NEWSLETTER #144
Jazz, Dance Bands & Vocalists
Sidney Bechet ->
Mae West
| NOTE: Unless otherwise noted all
DVDs offered are in NTSC format which means that they will not play on a
European DVD players unless you have a multiple format player. |
| DUKE ELLINGTON |
Idem Home Video 1029 |
Duke Ellington In Hollywood |
● DVD $21.98 |
22 tracks, 60 mins, highly recommended
This priceless
compilation of short and medium length films feature the always elegant
Ellington "playing" his favorite instrument, his orchestra. From
Ellington's film debut in 1929's pre-code "Black and Tan Fantasy" - a
delightful yet convoluted piece featuring drama, comedy and great Art
Deco-inspired shots - to "An RKO Jamboree No. 7" in 1943, we get to see
and hear such Ellington stalwarts as Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Sonny
Greer and Cootie Williams. "Symphony in Black" is a wonderful 1934 artwork
featuring Billie Holiday and 1937's "Daybreak Express" has a fascinating
documentary on record making involved in the "plot." Commercial film
making at it's finest! Hearing these extended pieces is fantastic -
Ellington took advantage of the longer recording time of film over the
3-minute limit of 78s and put it to good use. Always a good thing to be
exposed to the music of one of the most important and greatest
composers/musicians ever, and being able to watch him - Ellington - is an
added treat. With very good transfers, the audio and visual experience
here is a historical must that also is extremely entertaining and
musically satisfying. (RB)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
American Music AMVD 3 |
New Orleans Piano Players |
● DVD $35.98 |
DVD, 45 min., good
For the super fan of obscure Crescent
City jazz piano, this DVD offers rare footage of Walter Fats Pichon (a
previously unreleased version on Dark Eyes), Richard M. Jones (from
1952), and Manuel Manneta (from 1957), as well as a listen to a rare 1942
acetate of Burnell Santiago that sounds as if it were recorded at Niagra
Falls. Unfortunately, the film footage is usually without sound and
another recording is sort of synched to it. Sort of. The most interesting
moments come from the tape of Billie Pierce (sister of Sadie Goodson, who
is also featured) who tells stories that include such names as Bessie
Smith, Ma Rainy, and Ida Cox. Also featured are Olivia Charlot, Joe
Robichaux, and Alton Purnell. (JC)
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| SIDNEY BECHET |
JSP JSPCD 933 |
Pre-War Classic Sides |
● CD $28.98 |
Four CD set with 97 sides devoted to the early recordings of
this genius of the clarinet and alto sax. Remastered by the heir to the John
R.T. Davies legacy - Ted Kendall.
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| KENNY CLARKE |
Proper BOX 120 |
Klooks The Man |
● CD $24.98 |
Four CD, 72 track overview of the founding father of Bop drumming
spanning the years 1938 to 1956. Clarke is credited with creating the modern
role of the ride cymbal as the primary timekeeper.
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| MARTIN DENNY |
Rev-Ola 104 |
Forbidden Island |
● CD $15.98 |
24 Tracks, 65 mins, recommended
This CD is one of eight
Re-issues that Rev-Ola have put out of the classic Denny catalog. All are
available to us: Rev 101 - "Exotica," Rev 102
"Exotica Vol. 2," Rev 103 -
"Primitiva," Rev 105
"Exotica Vol. 3," Rev 106 -
"Hypnotique," Rev 107
"Quiet
Village" and Rev 108 "Afro - Desia". This CD,
"Primitiva" and-especially-"Quiet
Village" are my favorite of Martin Denny's oeuvre. Certainly Denny and Les
Baxter were the kings of the Exotica records, with my personal nod going to
Denny. This collection features many originals, with two Rodgers &
Hammerstein covers and two Les Baxter compositions, one of which Sim Sim
Baxter never released himself. These records are kitschy, but they are also
well played and orchestrated. The jungle noises aren't just goofy tricks but
they set the mood and were well researched by Denny who brought in special
percussionists and musicians from album to album (I own a copy of
Disneyland's Tiki Room LP, and trust me, there is a difference),
although the nucleus of his long lasting group was established on this
record. If there was a Martin Denny record or two in every world leaders
collection, I can't help but think this world would be a much better place.
