The Charleston Chasers
The Charleston Chasers was a name used between 1925 and 1931 for a series of recording groups that did not exist outside of the studios. The 1925 edition (which recorded two numbers) matched cornetist Leo McConville with trombonist Miff Mole and pianist Arthur Schutt. By their second session two years later, the Charleston Chasers was a group similar to Red Nichols' Five Pennies with Nichols on cornet, trombonist Mole, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto (he was later replaced by clarinetist Pee Wee Russell), and usually pianist Schutt, Dick McDonough on banjo or guitar, Joe Tarto on tuba, and the inventive drummer Vic Berton. Other than two songs by a similar band (plus singer Scrappy Lambert) in 1928, the Charleston Chasers were inactive until mid-1929, when trumpeter Phil Napoleon became their lead voice. At first using Mole, Dorsey, and Schutt, the group at various times included clarinetist Benny Goodman and trombonist Tommy Dorsey, along with Roy Evans and Eva Taylor on vocals. Probably the best-known session under the Charleston Chasers name was the final one, four songs cut on February 9, 1931, by an 11-piece group that included trumpeter Charlie Teagarden, both Jack Teagarden and Glenn Miller on trombones, Benny Goodman, and drummer Gene Krupa. While two songs had pop vocals by Paul Small, the renditions of "Basin Street Blues" and "Beale Street Blues" (featuring famous Jack Teagarden vocals) were arguably the high point of the group's existence and alone would have guaranteed the band's immortality.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Charleston Chasers Vol. 1 1925-1930
Jazz - Released by Timeless Records on 9 Jul 2008
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Davenport Blues (Original Recordings New York 1925 - 1927)
Jazz - Released by HotJazz on 30 Jun 2017
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Pleasure Mad
Jazz - Released by Stomp Off Records on 18 Sep 2015
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Smilin' Skies
Jazz - Released by Stomp Off Records on 15 Jan 2001
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Just Imagine
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Lake Records on 29 Dec 2016
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Steaming South
Jazz - Released by Stomp Off Records on 9 Sep 2014
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The Charleston Chasers - After You Gone
Jazz - Released by T.B. Ballroom Classics on 8 Jan 2010
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Mississippi Mud (Original Recordings New York 1927 -1929)
Jazz - Released by HotJazz on 30 Jun 2017
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Basin Street Blues (Original Recordings New York 1930 - 1931)
Jazz - Released by HotJazz on 30 Jun 2017
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My Sweet Home (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by That's What Records on 13 May 2016
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The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (Live)
Jazz - Released by PEK Sound on 23 Mar 2016
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New York Jazz Groups 1924-30
Tom Dorsey, The Charleston Chasers
Jazz - Released by Documents on 1 Sep 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo