Don Redman

Aliases: The Don Redman All Stars
Don Redman and His Orch.
Don Redman & His Orchestra
Don Redman and His Orchestra
Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable
Real name: Donald Matthew Redman
Born: July 29, 1900
Died: November 30, 1964
Country: United States
IPI: 00025578865 14 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz musician (clarinet and saxophones), composer, arranger and leader. Redman's work as an arranger was important in the formulation of hot jazz.
Member of: McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1927 - 1931)
Family: Dewey Redman Nephew
Joshua Redman Grand-nephew
Related: Chocolate Dandies
Fletcher Henderson Reed player and arranger in Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra (1923 - 1927)

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Gee, Ain't I Good to You	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	December 1929	(359 artists)
	Hug Me a Hug (Kiss Me a Kiss)	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	(2 artists)
	If It's True	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	(10 artists)
	I Gotcha	Don Redman and His Orchestra	August 1936	Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers
	I Heard	Don Redman and His Orchestra	December 1931	(10 artists)
	I Wanna Be Loved	Don Redman and His Orchestra	January 1934	(80 artists)
	Miss Hannah	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	1929	(12 artists)
	Shakin' the Africann	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1931	(2 artists)
i	Song of the Weeds	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1931	(15 artists)
	Takes Two to Tango	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	August 1952	(19 artists)
	The Way I Feel Today	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	1929	(6 artists)
	Tozo!	Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Donald Redman	1927	(13 artists)
	Wherever There's a Will, Baby	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	August 14, 1931	Back Bay Ramblers

