As Good As It Gets: Jazz Early Days

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugar Foot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:50
2Jelly Roll Blues
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:06
3Potato Head Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-05-10)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-05-10)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-05-10)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-10)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1927-05-10)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1927-05-10)
trombone:
John Thomas (early jazz trombonist) (on 1927-05-10)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1927-05-10)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-10)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven (on 1927-05-10)
recording of:
Potato Head Blues (on 1927-05-10)
composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven2:53
4Dippermouth Blues
King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band2:26
5At The Jazz Band Ball
Bix Beiderbecke2:50
6House Rent Ball
Sidney Bechet with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five2:50
7Tiger 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 Band3:06
8Weary Blues
Johnny Doddsʼ Black Bottom Stompers2:46
9Creole Love Call
recording of:
Creole Love Call
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
10Sidewalk Blues
Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra2:41
11I've Found a New Baby
Clarence Williams and His Orchestra3:24
12Bugle Call Rag
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:18
13Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Halfway House Orchestra3:03
14Paducah
The Chocolate Dandies2:58
15Memphis Shake
Dixieland Jug Blowers3:16
16Stockyards Strut
Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals2:29
17Galion Stomp
Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders3:02
18Hello Lola
Mound City Blue Blowers3:16
19Miss Hannah
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-11-06)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1929-11-06) and Don Redman (on 1929-11-06)
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-11-06)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1929-11-06) and Ted McCord (on 1929-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1929-11-06)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1929-11-06)
trumpet:
Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-06), Sidney De Paris (on 1929-11-06) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1929-11-06)
tuba:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1929-11-06)
vocals:
Don Redman (on 1929-11-06)
recording of:
Miss Hannah (on 1929-11-06)
writer:
Don Redman
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:00
20That's A Plenty
Muggsy Spanier3:14
21Midnight Mama
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:00
22King Porter Stomp
Lanin's Red Heads2:10
23I'm Gonna Stomp Mr Henry Lee
Eddie Condon's Hot Shots3:35
24Jungle Blues
Benny Goodman and His Boys3:11
25Hootin' De toot
Original Memphis Five2:47
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