Various - The Rough Guide To Classic Jazz

Label:

World Music Network

Catalog#:

RGNET 1012 CD

Format:

CD, Album, Compilation

Country:

Released:

1997

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Ragtime, Big Band, Dixieland, Swing

Tracklist

1	Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers* -	Dr Jazz	3:24
		Clarinet - Omer Simeon Cornet - George Mitchell (3) Double Bass [String Bass] - John Lindsey Drums - Andrew Hilaire Guitar - Johnny St Cyr* Piano, Vocals - Jelly-Roll Morton* Trombone - Kid Ory Written-By - Oliver*
2	Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers* -	Smoke-House Blues	3:26
		Clarinet - Omer Simeon Cornet - George Mitchell (3) Double Bass [String Bass] - John Lindsey Drums - Andrew Hilaire Guitar - Johnny St Cyr* Piano, Vocals - Jelly-Roll Morton* Trombone - Kid Ory Written-By - Charles Luke
3	Original Dixieland Jazz Band -	Dixie Jass Band One-Step	2:37
		Clarinet - Larry Shields Cornet - Nick LaRoca* Drums - Tony Sbarbaro Piano - Henry Ragas Trombone - Eddie Edwards Written By - LaRocca/Edwards/Shields/Ragas/Sbarbaro Written-By - Edwards* , Ragas* , Shields* , LaRocca* , Sbarbaro*
4	King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band -	Dippermouth Blues	2:26
		Banjo, Vocals [Vocal Break] - Bill Johnson Clarinet - Johnny Dodds Cornet - King Oliver , Louis Armstrong Drums - Baby Dodds Piano - Lil Hardin* Trombone - Honoré Dutrey* Written By - Armstrong/Oliver Written-By - Oliver* , Armstrong*
5	New Orleans Rhythm Kings -	Mr Jelly Lord	3:04
		Banjo - Bob Gillette Clarinet - Leon Ropollo* Cornet - Paul Mares Drums - Ben Pollack Piano - Jelly-Roll Morton* Reeds - Don Murray (2) , Glen Scoville , Jack Pettis Trombone - George Brunies Tuba [Brass Bass] - Chink Martin Written-By - Morton*
6	Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra* -	Sugar Foot Stomp	2:48
		Banjo - Charlie Dixon Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Buster Bailey Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto], Arranged By - Don Redman Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor] - Coleman Hawkins Drums - Kaiser Marshall Piano, Leader [Director] - Fletcher Henderson Trombone - Charlie Green Trumpet - Elmer Chambers , Joe Smith (3) , Louis Armstrong Tuba [Brass Bass] - Bob Escudero* Written By - Oliver & Armstrong Written-By - Oliver* , Armstrong*
7	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven -	Potato Head Blues	2:55
		Banjo, Guitar - Johnny St. Cyr Clarinet - Johnny Dodds Drums - Baby Dodds Piano - Lil Armstrong* Trombone - John Thomas (20) Trumpet - Louis Armstrong Tuba [Brass Bass] - Pete Briggs Written-By - Armstrong*
8	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five -	West End Blues	3:17
		Banjo - Mancy Cara* Clarinet - Jimmy Strong Drums - Zutty Singleton Piano - Earl Hines Trombone - Fred Robinson Trumpet - Louis Armstrong Written-By - Oliver*
9	Ma Rainey With Her Tub Jug Washboard Band* -	Hear Me Talking To You	2:59
		Banjo, Kazoo - Martell Pettiford Jug - Carl Reid Kazoo - Herman Brown Piano - 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey* Washboard - Unknown Artist Written-By - 'Ma' Rainey*
10	Bessie Smith -	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	2:57
		Cornet - Ed Allen Piano - Clarence Williams Saxophone [Alto] - Garvin Bushell Saxophone [Tenor] - Greely Watson* Tuba [Brass Bass] - Cyrus St. Clair Written-By - Ida Cox
11	J.C. Cobb & His Grains Of Corn -	Shake That Jelly-Roll	2:57
		Banjo - Eustern Woodfork Bass - Bill Johnson Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor], Violin - Junee Cobb Cornet - Jimmy Cobb (2) Drums - W.E. Burton Piano - Alex Hill* Violin - Bob Waugh Written By - Cobb-Melrose Written-By - Cobb* , Melrose*
12	State Street Ramblers -	Stomp Your Stuff	3:11
		Banjo - Ed Hudson (2) Kazoo, Washboard, Vocals - Alfred Bell Piano - Jimmy Blythe Written-By - Blythe*
13	Pinetop Smith* -	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	3:09
		Piano [Solo], Written-by - Pinetop Smith*
14	McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans -	Nobody's Sweetheart	3:05
