The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 1/5: Classic Jazz – From New Orleans to Harlem

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Annotation

Disc 58 is supposed to contain recordings of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang but due to a manufacturing error it is an identical copy of disc 69.

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100‐CD set.
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FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500‐CD set? (Ignore re‐sellers! It’s out of print, apparently.)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Original Dixieland Jass Band
2▶CD: Original Dixieland Jass Band
3▶CD: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
4▶CD: King Oliver’s Jazz Band
5▶CD: Friars Society Orchestra
6▶CD: New Orleans Rhythm Kings
7▶CD: New Orleans Jazz (1924‐25)
8▶CD: Jelly Roll Morton Groups (1923‐26)
9▶CD: Jelly Roll Morton (1926‐27)
10▶CD: Jelly Roll Morton (1928‐29)
11▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1924 Vol. 1)
12▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1924 Vol. 2)
13▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1925 Vol. 1)
14▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1925 Vol. 2)
15▶CD: The Wolverine Orchestra
16▶CD: The Bucktown Five
17▶CD: Kansas City Jazz
18▶CD: Bennie Moten (1926‐27)
19▶CD: Sidney Bechet with Clarence Williams (1923)
20▶CD: Adrian Rollini Groups (1924‐27)
21▶CD: Duke Ellington (1924‐27)
22▶CD: Duke Ellington (1927)
23▶CD: Clarence Williams (1927)
24▶CD: Clarence Williams (1927‐28)
25▶CD: Original Memphis Five Groups (1921‐25)
26▶CD: Bennie Moten (1928‐29)
27▶CD: Bennie Moten (1929‐30)
28▶CD: Bennie Moten (1930‐32)
29▶CD: Johnny Dodds Group Recordings (1926)
30▶CD: Johnny Dodds Group Recordings (1926‐27)
31▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1925‐26)
32▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1926‐27)
33▶CD: King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators (1926‐27)
34▶CD: King Oliver in New York (1927‐28)
35▶CD: King Oliver in New York (1928)
36▶CD: King Oliver (1929‐30)
37▶CD: King Oliver (1930‐31)
38▶CD: Chicago Style (1927‐30)
39▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1927)
40▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1928)
41▶CD: Jimmie Noone (1928)
42▶CD: Jimmie Noone (1929)
43▶CD: Jabbo Smith Rhythm Aces
44▶CD: Harlem Orchestras (1927‐31)
45▶CD: The Goofus Five (1924‐25)
46▶CD: The Goofus Five (1926‐27)
47▶CD: Luis Russell (1926‐29)
48▶CD: Luis Russell & Henry “Red” Allen (1929)
49▶CD: Luis Russell & Henry “Red” Allen (1929‐30)
50▶CD: Luis Russell, Henry “Red” Allen & The Blues Singers
51▶CD: Earl Hines
52▶CD: Duke Ellington (1928)
53▶CD: Duke Ellington (1929)
54▶CD: Duke Ellington (1930)
55▶CD: Charlie Johnson
56▶CD: Duke Ellington (1931‐32)
57▶CD: Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang (1926‐28)
58▶CD: Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang (1928‐31)
59▶CD: Eddie Lang
60▶CD: Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson
61▶CD: Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon (1927‐28)
62▶CD: Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon (1928‐30)
63▶CD: Miff Mole (1926‐27)
64▶CD: Miff Mole (1927‐29)
65▶CD: Red Nichols (1926‐27)
66▶CD: Red Nichols (1927)
67▶CD: McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (1928‐29)
68▶CD: McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (1929‐30)
69▶CD: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer 1927
70▶CD: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer (1927‐28)
71▶CD: Andy Kirk (1929‐31)
72▶CD: Chicago South Side (1928‐31)
73▶CD: Harlem meets Chicago Jazz (1929‐32)
74▶CD: Harlem meets Chicago Jazz (1932)
75▶CD: The Missourians (1927‐30), Alphonso Trent (1928‐33)
76▼CD: Cab Calloway
#TitleArtistLength
1Gotta Darn Good Reason (For Bein’ Good)
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-07-24)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-07-24)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-07-24)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-07-24) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-07-24)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-07-24)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1930-07-24) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-07-24)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1930-07-24)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-07-24)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:13
2St. Louis Blues
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-07-24)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-07-24)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-07-24)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-07-24) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-07-24)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-07-24)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1930-07-24) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-07-24)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1930-07-24)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-07-24)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1930-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:56
3Sweet Jenny Lee
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-10-14)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-10-14)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-10-14), Walter Thomas (on 1930-10-14) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-10-14)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-10-14)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-10-14) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-10-14)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-10-14)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:07
4Happy Feet
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-10-14)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-10-14)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-10-14), Walter Thomas (on 1930-10-14) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-10-14)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-10-14)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-10-14) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-10-14)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-10-14)
recording of:
Happy Feet (on 1930-10-14)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1930)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:37
5Is That Religion?
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Is That Religion? (on 1930-12-23)
writer:
Mitchell Parish (in 1933) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1933)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:54
6Some Of These Days
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Some of These Days (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
7Nobody’s Sweetheart Now
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:20
8St. James Infirmary
banjo:
Morris White (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:06
9Minnie The Moocher
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-03-03)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-03)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-03-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-03)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-03)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-03)
lead vocals:
Cab Calloway
