By Krux
Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:49 pm
Do any of you guys see anything good that might be worth coppin' in this list?
TEN INCH LP from 1950s
Jelly Roll Morton’s KINGS OF JAZZ 8 tracks w/ Roy Palmer, Lee Collins, King Oliver. June 1923-Feb 1926. Riverside record released by London in UK. Cover has Monty Sunshine pen drawing – lovely. EXCELLENT.
Fats Waller REDISCOVERED SOLOS 8 tracks from QRS piano rolls May 1923-March 1926. As above. EXC.
Earl Hines PIANO SOLOS 8 tracks, all Hines tunes, from QRS rolls 1928. US Atlantic. GOOD.
Various (8) artists KINGS AND QUEENS OF BOOGIE WOOGIE, 8 tracks 1920s-30s all solo except Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings. Festival Aust issue from Decca (they broke the EMI monopoly). Cover art by Anthea Mawby, notes believed by Les Welch. Cover WORN, disc FAIR.
Larry Adler LARRY ADLER WITH HIS HARMONICA 8 tracks mainly with John Kirby orch, presume mid-30s to mid-40s. Festival release from Decca. Nice cover drawing. Cover and disc both WORN.
James P Johnson DADDY OF THE PIANO 8 tracks, own compositions, presume mid-30s. Brunswick UK release from Decca, standard cover. GOOD.
Ralph Sutton AT THE PIANO 8 tracks with George Wettling, drums. Presume early 1950s. Vogue UK release with Monty Sunshine art. Kym Bonython concert flyer included. Cover GOOD, disc VERY GOOD.
Count Basie (no title) disc adds “and his Kansas City Seven”. Four tracks with Lester Young and rhythm 1943, three long tracks with Clayton and Wells added, 1944. Commodore released by Mercury Aust. FAIR.
Harry Harman’s Paramount Jazz Band SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS Oct 1955. Issue numbered SJC 1, nice cover by DRM, cover states 9 tracks, but 7 visible. GOOD.
Vic Dickenson Septet VOLUME ONE, original US Vanguard release VRS 8001, notes by John Hammond. Just two very long tunes: Jeepers Creepers, Russian Lullaby. Cover by Murray Klein. Condition GOOD (but what music!).
TWELVE INCH LP
Harry Roy and his Band (NO TITLE) 12 tracks 1933-34-36-40 from the Mayfair Hotel etc. Includes The Roy Rag, She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor. Music For Pleasure re-issue, nice flapper art, in wrap, marked MINT (but cover looks a bit scuffed).
Valaida Snow HOT SNOW, the Queen of Trumpet Sings and Swings 1936-1940, a couple 1945-46. 15 tracks on Rosetta NY, produced and comprehensive notes on fold-out by Rosetta Reitz. VERY GOOD.
Various JAZZ OF THE THIRTIES compiled by Leonard Feather, 12 tracks include Chick Webb’s Sing Me a Swing Song, Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s That’s All. Universal Record Club issue from Decca. VERY GOOD.
Benny Goodman TRIO AND QUARTET 1935-38 with of course Wilson, Hampton, Krupa. Dave Tough on one of 16 tracks on RCA Black and White series, incl Vibraphone Blues, Stompin’ at the Savoy. VERY GOOD.
Various GUIDE TO JAZZ compiled by Hugues Panassie to accompany book. 16 top tracks 1926-1947, include Louis Armstrong’s Some Sweet day with Johnson brothers in 1933 band. GOOD.
Lester Young, Chu Berry, Ben Webster THE COMMODORE YEARS: THE TENOR SAX 25 tracks 1938-1944 in double-LP Atlantic. Good notes by Leonard Feather. VERY GOOD.
Jimmy McPartland, Bobby Hackett SHADES OF BIX starting from the rare McPartland Squirrels 1936 (four tracks) and orchestra 1939 (four), others 1953-56. Hackett 1943-46. 28 tracks in double-LP with L.Feather notes. EXCELLENT.
Various JAZZ FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE JAZZ, strange compile on RCA Collectors issue label with 12 tracks 1938 (Berigan’s Caravan) to 1953 (Sauter Finnegan). Highlight to me is Wingy Mannone’s gutsy but humorous Casey Jones from 1939 with Buster, Chu, Cozy and that nice pianist Conrad Lanoue. WORN.
