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Musiker: Kirby, John

Nationalität: US

Geburtsjahr: 1908

Todesjahr: 1952

Instrumente: b tub

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Mainstream Jazz

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X = Album im einem SJO-Shop erhältlich Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret — Titel		Label	Label-Nummer	Aufnahme-Jahr
	Allen - Hawkins Orchestra 1933 / Red Allen and his Orchestra 1934 — ALLEN - HAWKINS	GAPS	GAPS 070	1933-34	LP
	Barney Bigard (Side 1) / Albert Nicholas (Side 2) and her Orchestras — BARNEY BIGARD - ALBERT NICHOLAS	RCA Victor	RCA 34029 und LPV-566	1935-41	LP
	Barney Bigard (Side 1) - Albert Nicholas (Side 2) — BARNEY BIGARD - ALBERT NICHOLAS	RCA Victor	730.612	1935-41	LP
	Barney Bigard - Albert Nicholas — Barney Bigard - Albert Nicholas	RCA Victor	730.612*	1935-41	LP
	Barney Bigard - Albert Nicholas — Barney Bigard - Albert Nicholas	RCA Victor	LPV-566	1935-41	LP
	Ben Webster — "Ben" A Tribute To A Great Jazzman	Jazz Archives	JA-15	1936-45	LP
	Ben Webster — Cadillac Slim	History	20.1964-HI	1934-49	CD
	Ben Webster — Classics: 1946:1951	Classics Records	Classics 1253	1946-1951	CD
	Ben Webster — Cottontail	BMG Records	07863-66790-2	1934-44	CD
	Ben Webster — Jazz Masters 43	Verve	525 431-2	1951-59	CD
	Ben Webster — The big TENOR	EmArcy	175J-3/175J-4	1951-53	LP
	Ben Webster — The big TENOR	EmArcy	MA 175J-3/175J-4	1951-53	LP
X	Benny Carter — Benny Carter (1928-1952)	RCA	PM 42406	1928-52	LP
	Benny Carter — The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1940-1946)	Neatwork	RP 2030	1940-46	CD
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 579	1939-1940	CD
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 522	1929-1933	CD
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 522*	1929-33	CD
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 579*	1939-40	CD
	Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 1297	1948-52	CD
X	Benny Carter and The Metronome All-Stars — BENNY CARTER 1945	Queen Disc	Q-009	1940-47	LP
	Benny Goodman — THE COMPLETE SMALL COMBINATIONS VOLUMES 3/4 (1937 / 1939) - Jazz Tribune N°22	RCA	PM 43684	1937-39	LP
	Benny Goodman — This is Benny Goodman, Vol. II	RCA Victor	VPS-6063	1935-62	LP
	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Quartet — Benny Goodman & His Orchestra The Complete Goodman Vol.7 1938 - 1939	RCA Victor	AXM2-5567	1938 - 1939	LP
	Benny Goodman Edmond Hall — Steamin' and Beamin'	History	20.1975-HI	1935-45	CD
	Benny Goodman Trio & 4tet — Jazz Archives No 124	EPM	159132	1935-38	CD
	Benny Goodman Trio - Quartet - Quintet — Trio - Quartet - Quintet avec Lionel Hampton	RCA Victor	430.230	1935	LP
	Benny Goodman Trio - Quartet - Quintet - Big Band and Guests — Benny Goodman Volume 3 1936 -1939	RCA Victor	731 041	1936-39	LP
	Benny Goodman Trio / Quartet / Quintet — THE SMALL GROUPS	RCA Victor	LPM 521 / RD-7775	1936-38	LP
	Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Reginald Foresythe, Vincent Rose — Benny Goodman and the Modernists	Sunbeam Records	SB 135	1934-35	LP
	Bill Coleman Buster Bailey — The Cradle of Jazz Cuttin' out	History	20.3017-HI	1924-42	CD
	Billie Holiday — "The Golden Years" Volume II	Columbia	C3L 40	1935-42	LP
	Billie Holiday — BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA	Vocalion	3543	1937	SH
	Billie Holiday — Guess Who ?	Two Flats Disc	TFD 5.006	1935-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — Lady Day	Columbia	637	1935 - 1937	LP
	Billie Holiday — Lady Day	Columbia	CL 637	1935-37	LP
	Billie Holiday — Lady Day	Columbia	CL 637*	1935-37	LP
	Billie Holiday — LADY DAY - me, myself and i	Raretone	RTR 24011	1935-1939	LP
	Billie Holiday — Rare and unissued recordings from the golden years VOLUME 2	Queen Disc	065	1937-42	LP
	Billie Holiday — rare recordings from the golden years VOLUME 4	Queen Disc	Q-068	1935-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — Swing,Brother,Swing	Encore	P 14388	1935-39	LP
