Tracks Honeysuckle Rose
- I Got Rhythm - Waller, Fats
- I Wish I Were Twins - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- S'posin' - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Minor Darg - Waller, Fats & His Buddies
- Believe It Beloved - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Lulu's Back In Town - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Soothin' Syrup Stomp - Waller, Fats
- African Ripples - Waller, Fats
- Honeysuckle Rose - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Oh Susannah Dust Off That Old Pianna - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- All My Life - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I Ain't Got Nobody - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Your Feets Top Big - Waller, Fats
- Numb Fumblin' - Waller, Fats
- Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Blue Turning Grey Over You - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Smarty - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Dinah - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Joint Is Jumpin' - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Waller, Fats
- Harlem Fuss - Waller, Fats & His Buddies
- Whose Honey Are You - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Chant Of The Groove - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm Orchestra
- Jitterbug Waltz - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm Orchestra
- Two Sleepy People - Waller, Fats
- Yacht Club Swing - Waller, Fats
- Shiek Of Araby - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- My Very Good Friend The Milkman - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Waller, Fats
- Truckin' - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Twelfth Street Rag - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Ain't Misbeheavin' - Waller, Fats Sextet
- Alligator Crawl - Waller, Fats
- I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling - Waller, Fats
- Viper's Drag - Waller, Fats
- Bye Bye Baby - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I've Got My Fingers Crossed - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Smashing Thirds - Waller, Fats
- Don't Let It Bother You - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Handful Of Keys - Waller, Fats
- Carolina Shout - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Squeeze Me - Waller, Fats
- Sweetie Pie - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I Love To Whistle - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Waller, Fats
- Valentine Stomp - Waller, Fats
- Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- Sweet Sue Just You - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
- When Somebody Thinks Your Wonderful - Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
Release date: 2004-03-29
RRP: £10.99
Price: £12.29
Review Honeysuckle Rose / Fats Waller:
Tracks James P.Johnson - Victory Stride
- Harlem Sym: Baptist Mission
- Victory Stride
- American Sym Ste: Charleston
- American Sym Ste: Lament
- Harlem Sym: Night Club
- Con Jazz in a: Mvt. I: Allegro
- Harlem Sym: Subway Journey
- Harlem Sym: April In Harlem
- Con Jazz in a: Mvt.II: Adagio
- American Sym Ste: Drums - A Symphonic Poem
Release date: 1994-05-10
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Leslie Stifelman
RRP: £15.98
Price: £27.95
Review James P.Johnson - Victory Stride / MusicMasters (USA):
Tracks Rosetta
- 'Gator Swing
- Indiana
- Rosetta
- Take It Easy
- Cavernism
- Darkness
- Swingin' Down
- XYZ
- Sensational Mood
- Ridin'A Riff
- Ridin' and Jivin'
- Father Steps In
- Blue
- Bubbling Over
- Reminiscing At Blue Note
- G.T.Stomp
- Madhouse
- A Mellow Bit Of Rhythm
- Solid Mama
- Riff Medley
- The Father's Getaway
- Blue Drag
- Grand Terrace Shuffle
- Piano Man
Release date: 2000-01-17
Price: £8.99
Review Rosetta / Earl Hines:
Tracks American Eclectic: An American Journey, Vol. 2
- Numb Fumblin (Thomas "Fats" Waller)
- -16. Suite for Piano (Daniel Barta)
- Clouds Op. 7, No. 4 (Charles Griffes)
- Toccata (Roy Harris)
- -9. Four Piano Blues (Aaron Copland)
- A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (George Crumb)
- The Fountain of the Acqua Paola Op. 7, No. 3 (Charles Griffes)
- Ballad, Op. 6 (1894) (Amy Cheney-Beach)
- Carolina Shout (James P. Johnson)
Release date: 2005-12-27
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: Clipper Erickson
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.06
Review American Eclectic: An American Journey, Vol. 2 / Direct-To-Tape:
Tracks The Accompanist
- Hound Head Blues
- Low Down Hound Blues
- Good Woman's Blues
- Buckwheat Cakes
- You Rascal You
- I've Been Hoodooed
- Runnin' Wild
