1923-1924

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These are Jelly Roll Morton's earliest recordings, and if you have any plans to become a Morton completist, this Jazz Classics issue with its chronological presentation is a good way to cover the early work. While the sound quality inevitably leaves much to be desired, the freshness of Morton's invention will surmount that, from the wonderfully percussive smacks at the keyboard in "Grandpa's Spells" to the rollicking energy of "Shreveport Stomp." Other perennial Morton vehicles that are heard in their first versions are "The Pearls" and "King Porter Stomp," while "Big Fat Ham" and "London Blues" are heard in both band and solo piano versions. The CD even goes so far as to include "Steady Roll" by a novelty band called Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings. The group consisted of comb, banjo, and kazoos, but it didn't include Morton. --Stuart Broomer

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Average customer rating: Satchmo; the beginning

The Complete (Intégrale) Louis Armstrong, Vol. 1: "Chimes Blues" 1923-1924 Louis Armstrong Manufacturer: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Complete (Intégrale) Louis Armstrong, Vol. 2: "Sugar Foot Stomp" (1924-1925) The Complete (Intégrale) Louis Armstrong, Vol. 3: "Cornet Shop Suey" (1925-1926) Live with the Big Bands & Stan Kenton Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography ASIN: B000JGWBFC Release Date: 2007-01-23

Customer Reviews:

Satchmo; the beginning.......2007-02-22

Its a little sad that it takes a company from France to set the record straight for the greatest american artist of all time. This is the kind of stuff that our government should be doing with our tax dollars: making sure that ALL the works of Louis Armstrong are available, in chronological order for all people to know and cherish in stellar sound. This is a 3 CD that covers Satchmo playing with King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson and multiple sessions with the 'blues singers' up to 1924. There is love and time inested in makinf this collection and I urge you to purchase this volume and support this fine effort. You will not be dissapointed.

Average customer rating: Amazing... Birth Of The Genius

1923-1924 Jelly Roll Morton Manufacturer: Milestone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 Winin Boy Blues Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings Classic Jazz from Rare Piano Rolls Breaking Out of New Orleans 1922-1929 ASIN: B000000XW2 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. King Porter
2. New Orleans Joys (1st Take)
3. New Orleans Joys (2nd Take)
4. Grandpa's Spells
5. Kansas City Stomp
6. Wolverine Blues
7. The Pearls
8. Tia Juana
9. Shreveport Stomps
10. Mamamita
11. Jelly Roll Blues
12. Big Foot Ham
13. Bucktown Blues
14. Tom Cat Blues
15. Stratford Hunch
16. Perfect Rag
17. Frog-I-More Rag
18. London Blues
19. Thirty-Fifth St. Blues
20. Mamanita
21. Big Fat Ham
22. Muddy Water Blues
23. Mr. Jelly Lord (3rd Take-Paramount)
24. Mr. Jelly Lord (Gennett)
25. King Porter
26. Tom Cat Blues

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These are Jelly Roll Morton's earliest recordings, and if you have any plans to become a Morton completist, this Jazz Classics issue with its chronological presentation is a good way to cover the early work. While the sound quality inevitably leaves much to be desired, the freshness of Morton's invention will surmount that, from the wonderfully percussive smacks at the keyboard in "Grandpa's Spells" to the rollicking energy of "Shreveport Stomp." Other perennial Morton vehicles that are heard in their first versions are "The Pearls" and "King Porter Stomp," while "Big Fat Ham" and "London Blues" are heard in both band and solo piano versions. The CD even goes so far as to include "Steady Roll" by a novelty band called Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings. The group consisted of comb, banjo, and kazoos, but it didn't include Morton. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Amazing..........2007-03-27

It's definately evident Jelly Roll Morton honestly heard an entire jazz band when he wrote these early piano solos.