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1931-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music, Copyright Control and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:14
10Doin’ The Rumba
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-03-03)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-03)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-03-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-03)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-03)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-03)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-03)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:58
11Mood Indigo
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song) (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Famous Music Corporation, Indigo Mood Music, Mills Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music Inc. (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:28
12Farewell Blues
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Farewell Blues (on 1931-03-09)
composer:
Leon Rappolo (until 1922), Paul Mares (until 1922) and Elmer Schoebel (until 1922)
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Lawrence Wright
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:39
13I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby (and My Baby’s Crazy ’bout Me) (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Alexander Hill
composer:
Fats Waller
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:37
14Creole Love Song
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
recording of:
Creole Love Call (on 1931-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
15The Levee Low‐Down
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:00
16Blues In My Heart
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
recording of:
Blues in My Heart (on 1931-05-06)
writer:
Irving Mills
composer:
Benny Carter
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
17Black Rhythm
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-06-11)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-06-11)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-06-11) and Arville Harris (on 1931-06-11)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-06-11) and Harry White (on 1931-06-11)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-06-11) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-06-11)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-06-11)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:15
18Six Or Seven Times
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-06-11)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-06-11)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (on 1931-06-11) and Arville Harris (on 1931-06-11)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-06-11) and Harry White (on 1931-06-11)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-06-11) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-06-11)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-06-11)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:23
19It Looks Like Susie
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-07-09)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (on 1931-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-07-09)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-07-09)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-07-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-07-09) and Harry White (on 1931-07-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-07-09), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-07-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-07-09)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-07-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-07-09)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
20Sweet Georgia Brown
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:38
21Basin Street Blues
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-07-09)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (on 1931-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-07-09)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-07-09)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-07-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-07-09) and Harry White (on 1931-07-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-07-09), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-07-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-07-09)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-07-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-07-09)
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1931-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:59
22Bugle Call Rag
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-09-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (on 1931-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-09-23)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-09-23)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-09-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-09-23) and Harry White (on 1931-09-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-09-23), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-09-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-09-23)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-09-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-09-23)
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag (on 1931-09-23)
composer:
Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:33
23You Rascal, You
banjo:
Morris White (on 1931-09-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (on 1931-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (on 1931-09-23)
piano:
Benny Payne (on 1931-09-23)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-09-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-09-23) and Harry White (on 1931-09-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-09-23), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-09-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-09-23)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-09-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-09-23)
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1931-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:17
77▶CD: California Ramblers featuring Adrian Rollini (1923–1927)
78▶CD: New York Jazz Groups (1924‐30)
79▶CD: Fats Waller (1927‐31)
80▶CD: James P. Johnson (1927‐30)
81▶CD: Benny Goodman (1927‐29)
82▶CD: Benny Goodman (1929‐33)
83▶CD: Jack Teagarden (1928‐29)
84▶CD: Jack Teagarden (1930‐31)
85▶CD: Fletcher Henderson (1923‐24)
86▶CD: Fletcher Henderson (1925‐26)
87▶CD: Fletcher Henderson (1927)
88▶CD: Fletcher Henderson (1928‐31)
89▶CD: Fletcher Henderson (1931)
90▶CD: Tommy Ladnier, Lovie Austin, Ollie Powers
91▶CD: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1924‐25)
92▶CD: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1925‐26)
93▶CD: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1926‐27)
94▶CD: Johnny Dodds (1927)
95▶CD: Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman (1931‐33)
96▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1929)
97▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1930)
98▶CD: Louis Armstrong (1931)
99▶CD: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer (1928‐29)
100▶CD: Bix Beiderbecke (1930 Plus)

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part of:The Encyclopedia of Jazz: The World's Greatest Jazz Collection (number: 1) (order: 1)
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