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Mezz Mezzrow was one of the great characters of early jazz, an enthusiastic convert who was responsible for leading many other young white Chicago musicians to the music in the 1920s. His autobiography, Really the Blues, is one of the enduring documents of the times, as much about a radical lifestyle as it is about the music. That comes through, too, in tune titles like "Free Love," "Dissonance," and "Sendin' the Vipers," and the recordings show the clarinetist-saxophonist's enthusiasm and eye for talent. The 1928 recordings from Chicago include skillful performances by the young cornetist Muggsy Spanier, Frank Teschemaker on clarinet, and Gene Krupa in a New Orleans-style band. Later performances offer Benny Carter arrangements for swing-oriented bands that include pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Chick Webb. It's still arresting music today, with Mezzrow's own solos putting a blues imprint on almost everything he touches. --Stuart Broomer

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Cincinnati Blues (1928-1936) Kid Cole , Cincinnati Jug Band , Bob Coleman , and Walter Coleman Manufacturer: Story of the Blues ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music 1920-1929 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1930-1939 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000046FM Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

1. Sixth Street Moan - Kid Cole
2. Hey Hey Mama Blues - Kid Cole
3. Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Kid Cole
4. Niagra Fall Blues - Kid Cole
5. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
6. George St. Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
7. Tear It Down - Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band
8. Cincinnati Underworld Woman - Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band
9. Sing Song Blues - Bob Coleman
10. I'm Going To Cincinnati - Walter Coleman
11. Greyhound Blues - Walter Coleman
12. Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman
13. Smack That Thing - Walter Coleman
14. Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman
15. Carry Your Good Stuff Home - Walter Coleman

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Rare Country Blues, Vol. 3: 1928-1936 Various Artists Manufacturer: Document ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000258KD Release Date: 2000-09-07

Tracks:

1. Sixth Street Moan - Kid Cole
2. Hey Hey Mama Blues - Kid Cole
3. Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Kid Cole
4. Niagra Falls Blues - Kid Cole
5. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
6. George St. Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
7. Tear It Down - Cincinnati Jug Band, Bob Coleman
8. Cincinnati Underworld Woman - Cincinnati Jug Band, Bob Coleman
9. Sing Song Blues - Bob Coleman
10. I'm Going to Cincinnati - Walter Coleman
11. Greyhound Blues (Tell Me Driver How Long's That Greyhound Been Gone?) - Walter Coleman
12. Mama Let Me Lay It on You - Walter Coleman
13. Smack That Thing - Walter Coleman
14. Mama Let Me Lay It on You - Walter Coleman
15. Carry Your Good Stuff Home - Walter Coleman
16. Mill Man Blues - Billy Bird
17. Down in the Cemetary - Billy Bird
18. Alabama Blues, Pt. 1 - Billy Bird
19. Alabama Blues, Pt. 2 - Billy Bird
20. Charleston Contest, Pt. 1 - Too Tight Henry
21. Charleston Contest, Pt. 2 - Too Tight Henry
22. Squinch Owl Moan - Too Tight Henry
23. Way I Do - Too Tight Henry

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Mezz Mezzrow 1928-1936 Mezz Mezzrow Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B6WCW Release Date: 1997-12-09

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1928-1936 Mezz Mezzrow Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001NNU Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

1. There'll Be Some Changes Made
2. I've Found A New Baby
3. Friar's Point Shuffle
4. Darktown Strutters Ball
5. Jazz Me Blues
6. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
7. Free Love
8. Dissonance
9. Swingin' With Mezz
10. Love, You're Not The One For Me
11. Old Fashioned Love
12. Apologies
13. Sendin' The Vipers
14. 35th And Calumet
15. Moon Over Miami
16. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze
17. Suzannah
18. Lights Out
19. A Melody From The Sky
20. Lost

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Mezz Mezzrow was one of the great characters of early jazz, an enthusiastic convert who was responsible for leading many other young white Chicago musicians to the music in the 1920s. His autobiography, Really the Blues, is one of the enduring documents of the times, as much about a radical lifestyle as it is about the music. That comes through, too, in tune titles like "Free Love," "Dissonance," and "Sendin' the Vipers," and the recordings show the clarinetist-saxophonist's enthusiasm and eye for talent. The 1928 recordings from Chicago include skillful performances by the young cornetist Muggsy Spanier, Frank Teschemaker on clarinet, and Gene Krupa in a New Orleans-style band. Later performances offer Benny Carter arrangements for swing-oriented bands that include pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Chick Webb. It's still arresting music today, with Mezzrow's own solos putting a blues imprint on almost everything he touches. --Stuart Broomer

