Whispering: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Jazz/dance band

Victor 18690. Matrix/Take: B-24393/9.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1920-08-23
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Ragtime, jazz, and more
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18690
• Matrix number: B-24393 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 9
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Instrumental
• Catalogue subjects: Ragtime, jazz, and more; Instrumental; Victor
• Named contributors: Whiteman, Paul — Leader; Byers, Hale — Instrumentalist -- Tenor Saxophone; Johnson, Theron E. "Buster" — Instrumentalist -- Trombone; Ambassador Orchestra — Musical Group; Grofé, Ferde — Arranger; McDonald, Harold — Instrumentalist -- Drums; Mueller, Gus — Instrumentalist -- Alto Saxophone; Schonberger, John — Composer; Grofé, Ferde — Instrumentalist -- Piano; Heiss, Sammy — Instrumentalist -- Tuba; Pingitore, Mike — Instrumentalist -- Banjo; Busse, Henry — Instrumentalist -- Trumpet; Whiteman, Paul — Instrumentalist -- Violin; Luce, Warren — Instrumentalist -- Slide Whistle

Sources and reuse

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