- Cryin' Blues
- You Got Another Thought Coming To You(If You Think You're Gonna Get What I Got)
- Lover And The Beggar
- Rooster Crowin' Blues
- You Might Pizen Me
- Black Girl Gets There Just The Same
- My Silver Dollar Mama
- Laughin' Blues
- Fifth Street Blues
- It's Tight Like That
- He Don't Mean Me No Harm
- Plenty Gals Blues
- Frieght Train Special
- Steamboat Blues
- Lighthouse Blues
Release date: 2002-07-22
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.36
Review The Accompanist / Cow Cow Davenport:
Tracks Low Down Papa
- Don't Try To Take My Man Away
- Wild Cat Blues
- Last Go Round Blues
- Mama's Got The Blues
- Midnight Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby
- Do It Mr So And So
- Papa Better Watch Your Step
- Haitian Blues
- Low Down Papa
- Your Time Now
- Cryin' For My Used To Be
Release date: 2000-09-15
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.81
Review Low Down Papa / Fats Waller:
Tracks Fun with Fats
- It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
- Lulu's Back in Town
- Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
- Your Feet's Too Big
- Sweet Sue, Just You
- Two Sleepy People
- Handful of Keys
- Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister
- Honeysuckle Rose
- All That Meat and No Potatoes
- You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew
- Joint Is Jumpin'
- Spider and the Fly
- Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama)
- Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
Release date: 1993-01-15
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.85
Review Fun with Fats / Fats Waller:
Publisher: Unknown Label
Release date: 1994-04-02
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.46
Review Stomping at the Savo / Earl 'Fatha' Hines:
Tracks Ain't Misbehavin'
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- That Gets It, Mr. Joe
- 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
- Sad Sap Sucker Am I
- You're Laughing at Me
- You're My Dish
- You Showed Me the Way
- Come and Get It
- Joint Is Jumpin'
- Then I'll Be Tired of You
- Little Curly Hair in a High Chair
- What Will I Do in the Morning?
- Your Socks Don't Match
- Spring Cleaning
- Our Love Was Meant to Be
- Who's Afraid of Love?
- Honeysuckle Rose
- I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
- Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me
- Smarty (You Know It All)
RRP: £4.99
Price: £13.75
Review Ain't Misbehavin' / Fats Waller:
Tracks Original Versions of the Music Inspiring "Jelly's Last Jam" & Other Morton Classics
- Dead Man Blues
- Pretty Lil
- Jungle Blues
- Wild Man Blues
- Shreveport Stomp
- Turtle Twist
- Someday, Sweetheart
- Sidewalk Blues
- Beale Street Blues
- Shoe Shiner's Drag
- Doctor Jazz
- Black Bottom Stomp
- Steamboat Stomp
- Red Hot Pepper
- Burnin' the Iceberg
- Hyena Stomp
- Little Lawrence
- Blue Blood Blues
Release date: 1992-10-27
RRP: £10.99
Price: £12.95
Review Original Versions of the Music Inspiring "Jelly's Last Jam" & Other Morton Classics / Jelly Roll Morton:
Tracks 1926-1928
- Shoe Shiner's Drag
- Kansas City Stomps
- Mr. Jelly Lord - The Levee Serenaders, Jelly Roll Morton
- Georgia Swing
- You Need Some Loving - Johnny Dunn, Jelly Roll Morton
- Ham and Eggs - Johnny Dunn & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton
- Wild Man Blues
- Boogaboo
- Shreveport Stomp
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Buffalo Blues - Johnny Dunn & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton
- Doctor Jazz
- Jungle Blues
- Midnight Mama - The Levee Serenaders, Jelly Roll Morton
- Sergeant Dunn's Bugle Call Blues - Johnny Dunn & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton
- Wolverine Blues
- Billy Goat Stomp
- Mr. Jelly Lord
- Pearls
- Hyena Stomp
- Beale Street Blues
- Mournful Serenade
Release date: 1996-11-19
Price: £12.09
Review 1926-1928 / Jelly Roll Morton:
Tracks Fatha's Blues
- Undecided
- I've Found A New baby
- Fatha's Blues
- Tosca's dance
- Jim
- Sunday Kind of Love
- Squeeze Me
- You Always Hurt The One You Love
- Black Coffee
Release date: 2002-04-01
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.48
Review Fatha's Blues / Earl 'Fatha' Hines:
Tracks I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2
- Georgia Rockin' Chair
- You're So Darn Charming
- I Hate to Talk About Myself
- Somebody Stole My Gal
- Sweet Sue, Just You [Take 2]
- As Long as the World Goes Round and Round (And I Go Around With You)
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
- Girl I Left Behind Me
- There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay
- Blue Because of You
- Sweet Sue, Just You [Take 1]