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Blue Yodelers: 1928-1936 Various Artists Manufacturer: Challenge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | 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 General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003GAGG Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

1. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
2. Blue Yodel No.4
3. Waiting For A Train
4. My Blue-Eyed Jane
5. Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues
6. Blue Yodel No.9
7. My Good Gal's Gone Blues
8. My Good Gal's Gone Blues
9. How Long Is That Train Been Gone?
10. Georgia's Always On My Mind
11. Syncopated Yodelin' Man
12. Jazbo Dan And His Yodelin' Band
13. St. Louis Blues/Weary Yodelin' Blues
14. I Lost My Gal From Memphis
15. I'm Tickeld Pink With A Blue-Eyed Baby
16. It's An Old Spanish Custom In The Moonlight
17. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
18. I Ain't Got Nobody
19. The Gypsy
20. Anytime
21. Right Or Wrong

Average customer rating: Two important historical documents, and an affecting Schubert Octet

The Lener String Quartet Volume 3 - Schubert Octet in F Major Op. 166 for String Quartet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn & Bass / Schumann: String Quartet No. 1 Op. 41 No. 1 (recorded 1928 & 1936) Charles Draper (clarinet) , Claude Hobday (bass) , Robert Schumann , Franz Schubert , Aubrey Brain (horn) , Ernest Hinchliff (bassoon) , and The Lener String Quartet Manufacturer: Rockport Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Léner String Quartet: Volume 2 - Haydn & Mozart Recordings The Léner String Quartet: Volume 5 - Dvorak Recordings ASIN: B0000V86T6 Release Date: 2003-10-13

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The Léner String Quartet: Volume 3 The Schubert and Schumann Recordings 1928-1936
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major Op. 166, For String Quartet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn & Double Bass
Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, No.3
The Léner String Quartet has been almost forgotten, perhaps because their style of playing had been termed "old fashioned", when compared with the modern ensembles such as the Emerson and Juilliard String Quartets. Nevertheless, the employment of extreme vibrato was the style of playing known and approved by the romantic masters of the late 19th century. The reissue of the Léner recordings has been sparse during the LP and CD era even though they enjoyed one of the greatest and most important recording careers.
Commenced during the accoustic era, they re-recorded everything when electrical recordings became the norm. Among their many distinctions, they were the first ensemble to record the Beethoven String Quartets.

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Two important historical documents, and an affecting Schubert Octet.......2006-11-29

Schubert's Octet didn't get often recorded in the days of the 78rpm, possibly because of its near-the-hour length. This recording by the then illustrious Léner Quartet was made in march 1928 and was I believe the first one to be committed to shellac. Rockport records must be thanked for bringing it back to us, paired with Schumann's 3rd string quartet, in excellent transfers: clear and bright sound, good instrumental definition and minimal surface noise (at least in the Schubert). This was the third instalment of what was announced to be part of a long term project to reissue the complete recordings of the Léner Quartet. It was back in 1999 and the project does not seem to have progressed much since. Is Rockport Records still in business? A pity if not.

Interpretively, the recording has held up even better. After a robustly-phrased introduction, the Allegro is not particularly brisk but very lively and full of zest. Admittedly, there are "old-fashioned" phrasings and portamenti from 1st fiddler Jeno Léner, but I find them wonderfully schmaltzy. Given his reputation, I was surprised to hear hornist Audrey Brain much at pains in his solo at 3:05. More generally there is also more rubato than is applied nowadays, and indeed the most characteristic interpretive mark of the Léner Quartet seems to me the noticeable tempo variance they apply between the moments of dramatic tension and those of lyrical repose.

