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Backgrounds (Vol.1)

1. Congo tribal music: Royal Drums of the Abatutsi; Abatutsi Girls’ Songs; Lobertina (8:59)

2. Street Cries of Charleston (2:10) 

3. BLIND LEMON HEFFERSON: Shuckin’ Sugar (3:03) 

4. REV. J. M.GATES and Congregation: I’m Going to Heaven if It Takes My Life (2:44)

5. SODERO’S MILITARY BAND: Slidus Trombonus (1:19)

6. FRED VAN EPS: Ragtime Oriole (3:20)

Ragtime (Vol. 2) 

1. Cakewalk (performer unknown): At a Georgia Camp Meeting (2:35)

2. SCOTT JOPLIN: The Cascades (2:06) 

3. JAMES SCOTT: Frogs Legs Rag (2:33) 

4. JOSEPH LAMB: American Beauty Rag (2:42) 

5. JELLY ROLL MORTON: Perfect Rag (2:41)

6. COW COW DAVENPORT: Atlanta Rag (3:07) 

 

 

RLP12-113 THE Blues / New Orleans Style 

(Volume 3 and 4 of The RIVERSIDE HISTORY OF CLASSIC JAZZ)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – JELLY ROLL MORTON –BESSIE SMITH – MA RAINEY – KING OLIVER 

 

The Blues (Vol.3)

1. MA RAINEY : Titanic Man Blues (2:43)

2. BESSIE SMITH : St. Louis Blues (3:38) 

3. IDA COX : I’ve Got the Blues for Rampart Street (2:46) 

4. CHIPPIE HILL : Around the Clock Blues (3:06) 

5. BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON : Risin’ High Water (2:27) 

6. BIG BILL BROONZY : Big Bill Blues (2:59)

New Orleans Style (Vol.4)

1. KING OLIVER ‘S Creole Jazz Band : Froggie Moore (3:04) 

2. JELLY ROLL MORTON : The Pearls (3:12)

3. JELLY ROLL MORTON : Big Foot Ham (2:49)

4. NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS : Livery Stable Blues (2:34)

5. ORIGINAL MEMPHIS MELODY BOYS : Blue Grass Blues (2:52) 

6. RED ONION JAZZ BABIES : Cake Walking Babies from Home (3:23)

 

 

RLP12-114 BOOGIE WOOGIE / SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO

(Volume 5 and 6 of THE RIVERSIDE HISTORY OF CLASSIC JAZZ)

JIMMY YANCEY – MEADE LUX LEWIS – JOHNNY DODDS -  FREDDIE KEPPARD – TOMMY LADNIER 

 

Boogie Woogie (vol. 5) 

1. WESLEY WALLACE: No. 29 

2. JIMMY YANCEY: The Fives (3:02) 

3. CRIPPLE CLARENCE LOFTON: Blue Boogie (2:51) 

4. MEADE LUX LEWIS: Far Ago Blues (4:05) 

5. ART HODES: South Side Shuffle (2:58) 

6. PETE JOHNSON: Lone Star Blues (3:06) 

South Side Chicago(vol. 6) 

1. JOHNNY DODDS and TINY PARHAM: Oh, Daddy (2:27) 

2. FREDDIE KEPPARD: Salty Dog (2:45) 

3. BARRELHOUSE FIVE: Mama Stayed Out (3:09) 

4. STATE STREET RAMBLERS: Careless Love (3:21) 

5. LOVIE AUSTIN’S Blues Serenaders: Jackass Blues (3:04) 

6. DOC COOK’s Dreamland Orch: The Memphis Maybe Man (2:39) 

 

 

RLP12-115 CHICAGO STYLE / HARLEM

(Volumes 7 & 8 of THE RIVERSIDE HISTORY OF CLASSIC JAZZ)

BIX BEIFERBECKE – MUGGSY SPANIER – FATS WALLER –  JAMES P. JOHNSON – DUKE ELLINGTON 

 

Chicago Style (vol. 7) 

1. MUGGSY SPANIER’S Stomp Six: Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me (2:35) 

2. BIX BEIDERBECKE: Royal Garden Blues (2:50) 

3. THE WOLVERIENS: When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (2:58) 

4. CHARLES PIERCE Orch.: China Boy (2:24)  

5. JUNGLE KINGS: Friars Point Shuffle (2:56)  

6. WINGY MANNONE: Up the Country (3:02)  

Harlem; (vol. 8) 

1. JAMES P. JOHNSON: Harlem Strut (2:21)  

2. FATS WALLER: Mama’s Got the Blues (2:50) 

3. CLIFF JACKSON: Hock Shop Blues (4:21)  

4. CLARENCE WILLIAMS Orch.: Midnight Stomp (3:00)  

5. DUKE ELLINGTON’S Washingtonians: Rainy Nights (3:24)  

6. FLETCHER HENDERSON Orch.: Hop Off (3:19)    

 

 

RLP12-116 NEW YORK STYLE / NEW ORLEANS REVIVAL

(Volumes 9 and 10 of THE RIVERSIDE HISTORY OF CLASSIC JAZZ)

RED NICHOLS – MUGGSY SPANIER – KID ORY – BUNK JOHNSON – GEORGE LEWIS – LU WATTERS  

 

New York Style (vol. 9) 

1. ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE: Sweet Lovin’ Mama (2:50)  

2. CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: Sweet Man (3:34)  

3. RED and MIFF’S STOMPERS: Stampede (4:35)  

4. WILD BILL DAVISON: Eccentric (2:21)  

5. YANK LAWSON: Yank’s Blues (2:31)  

6. MUGGSY SPANIER: Muscrat Ramble (2:36)   

New Orleans Revival (vol. 10)  

1. KID ORY: Weary Blues (2:40)  

2. BUNK JOHNSON: Make Ma a Pallet on the Floor (3:48)  

3. GEORGE LEWIS: Careless Love (5:00)  

4. LU WATTERS’ YERBA Buena Jazz Band: Antigua Blues (3:04)  

5. BOB HELM: Dawn Club Joys (2:50)  

6. DIXIELAND RHYTHM KINGS: St. James Infirmary (2:41) 

 

NOTE: SDP-11 (album set), SDP-11-R (box set) 

SDP-11 “History of Classic Jazz” produced by Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews 

With n introductory essay by Charles Edward Smith 

RIVERSIDE RECORDS are released by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS

418 West 49th Street, New York 19, N.Y. 

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