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1937 - In the Groove / Foolin' Myself
1937 - In My Wildest Dreams / A Mellow Bit of Rhythm
1936 - I'se A-Muggin' / All the Jive Is Gone
1936 - Christopher Columbus / Froggy Bottom
1936 - Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Walkin' and Swingin'
1936 - Give Her a Pint (And She'll Tell It All) / Moten Swing
1936 - Cloudy / Puddin' Head Serenade
1936 - Mess-A-Stomp / Blue Clarinet Stomp
1936 - Steppin' Pretty / Git
1931 - Travelling That Rocky Road / Honey, Just for You
1931 - Dallas Blues / The Basement Blues (Low‐downer than any Low
1930 - Loose Ankles / I Lost My Gal From Memphis
1930 - Corky Stomp / Froggy Bottom
1930 - Cloudy / Casey Jones Special
1930 - Mary's Idea / Once or Twice
view 1937 - In the Groove / Foolin' Myself 1937 - In My Wildest Dreams / A Mellow Bit of Rhythm 1936 - I'se A-Muggin' / All the Jive Is Gone 1936 - Christopher Columbus / Froggy Bottom 1936 - Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Walkin' and Swingin' 1936 - Give Her a Pint (And She'll Tell It All) / Moten Swing 1936 - Cloudy / Puddin' Head Serenade 1936 - Mess-A-Stomp / Blue Clarinet Stomp 1936 - Steppin' Pretty / Git 1931 - Travelling That Rocky Road / Honey, Just for You 1931 - Dallas Blues / The Basement Blues (Low‐downer than any Low 1930 - Loose Ankles / I Lost My Gal From Memphis 1930 - Corky Stomp / Froggy Bottom 1930 - Cloudy / Casey Jones Special 1930 - Mary's Idea / Once or TwiceMembers
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Andy Kirk was never a major musician (in fact he never really soloed), arranger or personality yet he was a successful big bandleader in the 1930s and '40s. He started playing bass sax and tuba in Denver with George Morrison's band in 1918. In 1925 he moved to Dallas where he played with Terrence Holder's Dark Clouds of Joy. In 1929 he took over leadership of the band (which was renamed Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy) and moved to Kansas City. During 1929-30 they recorded some excellent hot performances with such players as pianist/arranger Mary Lou Williams, violinist Claude Williams and trumpeter Edgar "Puddinghead" Battle. Surprisingly Kirk's Orchestra was off records entirely during 1931-35 but in 1936 (the year it relocated to New York) it immediately had a pop hit in "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" featuring the high voice of singer Pha Terrell. In future years such fine soloists as tenor saxophonist Dick Wilson, the early electric guitarist Floyd Smith, Don Byas, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Howard McGhee (1942-43), Jimmy Forrest and even Fats Navarro and (briefly) Charlie Parker would be among Kirk's sidemen. However Mary Lou Williams was the most important musician in the band, both as a soloist and as an arranger. In 1948 Andy Kirk broke up the band (which had recorded mostly for Decca) and in later years ran a hotel and served as an official in the Musicians' Union. A lone "reunion" date in 1956 featured the classic charts but almost none of the original sidemen.
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