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Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band

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Jazz

Wilbur Sweatman's musical career reads like the history of African-Americans in popular music. He got his professional start in a circus band, then moved on to minstrel shows and vaudeville. He led a successful syncopated orchestra based in Chicago early in the century and made the first recording of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1903. In the years before World War I, Wilbur Sweatman lead a band at the Big Grand Theatre in Chicago (3110 State Street at 31st Street). He moved to New York in 1913 and was one of the first African-Americans to join ASCAP in 1917. After the success of Original Dixieland Jass Band, Sweatman jumped on the jazz bandwagon and released dozens of records in the Teens and 1920s the most famous being "Down Home Rag". He is remembered less as a jazz musician and more as a great showman famous for playing at first two then three clarinets at once. Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, Cozy Cole and Coleman Hawkins all played in his orchestra early in their careers. In the 1930s Sweatman was active in music publishing and was the executor of Scott Joplin's estate. Unfortunately after Sweatman's death in 1961, Joplin's estate fell into disarray and many unpublished and original manuscripts were lost. In the 1940s he led a trio at Paddells Club in New York and continued to play live into the 1950s.

     
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PortraitWilbur Sweatman
1882-1961 US
Popular Tracks   
Everybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues on Indianola by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
Indianola on Indianola by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
A Good Man Is Hard to Find on Indianola by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
I'll Say She Does on Indianola by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
Slide, Kelly, Slide on Indianola by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Jazzin' Straight Thru' ParadiseWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band2004Compil.
Think Of Me Little Daddy / ButWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1920Album
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jellyroll / Hello, Hello!Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1920Album
Ringtail Blues / Bluin' The BluesWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City BluesLouisiana Five / Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
I'll Say She Does / LucilleWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
A Good Man Is Hard To Find / That's Got 'EmWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
The Darktown Strutters' Ball / Goodbye AlexanderWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
Slide, Kelly, Slide / I Ain't 'En Got'En No Time To Have The BluesWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band / Louisiana Five1919Album
Rainy Day Blues / Ja-Da! (Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing)Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1919Album
Indianola / Oh! You La! La!Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1918Album
Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues But I'm Happy / Regretful BluesWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1918Album
Has Anybody Seen My Corinne / Dallas BluesWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1918Album
Those Draftin' Blues / Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie MelodyWilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band1918Album
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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