Anton Lada

Lada on drums with the [[Louisiana Five 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. Lada 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Cylinder jazz early jazz & ragtime from phonograph cylinders

    Cylinder jazz early jazz & ragtime from phonograph cylinders by Lada, Anton, Nunez, Alcide, Berger, Karl 1935-2023, Bernard, Felix 1897-1944, Black, Johnny S., Fiorito, Ted 1900-1971, Little, Jack, Yellen, Jack 1892-1991, Ager, Milton 1893-1979, MacCarthy, Joe, Fisher, Fred 1875-1942, Gershwin, Ira 1896-1983, Gershwin, George 1898-1937, Lada, Anton, Bernard, Felix 1897-1944, Fiorito, Ted 1900-1971, Little, Jack, Yellen, Jack 1892-1991

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    Clarence Williams

    Clarence Williams by Williams, Clarence 1893-1965, Green, Eddie, Johnson, Lonnie 1894-1970, Spivey, Victoria 1906-1976, Waller, Fats 1904-1943, Healey, Dan, Kahal, Irving 1903-1942, McHugh, Jimmy 1894-1969, Schwab, Charles M., Meyers, Henry, Skinner, Frank 1897-1968, Bibo, I., Trent, Jo, Warfield, Charles, Lada, Anton, Cawley, James, Nunez, Al

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