78 LE ROY TIBBS & CONNIES INN ORC.COL14809D
  £   166
  $   220

 


£ 166 Sold For
Feb 11, 2007 Sold Date
Feb 4, 2007 Start Date
£   10 Start price
7   Number Of Bids
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AN ULTRA RARE 1928 ORIGINAL  FROM LEROY TIBBS AND HIS CONNIE INN ORCHESTRA 

Connie's Inn was a popular nightclub located at 2221 Seventh Avenue at the corner of 131st Street in New York City. The club was owned by the brothers Connie and George Immerman and the famous gangster Dutch Schultz was rumored to be a silent partner in the operation. It was a segregated club (like the Cotton Club) where Whites came to be entertained by Black performers. Leroy Tibbs and his Connie's Inn Orchestra was a band lead by violinist Allie Ross.

Title Recording Date Recording Location Company I Got Worry
(DeRose / Trent) 2-1-1928 New York, New York Columbia
14309-D
145604-2 One O'Clock Blues
(Allen / Bishop / Waller) 2-1-1928 New York, New York Columbia
14309-D
145605-2 Artist Instrument Ed Allen Cornet Ed Cuffee Trombone Hugh Davis Drums Arville Harris Clarinet, Alto Saxophone Leroy Harris Banjo Gilbert Paris Cornet Allie Ross Violin Cyrus St. Clair Bass Brass Leroy Tibbs Piano unknown Saxophones       CONDITION:- RECORD SOUNDS FANTASTIC!  - Actually the surface is M- to Ex+ and it sounds Ex+ with no clicks and VERY low (virtually no) surface noise - However both labels are rather dull and there is a VERY SHORT sub surface hairline crack developing in the laminate of the "One O Clock Blues" side so it is downgraded to EX   AN ULTRA RARE DANCE RECORD IN EXCELLENT CONDITION   SO DON'T MISS IT - BID NOW !!!  

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