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- Take It Easy
- Dinah
- My Very Good Friend the Milkman
- You're the Picture (I'm the Frame)
- Sugar Blues
- Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find
- Truckin'
- Twelfth Street Rag
Release date: 1995-08-29
RRP: £10.99
Price: £37.95
Review I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2 / Fats Waller & His Rhythm:The 45 tracks on these two CDs come from a nine-month period that saw Fats Waller reaching the height of his popularity, emphasizing his talents as a singer of light popular songs. While many of the tunes heard here haven't endured, Waller's treatment of them certainly does. They bubble with infectious good humor, a matchless charm, a superb sense of swing, and a breadth of spirit that put Waller on the same plateau as Louis Armstrong among jazz entertainers. He could convey both bemusement and joy, making it clear it was possible to be happy in more ways than one at the same time. Waller was a great jazz pianist even when he was playing decorative fills or a chorus. His piano and occasional celesta shine here, as do the members of his regular band, especially Herman Autrey on trumpet and Rudy Powell (and, later, Gene Sedric) on clarinet and tenor, complementing Waller perfectly and expanding on the good spirits. On four tracks, the Rhythm expand from their usual five pieces to a big band, including a version of "I've Got Rhythm" with brilliant stride piano and high-note trumpet work. -Stuart Broomer.
Tracks Jelly Roll Morton
- Boogaboo - Jelly Roll Morton
- Original Jelly Roll Blues - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Turtle Twist - Jelly Roll Morton
- West End Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Beale Street Blues - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Deep Creek Blues - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton
- Ballin' the Jack - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Wild Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Kansas City Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Winin' Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Wolverine Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Shreveport Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
- Chant - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Oh, Didn't He Ramble? - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton
- Cannon Ball Blues - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Georgia Swing - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- High Society - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Shoe Shiner's Drag - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Grandpa's Spells - Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Release date: 1998-08-11
Price: £7.99
Review Jelly Roll Morton / Jelly Roll Morton:
Tracks Tidal Wave
- Just Blues
- Wild Party
- Singin' The Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home)
- Rug Cutter's Swing
- House Of David Blues
- Sugar Foot Stomp
- Hotter Than Hell
- Memphis Blues
- Down South Camp Meetin'
- Shanghai Shuffle
- Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
- Happy As The Day Is Long
- Memphis Blues
- I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)
- Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide)
- Radio Rhythm
- Tidal Wave
- Low Down Of The Bayou
- You Rascal You
- Limehouse Blues
- Big John's Special
Release date: 2002-12-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.67
Review Tidal Wave / Fletcher Henderson:Tidal Wave captures some of the significant music Fletcher Henderson recorded for the Decca label, both as the Connie's Inn Orchestra and under his own name. There are two sessions from 1931 and three from 1934, and they all show Henderson's group to be the prototype of the big swing bands. The eight tracks from 1931 are particularly interesting for their demonstration of the Henderson band's increasing ability to actually swing, largely through the playing of drummer Walter Johnson and through John Kirby's remarkably fluid tuba work. The band includes trumpeter Rex Stewart and tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, whose dominant presence is apparent in the solo on "House of David Blues". There are 12 tracks from 1934 and there's increasing sophistication in the arrangements by Benny Carter, Henderson, and his brother Horace. Horace's aggressive arrangement of Fletcher's "Hotter than Hell" is the highlight, but there's always plenty of spirit from the band, which includes trumpeter Red Allen, clarinettist Buster Bailey and a young Ben Webster striving to fill the space left by Hawkins' absence. -Stuart Broomer.
