The Rough Guide to the Roots of Jazz

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1Dippermouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band2:31
2Eddie’s Twister
guitar:
Eddie Lang (on 1927-04-01)
Eddie Lang2:54
3Sud Buster’s Dream
piano:
Tiny Parham (on 1929-10-25)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians3:01
4Muggles
recording of:
Muggles
lyricist and composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Orchestra2:52
5Bugle Call Blues
recording of:
Bugle Call Blues
writer:
Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:20
6Ol’ Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang3:06
7The Stampede
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-05-14)
alto saxophone and oboe:
Don Redman (on 1926-05-14)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-05-14) and Don Redman (on 1926-05-14)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (on 1926-05-14)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-05-14), Coleman Hawkins (on 1926-05-14) and Don Redman (on 1926-05-14)
clarinet and tenor saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1926-05-14)
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1926-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1926-05-14)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-05-14)
trombone:
Benny Morton (on 1926-05-14)
trumpet:
Joe Smith (on 1926-05-14) and Russell Smith (on 1926-05-14)
tuba:
Ralph Escudero (on 1926-05-14)
arranger:
Don Redman (on 1926-05-14)
recording of:
The Stampede (on 1926-05-14)
composer:
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:11
8I Ain’t Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams
Earl Hines3:07
9Doctor Jazz
recording of:
Doctor Jazz
composer:
King Oliver
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:26
10Salty Dog
Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals2:38
11Sweet Mumtaz
Russell's Hot Six3:09
12Cheese and Crackers
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four2:56
13Black and Tan Fantasy
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:26
14Indiana
recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd.
Eddie Condon Quartet2:58
15Muscle Shoals Blues
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1922-10-21)
Fats Waller3:17
16Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-09)
alto saxophone:
Red Ingle (on 1927-05-13) and Doc Ryker (on 1927-05-13)
banjo:
Howdy Quicksell (on 1927-05-09) and Eddie Lang (on 1927-05-13)
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Don Murray (on 1927-05-09)
clarinet:
Don Murray (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (on 1927-05-13)
piano:
Irving "Itzy" Riskin (on 1927-05-09) and Itzy Riskin (on 1927-05-13)
reeds:
Don Murray (on 1927-05-13)
saxophone [C-melody saxophone]:
Frankie Trumbauer (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
trombone:
Bill Rank (on 1927-05-09, on 1927-05-13)
arranger:
Bill Challis
recording of:
’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (on 1927-05-13)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer
composer:
Turner Layton
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra2:54
17Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1917-08-17)
composer:
Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
Original Dixieland Jazz Band3:14
18It’s Tight Like That
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (in 1928)
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra2:47
19Clarinetitis
Benny Goodman2:27
20Carolina Shout
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1938-12-23)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-12-23)
live recording of:
Carolina Shout (on 1938-12-23)
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson2:47
21Wild Cat Blues
recording of:
Wild Cat Blues
composer:
Thomas Waller and Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five3:00
22Oriental Man
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (in 1927-12)
The Chicago Footwarmers2:43
23Chicago Blues
banjo:
Marvin Saxbe (on 1924-02-25)
clarinet:
Voltaire “Volly” De Faut (on 1924-02-25)
cornet:
Muggsy Spanier (on 1924-02-25)
piano:
Mel Stitzel (on 1924-02-25)
trombone:
Guy Carey (on 1924-02-25)
recording of:
Chicago Blues
writer:
Paul Biese
composer:
Altiere
The Bucktown Five2:33
24South
recording of:
South (on 1923-11-29)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (in 1971)
composer:
Bennie Moten
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra2:45
25St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bessie Smith3:11
26Transatlantic Stomp
E.C. Cobb and His Corn-Eaters3:09

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part of:Music Rough Guides (number: 1409) (order: 408)
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