Jazz Groups:The Chocolate Dandies

The Chocolate Dandies

The Benny Carter version of The Chocolate Dandies, released favoured Jazz Records from the 1930's to the 1940's. The name of the ensemble has been used by many, but Benny Carter's version seems to be the most regarded. Please take a listen here and have a great Wednesday: Blue Interlude, Krazy Kapers, Star dust, Bugle call rag, I surrender dear and Dee Blue

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Background information

Name: The Chocolate Dandies Genre: Jazz Years active: 1930's - 1940's Members: Benny Carter ensembles 1. 1930 - with Bobby Stark (tp), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Benny Carter (cl, as, voc), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Horace Henderson (p), Benny Jackson (g), John Kirby (b, tu) (Songs: "Goodbye Blues", "Cloudy Skies", "Got Another Sweetie Now", "Bugle Call Rag " and "Dee Blues") 2. 1933 - with Max Kaminsky (tp), Benny Carter (tp, as), Floyd O´Brien (tb), Chu Berry (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Lawrence Lucie (g), Ernest Hill (b), Sidney Catlett (dr) (Songs: "Blue Interlude", "I Never Know", "Once Upon A Time", "Krazy Kapers") 3. 1940 - with Roy Eldridge (tp), Benny Carter (as, p), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bernard Addison (g), John Kirby (b), Sidney Catlett (dr). (Songs: "Smack", "I Surrender Dear ", "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me")