Review, buy Piano: In the Beginning [Us Import], Originator of Jazz, Fats at the Organ, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2, Tour de Force, The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade Lux Lewis, Live at the Crescendo Vol. 2, I'm 100% for You, Jelly Roll Morton's Jams, 1924-1926, Vol. 2, The Pearls, Planet Jazz, Stop & Listen, The Compositions of Jelly Roll Morton, The Crown King of Swing, Chicago Piano, Vol. 1, Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 2: The Red Hot Peppers (Chicago), You Look Good to Me, Fats Waller, Harlem Joys

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In the Beginning [Us Import] (Jimmy Yancey)

Tracks In the Beginning [Us Import]

Janie's Joys
South Side Stuff
Two O'Clock Blues
Lucille's Lament
Salle Street Breakdown
Rolling the Stone
P.L.K. Special
Lean Bacon
Yancey's Getaway
Jimmy's Stuff
Big Bear Train
Steady Rock Blues

Publisher: Solo Art
Release date: 1994-08-11
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £7.30

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Review Jelly Roll Morton / Originator of Jazz

Originator of Jazz (Jelly Roll Morton)

Publisher: Saga Jazz
Release date: 2004-01-12
RRP: ~~£7.99~~
Price: £2.48

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Fats at the Organ (Fats Waller)

Tracks Fats at the Organ

Your Time Now Will Be Mine After A While
I'm Coming Virginia
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
Don't Try To Take My Loving Man Away
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Clearing House Blues
Papa Better Watch Your Step
Do It Mr So And So
Laughin' Cryin' Blues
Midnight Blues
Eighteenth Street Strut
Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love
Squeeze Me
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did

Publisher: Academy
Release date: 2003-02-03
RRP: ~~£8.99~~
Price: £28.94

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Review Fats Waller & His Rhythm / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2 (Fats Waller & His Rhythm)

Tracks I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2

Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find
Take It Easy
Sweet Sue, Just You [Take 1]
You're the Picture (I'm the Frame)
My Very Good Friend the Milkman
Dinah
Truckin'
You're So Darn Charming
Girl I Left Behind Me
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Somebody Stole My Gal
As Long as the World Goes Round and Round (And I Go Around With You)
Blue Because of You
Sugar Blues
There'll Be Some Changes Made
I Hate to Talk About Myself
There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay
Sweet Sue, Just You [Take 2]
Twelfth Street Rag
Georgia Rockin' Chair

Publisher: RCA
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.

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Tour de Force (Earl Hines)

Tracks Tour de Force

Indian Summer
Mack the Knife [Take 2][#]
Pretty Baby [#]
Say It Isn't So
Lonesome Road
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [#]
When Your Lover Has Gone
Blue Sands [Take 1][#]
I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You) [Take 1]

Publisher: Black Lion
Release date: 2001-02-06
RRP: ~~£11.99~~
Price: £17.95

Review Tour de Force / Earl Hines:

Like many artists, Hines' career had its peaks and troughs. During the 1930s he lead a successful big band for years, many of them spent at Chicago's Grand Terrace. In the 40s his band became an incubator for bebop stars such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan. After working with Louis Arsmtrong's All Stars during the 50s he moved to the West Coast and disappeared from the headlines, although he still worked regularly in clubs around the area. Stanley Dance convinced him that there was still an audience for his unique and dazzling piano style and brought Hines to New York for a concert in 1964. After that Hines career took off, with international tours and many record sessions keeping him busy until his death in 1983. It was Dance who supervised this 1972 recording, a solo set of such depth, impact and richness that Tour de Force seems the only suitable title. Hines had large hands which gave him the ability to play tenths. More important, he knew how to use these gifts to the maximum effect. He had long ago perfected an "orchestral" style of solo playing in which full, spread chords were interspersed with glittering cascades of notes, sometimes with both hands in the treble half of the keyboard to increase the impact. [+]

The nine tunes presented here contain wonderfully expanded versions of songs such as "Mack The Knife", "Lonesome Road" and "Say It Isn't So". -Steve Voce.

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