(JM)
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| RUTH ETTING |
ASV CDAJS 2012 |
Love Me Or Leave Me - America's Sweetheart
Of Song |
● CD $23.98 |
Two CD set with 51 tracks recorded between 1926 and 1937 by
one of the most popular vocalists of the era. Had their been charts in that
era almost all the songs her would have been in the top ten. Her tumultuous
personal life provided the basis of the movie "Love Me Or Leave Me" with
Doris Day and James Cagney. In addition to the title song it also includes
her classic Ten Cents A Dance where she is accompanied by Mannie
Klein and Benny Goodman plus Deed I Do/ I'm Nobody's Baby/ The Song Is
Ended But The Melody Lingers On/ When You're With Somebody Else/ Beloved/
You're The Cream In My Coffee and lots more.
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| DIZZY GILLESPIE |
Collectables 7729 |
Shaw 'Nuff |
● CD $11.98 |
20 tracks, 57 mins, essential
Dizzy in some of his earliest
recordings as a leader recorded between February '45 and November '46 for
Guild and Musicraft. This is seminal bebop, some beautiful, some chaotic,
all of it interesting. Playing in sextets or in front of a well-scored big
band, Diz assays the flatted fifths, chord substitutions and high-speed solo
creativity he popularized along with Bird, Bud Powell and a few others. His
upper-register speed and pure technique are wonderous. He is featured in the
company of musicians like Dexter Gordon, Frank Paparelli, Charlie Parker,
Slam Stewart, Al Haig, Sonny Stitt, Milt Jackson, Dave Burns, Ray Brown and
others. Essential for incipient boppers and lovers of tightly-woven
tumultuousness. (PL/ FS)
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| COLEMAN HAWKINS |
JSP JSPCD 931 |
The Essential Sides Remastered, 1929-1939 |
● CD $28.98 |
4 CD Box Set, 104 tracks, 5 Hours, 15 mins, highly
recommended
These tracks cover Hawkin's Pre-War period and pre-1939 "Body
and Soul" recordings, which solidified The Hawk's place as the pre-eminent
tenor saxophonist of his time - and even most times since! The saxophone was
still a young, "novelty" instrument pre Hawkins, and his virtuoso approach
helped establish it as a "serious" instrument, one now so closely associated
with jazz that it's nearly impossible to remember when the instrument wasn't
an imperative part of the jazz lexicon. Hawkin's authoritative sound and
style can be heard growing and developing in these tracks, from the first
recordings with the Little Chocolate Dandies, to the rare 1936 sessions with
The Berries, through his recordings with his own Trio. These are marvelous,
nicely re-mastered tracks that feature a true legend bringing an instrument
- along with a relatively new music - into the future, into a new art form.
Hawkins continued to elevate the instrument and jazz to new levels of
artistry for 30 years AFTER these recordings, yet these early tracks alone
establish him as a master who laid the basic foundation of the tenor
saxophone language, one that virtually all subsequent players of note have
drawn from for 70 years, so far. Wonderfully compiled/sounding transfers,
with the typical JSP frustrating lack of worthy notes. Then again, you'd
need a book to truly do justice to such important recordings... (RB)
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| TUBBY HAYES |
Proper BOX 117 |
The Little Giant |
● CD $24.98 |
An overview of the early years (1954-1956) of one of the
most important jazz musicians in the U.K. Compiled and annotated by Hayes'
biographer Simon Spillett. Has 71 tracks including five previously unissued.
Includes 44 page booklet with biography, session details and rare photos.
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| FRANKIE LAINE |
Rev-Ola 191 |
America's Number One Song Stylist |
● CD $15.98 |
23 tracks, 61 mins, highly recommended
Rev-Ola seems to have
some sort of curse: artists tend to die when Rev-Ola puts a CD out for them.
First it was Ruth Brown, Then H-Bomb Ferguson and now Frankie Laine! I have
only one thing to say about this, Rev-Ola please, please put out a CD for
Pat Boone, Barry Manilow or Britney Spears ASAP!
Seriously though, Frankie
Laine was a fine artist whose recorded legacy is rather outstanding. This
collection is perfect for a fan like me, who finds the Bear Family Frankie
Laine box set a little overwhelming, but still wants a sampling of this
great vocalist's diverse work. This is just that--a fine sampling of his pop
vocal output mixed nicely with his entertaining western songs. Some of his
best film songs, like Rawhide, could use inclusion here; other than
that, I have no complaints and enjoyed this quite a bit. (JM)
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| RAMSEY LEWIS |
Chess (UK) 983 886-3 |
The In Crowd Anthology |
● CD $29.98 |
Two CD set with 39 tracks featuring the cream of the
recordings made by pianist Lewis and his trios for Argo and Cadet between
1964 and 1969. It includes the complete live set, recorded at Washington
DC's Bohemian Caverns May 13 & 14, 1965 which yielded one of jazz's biggest
crossover hit with The In Crowd. It includes all his other R&B chart
hits from this period - Something You Got/ Hang On Sloopy/ A hard Day's
Night/ Wade In The Water/ Up Tight and Julia plus lots more.
RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO: A Hard Day's Night (Live)/ Ain't That
Peculiar/ Back In The U.S.S.R./ Blue Bongo/ Bold And Black/ Dancing In The
Street (Live)/ Day Tripper/ Do Whatever Sets You Free (Live)/ Down By The
Riverside/ Eternal Journey/ Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And
My Monkey/ Felicidade (Happiness) (Live)/ Free Again/ Function At The
Junction/ Hang On Sloopy (Live)/ Hey Mrs. Jones/ High Heel Sneakers (Edit)/
Hold It Right There/ Hurt So Bad/ Jade East/ Julia/ Les Fleur/ Lonely
Avenue/ Maiden Voyage/ My Babe (Live)/ Oh Happy Day (Live)/ One, Two, Three/
Since I Fell For You (Live)/ Soul Man/ Spanish Grease/ The "In" Crowd
(Live)/ The Look Of Love (Live)/ The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)/ The
More I See You (Live)/ The Tennessee Waltz (Live)/ The Unsilent Majority/
Them Changes (Live)/ Wade In The Water/ You've Been Talkin' Bout Me (Live)
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| MIFF MOLE |
ASV CDAJA 5632 |
Miffology |
● CD $11.98 |
24 Tracks, 76 mins, recommended
Through the early 20's Miff
Mole was an innovator and shaper of what the trombone could add to jazz,
expanding the role of the instrument and becoming a strong influence on
later generations of 'bone players. Very well respected by a cadre of
top-notch players, Mole waxed hundreds of sides, many with Red Nichols and
Phil Napoleon; these 24 tracks cover the years 1927-'44 and feature both
Nichols and Napoleon, though most are recorded as Miff Mole and his Molers.
Easy swinging and lightly jumping, these joyful sides owe more to a Chicago
flavored "trad" jazz than New Orleans "Hot" jazz, and feature comfortable
solos and crafty interplay with musicians like Joe Sullivan, Eddie Condon,
Bobby Hacket and Pee Wee Russel. A fun listen and musically gratifying, "Miffology"
will most likely delight you as it did my wife and I. (RB)
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| JIMMIE NOONE |
JSP JSPCD 926 |
Chicago Rhythm, Apex Blues - The REcordings
Of Jimmie N |
● CD $28.98 |
4 CDs, 5hrs 10 mins, recommended
Jimmie Noone was born in
the Birthplace of Jazz (New Orleans) just as jass was becoming jazz, and the
well regarded (and liked) clarinetist played with many of the major
cats--Freddie Keppard, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Mildred
Bailey--during the early development and growth of the nascent American art
form, mostly in a sideman role. He became a well-known leader at the Apex
Club in Chicago in 1926 and from that point on kept a small group
"traditional" sound going, through the popular advent of Swing and shifting,
expanding jazz styles. These recordings span the time frame from when Noone
was a well established, though never terribly commercially "successful"
player, to the end of his career/life. Full of great versions of popular
tunes and foot-patting originals, this set covers the important development
of the New Orleans - Chicago sound and style. You could spend a lifetime
trying to compile these often obscure recordings (as I'm sure the producer's
have) and to have these recordings by an influential, though nearly
forgotten clarinetist is seemingly not such a big deal, but is actually a
treasure trove of the Great American Art Form. The sound quality varies (as
it should), but is more than sufficient overall to please. (RB)
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| DJANGO REINHARDT |
Definitive 11286 |
In Solitaire |
● CD $12.98 |
There's no shortage of recordings available of the great
Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt but this one is a little different as
all 15 performances here are completely solo. The performances were recorded
between 1937 and 1950 and apart from one electric guitar solo is all
acoustic and primarily consist of improvisations - in fact most of the
titles are simply titled Improvisation No.1, etc. Most of the
performances are two to three minutes long but there are seven minute
improvisatory explorations of two of his most famous tunes Nuages and
Belleville that were recorded in 1950 as a film soundtrack for an
uncompleted film. I believe these are new to CD as is a a tune entitled
Two Improvised Guitar Choruses froma recently found acetate from 1937
that was originally broadcast by the B.B.C.