X	Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 1	CBS	68228	1933-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 1	Columbia	KG 32121	1933-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 2	CBS	68229	1935-41	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Billie Holiday Story Volume I	CBS	68228*	1933-39	LP
X	Billie Holiday — The Billie Holiday Story Volume II	Columbia	PG 32124	1935-41	LP
X	Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY, VOL. 3	CBS	68230	1937-42	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Golden Years	Columbia	1758-60	1933 - 1941	LP
	Billie Holiday — THE GOLDEN YEARS Record 1	CBS / Columbia	62037 / C3L 21 (CL 1758)	1933-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — THE GOLDEN YEARS VOLUME 2	CBS	62814 / 62815 / 62816	1935-42	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Golden Years Volume 2	CBS / Columbia	62038 / C3L 21 (CL 1759)	1937-39	LP
	Billie Holiday — the golden years of "Lady Day"	Giants of Jazz	1	1936-41	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Golden Years Of Lady Day	Giants Of Jazz	LP JT 10	1936 - 1941	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Original Recordings	CBS	S 65407	1935 - 1958	LP
	Billie Holiday — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 1 1933 -1935	CBS	CBS 450987 2	1933-35	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential #2	CBS	CBS 460060 2	1936	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential #3	CBS	CBS 460820 2	1936/37	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential #3	CBS	CBS 460820 1	1936-37	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential #4	CBS	CDCBS-463333 12 A3	1937	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 3 (1936-1937)	CBS	CBS 460820 2*	1936/37	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 9 (1940-1942)	Columbia	COL 4679152	1940-42	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential Volume 4	CBS	CBS 463333 2	1937	CD
	Billie Holiday — THIS IS MY LAST AFFAIR	PHILIPS	BBL 7510	1935-38	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — BILLIE HOLIDAY'S GREATEST HITS	CBS	CL 2666	1935-41	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — BILLIE HOLIDAY'S GREATEST HITS	Columbia	CL 2666*	1935-41	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOL.III	Columbia	PG 32127	1937-42	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 1 1933 -1935	CBS	CBS 450987 1	1933-35	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 5 (1937-1938)	Columbia	CK 44423	1937-38	CD
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	CBS	CBS 466313 2	1938	CD
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	CBS	CBS 466313 1	1938	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	Columbia	CK 45449	1938	CD
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin' / You Can't Be Mine	Parlophone (Australien)	Par (Australien) A7484	1937/1938	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — Havin' Myself A Time / Says My Heart	Vocalion	Voc 4208	1938	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — I Wish I Had You / I'm Gonna Lock My Heart	Vocalion	Voc 4238	1938	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — If I Were You / Forget If You Can	Vocalion	Voc 4151	1938	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — If My Heart Could Only Talk / Please Keep Me In Your Dreams	Vocalion	Voc 3440	1937	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — Let's Call The Whole Thing Off / They Can't Take Away From Me	Vocalion	Voc 3520	1937	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — On The Sentimental Side / You Go To My Head	Parlophone	Par R2566	1938	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — One Never Knows? / I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Biltmore Record	1105	1937	SH
	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — You Go To My Head / The Moon Looks Down And Laughs	Vocalion	Voc 4126	1938	SH
	Billie Holiday, Lester Young — Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941	Frémeaux & Associés	FA013	1935-1939	CD
	Billie Holiday, Lester Young — Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941	Frémeaux & Associés	FA003	1937-1941	CD
	Billy Holiday — This is Jazz	Columbia	CK 64622	1935-58	CD
	Billy Holiday — Volume 2 1936-1937	Média 7	MJCD 11	1936-37	CD
