Claxtonola Records

Claxtonola was a jazz record label founded in 1918 by the Brenard Manufacturing Company in Iowa City, Iowa.[1] It reissued Paramount, Black Swan, and Gennett Records masters on the Claxtonola and National labels.[2] The label closed in 1925.[1] The company also sold phonographs.

Discography

The company's recordings include:[3]

The Wolverines:

The Bucktown Five:

  • Hot Mittens

Hitch's Happy Harmonists:

  • Steady Steppin' Papa

Midway Gardens Orchestra:

  • Tin Roof Blues
  • Black Sheep Blues
  • Lots 0' Mama
  • Sobbin' Blues

Fletcher Henderson, on National:

  • Aunt Hagar's Children
  • My Sweetie Went Away

Jelly Roll Morton, on National:

  • Muddy Water Blues

Sam Ash

  • When Shall We Meet Again (4007-A)

Charles Harrison

  • That's How I Believe in You(4007-B)

Eddie Peabody

  • Tell Me Dreamy Eyes (40440-A)
  • Indian Dawn - Minnetonka (40440-B)

The Seven Syncopaters

  • Take Me (40415-A)
  • Susquenna Home (40415-B)

References

  1. ^ a b Rye, Howard (2002). Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 456. ISBN 1561592846.
  2. ^ Davis, John S. (2012), Historical Dictionary of Jazz, Scarecrow Press
  3. ^ Crane, Frederick (2003), Claxtonola and National Records: A provisional catalog


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