As Good As It Gets: Jazz Early Days Vol. 2

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Everybody Stomp
The Original Indiana Five3:04
2Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
recording of:
Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
writer:
Howard Quicksell (in 1927)
composer:
Ray Lodwig (in 1927)
Bix Beiderbecke3:09
3Willie the Weeper
recording of:
Willie the Weeper
writer:
Marty Bloom, Walter Melrose and Grant Rymal
Louis Armstrong3:07
4Panama
alto saxophone:
Rudolph Levy (on 1924-03-15)
cornet:
Johnny De Droit (on 1924-03-15)
recording of:
Panama (on 1924-03-15)
composer:
William H. Tyers
Johnny De Droit & His New Orleans Orchestra2:43
5Kansas City Shuffle
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1926-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Laforest Dent (on 1926-12-13) and Harlan Leonard (on 1926-12-13)
banjo:
Banjoe Joe (Jazz banjoist) (on 1926-12-13)
baritone saxophone and saxophone:
Laforest Dent (on 1926-12-13)
clarinet and reeds:
Harlan Leonard (on 1926-12-13) and Woody Walder (on 1926-12-13)
cornet:
Lammar Wright (on 1926-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie McWashington (on 1926-12-13)
piano:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist) (on 1926-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Woody Walder (on 1926-12-13)
trombone:
Thamon Hayes (on 1926-12-13)
tuba:
Vernon Page (on 1926-12-13)
recording of:
Kansas City Shuffle
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra2:48
6Black Bottom Stomp
recording of:
Black Bottom Stomp
composer:
Ferdinand Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers53:12
7Vo-Do-Do-De-O
recording of:
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
The Goofus Five3:16
8Too Late
trombone:
Jimmy Archey (on 1929-10-08)
King Oliver and His Orchestra3:10
9Gatemouth
alto saxophone:
Joe Clark (on 1926-07-13)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1926-07-13)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1926-07-13)
cornet:
George Mitchell (US jazz trumpeter and cornet player) (on 1926-07-13)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1926-07-13)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1926-07-13)
New Orleans Wanderers & Johnny Dodds3:06
10The Mooche
recording of:
The Mooche
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
Duke Ellington3:16
11Wabash Blues
acoustic guitar and banjo:
Dick McDonough (on 1927-02-25)
alto saxophone, clarinet and reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1927-02-25)
cornet and trumpet:
Red Nichols (on 1927-02-25)
drums (drum set):
Vic Berton (on 1927-02-25)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1927-02-25)
trombone:
Miff Mole (on 1927-02-25)
tuba [brass bass]:
Joe Tarto (on 1927-02-25)
orchestra:
The Charleston Chasers (on 1927-02-25)
instrumental recording of:
Wabash Blues (on 1927-02-25)
lyricist:
Dave Ringle
composer:
Fred Meinken
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. (on 1921-09-16)
The Charleston Chasers2:41
12Snakes Hips
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1923-03-14)
piano:
Arthur Schutt
trombone:
Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader) (on 1923-03-14)
trumpet:
Frank Guarente (on 1923-03-14)
The Georgians3:05
13State Street Blues
The Cotton Pickers3:06
14Royal Garden Blues
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band3:10
15Variety Stomp
recording of:
Variety Stomp (on 1927-04-27)
composer:
Abel Green, Fletcher Henderson and Jo Trent
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:06
16Brown Sugar
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (in 1926-07)
clarinet:
Jimmie Noone (in 1926-07)
cornet:
Elwood Graham (in 1926-07) and Freddie Keppard (in 1926-07)
piano:
Kenneth Anderson (1920s jazz piano) (in 1926-07)
reeds:
Clifford King (in 1926-07), Jerome Pasquall (in 1926-07) and Joe Poston (in 1926-07)
trombone:
Fred Garland (in 1926-07)
tuba [brass bass]:
Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud (in 1926-07)
recording of:
Brown Sugar
writer:
Harry Barris
Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra2:46
17That's a Serious Thing
recording of:
That’s a Serious Thing
writer:
Eddie Condon, Mezz Mezzrow, Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) and Jack Teagarden
Eddie Condon’s Hot Shots3:30
18Frankie & Johnny
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
Fate Marable’s Society Orchestra2:43
19High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band3:01
20After You've Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
The Charleston Chasers2:40
21Alabama Stomp
alto saxophone:
Alfie Evans (on 1926-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Vic Berton (on 1926-10-13)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1926-10-13)
reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1926-10-13)
trombone:
Miff Mole (on 1926-10-13)
trumpet:
Red Nichols (on 1926-10-13)
tuba [brass bass]:
Joe Tarto (on 1926-10-13)
Red and Miff’s Stompers3:49
22Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
recording of:
’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist)
composer:
Turner Layton
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Bix Beiderbecke2:55
23Maple Leaf Rag
recording of:
Maple Leaf Rag (piano rag)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 74)
Halfway House Orchestra3:01
2412th Street Rag
banjo:
Leroy "Buster" Berry (on 1927-06-11)
cornet:
Ed Lewis (jazz trumpeter) (on 1927-06-11) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1927-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Willie McWashington (on 1927-06-11)
piano:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist) (on 1927-06-11)
reeds:
Harlan Leonard (on 1927-06-11), Woody Walder (on 1927-06-11) and Jack Washington (on 1927-06-11)
saxophone:
Laforest Dent (on 1927-06-11)
trombone:
Thamon Hayes (on 1927-06-11)
tuba [brass bass]:
Vernon Page (on 1927-06-11)
recording of:
12th Street Rag (on 1927-06-11)
publisher:
Euday L. Bowman (on 1914-01-30)
lyricist:
James S. Sumner
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
arrangement of:
Twelfth Street Rag
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:20
25Jazz Lips
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1926-11-16)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1926-11-16)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1926-11-16)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1926-11-16)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1926-11-16)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1926-11-16)
recording of:
Jazz Lips (on 1926-11-16)
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five3:00
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