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| HARRY RESER'S
SIX JUMPING JACKS |
Retreival 79048 |
1926-1930 |
● CD $16.98 |
24 tracks of jazz with a novelty flavor featuring group led
by tenor banjo wizard Harry Reser with varying personnel including Sam
Lewis/ trombone, Larry Abbott on clarinet, alto sax and kazoo, Bill Wirges/
piano and harmonium, Tom Stacks/ drums, Tommy Gott/ trumpet and others. With
titles like Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister,
Cock-a-doodle, I'm Off My Noodle, My Baby's Back and There's a Trick
In Pickin' A Chick-chick-chicken you know you're in for something that's
not too serious but all these guys are good musicians and the music is a lot
of fun. Beautifully remastered by Harry Coster with detailed notes by Mark
Berresford.
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| STUFF SMITH |
Jazz Legends 1013 |
Hot Jazz Violin, 1930-1940 |
● CD $10.98 |
21 tracks of mostly small group swing featuring the great
jazz violinist Stuff Smith. There are two tracks from 1930 with a large band
and the rest are from 1936 to 1940 with his Onyx Club Boys. Trumpeter Jonah
Jones is present on all these sessions with other musicians including
Raymond Smith piano), Bobby Bennett (guitar), Cozy Cole (drums), George
Clark (tenor) and others. Excellent sound and informative notes by Scott
Yanow who compiled this collection.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Archeophone 9011 |
1915 - They'd Sooner Sleep On Thistles |
● CD $14.98 |
Another volume in this splendid series documenting some of
the most popular recordings of the early years of the recording industry.
This time we look at 1915 - with Europe at war, America was attempting to
remain neutral and a number of songs issued that year reflected that
attitude. Most notably this set this set includes two versions of the song
i Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier - the most popular by Morton
Harvey was deleted after America declared war. Other artists featured here
include Alice Green & Edward Hamilton, Harry McDonough, George MacFarlane,
John McCormack ( a version of the popular war song It's A Long Way To
Tipperary), Raymond Dixon, Miss Alice Nelson, The Peerless Quartet,
Henry Burr, The Lyric Quartet, American Quartet, Al Jolson and others. Usual
high quality Archeophone production with superb sound and 24 page
illustarted notes with copious notes on the events of the year, the artists
and the songs.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223700 |
Jazz In The Charts, Vol. 1: 1917-1921 |
● CD $10.98 |
25 tracks, 76 mins, highly recommended
First in a series of
100 CDs (!) covering the most popular jazz recordings from 1917 to 1954.
Although there is no details of the methodology used to determine these
chart successes their is sufficient information out there to be able to make
a reasonable educated guess. Each CD is housed in a handsome small hardbound
book with 28 page booklet with notes on all the performances (in English &
German) plus photos, label shots, sheet music covers and full discographical
data.
This first volume cover the years 1917 to 1954 and includes recordings
by The original Dixieland Jazz band, W.C. Handy's Orchestra Of Memphis,
various Wilbur Sweatman groups, Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds and
Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra. Sound quality is generally excellent. (FS)
COON-SANDERS NOVELTY ORCHESTRA: Some Little Bird/ W. C.
HANDY'S ORCHESTRA OF MEMPHIS: Livery Stable Blues/ ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ
BAND (BACK HOME: (Back Home Again In) Indiana/ ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND:
At The Jazz Band Ball/ Darktown Strutter's Ball/ Home Again Blues/ Jazz Me
Blues/ Livery Stable Blues/ Margie (intro: Singin' The Blues)/ Palesteena/
Royal Garden Blues/ St. Louis Blues/ Sweet Mama (papa's Gettin' Mad)/ Tiger
Rag/ MAMIE SMITH & HER JAZZ HOUNDS: Crazy Blues/ MAMIE SMITH & HER JAZZ
BAND: Dangerous Blues/ MAMIE SMITH & HER JAZZ HOUNDS: Fare Thee Honey Blues/
MAMIE SMITH'S JAZZ HOUNDS: Royal Garden Blues/ You Can't Keep A Good Man
Down/ WILBUR SWEATMAN: A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Intro:Sweet Child)/
Everybody's Crazy 'bout The Doggone Blues/ I'll Say She Does/ WILBUR C.
SWEATMAN'S ORIGINAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Indianola (intro: Those Draftin' Blues)/
WILBUR SWEATMAN'S ORIGINAL JAZZ BAND: Slide, Kelly, Slide/ ETHEL WATERS ACC.
BY CORDY WILLIAMS' JAZZ MAST: Down Home Blues
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223701 |
Jazz In The Charts, Vol. 2: 1921-1923 |
● CD $10.98 |
The second volume features 17 tracks recorded between 1921
and '23 by Eubie Blake & His Shuffle Along Orch., Noble Sissle, James P.
