Bix Beiderbecke – The Art Of Bix Beiderbecke (vintage jazz)

 

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”.

His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. "In a Mist" (1927) is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical (mainly impressionist) influences. All five of his piano compositions were published by Robbins Music during his lifetime.

1-1 Singin' The Blues 3:00

1-2 Trumbology 3:00

1-3 Clarinet Marmalade 3:13

1-4 Riverboat Shuffle 3:14

1-5 I'm Coming Virginia 3:13

1-6 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 2:54

1-7 Fidgety Feet 2:26

1-8 Jazz Me Blues 2:47

1-9 Copenhagen 2:30

1-10 Sensation 2:40

1-11 I'm Glad 3:12

1-12 Toddlin' Blues 2:45

1-13 Davenport Blues 2:50

1-14 In A Mist 2:44

1-15 For No Reason At All In C 3:05

1-16 Wringin' And Twistin' 2:59

1-17 Three Blind Mice 3:06

1-18 Humpty Dumpty 3:05

1-19 Krazy Kat 3:04

1-20 The Baltimore 3:05

2-1 At The Jazz Band Ball 2:58

2-2 Royal Garden Blues 3:08

2-3 Jazz Me Blues 3:10

2-4 Goose Pimples 3:20

2-5 Sorry 2:58

2-6 Clementine (From New Orleans) 3:02

2-7 Changes 2:50

2-8 There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears 3:34

2-9 Lonely Melody 2:57

2-10 You Took Advantage Of Me 2:56

2-11 Rockin' Chair 3:27

2-12 Barnacle Bill The Sailor 2:49

2-13 Mississippi Mud 3:13

2-14 The Japanese Sandman 3:24

2-15 Cryin' All Day 3:08

2-16 A Good Man Is Hard To Find 3:06

2-17 Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down 3:09

2-18 Somebody Stole My Gal 3:00

2-19 Rhythm King 3:25

2-20 Ol' Man River 3:07

The Art Of Bix Beiderbecke

Jimmie Rodgers – The Very Best Of

 James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920's. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists, and he has been inducted into multiple halls of fame.

1 Train Whistle Blues 3:01

2 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is For Texas) 2:40

3 T.B. Blues 3:05

4 In The Jailhouse Now 2:54

5 Frankie & Johnny 2:56

6 Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues) 2:59

7 The Brakeman's Blues (Yodeling The Blues Away) 3:11

8 Why There's A Tear In My Eye 3:16

9 Mississippi River Blues 2:39

10 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Yodel 3:19

11 Gambling Bar Room Blues 3:31

12 Mystery Of Number Five 3:03

13 Waiting For A Train 2:46

14 Travellin' Blues 2:49

15 My Blue Eyed Jane 2:51

16 Blue Yodel #9 (Standing On The Corner) 2:41

17 Pistol Packin' Papa 2:58

18 Miss The Mississippi And You 2:58

19 Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line 2:58

20 The Soldier's Sweetheart 3:11

21 Hobo Bill's Last Ride 2:35

22 Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia 2:45

The Very Best Of Jimmie Rodgers

Harmonica Blues: Great Harmonica Performances Of The 1920s And '30s

 

1 Freeman Stowers– Railroad Blues

2 State Street Boys – Crazy About You

3 Carver Boys– Wang Wang Harmonica Blues

4 Lee Brown– My Driving Wheel

5 Ashley & Foster– Bay Rum Blues

6 Robert Hill – I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother

7 Chuck Darling– Blowin' The Blues

8 Chuck Darling– Harmonica Rag

9 Jaybird Coleman– Man Trouble Blues

10 Jazz Gillum– I Want You By My Side

11 Alfred Lewis– Friday Moan Blues

12 Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton – House Snake Blues

13 Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey– Need More Blues

14 DeFord Bailey– Davidson County Blues

Harmonica Blues

Ladies Sing The Blues - Original Mono Recordings from 1923-1939

 

