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John Kirby

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John Kirby (December 31, 1908 – June 14, 1952), was a jazz double-bassist who played the trombone as well as tuba. Kirby was born in Winchester, Virginia. In 1926 he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, a town he is still linked to by some. He played with Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson (where during the early 1930s, he performed some amazingly complicated tuba work on a number of Henderson's recordings) before starting his own band in 1937. His John Kirby's Sextet "The Onyx Club Boys" (usually included himself on bass

Top songs

  1. Charlie's Prelude
  2. Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairies
  3. Undecided
  4. From A Flat To C
  5. Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown
  6. Rehearsin' For A Nervous Breakdown (10-28-38)
  7. Blue Skies
  8. By The Waters Of Minnetonka (10-28-38)
  9. Close Shave
  10. Beethoven Riffs On
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  1. Front and Center
  2. Royal Garden Blues
  3. Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
  4. Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
  5. Dawn On the Desert
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown
  7. Coquette
  8. Effervescent Blues
  9. Then I'll Be Happy
  10. From A Flat To C (10-28-38)
  11. St. Louis Blues
  12. Anitra's Dance
  13. Arabian Nightmare
  14. Rose Room
  15. Jumpin' in the Pump Room
  16. Blues Petite
  17. I'm Scared
  18. It Feels So Good
  19. From Ab to C
  20. Rustle Of Spring #1
  21. 20th Century Closet
  22. One Alone
  23. Frasquita Serenade
  24. Pastel Blue (Blue Dilemma)
  25. Opus 5
  26. Zooming At the Zombie
  27. It's Only a Paper Moon
  28. Chloe
  29. No Blues At All
  30. Peanut Vendor
  31. Andiology
  32. It Feels Good
  33. Minute Waltz
  34. Humoresque
  35. Move Over
  36. Little Brown Jug
  37. Echoes of Harlem
  38. Nocturne
  39. You Go To My Head
  40. 9:20 Special
  41. Serenade
  42. Can't We Be Friends
  43. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
  44. Twentieth Century Closet
  45. Can't We Be Friends?
  46. Milumba
  47. Milumbu
  48. The Turf
  49. Temptation
  50. Double Talk
  51. Blue Fantasy
  52. Bugler's Dilemma
  53. Blues Petite (05-27-40)
  54. Night Whispers
  55. Fifi's Rhapsody
  56. Whirlaway
  57. Tweed Me
  58. It Might As Well Be Spring
  59. Loch Lomond
  60. Original Dixieland One-Step
  61. Tunisian Trail
  62. Keep Smilin'
  63. Wondering Where
  64. Effervescent Blues (01-09-39)
  65. I Love You Truly
  66. Comin' Back
  67. Toselli's Serenade
  68. Rustle Of Spring #2
  69. Bounce On The Sugar Plum Fairy (01-15-41)
  70. Mop Mop
  71. Crossroads
  72. On a Little Street in Singapore
  73. Pastel Blue
  74. Do You Savvy
  75. Sextette from Lucia
  76. Schubert's Serenade
  77. Impromptu
  78. Rhumba In The Dark
  79. Undecided (10-28-38)
  80. Temptation (05-27-40)
  81. Go Your Way
  82. Opus Five
  83. Drink To Me With Thine Eyes
  84. Blues Skies
  85. Betthoven Riffs On
  86. Anitra's Dance (05-19-39)
  87. At The Crossroads
  88. By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
  89. Fantasy Impromptu
  90. It Feels So Good (01-09-39)

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