Viper Mad Blues: 25 Songs of Dope and Depravity

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Kickin' the Gong Around
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:28
2Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson3:17
3Cocaine Habit Blues
Memphis Jug Band2:51
4Pipe Dream Blues
Hazel Meyers3:13
5Smoking Reefers
Larry Adler3:06
6Take a Whiff on Me
recording of:
Take a Whiff On Me
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10062)
Lead Belly3:01
7Killin' Jive
The Cats and the Fiddle2:54
8You'se a Viper
double bass:
Mack Walker (on 1936-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-03-13)
guitar:
Bobby Bennett (guitar) (on 1936-03-13)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (on 1936-03-13)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-03-13)
violin:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1936-03-13)
vocals:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-03-13)
recording of:
If You’re a Viper
lyricist and composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist)
Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys3:17
9The Stuff Is Here and It's Mellow
Cleo Brown2:46
10Reefer Man
Baron Lee & The Blue Rhythm Band2:51
11The Onyx Hop
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-07-13)
alto saxophone:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s) (on 1937-07-13) and Gene Johnson (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-07-13)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1937-07-13)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-07-13)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1937-07-13)
piano:
Don Frye (on 1937-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Cecil Scott (on 1937-07-13)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1937-07-13)
vocals:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s) (on 1937-07-13) and Frankie Newton (on 1937-07-13)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: M-559-1)
Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders2:48
12Knockin' Myself Out
Lil Green3:01
13Junker's Blues
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-01-28)
vocals:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-01-28)
Champion Jack Dupree2:43
14Reefer-Hound Blues
Curtis Jones2:47
15The Reefer Song
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1943-09-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller
recording of:
If You’re a Viper (on 1943-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist)
Fats Waller2:54
16I'm Feelin' High and Happy
recording of:
Feelin' High and Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra2:44
17When I Get Low, I Get High
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1936-04-07)
double bass:
Bill Thomas (bass, jazz) (on 1936-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-04-07)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-04-07)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1936-04-07)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1936-04-07) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-04-07)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1936-04-07), Taft Jordan (on 1936-04-07) and Bobby Stark (on 1936-04-07)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1936-04-07)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-04-07)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61002-A)
recording of:
When I Get Low I Get High (on 1936-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Marion Sunshine
Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:30
18Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters2:51
19Blue Reefer Blues
Richard M. Jones and His Jazz Wizards2:58
20Cocaine
Dick Justice3:06
21Reefer Head Woman
Jazz Gillum and His Jazz Boys3:03
22Willie the Weeper
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon2:24
23Cocaine Blues
Luke Jordan3:16
24Blue Drag
Freddy Taylor and his Swing Men From Harlem3:03
25A Viper's Moan
alto saxophone:
Stanley Payne (on 1935-01-04)
double bass:
Louis Thompson (early jazz bassist) (on 1935-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-01-04)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1935-01-04)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-01-04)
reeds:
Glyn Paque (on 1935-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Russell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-01-04)
trombone:
John "Shorty" Haughton (trombone) (on 1935-01-04) and Robert "Mack" Horton (trombone, Robert H. Horton) (on 1935-01-04)
trumpet:
Robert Cheek (jazz trumpeter, active in the 1920s) (on 1935-01-04), Dick Clarke (on 1935-01-04) and Edgar "Pudding Head" Battle (on 1935-01-04)
vocals:
Willie Bryant (on 1935-01-04)
Willie Bryant and His Orchestra3:23