Cotton Pickers "Mishawaka Blues" (February 6, 1925) Phil Napoleon, Miff Mole, Joe Tarto 1920s jazz

Mishawaka is located in Indiana. February 6, 1925. Roy Johnston, trumpet Miff Mole, trombone Larry Abbott, clarinet & alto saxophone Frank Trumbauer, C-Melody saxophone & alto saxophone Rube Bloom, piano Frank DiPrima, banjo Louis Cassagne, brass bass Ward Archer, drums The Cotton Pickers is a name used at times by the Original Memphis Five (the "Memphis" here pays tribute to "The Memphis Blues"--not one of the musicians was from Memphis). Other names are Ladd's Black Aces, Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders, Bailey's Lucky Seven, and The Southland Six. It takes dedication and study for a record collector to keep all these names handy when going through piles of 78s--the records are always worth picking up though one doesn't want to pay too much. The musicians are white, but they played jazz in a relatively hot manner. Frank Signorelli had been in the Original Dixieland Jazz Band though he was not an original member. This widely-recorded 1920s band had its roots in 1917 with Phil Napoleon and Frank Signorelli forming a musical friendship. Cotton Pickers "Mishawaka Blues" (February 6, 1925) Phil Napoleon, Miff Mole, Joe Tarto 1920s jazz