Tracks Live in Chicago 1938
- Panama
- Cathedral In The Pines
- Bugle Blues
- Little Things That Count
- Savin' Myself For You
- Christopher Columbus
- Don't Wake Up My Heart
- Rosie The Redskin
- Down South Camp Meeting
- You Taught Me To Love Again
- This Time It's Real
- You Go To My Head
- There's Honey On The Moon Tonight
- Little Things That Count
- Moon Looks Down And Laughs
- Beale Street Blues
- Don't Be That Way
- Will You Remember Tonight Tomorrow
- Christopher Columbus
- Christopher Columbus
- Christopher Columbus
- Music Maestro Please
- When They Played The Polka
- You Go To My Head
- This Time It's Real
- Unidentified Selection
Release date: 1999-10-01
Price: £5.99
Review Live in Chicago 1938 / Fletcher Henderson:
Publisher: Eclipse Music Group
Release date: 1997-10-28
Price: £4.99
Review Let's Pretend There's a Moon / Fats Waller:
Tracks Memoirs of Willie "The Lion" Smith
- Sneakaway
- Tango a la Caprice
- Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid/Old Fashioned Love/Carolina Shout
- Sand Dune/Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Willie
- Nagasaki/Runnin' Wild/Diga Diga Doo/Got Everything But You/Doin' ...
- Relaxin'
- Old Stamping Ground
- Bring on the Band
- Blue Skies
- Harlem Joys/Willie Leads Music
- Love Will Find a Way/I'm Just Wild About Harry/Chevy Chase/Memories of
- Sophisticated Lady/Solitude/Portrait of the Duke - Satin Doll
- I'm All Out of Breath
- Willie
- Willie
- Harlem Joys/Willie Leads Music
- When It's Sleepy Down South/The Shiek of Araby
- Love Remembers
- Keep Your Temper
- Ain't Misbehavin/Keeping Out of Mischief Now
- Harlem Joys/Willie Leads Music
- Willie Remembers...
- Pre-World War I Days
- Shine/That Barbershop Chord - Red Head/Where's My Red, Red Rose
Price: £17.99
Review Memoirs of Willie "The Lion" Smith / Willie 'The Lion' Smith:
Tracks Sweet & Hot
- Sidewalk Blues
- Burnin' The Iceberg
- Kansas City Stomps
- Black Bottom Stomp
- Georgia Swing
- Oh Didn't He Ramble
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Ballin' The Jack
- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
- Beale Street Blues
- Shoe Shiner's Drag
- Wild Man Blues
- High Society
- Cannonball Blues
- Steamboat Stomp
- Shreveport Stomp
- West End Blues
- Smoke House Blues
- Fussy Mabel
Release date: 1995-01-03
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.93
Review Sweet & Hot / Jelly Roll Morton:
Tracks Plays George Gershwin
- They All Laughed
- Love Walked In
- Embraceable You
- They Can't Take That Away from Me
- Love Is Here to Stay
- Summertime
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Somebody Loves Me
- Foggy Day
- Rhapsody in Blue
Release date: 1997-08-21
Price: £11.99
Review Plays George Gershwin / Earl 'Fatha' Hines:
| Models & Brands:
Honeysuckle Rose, James P.Johnson - Victory Stride, Rosetta, American Eclectic: An American Journey, Vol. 2, The Accompanist, Low Down Papa, Fun with Fats, Stomping at the Savo, Ain't Misbehavin', Original Versions of the Music Inspiring "Jelly's Last Jam" & Other Morton Classics, 1926-1928, Fatha's Blues, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2, Jelly Roll Morton, Tidal Wave, Live in Chicago 1938, Let's Pretend There's a Moon, Memoirs of Willie "The Lion" Smith, Sweet & Hot, Plays George Gershwin |
