Davenport Blues

Davenport Blues is a 1925 jazz composition written and recorded by Bix Beiderbecke and released as a Gennett 78.

"Davenport Blues" was recorded by Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers at the Gennett studio on Monday, January 26, 1925, in Richmond, Indiana, and released as Gennett 5654 backed with "Toddlin' Blues" as the A side.

The band consisted of Tommy Dorsey on trombone, Paul Madeira Mertz on piano, Don Murray on clarinet, Howdy Quicksell on banjo, Tom Gargano on drums, and Bix Beiderbecke on cornet.

Only on the last refrain of the chorus do we hear the melody which can be identified as "Davenport Blues".

In 2020, Juliet Kurtzman and Pete Malinverni recorded the song on the Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera album.

"Davenport Blues" as a 1925 Gennett 78, 5654-B, by Bix Beiderbecke and the Rhythm Jugglers.
1927 sheet music cover, "Davenport Blues", Robbins Music, New York.
"Davenport Blues" as V Disc 404B by Yank Lawson and the V-Disc All Stars, VP 1106, Hot Jazz, 1945.