Vol. 2-Jazz & Blues Piano (2001) (Import)

Product Summary Label: Document UPC: 00714298566222 Release Date: 1/9/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60454577 Item#: MKW2JD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Triflin' Daddy's Blues - Everett Robbins ~ Various Artists 2. Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe ~ Various Artists 3. Chili Pepper - Fred Longshaw ~ Various Artists 4. Tomato Sauce - Fred Longshaw ~ Various Artists 5. I've Got The Joogie Blues - Maude Mills/Fats Waller/Mike Jackson ~ Various Artists 6. Black Snake Blues - Maude Mills/Fats Waller/Mike Jackson ~ Various Artists 7. Sweet Emmaline - Andy Pendleton/Clarence Williams ~ Various Artists 8. Dreaming The Hours Away - Andy Pendleton/Clarence Williams ~ Various Artists 9. You Can't Come In - Bert M Mays ~ Various Artists 10. South Bound Blues - Glory Bernard/Poter Grainger ~ Various Artists 11. Then My Gal's In Town - Georgia Tom ~ Various Artists 12. She's Got Good Stuff - Charlie Spand ~ Various Artists 13. Railroad Man Blues - Walter Davis/Roosevelt Sykes ~ Various Artists 14. Hop On Me Blues - Clarence Williams Trio ~ Various Artists 15. New Mistake In Life - Roosevelt Sykes ~ Various Artists 16. Ups And Downs Blues - Roosevelt Sykes ~ Various Artists 17. That's A Plenty - Tut Soper/Baby Dodds ~ Various Artists 18. It's A Ramble - Tut Soper/Baby Dodds ~ Various Artists 19. Thou Swell - Tut Soper/Baby Dodds ~ Various Artists 20. Stardust Stomp - Tut Soper/Baby Dodds ~ Various Artists 21. Oronics No. 3 - Tut Soper/Baby Dodds ~ Various Artists 22. Kentucky Man Blues - Ida Cox/Jessie Crump (Film Soundtrack) ~ Various Artists 23. Fore Day Blues - Ida Cox/Jessie Crump (Film Soundtrack) ~ Various Artists 24. Grace And Beauty Rag, The - Knocky Parker ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Performers include: Walter Davis, Roosevelt Sykes, Fats Waller, Clarence Williams. Recorded between 1924 & 1947. Includes liner notes by Chris Smith. Digitally remastered by Gerhard Wessely. Personnel: Clarence Williams, Everett Robbins, Bert M. Mays, Roosevelt Sykes, Charlie Spand (vocals, piano); Andy Pendleton, Ida Cox (vocals); Fats Waller, Willie Kelly, Fred Longshaw, Tut Soper, Jimmy Blythe, Knocky Parker, Mike Jackson , Porter Grainger (piano); Cozy Cole, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds (drums). Audio Remasterer: Gerhard Wessely. Document's second volume of Jazz & Blues Piano is typical of that label's profile in that rare historic material is generously made available to a range of potential listeners much wider than a handful of select archivists whose lives revolve around 78 rpm platters. Document's willingness to include records of almost unbelievable scratchiness is given free reign as track two, a "much abused Paramount" pressing of an alternate take of Jimmy Blythe's "Chicago Stomp" demonstrates a strange effect whereby the surface noise completely dominates the music to the point where the dynamics of the hard-to-hear piano are weirdly mimicked by the scratches. Aside from this extreme example, almost everything else on this collection comes across more or less intact, and the stylistic variety demonstrated over two dozen tracks is quite impressive. The opening course includes a carefully executed blues sung by Everett Robbins; two invigorating, food-titled piano solos that constitute Fred Longshaw's only recordings as a soloist (he is best remembered for his work with Bessie Smith); and a pair of blues sung by Maude Mills, one of which is a rare outtake of "I've Got the Joogie Blues" with young Fats Waller on the 88s. The staid piano of Clarence Williams is heard behind pop singer Andy Pendleton; Bert M. Mays performs an ancient version of "You Can't Come In" and Grey Gull recording artist Glory Bernard is accompanied by Porter Grainger, who gently puffs away at a train whistle during the "South Bound Blues." The chronology advances into the 1930s with hokum and barrelhouse numbers by Georgia Tom, Charlie Spand, Roosevelt Sykes, Walter Davis, and Clarence Williams, now singing with almost too-rigid press rolls generated by drummer Cozy Cole. Two additional visitations from Sykes find him in excellent voice and supported by Big Sid Catlett, a drummer who usually recorded with swing bands. Five sure reasons to consider obtaining this collection are the duets recorded in 1944 by pianist Tut Soper with punchy New Orleans drummer Baby Dodds. Jesse Crump is heard accompanying his wife, legendary blues singer Ida Cox, on the soundtrack of a film shot in 1947 called A Woman's a Fool. Finally, and this is one heck of a nice coda, James Scott's "Grace and Beauty Rag" is brusquely performed over the radio by John "Knocky" Parker, one-time member of the Light Crust Doughboys. Altogether a fascinating collection, and it's worth owning the disc just for the sake of Tut Soper and Baby Dodds. ~ arwulf arwulf Producer: Johnny Parth (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 01/09/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 5662 Label : Document (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mono SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00714298566222    Related Videos This Time: Robert Cray Ballad Of John Henry Joe ...