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In Harlem's Araby - 1920's recordings by lesser known black bands active in the smaller clubs in New York (the Nest, Small's, the first Savoy, etc.) Bands led by Elmer Snowden, Chick Webb, Willie The Lion Smith, and James P. Johnson including great performances by Louis Metcalf, Edwin Swayzee, Robert Horton, TeRoy Williams, Jimmy Harrison, Sidney Bechet, Buster Bailey, Luis Russell, Happy Caldwell, Bob Fuller, Hilton Jefferson, Charlie Holmes, Clarence Grimes, Cliff Jackson, Joe Turner, Perry Bradford and Walter Johnson among others
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In Harlem's Araby - 1920's recordings by lesser known black bands active in the smaller clubs in New York (the Nest, Small's, the first Savoy, etc.) Bands led by Elmer Snowden, Chick Webb, Willie The Lion Smith, and James P. Johnson including great performances by Louis Metcalf, Edwin Swayzee, Robert Horton, TeRoy Williams, Jimmy Harrison, Sidney Bechet, Buster Bailey, Luis Russell, Happy Caldwell, Bob Fuller, Hilton Jefferson, Charlie Holmes, Clarence Grimes, Cliff Jackson, Joe Turner, Perry Bradford and Walter Johnson among others

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