The 50 tracks on this fine album are prime monuments of the Jazz Age and arguably, some of Americas finest jazz performances. " .. the best introduction to early jazz music I have come across and features a huge variety of artists from Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke to Basie, Ellington and the splendid Muggsy Spanier. For recordings this antique, the sound quality is amazing" Charles Spencer, The Spectator
Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp
Miff Mole - The New Twister
Bessie Smith - Trombone Cholly
Bix Beiderbecke - Royal Garden Blues
Beale Street Washboard Band - Forty And Tight
Louis Armstrong & Kid Ory - Ory's Creole Trombone
Red Nichols - Whispering
Mckinneys Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys
Boyd Senter & His Senterpedes - Sweetheart Blues
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines - Weather Bird
Fats Waller - Won't You Get Off It, Please?
Hoagy Carmichael - Rockin' Chair
Duke Ellington - Old Man Blues
J C Higginbotham - Give Me Your Telephone Number
Mamie Smith - Jenny's Ball
King Oliver - Dont You Think I Love You?
Cab Calloway - Trickeration
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Snake Hips
Boswell Sisters/Dorsey Brothers - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - Farewell Blues
The Chocolate Dandies - I Never Knew
Art Tatum - The Shout
Fletcher Henderson - Tidal Wave
Duke Ellington - Sump'n' 'bout Rhythm
Jack Teagarden - Junk Man
Earl Hines - Copenhagen
Louis Prima - Sing It Way Down Low
Benny Goodman Trio - After You've Gone
Henry Red Allen - Whose Honey Are You?
Benny Goodman - If I Could Be With You
Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson - What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Bud Freeman - The Buzzard
Artie Shaw - Sweet Lorraine
Benny Carter - Swingin' At Maida Vale
Dick Mcdonough - Dardanella
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- These selections are prime monuments of the Jazz Age and arguably, some of America's finest jazz performances.
- "he best introduction to early jazz music I have come across and features a huge variety of artists from Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke to Basie, Ellington and the splendid Muggsy Spanier."
- It is no exaggeration to say that the fusion of several vital strands in American popular culture - the emergence of jazz on record and the upsurge in social dancing - brought an outpouring of individual creativity that was without precedent. As one jazz master after another came to maturity and triumphed, so others, influenced and inspired by their predecessors, followed on.
- All of these giants are here - enduring legends every one: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Johnny Dodds, Duke Ellington - the alphabetical litany goes on.
- The best in Twenties and Thirties hot jazz. Small groups and big bands, vocalists and instrumental stars, blues and swing, technical virtuosity and simple statements. No wonder Jelly Roll wanted more!
- The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes.
- These selections are prime monuments of the Jazz Age and arguably, some of America's finest jazz performances.
- "he best introduction to early jazz music I have come across and features a huge variety of artists from Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke to Basie, Ellington and the splendid Muggsy Spanier."
- It is no exaggeration to say that the fusion of several vital strands in American popular culture - the emergence of jazz on record and the upsurge in social dancing - brought an outpouring of individual creativity that was without precedent. As one jazz master after another came to maturity and triumphed, so others, influenced and inspired by their predecessors, followed on.
- All of these giants are here - enduring legends every one: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Johnny Dodds, Duke Ellington - the alphabetical litany goes on.
- The best in Twenties and Thirties hot jazz. Small groups and big bands, vocalists and instrumental stars, blues and swing, technical virtuosity and simple statements. No wonder Jelly Roll wanted more!
- The CD album includes an informative physical booklet with liner notes.
