Sam Tall

Pseudonym for an unidentified banjoist who recorded with Benny Moten. "[Music critic Sinclair Traill] listed the banjo player on one very early recording as 'Sam (?),' which the typesetter mistakenly changed to 'Sam Tall.' The error slipped through proofreading and into print. 'And so he has remained ever since,' recalled Traill. 'Rust, Delaunay, and even one LP sleeve, all have his surname as dreamed up or mis-set by some unknown compositor.'" Bruce D. Epperson, "More Important than the Music - A History of Jazz Discography", p. 108 (University of Chicago Press, 2013)