Anton Lada
Anton Lada (September 25, 1890 – August 28, 1944) was a ragtime, jazz and dance musician. He was a drummer. He played with and was the manager of the Louisiana Five. He recorded on Columbia Records and toured. He performed for dancing and vaudeville shows and made a series of recordings for Emerson Records, Edison Records, and Columbia Records. He is credited as co-composer of a number of tunes with Spencer Williams, most successfully the "Arkansas Blues". After the breakup of his first Louisiana Five, he formed a series of his own bands before launching a new "Original Louisiana Five" band and moving to Hollywood to do film scores. Lada was born in Prague in the Kingdom of Bohemia and moved with his family to Chicago as a child. Lada formed various bands and made recordings with them. He composed "Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" with Ernie Erdman in 1921. He copyrighted "Neglected Blues" with Williams. Harry L. Alford arranged Some of his songs. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1890 (Chicago), Died August 28, 1944 (Santa Monica)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, drums, songwriter
Notes: Member of the Louisiana Five.
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Recordings (Results 26-27 of 27 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison | 6928 | 10-in. | 9/12/1919 | Clarinet squawk | Louisiana Five | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader, composer | |
| Edison | 6929 | 10-in. | 9/12/1919 | Yelping hound blues | Louisiana Five | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums, leader, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lada, Anton," accessed May 22, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110056.
Lada, Anton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 22, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110056.
"Lada, Anton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Lada, Anton, 1890-1944 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95034319
Wikidata: Anton Lada - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10425318
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