship in the Night, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Love in Swingtime, Mississippi Dreamboat, My Day, My Heart Jumped Over the Moon, Peckin', Prelude to a Kiss, Pyramid, Rendezvous With Rhythm, Rent Party Blues, Savoy Strut, Savoy Strut (alternate take), Silvery Moon and Golden Sands, Swingin' in the Dell, Swingin' on the Campus, The Jeep Is Jumpin', There's Something About an Old Love, Wanderlust, You Can Count on Me, You Walked Out of the Picture, You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters	drums	A Lesson in C, Ain't the Gravy Good?, Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take), Beautiful Romance, Blue Is the Evening, Blue Reverie, Blue Reverie (alternate take), Boudoir Benny, Carnival in Caroline, Chasin' Chippies, Delta Mood, Digga Digga Do, Digga Digga Do (alternate take), Downtown Uproar, Downtown Uproar (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem, Echoes of Harlem (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take), Gal-Avantin', I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me, I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Jubilesta, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Mobile Blues, Mobile Blues (alternate take), Ol' Man River, Pigeons and Peppers, Sharpy, She's Gone, Swing Pan Alley, Swingtime in Honolulu, The Boys From Harlem, Tiger Rag, Watchin'
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters	drums	Caravan, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take), Demi-Tasse, Demi-Tasse (alternate take), Four and One Half Street, Four and One-Half Street (alternate take), Frolic Sam, Frolic Sam (alternate take), Get It Southern Style, Get It Southern Style (alternate take), If You're Ever in My Arms Again, If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take), Jazz a la Carte, Jazz a la Carte (alternate take), Lament for a Lost Love, Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take), Moonlight Fiesta, Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take), Sponge Cake and Spinach, Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take), Stompy Jones
Duke Ellington	vocal, drums	Blue Serge, C Jam Blues, Clementine, Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, Five O'Clock Drag, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, Main Stem, Perdido, Sloppy Joe, Take the "A" Train, Warm Valley
Lionel Hampton	drums	Don’t Be That Way, Memories of You, Ring Dem Bells, The Jumpin Jive, The Sun Will Shine To-night, The Sun Will Shine To-night (alternate take), Twelfth Street Rag, Twelfth Street Rag (alternate take), You’re My Ideal
Edna Bentz Woods	vocal, drums	Dinah, Flamingo, Ko-Ko, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
Johnny Hodges	drums	Jump That's All, Last Legs Blues (part 1), Last Legs Blues (part 2), Nix It Mix It, Time on My Hands
Feva Forever	drums	Barney Goin' Easy, Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum), Just Another Dream, Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers	drums	Lazy Man's Shuflle, Lazy Man's Shuflle (alternate take), Rexatious, Rexatious (alternate take)
Bonnie Tutt	drums	Gone With the Wind, Long Long Journey, The One That Got Away
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	drums	Drummer's Delight, If I Thought You Cared, If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra	drums	"Fat Stuff" Serenade, I'll Come Back for More, San Juan Hill
Friendship Musical Group	drums	All of Me / The Mooche / Margie / Louisiana / Baby Won't You Please Come Home? / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing / Doctor Jazz
Henri du Bailly	drums	Subtle Slough
Dennis O'Keeffe	drums	Blues Riff
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra	vocal	Sloppy Joe
Keklik Aile	drums	Diga Diga Doo
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians	drums	Rainy Nights
Ocean City Defender	drums	Mississippi Dreamboat
Al Mastren	drums	Jumpin’ Pumpkins
AKIO	drums	Hy'a Sue
The Jungle Band	drumset	Rockin’ in Rhythm

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