Classic jazz, January 2026. Reed player Jack Pettis remained associated with Ben Bernie’s band until the end of the 1920s, but he made his finest jazz recordings with a variety of other bands, sometimes under his own name and often under the management of Irving Mills.
Playlist
1; 19280727; The Hotsy Totsy Gang; Doin’ The New Low Down; Brunswick A7850
2; 19280727; The Hotsy Totsy Gang; Diga Diga Doo; Brunswick A7850
3; 19280727; The Hotsy Totsy Gang; Don’t Mess Around With Me; Brunswick 4044
4; 19290110; Whoopee Makers; Rush Inn Blues; Vocalion 15769
5; 19290110; Whoopee Makers; Freshman Hop ; Vocalion 15769
6; 19290110; Whoopee Makers; I’ve Never Been Loved; Vocalion 15768
7; 19290214; Mills’ Musical Clowns; Freshman Hop ; Pathe 37054
8; 19290214; Mills’ Musical Clowns; Sweetest Melody; Pathe 37055
9; 19290214; Mills’ Musical Clowns; Bag O’Blues ; Pathe 37054
10; 19290523; Jack Pettis; Bugle Call Blues 51694-2 Victor V38105; Victor V38105
11; 19290523; Jack Pettis; Campus Crawl 51692-1 ; Victor Test
12; 19290523; Jack Pettis; Companionate Blues 51691-1 ; Victor Test
13; 19290523; Jack Pettis; Wild And Woollie Willie 51693-1 ; Victor Test
14; 19290800; Ben Bernie ; Bigger And Better Than Ever; Brunswick 4516
15; 19300200; Ben Bernie; Song Of The Bayou ; Brunswick 4725
16; 19300400; Ben Bernie; You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me ; Brunswick 4767
17; 19370421; Jack Pettis; Hawaiian Heat Wave ; Variety 558
18; 19370421; Jack Pettis; Swing Session In Siberia ; Variety 558
