Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-1920

by Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-19

Overview

This fascinating CD features some of the best jazz on record during 1917-1920. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz group ever to record, is featured on the first nine selections -- their full output for Columbia ("At the Darktown Strutters' Ball" and "Indiana") and Aeolian in 1917 after their first two hit songs for Victor. The other groups on this CD are all strongly influenced by the ODJB's colorful all-ensemble style. Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band, featuring clarinetist Ted Lewis, fares well on six numbers, there is one song apiece from Gorman's Novelty Syncopators and the Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra (an expanded version of the Louisiana Five but still featuring clarinetist Alcide Nunez), and two numbers from the Whiteway Jazz Band. Five other selections are notable for having Jimmy Durante playing piano during his early jazz days, although he is almost inaudible. Durante appears with the New Orleans Jazz Band, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band (the same group), and, on "Why Cry Blues," as leader of Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band. Many of the selections on Pioneer Recording Bands were formerly rare, making this primitive but quite listenable collection of strong interest to vintage jazz collectors. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/2004
Label:	Retrieval Recordings
UPC:	0608917904321
Rank:	162760

Tracks

1. Darktown Strutters' Ball  - Shelton Brooks  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
2. (Back Home Again In) Indiana  - James F. Hanley  - Ballard MacDonald  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3. Barnyard Blues  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
4. Ostrich Walk  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
5. Tiger Rag  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
6. At the Jass Band Ball  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band  - Larry Shields
7. Look at 'Em Doing It  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
8. Reisenweber Rag  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
9. Oriental Jazz  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band
10. Slippery Hank  -  Fuller
11. Yah-De-Dah  -  Fuller
12. Old Grey Mare  -  Fuller
13. Beale Street Blues  -  Fuller  - W.C. Handy
14. Coon Band Contest  -  Fuller  - Arthur Pryor
15. Li'l' Liza Jane  -  Fuller
16. Ole Miss  - W.C. Handy  -  Original New Orleans Jazz Band
17. You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (Intro)/Ja-Da  -  Original New Orleans Jazz Band
18. He's Had No Lovin' for a Long, Long Time (Intro)/Ja-Da  -  Original New Orleans Jazz Band
19. You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (Intro)/Ja-Da Medley  -  Original New Orleans Jazz Band
20. Barkin' Dog  -  Gorman's Novelty Syncopators  - Kevin Gorman
21. Slow and Easy  -  Louisiana Five
22. Why Cry Blues  - Anne Baquet  - Jimmy Durante  -  Durante
23. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me  -  Whiteway Jazz Band
24. Tiger Rag  -  Original Dixieland Jazz Band  -  Whiteway Jazz Band

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Original New Orleans Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Gorman's Novelty Syncopators   Primary Artist
Louisiana Five   Primary Artist
Original Dixieland Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Whiteway Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Nick LaRocca   Cornet
Jimmy Durante   Piano
Bernhard "Doc" Berendsohn   Cornet
Charles Panelli   Trombone
Joe Cawley   Piano
Ernest Cutting   Piano
George Hall   Cornet
Karl Berger   Banjo
Ted Lewis   Clarinet
Ted Fio Rito   Piano
Larry Shields   Clarinet
Dave Stryker   Trombone
Henry W. Ragas   Piano
Tony Sbarbaro   Drums
John Stein   Drums
John Lucas   Drums
Anton Lada   Drums
Arnold Loyacano   Drums
Frank Lhotak   Trombone
Achille Joseph Baquet   Clarinet
Eddie Grossbart   Drums
Walter Kahn   Trumpet
Alcide "Yellow" Nunez   Clarinet
Frank Christian   Cornet
Ross Gorman   Sax (Soprano),Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Harry Raderman   Trombone

Technical Credits

W.C. Handy   Composer
Shelton Brooks   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Ted Lewis   Leader
Larry Shields   Composer
Jimmy Durante   Composer
Original Dixieland Jazz Band   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Kevin Gorman   Composer
John R.T. Davies   Audio Restoration,Digital Mastering,Original Material
Arthur Pryor   Composer
Anne Baquet   Composer
Mark Berresford   Original Material,Photography,Liner Notes