Various SINGIN’ THE BLUES 1937-1955 compiled for MCA in double-LP by Leonard Feather. 27 tracks include Dinah Washington with Hampton on Evil Gal and Blow Top Blues 1945, Helen Humes with Pete Brown band 1942 on Unlucky Woman, Mound Bayou and Trixie Smith on Freight Train Blues. VERY GOOD.
Various THE 1940s--THE SINGERS issued as CBS Jazz Masterpieces. 16 tracks include Teagarden’s Jack Hits the Road, Joe Turner, Cleanhead Vinson, Ella, Billie, and the previously unissued master of the in-any-case rare Mtronome All Stars Nat (Cole) meets June (Christy) 1946. VERY GOOD.
Gene Krupa featuring Anita O’Day DRUM BOOGIE 1941-46 CBS release. Twelve tracks include Bolero at the Savoy, Massachusetts and the wonderful 1940 Tuxedo Junction. One light scratch, so GOOD.
Count Basie SUGAR HILL SHUFFLE sounds like broadcasts 1944-45, tenor players include Lester, Buddy, Lucky Thompson, Illinois Jacquet. Jimmy Rushing sings. 14 tracks on Windmill. VERY GOOD.
Various THE POPULAR JAZZ CLASSICS on RCA-Ariola-Victor, actually all swing 1937-1947. All 16 tracks are gilt-edge swing hits finishing with Kenton’s The Peanut Vendor. EXCELLENT.
Pete Johnson, Cozy Cole ALL-STAR SWING GROUPS on US Savoy1944-46 with Guarnieri, Budd Johnson, the rarely heard altoists Eddie Barefield and Don Stovall et al. Ten tracks from the add-an-instrument session, spot of Etta Jones. 29 tracks, some prev. unissued, on double-LP. EXCELLENT.
Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and the V-Disc All-Stars MIDNIGHT AT V-DISC. Eleven tracks from surprise jam session on 7 December 1944 (three years from Pearl Harbor). Two takes of Play Me the Blues, which later became Jack-Armstrong Blues. Pumpkin release, still MINT IN WRAP.
Ed Hall and the All-Star Stompers, (no title) Vol 3 from Rudi Blesh’s This Is Jazz broadcasts 1947 with Wild Bill, Archey, Pops, Baby Dodds. Twelve tracks on Storyville. VERY GOOD.
Louis Armstrong with Edmond Hall’s All-Stars (no title) twelve tracks on Alamac from concert at Carnegie Hall 1947. This is Ed Hall’s house band from Café Society. Both from New Orleans, Louis and Ed had not previously played together. Recording is rough, full of flavour. FAIR.
Earl “Fatha” Hines ALL STAR JAZZ SESSION ?1954 concert recording with Muggsy Spanier, Pops Foster et al. Nine tracks on Astor Golden Groove from Trip. VERY GOOD condition.
Eddie Condon with his Jazz Concert Orchestra (no title) Late 40s? date of these 8 tracks with Wild Bill, Lips Page, Cutty, Pee Wee. Rough-and-ready Condonese with Lips giving all in Uncle Sam Blues. As above V.G.
Various SOUNDTRACK MUSIC FROM WOODY ALLEN’S FILMS, much from RADIO DAYS incl TD’s Opus One. Dooley Wilson plays As Time Goes By from PLAY IT AGAIN SAM. In all, 18 tracks on The Entertainers label. VERY GOOD.
Various IMMORTAL JAZZ CLASSICS 19 tracks selected (a few weirdly) by Sydney jazz chief Ron Wills for 50 years of RCA in Australia. Fats Waller does Christopher Columbus, Erskine Hawkins the original Tuxedo Junction. Glenn Miller’s In the Mood is not the standard Victor piece, but from the film soundtrack. Bonus 12inch single has the Original Dixieland Jazz Band of 1917 with the two tracks claimed by Guinness Book of Records as the first jazz ever recorded, with notes by Rudi Blesh. EXCELLENT.
Various BIG BAND SWING twelve tracks on Capitol, presume late 40s, covers all the way by major bands well recorded, plus that oddly charming Goodman-Kenton vocal duet Happy Blues — well worth the price of the disc! EXCELLENT.