	Billy Kyle — Finishing Up A Date	Collectors Items	020	1937-46	LP
	Billy Kyle / Erroll Garner — I Got a Right To Sing The Blues / Don't Blame Me	Disc New York	Disc 5003 B/A	1946/1945	SH
	Billy Kyle / Erroll Garner — I Want You I Need You / Man O' Mine	Disc New York	Disc 5001 B/A	1946/1945	SH
	Bunny Bergian — Through The Years	Jazz Archives	JA-19	1936-42	LP
	Buster Bailey — An Introduction to Buster Bailey - His Best Recordings 1924-1942	Best Of Jazz	4038	1924-42	CD
	Buster Bailey — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 904	1925-1940	CD
	Buster Bailey — COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1934 - 1940	Rarities	Rarities 17	1934-40	LP
X	Buster Bailey — COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1934 - 1940	Rarities	NO 17	1934-40	LP
	Buster Bailey — The Varsity Sessions Vol. 2	Storyville	ULS-1591-R		LP
	Buster Bailey and his Rhythm Buster — Afternoon in Africa / Dizzy Debutante	Parlophone	R 3036	1937	SH
	Carroll Dickerson - Jimmy Wade - The Jungleband — Jazz Museum No. 9	Coral Records	94259	1928-29	EP
	Charlie Barnet — CHARLIE BARNET IN DISCO ORDER Volume 2	Ajax Records	LP-106	1936-37	LP
	Charlie Shavers . Buck Clayton — It Feels Good	History	20.19711-HI	1938-41	CD
	Charlie Shavers' Sextet (Side A) - Charlie Shavers and the Original John Kirby Orchestra (Side B) — The Complete CHARLIE SHAVERS with MAXINE SULLIVAN	Bethlehem	BCP-67	1954-55	LP
	Chick Webb — 1 - A Legend 1929 -1936	MCA Records	510.014	1929-36	LP
	Chick Webb — A LEGEND Vol.1 1929 -1936	MCA Records	510 014*	1929-36	LP
	Chick Webb — In the Groove	Affinity	AFS 1007	1934-39	LP
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Track-Titel	X = Album im SJO-Shop erhältlich Album		Label
"Lucia Di Lammermoor" Sextet		John Kirby — Previously Unissued	COLLECTOR`S	LP
'Cause My Baby Says It's So		Frankie Newton — Frankie's Jump	Affinity	CD
'Long about midnight		Mildred Bailey acc.by Orchestras — HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 -1946, VOLUME 1	CBS	LP
'Long about midnight		Mildred Bailey — HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 - 1946, VOLUME 1	Columbia	LP
'Round Midnight		Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
's Wonderful		Coleman Hawkins — Coleman Hawkins The Master	Charly Records	CD
'Tain't what you do		Mildred Bailey — HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 -1946 - VOLUME 2	CBS	LP
'Tain't what you do		Mildred Bailey — HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 -1946, VOLUME 2	Columbia	LP
(I'll be glad when you're dead) You rascal you (Take 2)		Fletcher Henderson — The CROWN King of Swing	Savoy	LP
(I'll be glad when you're dead) You rascal you (Take 3)		Fletcher Henderson — The CROWN King of Swing	Savoy	LP
(The anniversary of) Minnie the moocher's wedding day		Various — RIDIN' IN RHYTHM	SWING	LP
(Trouble Ends) Out Where The Blues Begins		Henry "Red" Allen & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
(Trouble ends) Where the blues begins	X	Henry "Red" Allen and his Orchestra — HENRY ALLEN 1936 VOL.3	Collector's Classics	LP
12th Street rag		Kid Ory and his Band (Side 1) - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (Side 2) — KID ORY - FLETCHER HENDERSON	Hit	LP
20th Century Closet		Charlie Shavers . Buck Clayton — It Feels Good	History	CD
20th Century Closet		John Kirby — Previously Unissued	COLLECTOR`S	LP
20th century closet		John Kirby — THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND IN THE LAND Vol. II - 1939/1940	CBS	LP
20th century closet		John Kirby 1937-1941 — The Biggest Little Band	The Smithsonian Collection	LP
29.th and Dearborn		Johnny Dodds — "Blues Galore" 1927 - 1940	MCA Records	LP
29th and Dearborn	X	Various — HARLEM ON SATURDAY NIGHT	Ace of Hearts	LP
29th and dearborn		Various — THE JOHNNY DODDS' HERITAGE ON SIX RECORDS Vol.3	Kings of Jazz	LP
35th And Calumet		Mezz Mezzrow — Classics	Classics Records	CD
35th and calumet		Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra — MEZZ MEZZROW AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Collector's Classics	LP