Johnson, Ethel Waters, Mamie Smith & her Jazz Hounds, The OKeh Syncopaters,
The Georgians, Bessie Smith and more.
EUBIE BLAKE & HIS SHUFFLE ALONG ORCHESTRA: Bandana Days/
THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: My Honey's Lovin' Arms/ COTTON PICKERS: Hot Lips/
THE GEORGIANS: I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/ JAMES P. JOHNSON:
Carolina Shout/ THE OKEH SYNCOPATORS (HARRY RESER GROUP): I Wish I Could
Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/ ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND: Bow Wow Blues (my
Mama Treats Me Like A Dog)/ Some Of These Days/ NOBLE SISSLE: Arkansas Blues
(a Down Home Chant)/ BESSIE SMITH: Down Hearted Blues/ Gulf Coast Blues/
MAMIE SMITH & HER JAZZ HOUNDS: You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him, Didn't
Love Him Anyhow Blues/ You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night/ MAMIE SMITH AND
HER JAZZ HOUNDS: Lonesome Mama Blues/ ETHEL WATERS & HER JAZZ MASTERS:
There'll Be Some Changes Made/ Tiger Rag/ ETHEL WATERS' JAZZ MASTERS: Spread
Yo' Stuff
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223702 |
Jazz In The Charts, Vol. 3: 1923-1925 |
● CD $10.98 |
The third volume covers 1923-25 with 21 tracks from The
Original Memphis Five, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Fletcher Henderson & His
Orch., King Oliver's Jazz Band, The California Ramblers, Jean Goldkette &
His Orch., Coon Sanders Original Nighthawks, Clarence Williams Blue Five,
etc.
THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: California, Here I Come/
Moonlight Kisses/ Roamin' To Wyomin'/ Shine/ COON SANDERS' ORIGINAL
NIGHTHAWK ORCHEST: Night Hawk Blues/ JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Where
The Lazy Daisies Grow/ W. C. HANDY'S ORCHESTRA: St. Louis Blues/ FLETCHER
HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Charleston Crazy/ Gulf Coast Blues/ BENNIE
MOTEN'S KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA: South/ KING OLIVER'S JAZZ BAND: Dipper Mouth
Blues/ High Society Rag/ ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE: Who's Sorry Now/ MA RAINEY &
HER GEORGIA BAND: See See Rider Blues/ NOBLE SISSLE & EUBIE BLAKE: Down
Hearted Blues/ BESSIE SMITH & HER DOWN HOME BOYS: Aggravatin' Papa/ CLARA
SMITH & HER JAZZ BAND: Chicago Blues/ BESSIE SMITH WITH CLARENCE WILLIAMS: 'tain't
Nobody's Bizness If I Do/ Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues/ ETHEL
WATERS WITH JOE SMITH'S JAZZ MASTERS: Georgia Blues/ CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE
FIVE: 'tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do/ Everybody Loves My Baby
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223703 |
Jazz In The Charts, Vol. 4: 1925-1926 |
● CD $10.98 |
The fourth volume takes us to 1925 and '26 with 22 tracks
from Jeane Goldkette & His Orch., Clarence Williams Blue Five, Ethel Waters
& her Ebony Four, Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., Louis
Armstrong & His Hot Five, Harry Reser's Orchestra and more.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT FIVE: Muskrat Ramble/
COON-SANDERS ORIGINAL NIGHTHAWK ORCHESTR: Flamin' Mamie/ Yes Sir, That's My
Baby/ THE GEORGIANS: Horse/ JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Lonesome And
Sorry/ Remember/ Sorry And Blue/ FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA:
Carolina Stomp/ Dinah/ Sugarfoot Stomp/ HARRY RESER'S ORCHESTRA: Someone Is
Losin' Susann/ HARRY RESER'S SYNCOPATORS: Yearning (just For You)/ BESSIE
SMITH: Careless Love Blues/ I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle/ Lost Your
Head Blues/ The St. Louis Blues/ I Ain't Got Nobody/ ETHEL WATERS: I've
Found A New Baby/ Sugar/ Dinah/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE
FIVE: Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223704 |
Jazz In The Charts, Vol. 5: 1927 |
● CD $10.98 |
Volume 5 is devoted to 1927 with 21 tracks featuring Jelly
Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra, Fletcher
Henderson & His Orch., King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopaters, Red Nichols &
His Five Pennies, Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., Fletcher Henderson & His
Orch., Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians, etc.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT FIVE: Big Butter And Egg Man/
THE CHARLESTON CHASERS: One Sweet Letter From You/ Someday, Sweetheart/ DUKE
ELLINGTON & HIS WASHINGTONIANS: East St. Louis Toodle-oo/ JEAN GOLDKETTE &
