Program notes by Martin Williams. Compact disc. Analog recording. "Digitally remastered"--Container. Recorded 1916-1944.
Contents:
Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Scott Joplin) -- Maple leaf rag / S. Joplin (Jelly Roll Morton) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (Bessie Smith) --Lost your head blues / Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith) -- Dippermouth blues / Joe Oliver (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) -- Black bottom stomp ; Dead man blues ; Grandpa's spells / F.J. Morton (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) -- King porter stomp / Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton) -- Cake walking babies from home / C. Williams ; C. Smith ; H. Troy (Red Onion Jazz Babies) -- Blue horizon / Sidney Bechet (Sidney Bechet and his Blue Note Jazz Men) -- Carolina shout / James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson) -- Big butter and egg man from the west / Louis Armstrong ; Percy Venable (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) -- Potato head blues / Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven) -- Struttin' with some barbecue ; Hotter than that / Lillian Hardin Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) -- West End blues / Joe Oliver & Clarence Williams (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) -- Weather bird / Joe Oliver (Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines) -- Sweethearts on parade / Carmen Lombardo (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- I gotta right to sing the blues / Harold Arlen (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- Singin' the blues / Jimmy Mchugh (Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra -- Riverboat shuffle / Hoagy Carmichael (Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra) -- Four or five times / Byron Gay (Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra)
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