35th and Calumet	X	Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow and his All Star Bands — MILTON "MEZZ" MEZZROW	RCA	LP
9.20 special		Various — JAZZ OF THE FORTIES	Jazz Panorama	LP
9:20 special		John Kirby — JOHN KIRBY AND HIS ONYX CLUB BOYS Vol.2	Collector's 12-4	LP
9:20 special		John Kirby & his Onyx Club Boys — Vol. 2	Collector's	LP
9:20 Special		John Kirby & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
9:20 special	X	Various — IL JAZZ DEGLI ANNI '40	Joker	LP
9:20 special		John Kirby Orchestra — JOHN KIRBY AND HIS ONYX CLUB BOYS VOL.2	Collector's	LP
9:20 special		John Kirby — John Kirby Sextet - 1943 - 1946	Alamac Record Company	LP
A Brown Bird Singing		Maxine Sullivan — It's Wonderful	Affinity	CD
A Brown Bird Singing		Maxine Sullivan — Classics	Classics Records	CD
A Fine Romance		Billy Holiday — Volume 2 1936-1937	Média 7	CD
A Ghost of a Chance		Mildred Bailey — I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles / A Ghost of a Chance	Vocalion	SH
A ghost of a chance		Mildred Bailey accompanied by Orchestras — MILDRED BAILEY	I grandi del Jazz	LP
A Shanty In Old Shanty Town		Coleman Hawkins — Coleman Hawkins The Master	Charly Records	CD
A sunbonnet blue		Billie Holiday — "The Golden Years" Volume II	Columbia	LP
A sunbonnet blue		Billie Holiday — THE GOLDEN YEARS VOLUME 2	CBS	LP
A Sunbonnet Blue		Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
A sunbonnet blue		Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday — Too Hot for Words	Hep Records	LP
A sunbonnet blue	X	Billie Holiday — The Billie Holiday Story Volume II	Columbia	LP
A sunbonnet blue		Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 2	CBS	LP
A sunbonnet blue (and a yellow straw hat)		Billie Holiday — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 1 1933 -1935	CBS	CD
A sunbonnet blue (and a yellow straw hat)		Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 1 1933 -1935	CBS	LP
A Tisket, A Tasket		Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
A-Tisket, A-Tasket		Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra — Moments Like This	Hep Records	CD
A-tisket, a-tasket		Teddy Wilson — His Piano, His Orchestra 1938-1941	Tax	LP
Achin' Hearted Blues		Willie "The Lion" Smith — Harlem Joys	Charly Records	CD
Ad-lib Blues		Bunny Bergian — Through The Years	Jazz Archives	LP
Adam's Apple		Various — THE TRUMPET ALBUM - VOLUME ONE	Meritt Record Society	LP
Admiration		Various — THE TRUMPET ALBUM - VOLUME ONE	Meritt Record Society	LP
After You've Gone		Fletcher Henderson And His Connie's Inn Orchestra — La Storia Del Jazz	Joker	LP
After you've gone	X	Fletcher Henderson and his Connie's Inn Orchestra — CONNIE'S INN ORCHESTRA 1931	Jazz Panorama	LP
After you've gone		Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra — FLETCHER HENDERSON	VJM	LP
After you've gone	X	Fletcher Henderson — FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS CONNIE'S INN ORCHESTRA	Joker	LP
After you've gone		Fletcher Henderson — Harlem in the Thirties	Olympic Records	LP
After you've gone		Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra — The CROWN King of Swing	Savoy	LP
After you've gone		Fletcher Henderson — The CROWN King of Swing	Savoy	LP
After You've Gone		Lionel Hampton — Jivin' The Vibes	Jazz Hour	CD
After You've Gone		Various ------ WIRD WEITER ERFASST VOM IMELDA!!!! — Jazz Piano History	Membran Music Ltd.	CD
Afternoon In Africa		Buster Bailey — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Afternoon in Africa		John Kirby 1937-1941 — The Biggest Little Band	The Smithsonian Collection	LP
Afternoon in Africa	X	Buster Bailey — COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1934 - 1940	Rarities	LP
Afternoon In Africa		Various — FRANKIE NEWTON SWINGING ON 52nd STREET 1937 -1939 "EMPEROR JONES"	Jazz Archives	LP
Afternoon in Africa		Buster Bailey — COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1934 - 1940	Rarities	LP
Ain't cha glad		Various — EVERYBODY SWING	Regal	LP
Ain't Cha Glad		Coleman Hawkins — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Ain't cha glad		Various — The Big Bands / 1933	Prestige	LP
Ain't Cha Glad?		Horace Henderson and His Orchestra / The Chocolate Dandies — Ain't Cha Glad? / Once Upon A Time	Parlophone	SH