HIS ORCHESTRA: A Lane In Spain/ Don't Be Angry With Me/ I'm Looking Over A
Four Leaf Clover/ Look At The World And Smile/ Sunday/ FLETCHER HENDERSON &
HIS ORCHESTRA: Fidgety Feet/ Henderson Stomp/ Stockholm Stomp/ JELLY ROLL
MORTON: Grandpa's Spells/ Black Bottom Stomp/ Original Jelly Roll Blues/
BENNIE MOTEN'S KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA: Kansas City Shuffle/ RED NICHOLS & HIS
FIVE PENNIES: Washboard Blues/ KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE SYNCOPATORS: Someday,
Sweetheart/ BESSIE SMITH & HER BAND: After You've Gone/ FRANKIE TRUMBAUER &
HIS ORCHESTRA: Singing The Blues/ ETHEL WATERS WITH WILL MARION COOK'S
SINGING O: I'm Coming, Virginia
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223705 |
Jazz In the Charts, Vol. 6 : 1927-1928 |
● CD $10.98 |
This excellent series continues with 21 of the most popular
jazz tunes from the latter part of 1927 and the early part of 1928 including
sides by Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra, Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom
Stompers, Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, The California Ramblers, Frankie
Trumbauer & His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven, Bix Beiderbecke,
Bessie Smith, Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra and others.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT SEVEN: Keyhole Blues/ Potato
Head Blues/ BIX BEIDERBECKE & HIS GANG: At The Jazz Band Ball/ BIX
BEIDERBECKE: In A Mist/ THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: Lazy Weather/ COON-SANDERS
ORIGINAL NIGHTHAWK ORCHESTRA: Is She My Girlfriend?/ JOHNNY DODDS’ BLACK
BOTTOM STOMPERS: Wild Man Blues/ JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA: I‘m Gonna
Meet My Sweetie Now/ ALBERTA HUNTER WITH FATS WALLER: Beale Street Blues/
JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS: Wolverine Blues/ BENNIE MOTEN’S KANSAS
CITY ORCHESTRA: Moten Stomp/ RED NICHOLS & HIS FIVE PENNIES: Bugle Call Rag/
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider/ Riverboat Shuffle/ KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE
SYNCOPATORS: Willie The Weeper/ BESSIE SMITH: A Good Man Is Hard To Find/
Alexander‘s Ragtime Band/ FRANKIE TRUMBAUER & HIS ORCHESTRA: I‘m Coming,
Virginia/ Riverboat Shuffle/ There‘s A Cradle In Caroline/ CLARENCE
WILLIAMS’ BLUE SEVEN: Baby, Won‘t You Please Come Home
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223706 |
Jazz In the Charts, Vol. 7 : 1928 |
● CD $10.98 |
1928 contiunuies with 22 tracks from Frank Trumbauer with
Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington & His Orch., The California Ramblers, Bessie
Smith, Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, Harry Reser's Syncopaters,
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra, Jean Goldkette & His Orch., Louis
Armtrong & his Hot Five, etc.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT FIVE: A Monday Date/ Hotter Than
That/ Struttin‘ With Some Barbecue/ West End Blues/ THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS:
Singapore Sorrows/ COON-SANDERS ORIGINAL NIGHTHAWK ORCHESTR: Down Where The
Sun Goes Down/ Ready For The River/ BING CROSBY WITH FRANKIE TRUMBAUER:
Mississippi Mud/ THE DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA: Coquette/ Dixie Dawn/ DUKE
ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Black And Tan Fantasy/ Creole Love Call/ Diga
Diga Doo/ Doin‘ The New Low Down/ JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Rosette/
FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: King Porter Stomp/ RED NICHOLS & HIS
FIVE PENNIES: Nobody‘s Sweetheart/ KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE SYNCOPATORS: Four
Or Five Times/ BEN POLLACK & HIS CALIFORNIANS: Sweet Sue – Just You/ HARRY
RESER’S SYNCOPATORS: Imagination/ BESSIE SMITH: Empty Bed Blues/ FRANKIE
TRUMBAUER & HIS ORCHESTRA: Dusky Stevedore
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 223707 |
Jazz In the Charts, Vol. 8 : 1928-1929 |
● CD $10.98 |
Volume 8 ends 1928 and starts into 1929 with McKinney's
Cotton Pickers, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Savoy
Ballroom Five, Ethel waters, Bessie Smith, Jean Goldkette & His Orch., Red
Nichols & His Five Pennies, Fats Waller and more.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA: Ain‘t Misbehavin‘/ LOUIS
ARMSTRONG & HIS SAVOY BALLROOM FIVE: St. James Infirmary/ LOUIS ARMSTRONG &
