Carl Kress (20 Oct 1907 - 10 Jun 1965)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (3)

Member Of

1. Jimmy Dorsey & His Original Dorseyland Jazzband
2. Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys

Married

1. Helen Carroll

Recordings by (17)

1. Peg Leg Shuffle 2:33 (1980)
2. Jazz in G 2:27 (1997)
3. There's a Small Hotel 2:56 (1997)
4. Just You, Just Me 2:45 (1997)
5. Coquette 2:59 (1997)
6. I May Be Wrong 2:51 (1997)
7. Blond on the Loose 2:54 (1997)
8. Sarong Number 3:06 (1997)
9. Walking Behind Miss Lucy 2:55 (1997)
10. The Goose From Gander 3:06 (1997)
11. Swan of Tonnelle Avenue 2:57 (1997)
12. Sutton Mutton (Taking It On The Lamb) 3:01 (2006)
13. Afterthoughts in Three Movements (Part 1) 2:48 (2006)
14. Afterthoughts in Three Movements (Parts 2 & 3) 3:02 (2006)
15. Helena 2:43 (2006)
16. Love Song 3:18 (2006)
17. Heat Wave 2:20 (2018)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

1. Wait and See ?:?? Johnnie Johnston (Jan 1946)

Instruments

1. Mississippi Mud 3:10 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (25 Feb 1928) guitar
2. Out of the Dawn ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (05 Nov 1928) guitar
3. ’Round Evening ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (05 Nov 1928) guitar
4. Evening Star ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) banjo
5. My Melancholy Baby ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) guitar
6. Forgetting You ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) banjo
7. Slippin’ Around ?:?? Red and Miff’s Stompers (1928) guitar
8. That’s My Mammy ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) guitar
9. Mary Ann ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) guitar
10. Persian Rug ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1928) guitar
11. Have a Little Faith in Me ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1929) guitar
12. Lucky Little Devil 3:32 Miff Mole’s Molers (Feb 1930) guitar
13. Navy Blues 3:29 Miff Mole’s Molers (Feb 1930) guitar
14. Congratulations ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1930) guitar
15. Beside an Open Fireplace ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1930) guitar
16. The Song Without a Name (instrumental) ?:?? Arthur Schutt & His Orchestra (1930) guitar
17. Sharing (instrumental) ?:?? Arthur Schutt & His Orchestra (1930) guitar
18. Lo Lo ?:?? Arthur Schutt & His Orchestra (1930) guitar
19. That’s What the Well‐Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear 2:27 Fats Waller and The Victor “First Nighter” Orchestra (21 Aug 1942) guitar
20. I Wonder 3:03 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Feb 1945) guitar
21. Davenport Blues ?:?? Yank Lawson and the V‐DISC All Stars (Apr 1945) guitar
22. Lover Man 3:17 Billie Holiday With Toots Camarata And His Orchestra (1945) guitar
23. Feather Brain Blues 3:01 Nick’s presents his Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Muggsy Spanier (1946) guitar
24. Tin Roof Blues 2:54 Nick’s presents his Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Muggsy Spanier (1946) guitar
25. Bugle Call Rag 2:55 Nick’s presents his Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Muggsy Spanier (1946) guitar
26. Muskrat Ramble 3:04 Nick’s presents his Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Muggsy Spanier (1946) guitar
27. Mississippi Mud 3:11 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (1956) guitar
28. Imagination 2:50 The Charleston Chasers (1959) guitar
29. Smooth Sailin' 3:49 Edmond Hall's All Star Quintet (1980) guitar
30. Moon Country ?:?? Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra (1980) guitar
31. Clorinda 3:06 The Chicago Loopers (1981) guitar
32. It Was So Beautiful ?:?? Annette Hanshaw (1983) guitar
33. Harlem Twist 2:53 Red Nichols and His Orchestra (1987) guitar, acoustic guitar
34. Dinah 3:16 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (1987) guitar
35. Pickin' My Way 3:02 Eddie Lang (1989) guitar
36. Feeling My Way 3:00 Eddie Lang (1989) guitar
37. That Ole Devil Called Love 2:54 Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra (1990) guitar
38. No More (alternate take) 3:06 Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His Orchestra (01 Oct 1991) guitar
39. Big Stuff (first version) 2:29 Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra (01 Oct 1991) guitar
40. Don’t Explain (first version) 2:57 Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra (01 Oct 1991) guitar
41. No More 2:48 Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His Orchestra (01 Oct 1991) guitar
42. Stage Fright 2:58 Carl Kress & Dick McDonough (1991) guitar
43. Royal Garden Blues 3:48 Jimmy Dorsey & His Original Dorseyland Jazzband (1991) guitar
44. Sweet Lorraine 2:55 Jimmy Dorsey & His Original Dorseyland Jazzband (1991) guitar
45. Mississippi Mud 3:14 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bing Crosby (1991) guitar
46. Somebody Loves Me 3:12 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (1991) guitar
47. Ain’t Misbehavin’ 3:19 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (1991) guitar
48. Heat Wave 2:23 Carl Kress & Dick McDonough (1992) guitar
49. Chicken a la Swing 2:12 Carl Kress & Dick McDonough (1992) guitar

Credited as (16)

1. Carl Kress
2. Eddie Lang & Carl Kress
3. Tony Mottola & Carl Kress
4. Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
5. Bud Freeman, George Barnes, Carl Kress
6. Carl Kress, Jimmy Dorsey & Red Nichols
7. Carl Kress, Chauncey Morehouse & Red Nichols
8. Carl Kress, Lennie Hayton & Red Nichols
9. Benny Goodman, Carl Kress & Red Nichols
10. Eddie Lang-Carl Kress
11. Carl Kress & Tony Mottola
12. Eddie Lang / Carl Kress / Dick McDonough
13. Carl Kress & Eddie Lang
14. Dick McDonough & Carl Kress
15. Carl Kress & George Barnes With Special Guest Bud Freeman
16. Carl Kress - Dick McDonough

Works (2)

Wrote

1. There’s a Train Out for Dreamland

Composed

1. Stage Fright

Links (11)

Other Databases

1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1177195
2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82028132
3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82028132
4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103521
5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139380282
6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1120190347

Wikipedia

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Kress

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/357492

Allmusic

1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000792102

VIAF ID

1. http://viaf.org/viaf/66655470

Wikidata

1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978680