Birth Of The Genius.......2002-01-10

Although he prided himself as having "invented" Jazz,Jelly Roll Morton WAS the first great Composer of Jazz,long before Ellington;this remarkable CD is invaluable for offering all of Morton's first recordings (the Gennett piano solos and some early band dates,including a swell number,"Steady Roll" complete with comb & kazzoo and NO Morton!?);although the Classics Series are usually well-remastered this CD is no exception,I had much of this on LP and these are the cleanest sounding digital transfers of this material that I've yet heard;the only reason to point up sound quality is only to underscore the fact that ( especially on the piano solos)the 1923-1924 accoustical technology did not permit the full tonal range of Jelly's amazing keyboard virtuousity to be heard;However,you can still hear the exquisite phrasing of "The Pearls" (all but worth the price of the CD) and the terrific left handed fingering on "New Orleans Joys",to say nothing of the wonderful rolling arpeggios on "Frogimore Rag" and not a word of his breathtaking technique on "Perfect Rag";the band sides are a revealing glimpse into Morton's polyphonic mind - he already had his vision of Jazz down pat,it only needed him to find just the right combination of musicians,which he ultimately did (of course) with the classic Red Hot Peppers work for Victor a few years later.
This CD is required listening for ALL Jazz lovers whether Hot Jazz,Cool Jazz,Bop,or whatever,because the history of Jazz can be heard loud and clear here in the hands of its first Genius! Don't Delay .... buy your's today!

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The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 The Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 3 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005KB57 Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

1. Sinbad: Swanee - Al Jolson
2. George White's Scandals Of 1920: The Songs Of Long Ago - Lester O'Keefe
3. Mayfair And Montmartre: Please Do It Again - Alice Delysia
4. George White's Scandals Of 1922: I Found A Four-Leaf Clover - Paul Whitman Orchestra
5. George White's Scandals Of 1922: I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - Paul Whitman Orchestra
6. George White's Scandals Of 1922: I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - The Original Piano Trio
7. George White's Scandals Of 1923: The Life Of A Rose - Charles Dornberger Orchestra
8. Little Miss Bluebeard: I Won't Say I Will - Irene Bordoni
9. George White's Scandals Of 1924: Somebody Loves Me - Tom Patricola
10. Primrose: Overture - Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra/John Ansell
11. Primrose: The Countryside - Percy Hemming
12. Primrose: When Toby Is Out Of Town - Leslie Henson
13. Primrose: Some Far-Away Someone - Percy Heming/Margery Hicklin
14. Primrose: The Mophams - Leslie Henson/Heather Tatcher/Thomas Weguelen
15. Primrose: I'll Have A House Iin Berkeley Square - Margery Hicklin/Claude Hulbert
16. Primrose: Boy Wanted - Heather Thatcher
17. Primrose: Mary, Queen Of Scots - Leslie Henson
18. Primrose: Wait A Bit, Susie - Percy Heming
19. Primrose: Naughty Baby - Margery Hicklin
20. Primrose: Ballet Music - Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra
21. Primrose: That New-Fangled Mother Of Mine - Leslie Henson
22. Primrose: I Make Hay When The Moon Shines - Heather Thatcher

Average customer rating: Essential history

The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 1 Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1 The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000063BIH Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

1. Dance And Grow Thin
2. You'd Be Surprised
3. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
4. I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now
5. Mandy
6. Someone Else May Be There When I'm Gone
7. You'd Be Surprised
8. The Girls Of My My Dreams
9. Tell Me, Little Gypsy/Bells
10. Tell Me, Little Gypsy
11. School House Blues
12. Say It With Music
13. Will She Come From The East?
14. Lady Of The Evening
15. Bring On The Pepper
16. Little Butterfly
17. Learn To Do The Strut
18. An Orange Grove In California
19. Listening
20. Tell Her In The Springtime
21. Rock-A-Bye Baby
22. Tokio Blues
23. Who?
24. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
25. Blue Skies

Customer Reviews:

Essential history.......2007-06-24

Hooray for Pavilion Records and all other organizations collecting early recordings and transferring them to CD for the world to enjoy! Of course since they are EARLY recordings (1917-1927) it has that fizzy wax sound to it and the lyrics get mushy at times. That either makes it endearing or annoying, depending on your perspective. It's lovely to finally hear the Brox Sisters sing again, let John Steel's tenor soar, and to hear what You'd Be Surprised sounded like sung by a girl. The earliest songs of Irving Berlin may not be his best, but are a refreshing glimpse into his 30s. Half of the songs on this disc debuted in Berlin's own Music Box Revue at the theater he built after WWI.