Ain't cha glad?		Various — RIDIN' IN RHYTHM	SWING	LP
Ain't cha got music		Various — JAZZ OF THE 20th - JAZZ OF THE 30th VOL.18	Monkey Records	LP
Ain't cha got music ?		Allen - Hawkins Orchestra 1933 / Red Allen and his Orchestra 1934 — ALLEN - HAWKINS	GAPS	LP
Ain'tcha got music ?	X	Coleman Hawkins — Coleman Hawkins recordings made between 1930 and 1941	CBS	LP
Ain'tcha Got music?		Henry "Red" Allen & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Air In D Flat		Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Algiers stomp		Mills Blue Rhythm Band — MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND	Jazz Panorama	LP
All Alone		Ben Webster — Classics: 1946:1951	Classics Records	CD
All my life		Putney Dandridge — PUTNEY DANDRIDGE, Volume 2	Rarities Records	LP
All the Things You Are		Erroll Garner / Billy Kyle — Lady Be Good /All the Things You Are	Disc New York	SH
All the things you are		Billy Kyle — Finishing Up A Date	Collectors Items	LP
Alone Together		Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Alone With You		Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra — Moments Like This	Hep Records	CD
Am I Blue		Various — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Am I blue	X	Buster Bailey — COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1934 - 1940	Rarities	LP
Am i blue		Various — THE VARSITY SESSION VOL.1 (1939-1940)	Savoy	LP
Am I blue		Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra (Side 1) - Buster Bailey and his Sextet (Side 2) — THE VARSITY SESSIONS VOL.1	Storyville	LP
Am I Blue		Buster Bailey — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Amour		Ben Webster — "Ben" A Tribute To A Great Jazzman	Jazz Archives	LP
An old flame never dies	X	Frank Newton — AT THE ONYX CLUB	Tax	LP
Andiology		Wardell Gray / Ben Webster — THE ALUMINI MASTERS	Jazz Live	LP
Andiology		John Kirby — THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND IN THE LAND Vol. II - 1939/1940	CBS	LP
Andiology		John Kirby And His Orchestra — John Kirby And His Orchestra	Columbia	LP
Andiology		John Kirby 1937-1941 — The Biggest Little Band	The Smithsonian Collection	LP
Andiology		Ben Webster — "Ben" A Tribute To A Great Jazzman	Jazz Archives	LP
Anitra's dance		John Kirby And His Band — Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm	TAX	LP
Anitra's Dance		John Kirby And His Orchestra — John Kirby And His Orchestra	Columbia	LP
Anitra's dance		John Kirby Sextet — "THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND IN THE LAND" Vol.I 1939	CBS	LP
Anitra's dance		Various — The Swing Era - The Music of 1938-1939: Where Swing Came From	Time Life Records	LP
Annie Laurie		Maxine Sullivan — Classics	Classics Records	CD
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John Kirby kam 1926 nach Maryland und spielte dort mit Chick Webb und Fletcher Henderson (1930–1933, 1935–1936) und spielte bei mehreren Aufnahmen von Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra die Tuba und später den Kontrabass. 1937 gründete er seine eigene Band, ein Sextett „The Onyx Club Boys“, mit ihm selbst am Bass, Charlie Shavers an der Trompete, Buster Bailey an der Klarinette, Russell Procope am Altsaxophon, Billy Kyle am Klavier und O’Neill Spencer am Schlagzeug. Sie wurde zu einer der wenigen bedeutenden „kleinen“ Bands der Big Band-Ära und wurde durch Shows (vor allem in New York City) und Rundfunkaufnahmen bekannt. Im Oktober 1938 nahm sie als erste Band den Song „Undecided“ von Sid Robins und Charlie Shavers auf, der im März 1939 Kirbys einziger Hit in den Billboard-Charts (#19) wurde. Auch mit Larry Adler legte Kirby Schallplatten vor. Er tendierte zu einem nur wenig klassisch beeinflussten Swingstil und provozierte damit viele Kritiker; allerdings machte ihn seine Musik auch aufgrund der guten Solisten in der Zeit von 1938 bis 1941 sehr populär. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nahm sein Erfolg ab, und bevor er sein geplantes Comeback starten konnte, starb er 1952.
1993 wurde John Kirby in die Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame aufgenommen (Wikipedia).