Covers by Don Redman

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	After You've Gone	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Campbell and Burr
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i	Alice Blue Gown	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
	A Little Bit Later On	Don Redman and His Orchestra	August 1936	Bunny Berigan and His Boys - Vocal Chorus Chick Bullock
	Allá en el Rancho Grande	Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Cantantes de la Orquesta Típica Mexicana, The Light Crust Doughboys
i	All the Things You Are	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
	Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
	A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
	As Long as I Live	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i	At the Swing Cats Ball	The Don Redman All Stars	1960	Louie Jordan and His Tympany Five
	Aunt Hagar's Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
	Ballin' the Jack	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Prince's Band
	Beale Street Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Prince's Band
	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
	Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Arthur Collins
i	Bugle Call Rag	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1936	Friars Society Orchestra
	Careless Love	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	(unknown)
	C'est magnifique	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Lilo and Peter Cookson
	Cherry	The Big Aces	1928	McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i	Chinatown My Chinatown	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
	Ciribiribin	Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	(unknown), (unknown)
i	Copenhagen	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Wolverine Orchestra
	'Deed I Do	Don Redman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Laurel Watson and Chorus	January 4, 1939	Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i	Diga Diga Doo	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
	Doin' the New Low Down	Bill Robinson with Don Redman and His Orchestra	1933	Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
	Doin' the New Low Down	The Mills Brothers and Cab Calloway with Don Redman and His Orchestra	1933	Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
	Doin' the New Low Down	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
	Doin' What I Please	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	(unknown)
i	Don't Blame Me	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
i	Down Home Rag	Don Redman and His Orch.	December 1938	Six Brown Brothers
	Do You Know Why	Bette McLaurin with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	January 1953	Roberta Lee and Jerry Gray and His Orchestra
	Easy Street	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins
	Everybody Loves My Baby	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Aileen Stanley
	Every Time I Feel the Spirit	Don Redman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Inez Cavanaugh (Inez Cavanaugh, Don Redman)	1983	Unverified
	Friendless Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	(unknown)
	Got the Jitters	Don Redman & His Orchestra	January 1934	Isham Jones and His Orchestra
	He May Be Your Man but He Come to See Me	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1955	Lem Fowler
	Hesitatin' Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Prince's Band
i	High Society	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	"Standard Band"
i	Hot and Anxious	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Baltimore Bell Hops (Fletcher Henderson)
i	How High the Moon	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
	I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1955	Marion Harris
	I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i	I Got Rhythm	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1935	Unverified
	I Heard	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	February 1952	Don Redman and His Orchestra
	I Just Want a Daddy	Fae Barnes - Acc. by Donald M. Redmond	September 1923	Monette Moore
i	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
	I Must Have That Man	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Adelaide Hall
	I've Got the World on a String	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i	Laura	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Alfred Newman
	Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long	Bing Crosby, Boswell Sisters with Don Redman & His Orchestra	1932	Grace Johnston
	Lazybones	Don Redman and His Orchestra	August 1933	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
	Let There Be Love	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	August 1952	Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
	Loch Lomond	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Flora Donaldson
	Long Gone	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	(unknown)
	Me and My Shadow	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	October 1953	Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
	Memories of You	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i	Millenberg Joys	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	New Orleans Rhythm Kings
	My Fate Is in Your Hands	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
i	My Gal Sal	Don Redman	1957	Byron G. Harlan
	My Ideal	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	November 1952	Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i	My Melancholy Baby	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
	Nagasaki	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i	National Emblem March	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	(unknown)
	Non dimenticar	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Flo Sandon's - Orchestra diretta da Federico Bergamini REL, Sylvana Mangano [dubbed by Flo Sandon's] BRD, Frankie Day
	Ole Miss Rag	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Scott Joplin, (unknown)
i	San	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	The Benson Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Roy Bargy
	Say Si Si	Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
	Shein vi di l'vone	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Bagelman Sisters (The Barry Sisters) REC,REL, Menasha Skulnik and Gertie Bulman PRF, (unknown)
i	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble	Don Redman and His Orch.	June 21, 1940	Emerson Dance Orchestra
i	Sophisticated Lady	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1933	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
	South America, Take It Away	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Betty Garrett with Call Me Mister Orchestra under direction of Lehman Engel REC, Betty Garrett, Chandler Cowles, Fred Danieli, Howard Malone, Alan Manson PRF
	St. Louis Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Prince's Band
	Stompin' at the Savoy	Don Redman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Peanuts Hucko (Peanuts Hucko, Don Redman)	1983	Unverified
	Stormy Weather	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
	Sweet Georgia Brown	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
	Sweet Leilani	Don Redman and His Orchestra	January 4, 1939	Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
	That's My Weakness Now	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman)
	The Birth of the Blues	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	February 1952	Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
	The Gypsy Goofed	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	July 23, 1956	Unverified
	The Man on the Flying Trapeze	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1937	Victor Mixed Chorus
	There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	John W. Bubbles
	There's a Man in My Life	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Muriel Angelus
i	The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Edward Allen
i	The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	Edward Allen
	Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	November 1952	Al Jolson PRF,REC
	Underneath the Harlem Moon	Don Redman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harlan Lattimore	October 1932	Howard Joyner
i	Wang Wang Blues	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
	World Weary	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	March 1955	Beatrice Lillie
	You Come a Long Way from St. Louis	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
	You Gave Me Everything but Love	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
	You Gave Me Everything but Love	Don Redman & His Orchestra	1932	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i	You Turned the Tables on Me	Don Redman	1957	Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL, Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC

Songs written by Don Redman

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Chant of the Weed	Don Redman	Don Redman and His Orchestra	September 24, 1931	Covered by (15 artists)
Cherry	Don Redman, Ray Gilbert	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	July 12, 1928	Covered by (91 artists)
Gee, Ain't I Good to You	Andy Razaf, Don Redman	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	November 5, 1929	Covered by (359 artists)
Gotcha	Don Redman, Tom Gindhart, Herman Stein	Don Redman and His Orchestra	May 7, 1936	Covered by Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers
How'm I Doin'?	Don Redman, Lem Fowler	Clara Smith – Piano Accomp. by Lem Fowler	May 25, 1926	Covered by (15 artists)
I'd Love It	Don Redman, Will Hudson	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	November 6, 1929	Covered by (19 artists)
If It Ain't Love	Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Fats Waller	The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by Dorsey Brothers	April 9, 1932	Covered by (16 artists)
If It's True	Don Redman, Gus Bentley, Jules Penrose	Don Redman and His Orchestra	June 28, 1932	Covered by (10 artists)
I Heard	Don Redman	Don Redman and His Orchestra	December 1931	Covered by (10 artists)
Just an Old Manuscript	Andy Razaf, Don Redman	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra REC,REL	November 19, 1943	Covered by (10 artists)
Miss Hannah	Don Redman, John Nesbitt	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	November 7, 1929	Covered by (12 artists)
No One Else but You	Don Redman	Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five	December 5, 1928	Covered by (21 artists)
Save It Pretty Mama	Don Redman, Joe Davis, Paul Denniker	Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five	December 5, 1928	Covered by (67 artists)
The Way I Feel Today	Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Howdy Quicksell	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	November 6, 1929	Covered by (6 artists)
Wherever There's a Will, Baby	Don Redman	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman	November 7, 1929	Covered by Back Bay Ramblers