Average customer rating: Straight from the begining of commercial "mountain music"

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1, 1923-1924 Fiddlin' John Carson Manufacturer: Document ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5, 1927-1929 Complete Recorded Works, Volume IV, 1926-1927 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 6, 1929-1930 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 7, 1930-1934 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3, 1925-1926 ASIN: B000000JJU Release Date: 1998-01-02

Tracks:

1. The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
2. The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow
3. When You And I Were Young, Maggie
4. You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone
5. Be Kind To a Man When He's Down
6. Billy In The Low Ground
7. Casey Jones
8. Old Sallie Goodman
9. Fare You Well Old Joe Clark
10. The Farmer Is The Man That Feeds Them All
11. Papa's Billy Goat
12. The Kickin' Mule
13. Nancy Rowland
14. Tom Watson Special
15. Old And In The Way
16. Dixie Boll Weevil
17. When Abraham And Isaac Rushed The Can
18. The Cat Came Back
19. I Got Mine
20. Dixie Cowboy
21. John Henry Blues
22. Arkansas Traveler
23. Old Aunt Peggy, Won't You Set 'Em Up Again?

Customer Reviews:

Straight from the begining of commercial "mountain music".......2001-08-24

The songs on this volume include both traditional and original songs. There are many gems here, which fans of old-time music will immediately recognize. Whether it be humorous songs such as "Papa's Billy Goat" or tender social commentary as in "Farmer's The Man That Feeds Them All", Carson's boisterous fiddle and rough voice shine through. While most of the songs are solo fiddle and voice, the last two are full string band (duel fiddlers, banjo, guitar) and are the probably the best tracks on the album. The songs were all "acousticly" recorded (that is, recorded withOUT the benefit of amps, equalizers, or microphones) and has the feel of such recordings. The remastering was obviously done from a purist viewpoint, with surface noise and sometimes obvious flutter left on the tracks, but nothing anyone familiar with cylinders and older 78s can't wade through. Still, some of the tracks are VERY rough and novices to phonographia who are interested in Carson should start with later volumes in the series and get acclimated before buying this volume. Discographical information is very efficiently organized, but complete none-the-less. Biographical and cultural information is lacking, and mostly dedicated to the collection's songs.

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Fletcher Henderson with the Blues Singers, Vol. 2 (1923-1924) Fletcher Henderson Manufacturer: Document ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000JBN Release Date: 1995-08-01

Tracks:

1. Aggravatin' Papa - Inez wallace
2. Radio Blues - Inez wallace
3. Kissin' Daddy - Inez wallace
4. Go Get It - Inez wallace
5. Papa, Better Watch Your Step - Hannah Sylvester
6. Seven Or Eleven - Hannah Sylvester
7. Midnight Blues - Hannah Sylvester
8. I Don't Let No One Man Worry Me - Hannah Sylvester
9. Midnight Blues - Hannah Sylvester
10. Farewell Blus - Hannah Sylvester
11. The Wicked (Dirty) Fives - Hannah Sylvester
12. Gulf Coast Blues - Hannah Sylvester
13. Michigan Water Blues - Hannah Sylvester
14. Down South Blues - Hannah Sylvester
15. I Want My Sweet Daddy - Hannah Sylvester
16. Tired O' Waitin' Blues - Gladys Bryant
17. Beale Street Mamma - Gladys Bryant
18. Midnight Blues - Emma Gover
19. Down Hearted Blues - Emma Gover
20. Oh! Daddy Blues - Emma Gover
21. M.T. Pocket Blues - Emma Gover
22. Heart Breakin' Joe - Ethel Finnie
23. He Wasn't Born In Araby, But He's A Sheikin' Fool - Ethel Finnie
24. The Gouge Of Armour Avenue - Faye Barnes
25. The Chicago Gouge - Faye Barnes -

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Virginia Liston, Vol. 1: 1923-1924 Virginia Liston Manufacturer: Document ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Virginia Liston, Vol. 2: 1924-1926 ASIN: B000000JEI Release Date: 2000-09-07

Tracks:

