How Long How Long Blues

~ Recording by Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2How Long How Long Blues?:??Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug BandIt’s Tight Like That / How Long How Long BluesTampa Red’s Hokum Jug BandSingle
Vocalion (US, active 1920s-1970s)1228
1.11How Long How Long Blues3:13Hokum Jug BandComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: May 1928 to 12 January 1929Tampa RedAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5073
40.5How Long, How Long Blues3:06Tampa RedThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
4.5How Long, How Long Blues3:06Tampa RedThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 10: BluesBessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mississippi John Hurt, Tampa RedAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222766-382
1.4How Long, How Long Blues3:06Tampa Red “The Guitar Wizard”Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 12 January to 27 June 1929Tampa RedAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5074
1.11How Long How Long Blues3:14Tampa RedMusic Making In Chicago 1928-1935Tampa RedAlbum + Compilation
JSP RecordsJSP77160

Relationships

recorded in:Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-11-09, on 1929-01-16)
guitar:Martell Pettiford (on 1928-11-09)
Tampa Red (on 1928-11-09, on 1929-01-16)
jug:Carl Reid (jug band member) (on 1928-11-09)
kazoo and washboard:Herman Brown (Kazoo player) (on 1928-11-09)
piano:Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1928-11-09)
lead vocals:Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (on 1928-11-09)
recording of:How Long, How Long Blues (on 1929-01-16: cover)

Related works

How Long, How Long Blues

lyricist and composer:Leroy Carr
J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
publisher:MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)