James F. Wade (c.1895 – 1957) was an American

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trumpeter and bandleader. Wade began leading groups in the

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area about 1916. He played in

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and

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, Washington with

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, and then moved with her to

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, where they played together until 1922. When he returned to Chicago, he played with Doc Cooke, and then put together another group of his own, Jimmy Wade's Syncopators.

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played in this ensemble from 1924 to 1927; other noted sidemen were Punch Miller and Alex Hill, both of whom recorded with him in 1928 as Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders, and

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. Wade spent most of his career as a bandleader, though reissues of his material are usually done under the names of his more famous sidemen. Only 7 sides were issued under his name: *December, 1923, Chicago 1620-1-2 Someday Sweet Heart (Paramount 20295, Harmograph 893, Puritan 11295 -1621-1-2 Mobile Blues (Paramount 20295, Harmograph 893, Puritan 11295) , - *February, 1924, Chicago 1686-1 You've Got Ways I'm Crazy About (Paramount 20301, Embassy 11363, Mitchell 11363, Puritan 11363) , - *April 5, 1927, New York GEX-571 All That I Had Is Gone (Gennett 6105, Black Patti 8019, Champion 15266) -GEX-572 Original Black Bottom Dance (Gennett 6105, Black Patti 8019, Champion 15263) , -(both vocals by Perry Bradford, both Champion's issued as by Harvey Hoffman & His Orchestra) *October 10, 1928, Chicago C-2428-A Mississippi Wobble (Vocalion 1236) -C-2429-A Gates Blues (Vocalion 1236, Brunswick 80004) , -(vocal on "Gates Blues" by Punch Miller; the Brunswick issue is from the 1940s)

References

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* Rust, Brian, ed. ''Jazz Records 1897–1942'', 5th Revised and Enlarged Edition". Storyville Publications American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters American jazz bandleaders American male jazz musicians {{US-jazz-trumpeter-stub