COUNT BASIE PLAYS, JOE WILLIAMS SINGS
TEN INCH LP from 1950s
Jelly Roll Morton’s KINGS OF JAZZ 8 tracks w/ Roy Palmer, Lee Collins, King Oliver. June 1923-Feb 1926. Riverside record released by London in UK. Cover has Monty Sunshine pen drawing – lovely. EXCELLENT.
Fats Waller REDISCOVERED SOLOS 8 tracks from QRS piano rolls May 1923-March 1926. As above. EXC.
Earl Hines PIANO SOLOS 8 tracks, all Hines tunes, from QRS rolls 1928. US Atlantic. GOOD.
Various (8) artists KINGS AND QUEENS OF BOOGIE WOOGIE, 8 tracks 1920s-30s all solo except Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings. Festival Aust issue from Decca (they broke the EMI monopoly). Cover art by Anthea Mawby, notes believed by Les Welch. Cover WORN, disc FAIR.
Larry Adler LARRY ADLER WITH HIS HARMONICA 8 tracks mainly with John Kirby orch, presume mid-30s to mid-40s. Festival release from Decca. Nice cover drawing. Cover and disc both WORN.
James P Johnson DADDY OF THE PIANO 8 tracks, own compositions, presume mid-30s. Brunswick UK release from Decca, standard cover. GOOD.
Ralph Sutton AT THE PIANO 8 tracks with George Wettling, drums. Presume early 1950s. Vogue UK release with Monty Sunshine art. Kym Bonython concert flyer included. Cover GOOD, disc VERY GOOD.
Count Basie (no title) disc adds “and his Kansas City Seven”. Four tracks with Lester Young and rhythm 1943, three long tracks with Clayton and Wells added, 1944. Commodore released by Mercury Aust. FAIR.
Harry Harman’s Paramount Jazz Band SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS Oct 1955. Issue numbered SJC 1, nice cover by DRM, cover states 9 tracks, but 7 visible. GOOD.
Vic Dickenson Septet VOLUME ONE, original US Vanguard release VRS 8001, notes by John Hammond. Just two very long tunes: Jeepers Creepers, Russian Lullaby. Cover by Murray Klein. Condition GOOD (but what music!).
TWELVE INCH LP
Harry Roy and his Band (NO TITLE) 12 tracks 1933-34-36-40 from the Mayfair Hotel etc. Includes The Roy Rag, She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor. Music For Pleasure re-issue, nice flapper art, in wrap, marked MINT (but cover looks a bit scuffed).
Valaida Snow HOT SNOW, the Queen of Trumpet Sings and Swings 1936-1940, a couple 1945-46. 15 tracks on Rosetta NY, produced and comprehensive notes on fold-out by Rosetta Reitz. VERY GOOD.
Various JAZZ OF THE THIRTIES compiled by Leonard Feather, 12 tracks include Chick Webb’s Sing Me a Swing Song, Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s That’s All. Universal Record Club issue from Decca. VERY GOOD.
Benny Goodman TRIO AND QUARTET 1935-38 with of course Wilson, Hampton, Krupa. Dave Tough on one of 16 tracks on RCA Black and White series, incl Vibraphone Blues, Stompin’ at the Savoy. VERY GOOD.
Various GUIDE TO JAZZ compiled by Hugues Panassie to accompany book. 16 top tracks 1926-1947, include Louis Armstrong’s Some Sweet day with Johnson brothers in 1933 band. GOOD.
Lester Young, Chu Berry, Ben Webster THE COMMODORE YEARS: THE TENOR SAX 25 tracks 1938-1944 in double-LP Atlantic. Good notes by Leonard Feather. VERY GOOD.
Jimmy McPartland, Bobby Hackett SHADES OF BIX starting from the rare McPartland Squirrels 1936 (four tracks) and orchestra 1939 (four), others 1953-56. Hackett 1943-46. 28 tracks in double-LP with L.Feather notes. EXCELLENT.
Various JAZZ FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE JAZZ, strange compile on RCA Collectors issue label with 12 tracks 1938 (Berigan’s Caravan) to 1953 (Sauter Finnegan). Highlight to me is Wingy Mannone’s gutsy but humorous Casey Jones from 1939 with Buster, Chu, Cozy and that nice pianist Conrad Lanoue. WORN.