In the "Andante un poco mosso" (2nd movement), clarinettist Charles Draper's tone is not particularly remarkable, and ensemble playing with the string players is sometimes a bit shaky. Again there is some portamento but I find it quite effective: it likens the violin playing to a wailing song. There is a huge rallentando at 3:39 for no other reason I can figure than a 78rpm side break, but there are also strong, dramatic accents at 7:05 and a heart-wrenching tension as the movement develops. True to Schubert's "Allegro vivace" tempo indication, the ensuing Scherzo is brisk and lively, though not as snappily articulated as some later ensembles - and with no repeats (a pity, but clearly a result of the time constraints of 78rpms). Likewise, the Menuetto (5th movement), again with no repeats, is brisk and exudes a sense of insouciant merriment; the Léners commendably apply no tempo slow down in the central trio (Schubert writes none) and marvellously conjure the sound world of the kind of café orchestra one can imagine Schubert might have heard back then in Vienna.

In the 4th movement (theme with variations), again the group takes absolutely no repeats, which is particularly penalizing here as there is always in Schubert's variation movements a strong architectural logic to these repeats. Their utterance of the theme is quite coquettish and makes it sound indeed like salon music - "old-fashioned" again, perhaps, but it is all offset by the Léners' willingness to maintain a strong tempo unity in the different variations (and Schubert prescribed no tempo change after all), and option rarely emulated in the subsequent recordings. Given the moderate tempo adopted for the theme, the results can be surprisingly slower than what we are used to, as in variation 2, full of bonhomie rather than dynamic bounce, or 5th, which nonetheless does exude a sense of repressed tension and looming danger. Other felicities include a marvellously pastoral and lyrical cello in var. 4 and Jeno Léner's portamento in variation 6 which again I find charming, very "folk-song-like".

In the Finale subsequent ensembles and recordings have brought more weight and looming menace to the slow, tremorous introduction, but then the tempo is brisk and animated - although at that tempo Jeno Léner sounds dangerously uncomfortable in Schubert's high registers and arpeggio-like triplets - with a spirited coda.

So, this first recording left room - and thank God! - for instrumental improvement and interpretive enrichment, but as it is, it remains an entirely valid view, full of unique interpretive insights, indispensable for anyone interested in the piece's performance history.

In Schumann, I find all those stylistic traits of a bygone era more perturbing, although in some respects this 1936 recording portends to the future, for instance in the fact that every single repeat of each movement is taken. The 1st movement's "Andante expressivo" introduction and "Allegro molto moderato" development are taken at a slow tempo, closer to respectively half and quarter-note at 40 than Schumann's 60. Violin and cello phrasings wail and Schumann's "un poco ritenuto" mark is taken as a cue to grind to a halt (2:11) and not resume tempo on the ensuing "a tempo". Likewise the finale is taken at a very cautious and plodding tempo, and as a result Schumann's obsessive dotted rhythms seem square and boringly repetitive. But the Léners' willingness to maintain a stability of tempo through the various parts of the movement's sectional construction is a remarkable and forward-looking feature of their interpretation.

The two inside movements fare better. The second is a "variations and theme" of masterful construction (the theme is presented only after the first two variations) and great rhythmic ambiguity (the beat doesn't fall "right" in the first variation). Despite playing the theme about twice as slow as the score's metronome mark (and as a result imparting it again a wailing tone), the Léners give a fine characterization of the movement's different moods, and their "Adagio molto" (third movement) displays moving restraint and intense lyricism.

The Schubert Octet can also be found in a convenient box Andante 4 CD-box of famous historical interpretations of Schubert's chamber music, that might however entail some duplication, but as far as I know this is the only CD reissue of the Schumann.

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Josef Lhévinne: The Recordings 1928-1936 Manufacturer: Enterprise ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003UB6 Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Toccata in C
2. Fruhlingsnacht
3. Etude in E flat Op. 10 No. 11
4. Etude in g# Op. 25 No. 6
5. Etude in b Op. 25 No. 10
6. Etude in a Op. 25 No. 11
7. Prelude in b flat Op. 28 No. 16
8. Prelude in A flat Op. 28 No. 17
9. Polonaise in A flat Op. 53
10. Blue Danube Waltz
11. Fetes (Festivals)
12. Ecossaise in D
13. El Contrabandista
14. Trepak
15. Prld in g
16. Son in D KV 448: Allegro con spirito
17. Son in D KV 448: Andante
18. Son in D KV 448: Allegro molto