HIS ORCHESTRA: When You‘re Smiling/ BEN'S BAD BOYS (BEN POLLACK): Yellow Dog
Blues/ THE CHARLESTON CHASERS: Moanin‘ Low/ COON-SANDERS ORIGINAL NIGHTHAWK
ORCHESTR: I Gotta Great Big Date With A Little Bitta Girl/ Little Orphan
Annie/ THE DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA: Let‘s Do It (let‘s Fall In Love)/
Sally Of My Dreams/ DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: The Mooche/ JEAN
GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Painting The Clouds With Sunshine/ Tip Toe Th
Rough The Tulips/ MCKINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS: Milenberg Joys/ IRVING MILLS &
HIS HOTSY TOTSY GANG: Ain‘t Misbehavin‘/ BENNIE MOTEN’S KANSAS CITY
ORCHESTRA: South/ RED NICHOLS & HIS FIVE PENNIES: [back Home Again In]
Indiana/ HARRY RESER’S SYNCOPATORS: Piccolo Pete/ BESSIE SMITH: Nobody Knows
You When You‘re Down And Out/ CLARENCE ’PINE TOP' SMITH: Pine Top‘s Boogie
Woogie/ FATS WALLER: Ain‘t Misbehavin‘/ ETHEL WATERS: Am I Blue?/ Birmingham
Bertha/ True Blue Lou
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Empire Musikwerks 450 696-2 |
Jukebox Jazz From The Southside Of Chicago |
● CD $12.98 |
Although for the past 30 years or so jazz has been almost
exclusively confined to LP or CD format there were many performances issued
as singles in earlier years. This fine collection features 20 tracks
recorded in the early and mid 50s fof Chicago's Parrot label and its Blue
Lake subsidiary. Includes performances by Jimmy Rushing (backed by Frank
"Floorshow" Culley and his combo), Herbie Fields, Coleman Hawkins, The
Benson-Ogletree Band, Red Saunders, Paul Bascombe, Lonnie Simmons Quartet,
Joe Sanders (with the Red Saunders band) and The King Fleming Quintet.
PAUL BASCOMB: Jan Pt.1/ Jan Pt.2/ BENSON-OGLETREE BAND:
Riverboat/ Uptown Stomp/ HERBIE FIELDS: Harlem Nocturne/ Mr. Jump/ KING
FLEMING QUINTETTE: One O'Clock Jump/ Williams Blues/ COLEMAN HAWKINS: Blue
Blue Days (Goin' Down Home)/ I'll Follow My Secret Heart/ I'll Tell You
Later/ What A Difference A Day Makes/ JIMMY RUSHING: Clothes Pin Blues/ Mr.
Five By Five/ RED SAUNDERS: Riverboat/ Summertime/ LONNIE SIMMONS QUARTET:
Black Orchid/ I Can't Get Started/ JOE WILLIAMS: In The Evening/ Time For
Moving
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Proper BOX 114 |
Squeeze Me - The Jazz And Swing Accordion
Story |
● CD $24.98 |
4 CDs, 101 tracks, 4 hours, 53 min., highly recommended
Documenting the accordion in jazz between 1929-1955, this engaging
collection moves in chronological order through its 101 songs and includes
recordings by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, The Jungle Band
(featuring Cootie Williams & Johnny Hodges), Guerino Et Son Orchestre
Musette De La Boite A Matelots (featuring Django Reinhardt)--and that's just
the start of Disc 1! For the accordianphobic, the instrument in question is
often not the center of musical attention, especially on the first two CDs.
Many heavily represented performers are less than household names these
days, including Le Quartette Swing Emile Carrara (6 tracks), Gus Viseur (8
tracks), Joe Mooney Quartet (10 tracks), Quintet Johnny Meyer (8 tracks),
Tito Burns And His Sextet (6 tracks), Art Van Damme (9 tracks), Mat Mathews
(10 tracks). As usual Proper has done a first-rate job, right down to the
generous 44-page booklet full of notes and great pics. (JC)
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| FATS WALLER |
JSP JSPCD 928 |
The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: Handful
Of Keys |
● CD $28.98 |
4 CD box set, 101 tracks, 5 Hours 15 mins, highly
recommended
Subtitled "Pianist, Songwriter, Entertainer, Innovator," this
set covers recordings from 1929-1934, wherein Thomas "Fats" Waller proves he
was a master of these descriptors. Easily taken for granted with his bubbly
and entertaining personality and accessible style, it's easy to forget what
a true artist Waller was and what a great and long lasting contribution he
made to jazz. This set puts it all into perspective, from deft/bristling
keyboard runs to energetic, often-satiric vocals. Waller, a brilliant stride
pianist, dabbles with New Orleans Hot, Boogie and "Chicago" styles of jazz,
turning it into a style uniquely his own. Hard to imagine there was a Great
Depression on when these tracks were recorded (leading to Waller only
releasing two sides in 1930); the songs are upbeat, light-hearted, and
joyous - very representative of a man that lived life to its fullest.
