Piano Jazz: The History

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▼ CD 1: 1906‐1925
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Frog Legs	James Scott		2:47
2	A Real Slow Drag	Scott Joplin		3:22
3	American Beauty Drag	Joseph F. Lamb		2:45
4	Desecration Rag	Felix Arndt		3:06
5	Magnet Rag	Scott Joplin		3:26
6	Maple Leaf Rag	Scott Joplin		3:11
7	Blooie Blooie	Edythe Baker		2:02
8	Cryin' Blues	Amanda Randolph		3:00
9	Home Again Blues	Eubie Blake		2:41
10	Harlem Strut	James P. Johnson		2:38
11	Arkansas Blues	James P. Johnson		4:21
12	Arkansas Blues	Eubie Blake		2:59
13	Muscle Shoals Blues piano: Fats Waller (on 1922-10-21)	Fats Waller		3:17
14	Hard Luck Blues	Everett Robbins		4:26
15	Chime Blues	Fletcher Henderson		3:32
16	Sugar Blues	Clarence Williams		3:17
17	Snake Hips	Fats Waller		2:29
18	The Pearls recording of: The Pearls composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe	Jelly Roll Morton		3:16
19	Gulf Coast Blues	Clarence Johnson		2:59
20	The Fives	Hersal Thomas		4:38
21	Chicago Stomps	Jimmy Blythe		2:59
22	Perfect Rag recording of: Perfect Rag composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		2:44
23	My Own Blues	Clarence Williams		2:51
24	I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?	Frank Banta		2:37

▼ CD 2: 1926‐1929
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Fifth Street Blues	Cow Cow Davenport		1:52
2	Squeeze Me	Fats Waller		3:03
3	Hock Shop Blues	Cliff Jackson		4:01
4	Dead Man Blues piano: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Dead Man Blues (in 1924) composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe	Jelly Roll Morton		4:17
5	Changes	Vee Lawnhurst		2:59
6	Snowy Morning Blues	James P. Johnson		2:43
7	Riffs	James P. Johnson		3:12
8	Mr. Jelly Lord recording of: Mr. Jelly Lord composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		2:52
9	Dew-Drop Alley	Sugar Underwood		3:18
10	Cow Cow Blues	Cow Cow Davenport		3:09
11	Gin Mill Blues recording of: Gin Mill Blues composer: Joe Sullivan (piano, USA)	Lemuel Fowler		3:29
12	Swampy River recording of: Swampy River composer: Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)	Duke Ellington		2:47
13	Down and Out Blues	Lemuel Fowler		4:28
14	Blues In Thirds recording of: Blues in Thirds composer: Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)	Earl Hines		2:54
15	A Monday Date recording of: My Monday Date composer: Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)	Earl Hines		3:13
16	Fifty-Seven Varieties	Earl Hines		3:10
17	Pine Top's Blues	Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith		2:49
18	Glad Rag Roll recording of: Glad Rag Doll lyricist: Dan Dougherty and Jack Yellen composer: Milton Ager	Earl Hines		3:00
19	Numb Fumblin' piano: Fats Waller (on 1929-03-01)	Fats Waller		2:51
20	Chime Blues	Cow Cow Davenport		3:14
21	Detroit Rocks recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-04-23) solo piano: Montana Taylor (on 1929-04-23)	Montana Taylor		3:20
22	Smashing Thirds recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1929-09-24) piano and solo piano: Fats Waller (on 1929-09-24)	Fats Waller		3:11
23	Dearborn Street Breakdown	Charles Avery		3:16
24	Thirty-One Blues	Bob Call		2:38