1 Adelaide Hall– The Blues I Love To Sing 3:10

2 Mildred Bailey– Downhearted Blues 3:24

3 Una Mae Carlisle– Hangover Blues 2:51

4 Lizzie Miles– My Man O' War 3:28

5 Lizzie Miles– Electrician Blues 3:18

6 Laura Smith – Don't You Leave Me Here 2:57

7 Ida Cox– Hard Time Blues 2:55

8 Ida Cox– Take Him Off My Mind 3:01

9 Ada Brown– Evil Mama Blues 3:04

10 Ada Brown– Break O' Day Blues 3:02

11 Trixie Smith– Freight Train Blues 3:17

12 Victoria Spivey– Moaning The Blues 3:06

13 Billie Holiday– Billie's Blues 2:40

14 Billie Holiday– Long Gone Blues 3:03

15 Rosetta Howard– Let Your Linen Hang Low 3:10

16 Rosetta Howard– Rosetta Blues 2:57

17 Sippie Wallace– I'm A Mighty Tight Woman 2:54

18 Mamie Smith– Goin' Crazy With The Blues 3:02

19 Lillian Glinn– Cravin' A Man Blues 2:47

20 Clara Smith– Jelly, Jelly Look What You Done, Done 2:49

21 Ma Rainey– Booze And Blues 3:17

22 Ma Rainey– Toad Frog Blues 3:12

23 Bessie Smith– Empty Bed Blues Parts 1 & 2 6:16

24 Bessie Smith– St. Louis Blues 3:13

Ladies Sing The Blues

Louis Armstrong - The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

 

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.

Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920's as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, Armstrong followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Armstrong earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Armstrong moved to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist and recording artist. By the 1950's, Armstrong was an international musical icon, appearing regularly in radio and television broadcasts and on film. Apart from his music, he was also beloved as an entertainer, often joking with the audience and keeping a joyful public image at all times.

Disc 1:

MY HEART

MUSKRAT RAMBLE

YES, I'M IN THE BARREL

GUT BUCKET BLUES

COME BACK SWEET PAPA

HEEBIE JEEBIES

CORNET CHOP SUEY

ORIENTAL STRUT

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

SOME OF THESE DAYS

HE LIKES IT SLOW

ST LOUIS BLUES

SHANGHAI SHUFFLE

TEXAS MOANER BLUES

EVERYBODY LOVE MY BABY

MANDY, MAKE UP YOUR MIND

PAPA DE DA DA

MONEY BLUES

SUGAR FOOT STOMP

WILD MAN BLUES

DISC 2:

BODY AND SOUL

JUST A GIGOLO

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

I'M A DING DONG DADDY

IF I COULD BE WITH YOU, ONE HOUR TONIGHT

I SURRENDER DEAR

DON'T FORGET TO MESS AROUND

SWEET LITTLE PAPA

SKID-DAT, DE-DAT

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU

SAVOY BLUES

BASIN ST BLUES

HOBO, YOU CAN'T HIDE THIS TRAIN

PUBLIC MELODY NUMBER ONE

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND

ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

IT'S WONDERFUL'

JEEPERS CREEPERS

WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME

LOVE WALKED IN

The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang – Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

 

1 Stringing The Blues

2 Bugle Call Rag

3 Four String Joe

4 Krazy Kat

5 Sensation

6 My Baby Came Home

7 The Wild Dog

8 Church Street Sobbin' Blues

9 Shivery Stomp

10 Running Ragged

11 Hot Heels

12 Put And Take

13 Oh! Peter

14 Beale Street Blues

15 Vibraphonia

16 Eddie's Twister

Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

Bessie Smith – Jazz 'n' Blues

 

1 Lady Luck Blues 3:08

2 Outside Of That 3:29

3 Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) 3:08

4 Down Hearted Blues 3:26

5 Oh Daddy Blues 3:06

6 Midnight Blues 3:18

7 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 2:57

8 Aggravatin' Papa 3:18

9 If You Don't, I Know Who Will 3:36

10 Jail House Blues 3:14

11 Sam Jones Blues 2:48

12 Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine 3:32

13 Yodling Blues 3:12

14 Bleeding Hearted Blues 3:06

15 Mama's Got The Blues 2:57

16 Taint Nobody's Business' If I Do 3:27

17 Gulf Coast Blues 3:06

18 Beale Street Mama 3:35

19 Frosty Morning Blues 3:13

20 Mean Old Bedbug Blues 3:12

21 Sweet Mistreater 3:02

Bessie Smith – Jazz 'n' Blues

Clarence Williams - Great Original Performances 1927 To 1934

 

