Scott Joplin, W. C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Original Dixieland Jazz Band – The Roots of Jazz

Scott Joplin - The Roots of Jazz album cover

Label:	The Franklin Mint Record Society – JAZZ14
Series:	Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection – SW: jz14
Format:	4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	1984
Genre:	Jazz
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Tracklist

53A - 1	Scott Joplin–	Maple Leaf Rag
53A - 2	Dick Hyman–	Solace
53A - 3	The Southland Stingers, Ralph Grierson–	Heliotrope Bouquet
53A - 4	Eubie Blake–	Charleston Rag
53A - 5	Roy Bargy–	Pianoflage
53A - 6	Bunk Johnson & His Band–	Kinklets
53B - 1	Ossman-Dudley Trio–	St. Louis Tickle
53B - 2	Europe's Society Orchestra–	Castle House Rag
53B - 3	W. C. Handy–	Ole Miss Rag
53B - 4	Original Dixieland Jass Band*–	Dixie Jazz Band One-Step
53B - 5	Original Dixieland Jass Band*–	Tiger Rag
53B - 6	Dixieland Jug Blowers–	Banjoreno
54A - 1	Blind Willie Johnson–	Dark was the Night
54A - 2	Mitchell's Christian Singers–	I'm praying humble
54A - 3	Reverend Kelsey*–	Little Boy
54A - 4	James Cleveland*, The Angelic Choir–	Peace be still
54A - 5	Mahalia Jackson–	Move on up a little higher
54A - 6	The Davis Sisters–	When I get inside
54B - 1	Sam Morgan's Jazz Band–	Down by the Riverside
54B - 2	Leadbelly, The Golden Gate Quartet–	Rock Island line
54B - 3	Josh White–	Careless Love
54B - 4	Eureka Brass Band–	Whoopin' Blues
54B - 5	Leadbelly–	Good Morning Blues
54B - 6	Jimmie Rodgers–	Blue Yodel No- 9
55A - 1	Blind Lemon Jefferson–	Match Box Blues
55A - 2	Charley Patton–	Stone Pony Blues
55A - 3	Robert Johnson–	Hellhound on my Trail
55A - 4	Muddy Waters–	Long Distance Call
55A - 5	Little Walter–	Blue Light
55A - 6	John Lee Hooker–	Country Boy
55B - 1	Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band–	New Bo-Weavil Blues
55B - 2	Bessie Smith–	St. Louis Blues
55B - 3	Bessie Smith–	Backwater Blues
55B - 4	Bessie Smith–	Blue Spirit Blues
55B - 5	Sippie Wallace–	Dead Drunk Blues
55B - 6	Edith Johnson–	Nicole's Worth of Liver Blues
56A - 1	Pinetop Smith*–	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
56A - 2	Joe Turner*, Pete Johnson–	Roll 'em Pete
56A - 3	Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings–	Bottom Blues
56A - 4	Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons–	Sixth Avenue Express
56A - 5	Hot Lips Page–	Lip's Blues
56A - 6	Count Basie and his Orchestra*, Jimmy Rushing–	Nobody Knows
56B - 1	T-Bone Walter*–	T-Bone Shuffle
56B - 2	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five–	Early in the Mornin'
56B - 3	B.B. King–	Worry, Worry, Worry
56B - 4	Sunnyland Slim–	Decoration Day
56B - 5	Count Basie and his Orchestra*, Joe Williams–	Every Day
56B - 6	Ray Charles–	What'd I Say

Notes

16 page booklet included
Letter to the Subscriber, signed by Stanley Walker, Vice President and Director

Other Versions (3)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	The Roots Of Jazz (4×LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono, Red, Box Set, )	The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society	FM JAZZ 053, FM JAZZ 054, FM JAZZ 055, FM JAZZ 056	Sweden	1984
New Submission	The Roots of Jazz (4×LP, Compilation, Red, Box Set, )	The Franklin Mint Record Society	JAZZ13	US	1984
New Submission	The Roots of Jazz (4×LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono, Red, Box Set, )	The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society	JAZZ 053, JAZZ 054, JAZZ 055, JAZZ 056	US	1984