Riverside session · in the studio
December, 1953
Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings
- This day's music is on 2 records: New Orleans Jazz Party, Dixieland In Hi-Fi
In the room
- Gene Mayl – tuba
- Bob Hodes – trumpet
- Charlie Sonnanstine – trombone
Joe Darensbourg – clarinet- Jack Vastine – banjo, vocal
- Robin Wetterau – piano
The takes
What the numbers mean
Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home | RLP 2505, RLP 12-210 |
| – | Sunset Cafe Stomp | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Muscrat Ramble | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Weary Blues | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Big Butter And Egg Man | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Blue Mama's Suicide Wail | RLP 2505, RLP 12-210 |
| – | Darktown Strutters Ball | RLP 2505, RLP 12-210 |
| – | St. James Infirmary | RLP 2505, RLP 12-210 |
| – | Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me) | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Roll, Jordan, Roll | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Sweet Georgia Brown | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Red River Valley | RLP 12-210 |
| – | Irish Black Bottom | RLP 2505 |
| – | Ory's Creole Trombone | RLP 2505 |
| – | Melancholy | RLP 2505 |
| – | Come Back Sweet Papa | RLP 2505 |
16 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
RLP 2505 · 1954New Orleans Jazz PartyGene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings
RLP 12-210 · 1956Dixieland In Hi-FiGene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm KingsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 12-259 | At The Hi-Fi Jazz Band Ball | Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | 1958 | Gene Mayl, Bob Hodes, Charlie Sonnanstine, Joe Darensbourg, Jack Vastine, Robin Wetterau |
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 2504 | Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | 1953 | Gene Mayl, Bob Hodes, Jack Vastine, Robin Wetterau |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 2503 | New Orleans Encore | Bob Hodes And The Red Onion Jazz Band | 1953 | Bob Hodes, Charlie Sonnanstine, Robin Wetterau |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 2502 | Carl Halen With The Washboard Five And Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | 1952 | Gene Mayl, Charlie Sonnanstine |
 | RLP 12-289 | Jazz In Retrospect | Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings | 1959 | Gene Mayl, Jack Vastine |