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I enjoy photography quite a bit. I have a few lenses I use with a Sony A7R II. I will upload some of my favorite photos here soon. – Dylan

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Dylan 78.26 ♪

Disc Transfer and Restoration by sound engineer Dylan Utz. A new track appears every week!

Dylan 78.26 ♪
ARC–Brunswick matrix 14990, take 1, recorded 03/23/1934, New York. Originally released as Vocalion 2689-B, 05/1934.

Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Label photo by Dylan Utz. Watch in 4K!

Personnel:
Clarence Williams (leader) 
Chick Bullock (vocal) 
Charlie Gaines (trumpet)
Ed Allen (cornet)
Cecil Scott (tenor sax)
Louis Jordan (alto sax)
unknown (tenor sax)
Floyd Casey (washboard)
James P. Johnson (piano) 
Cyrus St.
 Clair (brass bass)

Additional:
Raymond Scott (composer)
Mitchell Parish (lyricist)
"Christmas Night In Harlem" – Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band
Victor matrix BVE-36829, take 3, recorded 10/12/1926, New York. Released as Victor 20273, 01/1927. Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Label photo by Dylan Utz. Watch in 4K!

Personnel:
The Keller Sisters and Lynch (vocal)
Bix Beiderbecke (cornet) 
Fuzzy Farrar (trumpet)
Ray Lodwig (trumpet)
Bill Rank (trombone)
Speigle Willcox (trombone)
Don Murray (clarinet, alto and baritone sax)
Doc Ryker(alto saxophone)
Frank Trumbauer (C-melody saxophone)
Joe Venuti (violin)
Paul Mertz (piano)
Howdy Quicksell (banjo)
Eddie Lang (guitar)
Steve Brown (bass)
Chauncey Morehouse (drums)

Additional:
Bill Challis (arranger)
Benny Krueger (songwriter) 
Jule Styne (songwriter) 
Chester Conn (songwriter) 
Ned Miller (songwriter)
"Sunday" – Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra (Bix)
Victor matrix BVE-57068, take 2, recorded 11/06/1929, New York. Originally released as Victor V-38102, 01/17/1930. This reissue pressing using original metal parts released on Argentinian RCA Victor Collector’s Series 760-0001, probable late 1950s. 

Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Label photo by Dylan Utz. Watch in 4K!

McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Musical group)
Don Redman (director)

Personnel:
Don Redman (vocalist, alto sax, bari sax, clarinet)
Joe Smith (trumpet)
Sidney de Paris (trumpet)
Leonard Davis (trumpet)
Claude Jones (trombone)
Benny Carter (clarinet, alto saxophone)
Theodore McCord (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone)
Fats Waller (piano, celeste)
Dave Wilborn (banjo, guitar)
Billy Taylor (brass bass)
Kaiser Marshall (drums)

Additional:
Don Redman (composer, arranger)
John Nesbitt (composer, arranger)
Loren L. Watson (session supervisor)
"Miss Hannah" – McKinney's Cotton Pickers
US Decca matrix 67861, take A, recorded 06/04/1940, New York City. Released as Decca 21111, mid 1940. Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Watch in 4K!

Personnel:
Ramón Armengod (lead vocals)
Nano Rodrigo (bandleader)
unknown (orchestra)
"Violeta" – Ramón Armengod with Nano Rodrigo's Orchestra
Victor matrix BVE-42935, take 1, recorded 09/07/1928, Camden, New Jersey. Released as Victor V-38021, 02/22/1929. Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Label photo by Dylan Utz. Watch in 4K!

Personnel:
Bennie Moten (director, piano)
Ed Lewis (cornet)
Booker Washington (cornet)
Harlan Leonard (clarinet, alto sax, soprano sax)
Jack Washington (clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax)
Woody Walder (clarinet, tenor sax)
Thamon Hayes (trombone)
Willie McWashington (drums)
Leroy Berry (banjo)
Vernon Page (brass bass)

Additional:
Bennie Moten (composer) 
Thamon Hayes (composer)
"South" – Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Victor matrix BVE-45536, take 1, recorded 05/29/1928, New York City. Released as Victor 81272, likely 06/1928. Disc Transfer and Restoration by Dylan Utz, 2023. Label photo by Dylan Utz. Watch in 4K!

Personnel:
María Teresa Vera (lead vocal)
Gerardo Martínez (leader, double bass, group vocals)
Guillermo Castillo (guitar, group vocals)
Felipe Neri Cabrera (maracas, group vocals) 
Agustín Gutiérrez OR José Manuel Carriera Incharte "El Chino" (bongó)
Abelardo Barroso as (group vocals, maraquero)
Félix Chappottín  (trumpet)
potential others (percussion)

Additional:
Carlos Godínez (composer)
"Tribilín Cantore" – Sexteto Habanero
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