Beautifully compiled and with very nice sound, the only thing this fantastic
set is lacking are notes that are worthy of the music and the effort that
went into putting this together. Five hours plus of music and you still want
more... (RB)
FATS WALLER: A Porter’s Love Song To A Chambermaid/ A
Shine On Your Shoes-Louisiana Hayride/ After You’ve Gone/ Ain’t Misbehavin’/
Arkansas Blues/ Armful O’ Sweetness/ Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?/ Baby, Oh!
Where Can You Be?/ Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?/ Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?/
Believe It, Beloved/ Big Business: Part 1/ Big Business: Part 2/ Breakin’
The Ice/ Chances Are/ China Boy/ Dallas Blues/ Do Me A Favor/ Don’t Let It
Bother You/ Draggin’ My Heart Around/ Dream Man/ Egyptian-Ella/ Gee, Ain’t I
Good To You?/ Georgia May/ Girls Like You Were Meant For Boys Like Me/
Gladyse/ Gladyse/ Goin’ About/ Goin’ About/ Handful Of Keys/ Harlem Fuss/
Have A Little Dream On Me/ Honeysuckle Rose/ How Can You Face Me?/ I Got The
Ritz From The One I Love/ I Need Someone Like You/ I Wish I Were Twins/ I
Wish I Were Twins/ I Would Do Anything For You/ I Would Do Anything For You/
If It Isn’t Love/ I’d Love It/ I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby/ I’m Crazy ‘Bout My
Baby/ I’m Growing Fonder Of You/ I’m Sorry Dear/ I’ve Got A Feeling I’m
Falling/ I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling/ I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling/
Let’s Pretend There’s A Moon/ Lies/ Lookin’ For Another Sweetie/ Lookin’
Good But Feelin’ Bad/ Love Me Or Leave Me/ Love Me Or Leave Me/ Mandy/ Mean
Old Bed Bug Blues/ Mean Old Bed Bug Blues/ Miss Hannah/ My Fate Is In Your
Hands/ My Fate Is In Your Hands/ My Feelin’s Are Hurt/ Numb Fumblin’/ Peggy/
Plain Dirt/ Ridin’ But Walkin’/ Royal Garden Blues/ Serenade For A Wealthy
Widow/ Six Or Seven Times/ Smashing Thirds/ St Louis Blues/ Sweet Savannah
Sue/ Sweetie Pie/ Tanglefoot/ Tanglefoot/ That’s All/ That’s How I Feel
Today/ That’s What I Like About You/ The Minor Drag/ The Way I Feel Today/
Then I’ll Be Tired Of You/ Tiger Rag/ Turn On The Heat/ Valentine Stomp/
Valentine Stomp/ Waiting At The End Of The Road/ Waiting At The End Of The
Road/ Waiting At The End of The Road/ Waitin’ At The End Of The Road/ When
I’m Alone/ Where Ever There’s A Will/ Wherever There’s A Will, Baby/ Won’t
You Get Off It, Please?/ Yellow Dog Blues/ Yellow Dog Blues/ Yes Suh!/ Yes
Suh!/ You Don’t Understand/ You Rascal You/ You’re Not The Only Oyster In
The Stew/ You’ve Got To Be Modernistic
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| MAE WEST |
ASV CDAJA 5604 |
Come Up And See Me Sometime |
● CD $11.98 |
30 track collection of songs from the blonde bombshell of
the silver screen - many with a risque quality - at least in her performance
if not in the lyrics! 20 of the songs are from film soundtracks from the
1930s including four from the 1934 film "Belle Of The Nineties" with Mae
accompanied by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. There are eight tracks
recorded in 1947 for the Mezzotone label and four from 1954 with Mae
accompanied by Sy Oliver & His Orch. The booklet has notes, discographical
and a bunch of quotes from Mae like "When choosing between two evils, I
always like to pick the one I've never tried before"
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