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Dance, Dance, Dance with Don Redman	Don Redman	1957	Urania
Dixieland in High Society	Don Redman & The Knights of the Roundtable	1959	Roulette
For Europeans Only	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1983	SteepleChase
Gems	Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1958	Vocalion [US]
I'm with You	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Coral
Pearl Bailey A-Broad	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	June 1957	Roulette
Say "Si Si"	Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Coral
Songs of the Bad Old Days	Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman	1960	Roulette
St. Louis Blues	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	1958	Roulette
The Don Redman All-Stars Vol.2	The Don Redman All Stars	1960	Sesac Recordings
The One & Only - Pearl Bailey Sings	Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman	December 1956	Mercury

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't Nothin' Nothin' Baby Without You	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Coral
A Little Bit Later On	Don Redman and His Orchestra	August 1936	Melotone
Doin' the New Low Down	Bill Robinson with Don Redman and His Orchestra	1933	Brunswick
Doin' the New Low Down – I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Mills Brothers, Cab Calloway with Don Redman and His Orchestra - Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	1933	Brunswick
Doin' What I Please	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	Brunswick
Do It a Long Time Papa	Fae Barnes - Acc. by Donald M. Redmond	September 1923	Black Swan Records
Four or Five Times - Cherry	The Little Aces - The Big Aces	1928	OKeh
Hot and Anxious	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1932	Brunswick
Hug Me a Hug (Kiss Me a Kiss)	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1953	Coral
I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	1955	Coral
I Heard	Don Redman and His Orchestra	December 1931	Brunswick
I Love My Argentine	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	October 1953	Coral
It's a Great World After All	Don Redman & His Orchestra	1932	Brunswick
I Wanna Be Loved	Don Redman and His Orchestra	January 1934	Brunswick
Lazybones	Don Redman and His Orchestra	August 1933	Brunswick
Margie	Don Redman and His Orch.	December 1938	Bluebird
My Dreams of You	Bette McLaurin with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	January 1953	Coral
My Ideal	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	November 1952	Coral
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble	Don Redman and His Orch.	June 21, 1940	Bluebird
Song of the Weeds	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1931	Brunswick
Sophisticated Lady	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1933	Brunswick
Sweet Leilani	Don Redman and His Orchestra	January 4, 1939	Bluebird
Takes Two to Tango	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	August 1952	Coral
The Birth of the Blues	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	February 1952	Coral
The Man on the Flying Trapeze	Don Redman and His Orchestra	1937	Variety [US]
Too Bad	Don Redman and His Orchestra	November 1936	Vocalion [US]
Underneath the Harlem Moon	Don Redman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harlan Lattimore	October 1932	Brunswick
World Weary	Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman	March 1955	Coral

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
C'est magnifique	Pearl Bailey	July 1957	Roulette
For Adult Listening	Pearl Bailey	September 1959	Wing
Gee, Ain't I Good to You	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	December 1929	Victor
Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long - Jazz Nocturne	Bing Crosby, Boswell Sisters - Victor Young	1932	Brunswick
Make Me Know It (If You Mean What You Say) – Wherever There's a Will, Baby	Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys – McKinney's Cotton Pickers	August 14, 1931	Victor
Miss Hannah	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	1929	Victor
Rocky Mountain Blues	Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra	1927	Columbia [US]