Average customer rating: Two significant historical documents and an affecting Schubert octet

The Lener String Quartet Vol.3 : Schubert Octet, Schumann 3rd Quartet, Recorded 1928 & 1936 Manufacturer: Rockport ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000044U1U Release Date: 2000-05-23

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Two significant historical documents and an affecting Schubert octet.......2006-11-29

Amazon's information is puzzling here, as the label is actually Rockport classics, and this was the third instalment of what was announced to be part of a long term project to reissue the complete recordings of the Léner Quartet. It was back in 1999 and the project does not seem to have progressed much since. Is Rockport still in business? A pity if not.

Volume 3 pairs what I believe was the first recording of Schubert's Octet, made in 1928 with partners including the famous hornist Audrey Brain, and a 1936 recording of Schumann's third string quartet. I've reviewed the disc at length under its other listing on Amazon.com. Search "Schubert Octet Lener" and you should find it. The transfers are excellent: clear and bright sound, good instrumental definition and minimal surface noise (at least in the Schubert). Interpretively, despite some decidedly old-fashioned stylistic phrasings, rubatos and portamenti and a few spots of shabby ensemble playing, the Octet has held up well, with lively and zestful fast movements (1, 3, 5 and 6), fine dramatic tension in the "Adagio" (2nd movement) and a genial and easy going, but architecturally cogent theme and variations (4th movement). In sum, this first recording left room - Gott sei Dank! - for instrumental improvement and interpretive enrichment, but as it is, it remains an entirely valid view, full of unique interpretive insights, indispensable for anyone interested in the piece's performance history.

In Schumann, I find all those stylistic traits of a bygone era more perturbing, with wailing tone from violin and cello and tempos in the outer movement that are slow to the point of plodding, making Schumann's obsessive dotted rhythms in the finale seem square and boringly repetitive. Still in that same finale the Léners display a commendable concern for architectural coherence, and the two inside movements fare better, with in particular an "Adagio molto" (third movement) of moving restraint and intense lyricism.

The Schubert Octet can also be found in a convenient box Andante 4 CD-box of famous historical interpretations of Schubert's chamber music, that might however entail some duplication, but as far as I know this is the only CD reissue of the Schumann.

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Mezz Mezzrow 1928-1936 Mezz Mezzrow Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007GX9O Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. There'll Be Some Changes Made
2. I've Found A New Baby
3. Friar's Point Shuffle
4. Darktown Strutters Ball
5. Jazz Me Blues
6. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
7. Free Love
8. Dissonance
9. Swingin' With Mezz
10. Love, You're Not The One For Me
11. Old Fashioned Love
12. Apologies
13. Sendin' The Vipers
14. 35th And Calumet
15. Moon Over Miami
16. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze
17. Suzannah
18. Lights Out
19. A Melody From The Sky
20. Lost

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Early film recordings from Hollwood (1928-1936) Manufacturer: The Radio Years ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000HYSOWK

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Brown Jason Robert 1. Wedding of the painted doll 5:49 2. Chant of the Jungle 1:16 3. UNKNOWN - Reprise of above 2:54 4. Pagan love song 1:46 5. Blondy 2:19 6. You were meant for me 2:35 7. UNKNOWN - I"ll still belong to you 1:14 8. Broadway melody 2:22 9. UNKNOWN - One heavenly night 2:16 10. Singin"in the rain 3:07 11. UNKNOWN - Should I 2:14 12. Tommy Atkins on parade 4:15 13. UNKNOWN - A bundle of love letters 2:56 14. UNKNOWN - If you are not kissing me 1:56 15. Our big love scene 3:08 16. Beautiful girl 1:41 17. Central station sequence 7:17 18. We"ll make hay 6:34 19. UNKNOWN - Cenderella"s fella 1:01 20. UNKNOWN - After sundown 3:13 21. Templation Bing Crosby 1:45 22. UNKNOWN - The Carlo 5:50 23. COPLAND -Alone 4:14 24. UNKNOWN - You are my lucky star 3:28 25. UNKNOWN - I"ve got a feeling you are fooling 2:24.

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