Various SINGIN’ THE BLUES 1937-1955 compiled for MCA in double-LP by Leonard Feather. 27 tracks include Dinah Washington with Hampton on Evil Gal and Blow Top Blues 1945, Helen Humes with Pete Brown band 1942 on Unlucky Woman, Mound Bayou and Trixie Smith on Freight Train Blues. VERY GOOD.
Various THE 1940s--THE SINGERS issued as CBS Jazz Masterpieces. 16 tracks include Teagarden’s Jack Hits the Road, Joe Turner, Cleanhead Vinson, Ella, Billie, and the previously unissued master of the in-any-case rare Mtronome All Stars Nat (Cole) meets June (Christy) 1946. VERY GOOD.
Gene Krupa featuring Anita O’Day DRUM BOOGIE 1941-46 CBS release. Twelve tracks include Bolero at the Savoy, Massachusetts and the wonderful 1940 Tuxedo Junction. One light scratch, so GOOD.
Count Basie SUGAR HILL SHUFFLE sounds like broadcasts 1944-45, tenor players include Lester, Buddy, Lucky Thompson, Illinois Jacquet. Jimmy Rushing sings. 14 tracks on Windmill. VERY GOOD.
Various THE POPULAR JAZZ CLASSICS on RCA-Ariola-Victor, actually all swing 1937-1947. All 16 tracks are gilt-edge swing hits finishing with Kenton’s The Peanut Vendor. EXCELLENT.
Pete Johnson, Cozy Cole ALL-STAR SWING GROUPS on US Savoy1944-46 with Guarnieri, Budd Johnson, the rarely heard altoists Eddie Barefield and Don Stovall et al. Ten tracks from the add-an-instrument session, spot of Etta Jones. 29 tracks, some prev. unissued, on double-LP. EXCELLENT.
Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and the V-Disc All-Stars MIDNIGHT AT V-DISC. Eleven tracks from surprise jam session on 7 December 1944 (three years from Pearl Harbor). Two takes of Play Me the Blues, which later became Jack-Armstrong Blues. Pumpkin release, still MINT IN WRAP.
Ed Hall and the All-Star Stompers, (no title) Vol 3 from Rudi Blesh’s This Is Jazz broadcasts 1947 with Wild Bill, Archey, Pops, Baby Dodds. Twelve tracks on Storyville. VERY GOOD.
Louis Armstrong with Edmond Hall’s All-Stars (no title) twelve tracks on Alamac from concert at Carnegie Hall 1947. This is Ed Hall’s house band from Café Society. Both from New Orleans, Louis and Ed had not previously played together. Recording is rough, full of flavour. FAIR.
Earl “Fatha” Hines ALL STAR JAZZ SESSION ?1954 concert recording with Muggsy Spanier, Pops Foster et al. Nine tracks on Astor Golden Groove from Trip. VERY GOOD condition.
Eddie Condon with his Jazz Concert Orchestra (no title) Late 40s? date of these 8 tracks with Wild Bill, Lips Page, Cutty, Pee Wee. Rough-and-ready Condonese with Lips giving all in Uncle Sam Blues. As above V.G.
Various SOUNDTRACK MUSIC FROM WOODY ALLEN’S FILMS, much from RADIO DAYS incl TD’s Opus One. Dooley Wilson plays As Time Goes By from PLAY IT AGAIN SAM. In all, 18 tracks on The Entertainers label. VERY GOOD.
Various IMMORTAL JAZZ CLASSICS 19 tracks selected (a few weirdly) by Sydney jazz chief Ron Wills for 50 years of RCA in Australia. Fats Waller does Christopher Columbus, Erskine Hawkins the original Tuxedo Junction. Glenn Miller’s In the Mood is not the standard Victor piece, but from the film soundtrack. Bonus 12inch single has the Original Dixieland Jazz Band of 1917 with the two tracks claimed by Guinness Book of Records as the first jazz ever recorded, with notes by Rudi Blesh. EXCELLENT.
Various BIG BAND SWING twelve tracks on Capitol, presume late 40s, covers all the way by major bands well recorded, plus that oddly charming Goodman-Kenton vocal duet Happy Blues — well worth the price of the disc! EXCELLENT.
COUNT BASIE PLAYS, JOE WILLIAMS SINGS
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