Clarence Williams (1898-1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

Williams ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersand's Traveling Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans. At first Williams worked shining shoes and doing odd jobs, but soon became known as a singer and master of ceremonies. By the early 1910s he was a well regarded local entertainer also playing piano, and was composing new tunes by 1913. Williams was a good business man and worked arranging and managing entertainment at the local African-American vaudeville theater as well as various saloons and dance halls around Rampart Street, and clubs and houses in Storyville.

Williams started a music publishing business with violinist/bandleader Armand J. Piron 1915, which by the 1920s was the leading African-American owned music publisher in the country. He toured briefly with W.C. Handy, set up a publishing office in Chicago, then settled in New York in the early 1920s. In 1921, he married blues singer and stage actress Eva Taylor with whom he would frequently perform. He supervised African-American recordings (the 8000 Race Series) for New York offices of Okeh phonograph company in the 1920s in the Gaiety Theatre office building in Times Square. He recruited many of the artists who performed on that label. He also recorded extensively, leading studio bands frequently for OKeh, Columbia and occasionally other record labels.

He mostly used "Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings" for his hot band sides and "Clarence Williams' Washboard Five" for his washboard sides. He also produced and participated in early recordings by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Virginia Liston, Irene Scruggs, and many others. King Oliver played cornet on a number of Williams' late 1920s recordings. He was the recording director for the short-lived QRS Records label in 1928.

Most of his recordings were songs from his publishing house, which explains why he recorded tunes like "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Close Fit Blues" and "Papa De-Da-Da" numerous times.

In 1933, he signed to the Vocalion label and recorded quite a number of popular recordings, mostly featuring washboard percussion, through 1935. In 1943 Williams sold his extensive back-catalogue of tunes to Decca Records for $50,000 and retired.

Clarence Williams' name appears as composer or co-composer on numerous tunes, including a number which by Williams' own admission were written by others but which Williams bought all rights to outright, as was a common practice in the music publishing business at the time. Clarence Williams hits include "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (as publisher - not composer), "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Royal Garden Blues", "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do", "Shout, Sister, Shout" and many others. In 1970, Williams was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

This compilation:

1 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings– Candy Lips 2:43

2 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– I Can't Beat You Doin' What You're Doin' Me 2:42

3 Williams' Jug Band*– Chizzlin' Sam 3:07

4 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Log Cabin Blues 3:11

5 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old 3:03

6 Clarence Williams And His Jazz Kings*– A Pane In The Glass 3:00

7 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Walk That Broad 2:59

8 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– Trouble 3:13

9 Williams' Jug Band*– You Ain't Too Old 3:05

10 Clarence Williams' Blue Seven– Close Fit Blues 2:56

11 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Lazy Mama 3:11

12 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– He Wouldn't Stop Doin' It 2:57

13 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Worn Out Blues 3:10

14 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Chocolate Avenue 2:55

15 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Have You Ever Felt That Way 3:09

16 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Organ Grinder Blues 3:09

Clarence Williams - Great Original Performances

Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats - Original 1929-1942 Recordings

 

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with. When in financial difficulties, he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own.

