The Rough Guide to the Roots of Jazz

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dippermouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band2:31
2Eddie’s Twister
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-04-01)
Eddie Lang2:54
3Sud Buster’s Dream
piano:
Tiny Parham (Canadian-American jazz bandleader & pianist) (on 1929-10-25)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians3:01
4Muggles
recording of:
Muggles
lyricist and composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Orchestra2:52
5Bugle Call Blues
recording of:
Bugle Call Blues
writer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:20
6Ol’ Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang3:06
7The Stampede
recording of:
The Stampede
composer:
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:11
8I Ain’t Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Earl Hines3:07
9Doctor Jazz
recording of:
Doctor Jazz
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:26
10Salty Dog
Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals2:38
11Sweet Mumtaz
Russell's Hot Six3:09
12Cheese and Crackers
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four2:56
13Black and Tan Fantasy
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:26
14Indiana
recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
Eddie Condon Quartet2:58
15Muscle Shoals Blues
Fats Waller3:17
16Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-09)
alto saxophone:
Red Ingle (on 1927-05-13) and Doc Ryker (on 1927-05-13)
banjo:
Howdy Quicksell (on 1927-05-09) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-05-13)
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Don Murray (1920s jazz clarinetist) (on 1927-05-09)
clarinet:
Don Murray (1920s jazz clarinetist) (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-05-13)
piano:
Irving "Itzy" Riskin (on 1927-05-09) and Itzy Riskin (on 1927-05-13)
reeds:
Don Murray (1920s jazz clarinetist) (on 1927-05-13)
saxophone [C-melody saxophone]:
Frankie Trumbauer (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
trombone:
Bill Rank (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
arranger:
Bill Challis
recording of:
’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (on 1927-05-13)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer
composer:
Turner Layton
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra2:54
17Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1917-08-17)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
Original Dixieland Jazz Band3:14
18It’s Tight Like That
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra2:47
19Clarinetitis
Benny Goodman2:27
20Carolina Shout
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1938-12-23)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-12-23)
live recording of:
Carolina Shout (on 1938-12-23)
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson2:47
21Wild Cat Blues
recording of:
Wild Cat Blues
composer:
Thomas Waller and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five3:00
22Oriental Man
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (in 1927-12)
The Chicago Footwarmers2:43
23Chicago Blues
banjo:
Marvin Saxbe (on 1924-02-25)
clarinet:
Voltaire “Volly” De Faut (on 1924-02-25)
cornet:
Muggsy Spanier (on 1924-02-25)
piano:
Mel Stitzel (on 1924-02-25)
trombone:
Guy Carey (Jazz trombonist) (on 1924-02-25)
The Bucktown Five2:33
24South
recording of:
South (on 1923-11-29)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra2:45
25St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
Bessie Smith3:11
26Transatlantic Stomp
E.C. Cobb and His Corn-Eaters3:09

Credits

Release

liner notes:Neil Record
mastering:Laurence Cedar (mastering, rough guides related)
compiler:Neil Record
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/18729340 [info]
ASIN:UK: B08Y67V89W [info]

Release Group

part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1409) (order: 408)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/2627204 [info]