		Bass - Jim Lannigan Clarinet - Frank Teschmacher* Cornet - Jimmy McPartland Drums - Gene Krupa Guitar - Eddie Condon Piano - Joe Sullivan Saxophone [Tenor] - Bud Freeman Written By - Kahn-Ergman-Meyers-Schoebel Written-By - Meyers* , Schoebel* , Ergman* , Kahn*
15	Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang* -	Since My Girl Turned Me Down	3:03
		Clarinet - Don Murray Cornet - Bix Beiderbecke Drums - Chauncey Morehouse Piano - Frank Signorelli Saxophone [Bass] - Adrian Rollini Trombone - Bill Rank Written By - Lodwig-Quicksell Written-By - Quicksell* , Lodwig*
16	Charlston Chasers, The -	Beale Street Blues	2:59
		Bass - Harry Goodman Clarinet, Leader [Director] - Benny Goodman Drums - Gene Krupa Guitar - Dick McDonough Piano - Arthur Schutt Saxophone [Alto] - Sid Stoneburn Saxophone [Tenor] - Larry Binyon Trombone - Glenn Miller , Jack Teagarden Trumpet - Charlie Teagarden , Ruby Weinstein Written-By - W.C. Handy*
17	Miff Mole & His Molers* -	Imagination	2:49
		Banjo - Dick McDonough Clarinet - Pee Wee Russell Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor] - Fud Livingston Drums - Vic Berton Guitar - Eddie Lang Piano - Arthur Schutt Saxophone [Bass] - Adrian Rollini Trombone - Miff Mole Trumpet - Red Nichols Written-By - Livingston*
18	Eddie Condon & His Footwarmers* -	Makin' Friends	3:00
		Banjo - Eddie Condon Clarinet, Voice [Speech] - Mezz Mezzrow Cornet - Jimmy Partland* Double Bass [String Bass] - Art Miller Drums - Johnny Powell Piano - Joe Sullivan Trombone, Vocals - Jack Teagarden Written By - Teagarden & Condon Written-By - Condon* , Teagarden*
19	Fats Waller & His Buddies* -	The Minor Drag	2:39
		Banjo - Eddie Condon Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Tenor] - Arville Harris Piano - Fats Waller Trombone - Charles Irvis* Trumpet - Charlie Gains Written-By - Waller*
20	Clarence Williams Washboard Five* -	Log Cabin Blues	3:11
		Clarinet - Buster Bailey Cornet - Ed Allen Piano - Clarence Williams Tuba [Brass Bass] - Cyrus St Clair* Washboard - Floyd Casey
21	Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra* -	South	2:33
		Banjo - Leroy Berry Cornet - Booker Washington , Ed Lewis Drums - Willie McWashington Reeds - Harlen Leonard* , Jack Washington , LaForest Dent , Woody Walder Trombone - Thamon Hayes Tuba [Brass Bass] - Vernon Page Written By - Moten-Hayes Written-By - Moten* , Hayes*
22	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra* -	Creole Love Call	3:12
		Banjo - Fred Guy Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto And Baritone] - Harry Carney Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor And Baritone] - Rudy Jackson Double Bass [String Bass] - Wellman Braud Drums - Sonny Greer Piano - Duke Ellington Saxophone [Soprano, Alto And Baritone] - Otto Hardwick Trombone - Joe Nanton Trumpet - Bubber Miley , Louis Metcalf Vocals - Adelaide Hall Written-By - Ellington*
23	Don Redman & His Orchestra* -	Hot And Anxious	2:49
		Banjo - Talcott Reeves Bass - Bob Ysaguirre Drums - Manzie Johnson Piano, Arranged By - Horace Henderson Reeds - Edward Inge , Robert Carroll , Rupert Cole Saxophone [Alto], Vocals, Leader [Director] - Don Redman Trombone - Benny Morton , Claude Jones , Fred Robinson Trumpet - Langston Curl , Shirley Clay , Sidney DeParis* Written By - Redman-Henderson Written-By - Redman* , Henderson*
24	Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra* -	New King Porter Stomp	3:06
		Double Bass [String Bass] - John Kirby Drums - Walter Johnson Guitar - Freddie White Leader [Director], Piano, Arranged By - Fletcher Henderson Saxophone [Alto] - Hilton Jefferson , Russell Procope Saxophone [Tenor] - Coleman Hawkins Trombone - J.C. Higginbotham , Sandy Williams Trumpet - Bobby Stark , Rex Stewart , Russell Smith Written-By - Morton*

Credits

Artwork By [Cover Image] - React
Artwork By [Design] - Impetus
Compiled By - Robert Parker (3)

Notes

This compilation ℗&© World Music Network 1997. Manufactured in the EU. All tracks under license from Robert Parker Digital Stereo Pty Ltd.