1 Handful Of Keys

2 Ain't Misbehavin'

3 I'm Crazy About My Baby

4 Viper's Drag

5 Twelfth Street Rag

6 Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now

7 Tea For Two

8 The Joint Is Jumpin'

9 Two Sleepy People

10 Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)

11 Honey Hush

12 Your Feet's Too Big

13 Squeeze Me

14 Darktown Strutter's Ball

15 Honeysuckle Rose

16 Georgia On My Mind

17 Rockin' Chair

18 Carolina Shout

19 The Jitterbug Waltz

20 Come And Get It

Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats

Fred Astaire – A Portrait Of Fred Astaire

 

1-1 Fascinating Rhythm

1-2 Hang On To Me

1-3 I'd Rather Charleston

1-4 The Half Of It, Dearie Blues

1-5 Swiss Miss

1-6 Funny Face

1-7 The Babbitt And The Bromide

1-8 High Hat

1-9 My One And Only

1-10 Louisiana

1-11 Not My Girl

1-12 Crazy Feet

1-13 Puttin' On The Ritz

1-14 I Love Louisa

1-15 New Sun In The Sky

1-16 I've Got You On My Mind

1-17 Night And Day

1-18 After You - Who?

1-19 Flying Down To Rio

1-20 Music Makes Me

1-21 Cheek To Cheek

1-22 No Strings

1-23 Isn't This A Lovely Day?

1-24 Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

2-1 The Piccoling

2-2 I'd Rather Lead A Band

2-3 I'm Building Up To An Awful Let-Down

2-4 I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket

2-5 Let Yourself Go

2-6 Let's Face The Music And Dance

2-7 We Saw The Sea

2-8 Never Gonna Dance

2-9 Pick Yourself Up

2-10 The Way You Look Tonight

2-11 A Fine Romance

2-12 Bojangles Of Harlem

2-13 They Can't Take That Away From Me

2-14 They All Laughed

2-15 (I've Got) Beginner's Luck

2-16 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

2-17 Shall We Dance?

2-18 Slap That Bass

2-19 A Foggy Day

2-20 Things Are Looking Up

2-21 I Can't Be Bothered Now

2-22 Nice Work If You Can Get It

2-23 I Used To Be Colour Blind

2-24 The Yam

A Portrait Of Fred Astaire

Tea Dance: 1920's, 30's, 40's Vintage Tea Party - various artists compilation

 

1 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– Tea For Two 3:13

2 The Ink Spots– Java Jive 3:01

3 Benny Goodman Orchestra*– Sugar Foot Stomp 2:58

4 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– My Very Good Friend The Milkman 3:32

5 Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters*– Jersey Bounce 3:07

6 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra*– Happy Feet 2:59

7 Artie Shaw & His Orchestra*– Begin The Beguine 3:15

8 The Boswell Sisters / Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra*– When I Take My Sugar To Tea 3:12

9 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra*– For Dancers Only 2:41

q Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra*– Sugar 2:48

11 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra*– Flying Home 2:55

12 Frankie Trumbauer / Bix Beiderbecke / Eddie Lang– Singin' The Blues 2:59

13 Annette Hanshaw– Lovable And Sweet 2:51

14 The Mills Brothers– Sweeter Than Sugar 1:56

15 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra*– I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo 3:13

16 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– The Lambeth Walk 2:46

17 Benny Goodman Trio– China Boy 2:32

18 Fred Astaire– Let's Face The Music And Dance 2:27

19 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– It Don't Mean A Thing - If It Ain't Got That Swing 3:04

20 Hutch – Moonlight Cocktail 3:14

21 Helen Ward / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra*– Sing Me A Swing Song 2:23

22 Hoagy Carmichael– Rockin' Chair 3:25

23 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– Shortnin' Bread 2:42

24 Jack Teagarden / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra*– Texas Tea Party 3:18

25 The Bud Freeman Trio*– Three Little Words 3:02

26 Sam Costa / Peter Yorke & His Orchestra*– A Nice Cup Of Tea 2:20

Tea Dance: 1920's, 30's, 40's Vintage Tea Party

The Blues 1923 To 1933 - various artists compilation

 