▼ CD 3: 1930‐Oct. 1936
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	You've Got To Be Modernistic recording of: You've Got to Be Modernistic composer: James P. Johnson	James P. Johnson		3:12
2	No. 29 recording of: No. 29 writer: Wesley Wallace (US blues pianist)	Wesley Wallace		3:15
3	Night Life recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1930-04-24) solo piano: Mary Lou Williams (on 1930-04-24)	Mary Lou Williams		2:59
4	Memories of You solo piano: Garland Wilson (early 1900s American jazz pianist) (on 1932-02-02) instrumental recording of: Memories of You (on 1932-02-02) lyricist: Andy Razaf (in 1930) composer: Eubie Blake (in 1930) publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.	Garland Wilson		3:05
5	Pratt City Blues	Jabo Williams		3:21
6	Lots O' Fingers recording of: Lots o’ Fingers writer: Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)	Duke Ellington		2:51
7	Tiger Rag	Art Tatum		2:22
8	Gin Mill Blues recording of: Gin Mill Blues composer: Joe Sullivan (piano, USA)	Joe Sullivan		3:13
9	Little Rock Getaway	Joe Sullivan		2:59
10	St. Louis Blues	Herman Chittison		3:25
11	Alligator Crawl	Fats Waller		2:45
12	African Ripples	Fats Waller		3:11
13	Tea For Two	Fats Waller		3:05
14	Texas Stomp	Dorothy Rice		3:28
15	Liza	Teddy Wilson		2:57
16	In The Dark/Flashes solo piano: Jess Stacy (on 1935-11-16)	Jess Stacy		3:15
17	Barrelhouse	Jess Stacy		3:02
18	Cheek To Cheek	Joe Turner		2:44
19	Mr. Freddie Blues	Meade Lux Lewis		3:02
20	Farish Street Jive	Little Brother Montgomery		2:33

▼ CD 4: 1937‐1939
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Swing Session	Duke Ellington		1:48
2	Stardust piano: Fats Waller (on 1937-06-11) recording of: Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1937-06-11) lyricist: Mitchell Parish (in 1929) composer: Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927) publisher: Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP) sub-publisher: イーエムアイ音楽出版ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) part of: American Splendor	Fats Waller		3:12
3	Keepin' Out of Misschief Now	Fats Waller		3:12
4	Ain't Misbehavin'	Teddy Weatherford		2:19
5	Piano Stomp (Shine)	Lionel Hampton		2:57
6	Where Or When	Teddy Wilson		3:25
7	Morning Air	Willie “The Lion” Smith		2:57
8	Tiger Rag	Jelly Roll Morton		3:17
9	Don't Blame Me double bass: Wesley Prince (in 1938-10) guitar: Oscar Moore (in 1938-10) piano: Nat King Cole (in 1938-10) instrumental recording of: Don’t Blame Me (in 1938-10) lyricist: Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) composer: Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) publisher: EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing recording of: Don’t Blame Me lyricist: Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) composer: Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) publisher: EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing	Nat King Cole		2:25
10	Boogie Woogie recording of: Boogie Woogie composer: Clarence “Pine Top” Smith	Count Basie		3:06
11	St. Louis Stomp recorded in: Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-12-17) guitar: Robert Nighthawk (on 1938-12-17) mandolin: Willie Hatcher (on 1938-12-17) piano: Speckled Red (on 1938-12-17)	Speckled Red		3:18
12	Boogie Woogie Prayer	The Boogie Woogie Trio		4:58
13	Blue Boogie	Cripple Clarence Lofton		2:54
14	Suitcase Blues piano: Albert Ammons (on 1939-01-06) recording of: Suitcase Blues (on 1939-01-06) composer: Hersal Thomas	Albert Ammons		3:52
15	Boogie Woogie Stomp	Albert Ammons		3:38
16	Echoes Of Spring	Willie “The Lion” Smith		2:45
17	Candlelights recording of: Candlelights (1930 instrumental by Bix Beiderbecke) composer: Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (in 1930)	Jess Stacy		3:19
18	Far Ago Blues	Meade Lux Lewis		4:06
19	Informal Blues	Duke Ellington		2:45
20	Lone Star Blues	Pete Johnson		3:09
21	The Fives	Jimmy Yancey		3:06
22	Between Sets	Billy Kyle		2:34
23	Rib Town Shuffle	Nat King Cole		2:45
24	Blueberry Rhyme	James P. Johnson		3:24

▶ CD 5: 1939‐1941

▶ CD 6: 1941‐1945

▶ CD 7: 1945‐1947

▶ CD 8: 1947‐1949

▶ CD 9: 1950‐1951

▶ CD 10: 1952

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