ISBN: 1-85828-358-2
Barcode: 9 781758 283586 >

Total playing time: 71:36.

The Rough Guide To Classic Jazz is compiled by The World Music Network to accompany the Rough Guide To Jazz book and is produced in association with Rough Guides, New Internationalist & Robert Parker's Jazz Classics In Stereo.

Track 9 Main Artist is miswritten as 'Ma Rainey With Her Tug Jug Washboard Band' on the back cover, but is correctly written in the booklet.
Track 10: Main Artist is listed as 'Bessie Smith with Orchestra' in the booklet, and 'Bessie Smith' on the cover.
Track 21: Main Artist is written as 'Benny Morten's Kansas City Orchestra' on the back cover and 'Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra' in the booklet.

Solos:
Track 22: Miley - Jackson.
Track 24: Stark - Stark - Hawkins - Williams - Stewart - Higginbotham.

Track 1 (37257-3) recorded in Chicago, 16/12/26. Published by Chappell-MCA. Taken from the album Jelly Roll Morton - The Chicago Years - Great Original Performances 1926-29 (RPCD 623).
Track 2 (36240-2) recorded at the Webster Hotel, Chicago, 15/9/26. Taken from the album Jelly Roll Morton - The Chicago Years - Great Original Performances 1926-29 (RPCD 623).
Track 3 (19332-3) recorded in New York, 29/2/17.
Track 4 (11389-B) recorded in Richmond, Indiana, 6/4/23. Published by Herman Darewski Music Publishing Company. Taken from King Oliver Vol. 1 - Great Original Performances 1923-29 (RPCD 607).
Track 5 (11541-A) recorded in Richmond, Indiana, 17/7/23. Published by Chappell. Taken from New Orleans - Great Original Performances 1918-34 (RPCD 613).
Track 6 (140639-2) recorded in New York, 29/5/25. Published by Chappell-MCA.
Track 7 (80855-C) recorded in Chicago, 1/5/27. Published by MCA Music. Taken from Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-31 (RPCD 618).
Track 8 (400967-8) recorded in Chicago, 28/6/28. Published by B Feldman & Co. Ltd/Redwood Music Ltd. Taken from Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-31 (RPCD 618).
Track 9 (20663-2) recorded in Chicago, circa June 1928. Published by Cop. Con. Taken from Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34 (RPCD 614).
Track 10 (148534-3) recorded in New York, 15/5/29. Published by B. Feldman/EMI.
Track 11 (C-2920-A) recorded in Chicago, 7/2/29. Published by Chappell. Taken from Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34 (RPCD 614).
Track 12 (17629) recorded in Richmond, Ind., 20/3/31. Published by Cop. Con. Taken from Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34 (RPCD 614).
Track 13 (C-2726-B) recorded in Chicago, 29/12/28. Published by MCA Music. Taken from Boogie Woogie - Great Original Performances 1928-41 (RPCD 601).
Track 14 (82082-B) recorded in Chicago, 16/12/27. Published by Lawrence Wright. Taken from Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34 (RPCD 614).
Track 15 (81572-B) recorded in New York, 25/10/27. Published by Cavendish Music Co. Ltd. Taken from Bix Beiderbecke - Great Original Performances 1924-30 (RPCD 620).
Track 16 (151293-3) recorded in New York, 9/2/31. Published by Francuis Day & Hunter/EMI Music.
Track 17 (81296-B) recorded in New York, 30/8/27. Published by United Artists.
Track 18 (401278-A) recorded in New York, 30/10/28. Published by Chappell.
Track 19 (49760-2) recorded in New York, 1/3/29. Published by Southern-Redwood. Taken from Fats Waller - Great Original Performances 1927-40 (RPCD 619).
Track 20 (400621-B) recorded in New York, 18/4/28. Published by Cop Con.
Track 21 (42935-1) recorded in Camden, N.J., 7/9/1928.
Track 22 (39370-1) recorded in New York, 26/10/1927. Published by Lawrence Wright Music. Taken from Duke Ellington - Great Original Performances 1927-34 (RPCD 624).
Track 23 (8-12006-A) recorded in New York, 20/6/32. Published by Belwin Mills Music.
Track 24 (152325-1) recorded in New York, 9/12/32. Published by Darewski Music/EMI Music Pub.Co.Ltd.

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