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John Kirby (31 Dec 1908 - 14 Jun 1952)

Male Person - Winchester jazz bass/trombone/tuba player

Releases (4)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Biggest Little Band 1937-1941 1978
  2. John Kirby 1996
  3. The Biggest Little Band in the Land 1999
  4. Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown 2000

Relationships (11)

Member Of

  1. The Chocolate Dandies
  2. Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra bass
  3. John Kirby Sextet eponymous
  4. Jack Sneed & His Sneezers
  5. John Kirby and His Orchestra
  6. Chick Webb and His Orchestra
  7. Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra double bass
  8. Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra bass
  9. John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
  10. Buster Bailey and His Rhythm Busters

Married

  1. Maxine Sullivan (1938 - 1941)

Recordings by (44)

  1. Humoresque 2:14 (1971)
  2. Shoo-Shoo Baby 3:30 (1989)
  3. From a Flat to C 2:37 (1992)
  4. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) 3:01 (02 Mar 1993)
  5. Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown 2:36 (13 Sep 1994)
  6. Undecided 3:01 (13 Sep 1994)
  7. Another Cigarette 3:11 (1998)
  8. Front and Center 2:52 (1998)
  9. Anitra's Dance 2:48 (1999)
  10. The Lady Is a Tramp 2:32 (1999)
  11. Loch Lomond 2:58 (1999)
  12. Pastel Blue (Blue Dilemma) 2:39 (1999)
  13. Effervescent Blues 2:50 (1999)
  14. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:53 (1999)
  15. Royal Garden Blues 2:33 (1999)
  16. Opus Five 2:48 (1999)
  17. Blue Skies 2:41 (1999)
  18. Rose Room 2:38 (1999)
  19. Jumpin' in the Pump Room 2:51 (1999)
  20. Blues Petite 3:12 (1999)
  21. Chloe 2:47 (1999)
  22. Can't We Be Friends 2:38 (1999)
  23. Lucia (Sextet) 2:36 (1999)
  24. Beethoven Riffs On 2:52 (1999)
  25. It's Only a Paper Moon 3:10 (1999)
  26. No Blues at All 2:03 (1999)
  27. St. Louis Blues 2:46 (1999)
  28. At the Crossroads 2:19 (1999)
  29. 9:20 Special 2:48 (1999)
  30. Mop Mop 3:01 (1999)
  31. It Feels Good 2:45 (2000)
  32. Andiology 2:46 (2000)
  33. Coquette 2:55 (2000)
  34. Zooming at the Zombie 2:39 (2000)
  35. Opus 5 2:47 (2000)
  36. Jumping in the Pump Room 2:48 (2000)
  37. 20th Century Closet 2:50 (2000)
  38. Saint Louis Blues 2:47 (2002)
  39. Minute Waltz 2:32 (27 Jan 2003)
  40. The Peanut Vendor 2:23 (2003)
  41. Can’t We Be Friends? 2:39 (2003)
  42. Arabian Nightmare (Rimsky-Korsakov) 1:55 (2003)
  43. Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) 2:24 (2003)
  44. El manisero (1943) 2:20 (2010)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Sugar Foot Stomp 3:10 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  2. Just Blues 3:10 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  3. Singin’ the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) 2:51 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  4. You Rascal, You 3:03 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  5. I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby (And My Baby’s Crazy ’Bout Me) 3:12 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  6. The House of David Blues 3:10 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) tuba
  7. Take Me Away From the River 3:20 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) bass
  8. Poor Old Joe 2:59 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) bass
  9. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:55 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1933) double bass
  10. Blue Minor 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) double bass
  11. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:49 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) double bass, double bass
  12. I Can’t Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants 2:58 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  13. It’s Over Because We’re Through 3:15 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass, double bass
  14. When Dreams Come True 3:23 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  15. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  16. Don’t Be That Way 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  17. Lonesome Moments 2:45 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  18. Lona 2:47 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  19. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:51 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  20. Get Together 3:03 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass, double bass
  21. Imagination 3:25 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  22. If It Ain’t Love 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  23. Rhythm Man 2:55 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  24. Stomping at the Savoy 3:10 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) double bass
  25. True 2:44 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) double bass
  26. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:58 Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (Aug 1935) double bass
  27. A Sunbonnet Blue (and a Yellow Straw Hat) 2:52 Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Aug 1935) double bass
  28. Love and Kisses 3:19 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) double bass
  29. Are You Here to Stay? 3:11 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) double bass
  30. If You Were Mine 3:13 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1935) double bass
  31. I’ll Chase the Blues Away 2:34 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) double bass
  32. Eeny Meeny Miney Mo 3:15 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1935) double bass
  33. What a Shuffle 2:54 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) bass, double bass, double bass
  34. Blue Lou 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) bass, double bass, double bass, double bass
  35. That’s Life I Guess (take 1) 3:10 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday (1936) double bass
  36. Pennies From Heaven (take 1) 3:18 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday (1936) double bass
  37. One Never Knows, Does One? 3:03 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) double bass
  38. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 2:57 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) double bass
  39. Where or When 2:34 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) double bass
  40. The Onyx Hop 2:48 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) double bass
  41. Moanin’ Low 3:05 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday (1937) double bass
  42. Easy Living 2:49 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) double bass
  43. Fine and Dandy 2:38 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1937) double bass
  44. I Wish I Had You (take 2) 2:50 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Jul 1938) double bass
  45. I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (and Throw Away the Key) (take 1) 2:08 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Jul 1938) double bass
  46. Rosetta 3:02 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) double bass
  47. Romping (Romping at Victor) 2:35 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) double bass
  48. The Blues My Baby Gave to Me 3:14 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) double bass
  49. Minor Jive 3:07 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) double bass
  50. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 3:13 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) double bass

Credited as (4)

  1. John Kirby
  2. John Kirby feat. Maxine Sullivan
  3. Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby
  4. Charlie Shavers & John Kirby arr. Vincent Veneman

Works (1)

Composed

  1. 20th Century Closet

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87124969
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xs6bh8
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87124969
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13896014z
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119161745
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105538

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/393377

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(musician)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/258700

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000230656

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/17407869

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338644

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Kirby,_Buster_Bailey,_Washington_DC,_May_1946_(Gottlieb).jpg