Tape # Side

Time

Subject

1 a

007-021

Introduction

1 a

022-064

Biographical; Family; Musical Background

1 a

065-086

First paying job; High School

1 a

087-106

Oliver Cobb Band; Crackerjacks

1 a

107-183

Graystone Ballroom; personnel of early Crackerjacks Band

1 a

184-198

Second Crackerjacks Band

1 a

199-257

Music in St. Louis; Club Plantation; pay; arrangements; tunes; musicians

1 a

258-300

Lloyd Smith; Singleton Palmer- switch to string bass; Erskine Tate tour; business & promotion

1 a

301-329

racial problems

1 a

330-350

Touring with band

1 a

351-379

locating reading musicians- requirements; business education

1 a

380-469

Traveling; cutting contests

1 a

470-484

Eddie Randle

1 a

485-516

Appearance, uniforms, dress, discipline

1 a

517-535

Other bands in St. Louis

1 a

536-565

"New" Crackerjacks- personnel, rehearsals

1 a

566-590

Today's music vs. "old days" music; teaching piano

1 a

591-616

Recording company

1 a

617-663

Music today; piano players- Fats Waller- Cincinnati

1 a

664-689

Styles of Piano- stride

1 a

690-699

Art Tatum's "sister"

1 a

700-735

Stops traveling; family, children

1 b

005-076

Last traveling band - personnel

1 b

077-160

Club Plantation Orchestra - personnel

1 b

161-220

Location of musicians today - Plantation

1 b

221-255

Plantation job

1 b

256-263

Graystone Ballroom

1 b

264-298

Shows at Plantation

1 b

299-424

Recording sessions; Oliver Cobb - Chicago

1 b

425-458

Own recording company; Music today

1 b

459-474

Leading band while playing piano

1 b

475-498

Musicians unions; black and white

1 b

499-535

Musicians getting a start with Johnson

1 b

536-673

Looking at scrapbook - Not transcribed

1 b

674-691

Oliver Cobb Band Cobb as leader

1 b

692-715

Places Crackerjacks worked: split into two Crackerjacks

1 b

716-738

Conclusion