I WISH I KNEW (Early Jazz))

"SPENCER ADAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA" is a pseudonym for the "Synco Jazz Band" :
Jules Levy, Jr., c / Ephraim Hannaford, tb / Joseph Samuels, cl, bsx / Larry Briers, p, d / unknown bj , bb.
New York, c. August 10, 1922.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• early jazz
• Spencer Adams
• Joseph Samuels
• Jules Levy
• dance music
• Synco Jazz Band
• roaring 20s
• 78 rpm record

[saltburner2]

Pathe Actuelles were needle-cut dubbings from original hill-and-dale recordings, made to play on conventional gramophones.

The increased low-frequency rumble in these discs betrays their origins.

None the less, a very interesting selection.

[tenorbanjo4]

@saltburner2

Thank you for your technical comment !

[gmmix]

Pleasing rendition. Jules Levy, Jr.'s dad was a cracker-jack of a cornetist. His Edison recordings are incredibly impressive. Thanks for this posting!

[VictrolaJazz]

Never heard a version of this song I didn't like--including this one!

[MrXnews]

@saltburner2 Up to 1926 or so, Pathe recorded to cylinders (Concert 5" size) and dubbed from that, and sometimes they dubbed to submasters, thus causing some distortion, as you said.

[MrXnews]

You are correct. Basically, Spencer Adams was a pseudo. for Synco Jazz, a pseudo. itself for Joseph Samuels Music Masters!