The Bucktown Five was a jazz group active in the early 1920s in the Chicago area of the United States. The group played a New Orleans style of collective improvisational jazz and were forerunners of the Chicago style which developed in later years. About eighteen months after breaking up, many of the same players recorded in Chicago as the Stomp Six.
The band's name is linked with New Orleans, as Bucktown is a Chicago neighborhood, but also the name of the settlement that grew up on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain after the close of Storyville. It became a smaller version of that district.
Members Guy Carey - trombone Volly De Faut - clarinet, alto saxophone Marvin Saxbe - banjo, guitar, cymbal Bill Shelby - banjo Muggsy Spanier - cornet Mel Stitzel - piano
Discography The group recorded on Claxtonola Records and other labels. Recordings include: The Bucktown Five - Chicago Blues, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Hot Mittens, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Mobile Blues, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Really A Pain, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Buddy's Habits, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Chicago Blues, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Someday Sweetheart, 1924 The Bucktown Five - Steady Roll Blues, 1924
References
External links Bucktown Five - Steady Roll Blues (1924) from YouTube