1 Ida Cox– Give Me A Break Blues

2 Cleo Gibson With Her Hot Three– Nothin' But Blues

3 Rosa Henderson– Barrel House Blues

4 Frances Hereford With The Levee Serenaders– Midnight Mama

5 Memphis Jug Band– Kansas City Blues

6 Ma Rainey And Her Tub Jug Washboard Band– Prove It On Me Blues

7 Issie Ringgold– Be On Your Merry Way

8 Jimmie Rodgers With Louis Armstrong, Lil Armstrong*– Blue Yodel No. 9

9 Bessie Smith– Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

10 Mamie Smith– Jenny's Ball

11 Victoria Spivey– Moaning The Blues

12 Eva Taylor With Williams' Jug Band*– Organ Grinder

13 Ethel Waters With Clarence Williams– Get Up Off Your Knees

14 Margaret Webster, Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– I've Got What It Takes

15 Margaret Whitmire– That Thing's Done Been Put On Me

16 Lena Wilson With The Nubian Five– He Used To Be Your Man

The Blues 1923 To 1933

Jack Hylton - Turn On the Heat

 

Born in 1892 in Bolton, Lancashire, Jack Hylton was a major recording artist during the jazz age when bands like the Original Dixieland Jazz Band were creating a sensation playing at the Hammersmith Palais, and yet he was not really a part of the scene. Jack was known as the "English Paul Whiteman". This 25 track CD contains a selection of re-mastered, first-class Tin Pan Alley tunes expertly played by Hylton & His Orchestra, and wonderfully sung by the likes of Sam Browne, The Swingettes, Alice Mann and June Malo.

1 You're the Cream in My Coffee

2 That's My Weakness Now

3 The Breakaway: Big City Blues

4 Wir Wollen Tun, Als Ob Wir Freunde Waren

5 Lucky Day

6 Turn on the Heat

7 Diga Diga Doo

8 I Want to Be Bad

9 Tiger Rag

10 High and Low

11 The Varsity Drag

12 Herr Lehmann, Herr Lehmann, Was Macht Die Frau Gemahlin in Marienbad?

13 Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?

14 Limehouse Blues

15 Ich Bin So Scharf Auf Erika

16 Me and Jane in a Plane

17 My Lucky Star

18 Chinatown, My Chinatown

19 You Turned the Tables on Me

20 Sing, Baby, Sing

21 One, Two, Button Your Shoe

22 Music Maestro Please

23 Swing Is in the Air

24 Why Doesn't Somebody Tell Me These Things?

25 Boom! (Why Does My Heart Go Boom?)

Jack Hylton - Turn On the Heat

The Best Of Robert Parker (Engineer) - Jazz Classics In Digital Stereo - various artists

 

Robert Parker, an Australian sound engineer and broadcaster, is internationally acclaimed for the development of a unique system for extracting high quality stereo from early 78rpm records.

1 Intro (Robert Parker) / Mckinney's Cotton Pickers / Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines– Milenburg Joys/Weather Bird 1:37

2 Louis Armstrong / Earl Hines– Weather Bird 2:43

3 Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra*– Body And Soul 3:00

4 Pete Johnson / Albert Ammons– Boogie Woogie Man 2:41

5 Count Basie & His Orchestra*– One O'Clock Jump 3:03

6 Bud Freeman & His Famous Chicagoans*– Jack Hits The Road 2:58

7 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra*– Ring Dem Bells 3:20

8 Lew Stone & His Band*– I Ain't Got Nobody 3:07

9 King Oliver's Jazz Band– Sweet Lovin' Man 2:45

10 Clarence Williams & His Novelty Four*– In The Bottle Blues 2:54

11 Muggsy Spanier & His Ragtime Band*– Lonesome Road 2:58

12 Henry Allen & His Orchestra*– Patrol Wagon Blues 3:17

13 Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra*– Blue Juice 3:14

14 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers*– Doctor Jazz 3:23

15 J.C. Cobb & His Grains Of Corn*– Shake That Jelly-Roll 2:57

16 Charlie Johnson & His Orchestra– Hot Bones And Rice 3:23

17 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five– West End Blues 3:16

18 Fats Waller & His Buddies*– Harlem Fuss 3:19

19 Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang*– Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down 3:03

20 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys*– Young Woman's Blues 3:07

21 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*– Bundle Of Blues 3:10

22 Joe Venuti's Blue Four– Four String Joe 2:55

23 Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band*– Prove It On Me Blues 2:39

Jazz Classics In Digital Stereo

Nellie Melba - Aria and Song 1904-1921

 

Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town.