1. Bed Time Blues
2. You Thought I Was Blind But Now I See
3. You Don't Know My Mind Blues
4. Sally Long Blues
5. Don't Agitate Me Blues
6. Happy Shout
7. House Rent Stomp
8. Shreveport Blues
9. You Can Have It (I Don't Want It)
10. Just Take One Long Last Lingering Look
11. I Don't Love Nobody
12. 'Tain't A Doggone Thing But The Blues
13. Jail House Blues
14. Mississippi Blues
15. I Never Knew What The Blues Were (Until You Went Away)
16. San Francisco Blues
17. Pineland Blues
18. Weeping Willow Blues
19. Early In The Morning
20. You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole
21. Give It To Me Good
22. Bill Draw
23. Monkey Jungle Blues

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Louis Armstrong, Vol. 2: 1923-1924 Louis Armstrong Manufacturer: Masters of Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003HO7 Release Date: 1995-12-14

Tracks:

1. Buddy's Habit
2. Tears
3. I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody
4. Room Rent Blues
5. Riverside Blues
6. Sweet Baby Doll
7. Woking Man Blues
8. Mabel's Dream
9. Chattanooga Stomp
10. London (Cafe) Blues
11. Camp Meeting Blues
12. New Orleans Stomp
13. Manda
14. Go 'Long, Mule
15. Tell Me Dreamy Eyes
16. My Rose Marie
17. Shanghai Shuffle
18. See See Blues
19. See See Rider Blues
20. Jelly Bean Blues
21. Countin' The Blues
22. Countin' The Blues
23. Texas Moaner Blues

Average customer rating: The mother of the blues Historically Important--But She's Just Getting Started

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1924) Ma Rainey Manufacturer: Document ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000JHX Release Date: 1998-01-02

Tracks:

1. Bad Luck Blues
2. Bo-Weavil Blues (Take 1)
3. Bo-Weavil Blues (Take 2)
4. Barrel House Blues
5. Those All Night Long Blues (Take 1)
6. Those All Night Long Blues (Take 2)
7. Moonshine Blues
8. Southern Blues
9. Last Minute Blues
10. Walking Blues
11. Lost Wandering Blues
12. Dream Blues
13. Honey Where You Been So Long
14. Ya-Da-Do (Take 1)
15. Ya-Da-Do (Take 2)
16. Those Dogs Of Mine
17. Lucky Rock Blues
18. South Bound Blues
19. Lawd Send Me A Man Blues
20. Ma Rainey's Mystery Record
21. Shave 'Em Dry Blues
22. Farewell Daddy Blues

Customer Reviews:

The mother of the blues.......2003-03-05

Enjoyable if you want to learn what early commerically made blues sounded like. It's importantto remember this is as primitive a recording as you will hear as recording was relativitly new. Moreover, Ma Rainey was more known for her vaudevillian showmanship than her recording. I say if you buy this then buy Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday as these were the three most importnat women of jazz/blues. And you can see just how far and fast blues eveolved in a relitively short period of time.

Historically Important--But She's Just Getting Started.......2001-03-06

These are the first recordings of the most important woman blues vocalist of the early twentieth century. Notice that I said "first," not "best." By the time Ma Rainey got to record, other African American women had been making blues records for three years. Even though Rainey was the mother of them all, she was following in their footsteps when it came to recording. On this disc, you hear her adjusting to a brandnew medium. This is definitely worth owning if you're a hardcore fan, but if you just want to get to know Rainey, the Fantasy/Milestone selection of her later tracks is probably your best bet.

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1923-1924 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001NN1 Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

1. Charleston Crazy
2. I'm Gonna See You (When Your Troubles Are Just Like Mine)
3. Chattanooga (Down In Tennessee)
4. Lonesome Journey Blues
5. Bull Blues
6. Old Black Joe's Blues
7. Potomac River Blues
8. Shake Your Feet
9. Swanee River Blues
10. It Won't Be Long Now
11. Warhorse Mamma (Intro Triflin' Man)
12. Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot
13. Steppin' Out
14. Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down
15. Old Black Joe's Blues
16. House Rent Ball
17. Darktown Has A Gay White Way
18. Mistreatin' Daddy
19. Cotton Picker's Ball
20. Lots O' Mama

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