Slats Long
Don "Slats" Long (December 6, 1906 – March 12, 1964) was an American jazz clarinetist. Long was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and he played in the late 1920s and early 1930s with Cass Hagan (1928), Ed Farley, and Mike Riley (1935). He then moved to New York City, where he played with Red Norvo (spring 1936), Chauncey Morehouse (spring 1938), Vincent Lopez (early 1937), and Bud Freeman (at Kelly’s Stable, New York, 1939). He worked in the early 1940s with Bobby Hackett (late 1940) Ted Lews, and Raymond Scott, Long appears on recordings with several of these leaders and many others, including Red McKenzie (1935, 1937), Bunny Berigan (1936–7), Tommy Dorsey (1937) and Frank Froeba (1935). He retired from music in 1943, moving back to Wichita and working for an aircraft manufacturer until his death in 1964. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 6, 1906, Died March 12, 1964
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-04932 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Thanks for everything | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-04933 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Liebestraum | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-04934 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Mendelssohn's spring song | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027478 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | Gardenias | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027479 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | In ole Oklahoma | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027480 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | You look good to me | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-027481 | 10-in. | 10/10/1938 | This is madness (To love like this) | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030382 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Night and day | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030383 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Kinda lonesome | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030384 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | It ain't necessarily so | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030385 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Say it with a kiss | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030725 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Deep purple | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030726 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Are you in the mood for mischief? | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030727 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Medley of Gus Edwards' hits | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030728 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | Medley of Gus Edwards' hits | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Decca | 39696 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Let's swing it | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39697 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | You're so darn charming | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39698 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | My very good friend the milkman | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39699 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Double trouble | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39721 | 10-in. | 7/12/1935 | Murder in the moonlight | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39722 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Let's swing it | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39805 | 10-in. | 8/2/1935 | Double trouble | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39807 | 10-in. | 8/5/1935 | That's what you think | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39819 | 10-in. | 8/6/1935 | I'm livin' in a great big way | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39820 | 10-in. | 8/6/1935 | In the middle of a kiss | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39821 | 10-in. | 8/6/1935 | Get behind me, Satan | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39825 | 10-in. | 8/7/1935 | Trees | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39845 | 10-in. | 8/9/1935 | My special man is back in town | Gladys Palmer | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60073 | 10-in. | 10/17/1935 | It's funny what a kiss can do | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60074 | 10-in. | 10/17/1935 | Sugar plum | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60075 | 10-in. | 10/17/1935 | It's written in the stars | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60076 | 10-in. | 10/17/1935 | Give me a break, baby | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60096 | 10-in. | 10/22/1935 | Georgia rockin' chair | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60097 | 10-in. | 10/22/1935 | Monday in Manhattan | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60098 | 10-in. | 10/22/1935 | Every now and then | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60099 | 10-in. | 10/22/1935 | Wouldn't I be a wonder | Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60194 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | When a great love comes along | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60195 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | Yankee Doodle never went to | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60196 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | No other one | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60197 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | A little bit independent | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60391 | 10-in. | 1/26/1936 | Life begins when you're in love | Harry Richman | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60392 | 10-in. | 1/26/1936 | Let's go | Harry Richman | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60393 | 10-in. | 1/26/1936 | Susannah | Harry Richman | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60394 | 10-in. | 1/26/1936 | There'll be no South | Harry Richman | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61116 | 10-in. | 5/25/1936 | The glory of love | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61117 | 10-in. | 5/25/1936 | Blazin' the trail | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61118 | 10-in. | 5/26/1936 | I'll bet you tell that to all the girls | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61119 | 10-in. | 5/26/1936 | She shall have music | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61120 | 10-in. | 5/26/1936 | Would you? | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61121 | 10-in. | 5/26/1936 | A waltz was born in Vienna | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 61122 | 10-in. | 5/26/1936 | on the beach at Bali Bali | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62204 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | You're precious to me | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62205 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Fan my Brow | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62206 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Formal night in Harlem | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62207 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | He's a gypsy from Poughkeepsie | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62348 | 10-in. | 7/9/1937 | Easy living | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62349 | 10-in. | 7/9/1937 | I'll take the key and lock you up | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62350 | 10-in. | 7/9/1937 | Sing and be happy | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62351 | 10-in. | 7/9/1937 | Penny wise and pound foolish | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62491 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | (I've been) Dispossessed by you | Teddy Grace | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62492 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | Rock it for me | Teddy Grace | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62493 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | I'm losing my mind over you | Teddy Grace | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62494 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | I'm so in love with yo~ | Teddy Grace | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62633 | 10-in. | 9/30/1937 | Beat it out | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62634 | 10-in. | 9/30/1937 | I'm sorry I made you cry | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62635 | 10-in. | 9/30/1937 | What do you want to make those eyes at me for? | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 62636 | 10-in. | 9/30/1937 | She's tall, she's tan, she's terrific | Bob Howard Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65216 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I promise you | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65217 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | Penny serenade | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65218 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I'm a lucky devil | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65219 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I'm building a sailboat of dreams | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65396 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Little skipper | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65397 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | It makes no difference now | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65398 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Where do you work-a, John | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 65399 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Maybe | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Long, Slats," accessed May 9, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/205933.
Long, Slats. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/205933.
"Long, Slats." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024.
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