Melba studied singing in Melbourne and made a modest success in performances there. After a brief and unsuccessful marriage, she moved to Europe in search of a singing career. Failing to find engagements in London in 1886, she studied in Paris and soon made a great success there and in Brussels. Returning to London she quickly established herself as the leading lyric soprano at Covent Garden from 1888. She soon achieved further success in Paris and elsewhere in Europe, and later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, debuting there in 1893. Her repertoire was small; in her whole career she sang no more than 25 roles and was closely identified with only ten. She was known for her performances in French and Italian opera, but sang little German opera.

During the First World War, Melba raised large sums for war charities. She returned to Australia frequently during the 20th century, singing in opera and concerts, and had a house built for her near Melbourne. She was active in the teaching of singing at the Melbourne Conservatorium. Melba continued to sing until the last months of her life and made a large number of "farewell" appearances. Her death, in Australia, was news across the English-speaking world, and her funeral was a major national event. The Australian $100 note features her image.

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This title attempts to convey the distinctive voice of Dame Nellie Melba, re-recorded and mastered by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia utilising an innovative process. The original disc recordings were played using archival Gramophone equipment, and the music recorded through ambient microphones. The recordings took place in the Senate Chamber of Old Parliament House in Canberra - a location already associated with Melba as she sang in person at the opening of Parliament House in 1927.

PART 1 - Arias from Operas (15 tracks)

1. God Save the King (Trad)

2. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi

3. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla

4. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore

5. Mozart: IL RE PASTORE: l'amero saro costante

6. Mozart: LE NOZZE DE FIGARO voi che sapete

7. Mozart: LE NOZZE DE FIGARO porgi amor

8. Massenet: DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN: À Séville, belle Señoras (Sevillana),

9. Lalo: LE ROI D'YS: Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir… Vainement, ma bien aimée (Aubade)

10. Verdi: RIGOLETTO: Caro nome

11. Verdi LA TRAVIATA: Ah! Fors'è lui… Follie! Follie!... Sempre libera

12. Donizetti: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Del ciel clemente un riso (Mad Scene)

13. Charpentier: LOUISE: Depuis de jour

14. Wagner: LOHENGRIN: Sola ne miei prim anni (Elsa's Dream)

15. Rimsky-Korsakov: SADKO: Les diamants chez nous… (Chanson Hindoue)

PART 2 - Songs (16 tracks)

1. Arditi: Se saran rose

2. Hahn: Si mes vers avaient des ailes

3. Bemberg: Sur le lac

4. Bemberg: Chant hindou

5. Bemberg: Les anges pleurent

6. Lottie: Pur dicesti, o bocca, bocca bella

7. Bizet: Pastorale

8. Hahn: D'une prison

9. Hue: Soir paiën

10. Debussy: (i) Romance (ii) Mandoline

11. Duparc: Chanson triste

12. Chausson: Le temps des lilas

13. Ronald: The White Sea Mist

14. White: Andersen. My Jo

15. Lehmann: Magdalen at Michael's Gate

16. Dvorak: Songs my mother taught me

Nellie Melba - Aria and Song 1904-1921

Jimmie Rodgers – The Essential Jimmie Rodgers

 

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920's. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists, and he has been inducted into multiple halls of fame.

1 Away Out On The Mountain 3:18

2 Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas) 3:24

3 Daddy And Home 2:56

4 Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea 2:45

5 In The Jailhouse Now 3:18

6 Memphis Yodel 3:31

7 My Old Pal 3:04

8 Blue Yodel No. 2 (Lovin' Gal Lucille) 3:18

9 Sleep Baby, Sleep 3:01

10 The Brakeman's Blues (Yodelling The Blues Away) 3:10

11 The Sailor's Pleas 3:03

12 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans 3:01

13 Never No Mo' Blues 2:41

14 Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues) 3:02

15 I'm Lonely And Blue 3:05

16 Waiting For A Train 2:44

17 Frankie And Johnnie 2:51

18 Pistol Packin' Papa 2:54

19 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) 2:57

20 T.B. Blues 2:59

The Essential Jimmie Rodgers