Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Kings of New Orleans Jazz

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▼ 12" Vinyl 1
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A1Mamie's Blues
recording of:
2.19 Blues
writer:
Mamie Desdume
Jelly Roll Morton2:45
A2King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver & Jelly Roll Morton2:31
A3The Pearls
recording of:
The Pearls
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton3:14
A4London Blues
recording of:
London Blues (on 1923-07-18)
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:47
A5The Chant
recording of:
The Chant
composer:
Mel Stitzel
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:19
A6Original Jelly Roll Blues
recording of:
Original Jelly-Roll Blues
composer:
Ferdinand Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers2:59
B1Someday Sweetheart
piano:
Jelly Roll Morton (on 1926-12-16)
recording of:
Someday Sweetheart (on 1926-12-16)
lyricist and composer:
Benjamin Franklin Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes) and John Curry Spikes
publisher:
Spikes Bros. and Carter Music House (on 1919-12-26)
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:33
B2Red Hot Pepper
recording of:
Red Hot Pepper
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton and His Orchestra3:08
B3Freakish
recording of:
Freakish
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:53
B4That's Like It Ought to Be
recording of:
That's Like It Ought to Be
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton Trio3:01
B5High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:47
B6Sweet Substitute
recording of:
Sweet Substitute
lyricist and composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:57
▼ 12" Vinyl 2
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C1Canal Street Blues
banjo:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-04-05) and Bud Scott (on 1923-04-05)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-04-05)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-04-05) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-04-05)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-04-05)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-04-05)
recording of:
Canal Street Blues (on 1923-04-05)
writer:
Louis Armstrong
composer:
Joseph Oliver (jazz cornetist)
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band?:??
C2Chimes Blues
banjo:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-04-05) and Bud Scott (on 1923-04-05)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-04-05)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-04-05) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-04-05)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-04-05)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-04-05)
recording of:
Chimes Blues (jazz standard) (on 1923-04-05)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1923)
instruments arranger:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (in 1923)
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band?:??
C3Dipper Mouth Blues
banjo:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-04-06) and Bud Scott (on 1923-04-06)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-04-06)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-04-06) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-04-06)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-04-06)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-04-06)
vocals:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-04-06)
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues (on 1923-04-06)
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band?:??
C4Frog-I-Moore
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1923-04-06)
banjo:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-04-06) and Bud Scott (on 1923-04-06)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-04-06)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-04-06) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-04-06)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-04-06)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-04-06)
vocals:
Bud Scott (on 1923-04-06)
instrumental recording of:
Froggie Moore (on 1923-04-06)
lyricist:
John Spikes (in 1923) and Reb Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes) (in 1923)
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton (in 1923)
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band?:??
C5Snake Rag
banjo:
Bud Scott (on 1923-06-22)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-06-22)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-06-22) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-06-22)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-06-22)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-06-22)
vocals:
Bud Scott (on 1923-06-22)
recording of:
Snake Rag (on 1923-06-22)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-06)
King Oliver’s Jazz Band?:??
C6Tears
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (in 1923-10)
bass saxophone:
Charlie Jackson (1920s saxophonist) (in 1923-10)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (in 1923-10)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (in 1923-10) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1923-10)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (in 1923-10)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (in 1923-10)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (in 1923-10)
King Oliver’s Jazz Band?:??
D1Riverside Blues
banjo:
Bill Johnson (US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player) (on 1923-12-24)
bass saxophone:
Charlie Jackson (1920s saxophonist) (on 1923-12-24)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-12-24)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-12-24), Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1923-12-24) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-12-24)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1923-12-24)
piano:
Lil Hardin (on 1923-12-24)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-12-24)
recording of:
Riverside Blues ("Dorsey - Jones") (on 1923-12-24)
composer:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) and Richard M. Jones
King Oliver’s Jazz Band?:??
D2Chattanooga Stomp
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1923-10-15)
clarinet:
Jimmie Noone (on 1923-10-15)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-10-15) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-10-15)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-10-15)
trombone:
Ed Atkins (on 1923-10-15)
King Oliver’s Jazz Band?:??
D3Camp Meeting Blues
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1923-10-16)
clarinet:
Ed Atkins (on 1923-10-16) and Buster Bailey (on 1923-10-16)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-10-16) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-10-16)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-10-16)
King Oliver’s Jazz Band?:??
D4Wa Wa Wa
banjo:
Bud Scott (on 1926-05-29)
cornet:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1926-05-29) and Bob Shoffner (on 1926-05-29)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1926-05-29)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1926-05-29)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1926-05-29), Albert Nicholas (on 1926-05-29) and Billy Page (1920s US clarinetist/saxophonist) (on 1926-05-29)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1926-05-29)
tuba [brass bass]:
Bert Cobb (on 1926-05-29)
recording of:
Wa Wa Wa (on 1926-05-29)
writer:
Mort Schaeffer
King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators?:??
D5Snag It
cornet:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1926-09-17)
recording of:
Snag It (on 1926-09-17)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators?:??
D6Aunt Hagar's Blues
banjo:
Will Johnson (jazz musician) (on 1928-09-10)
cornet:
Ed Anderson (early jazz trumpeter) (on 1928-09-10) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1928-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1928-09-10)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1928-09-10)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1928-09-10) and Omer Simeon (on 1928-09-10)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1928-09-10)
tuba [brass bass]:
Bass Moore (on 1928-09-10)
instrumental recording of:
Aunt Hagar’s Blues (on 1928-09-10)
lyricist:
James “Tim” Brymn
composer:
William Christopher Handy
King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators?:??
▼ 12" Vinyl 3
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E1Maple Leaf Rag
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers2:57
E2China Boy
Bechet-Spanier Big Four3:52
E3Down in Honky Tonk Town
recording of:
Down in Honky Tonk Town
writer:
Charles McCarron (in 1916) and Chris Smith (Ragtime composer) (in 1916)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:03
E4Old Stack O'Lee Blues
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five4:13
E5Swanee River
Sidney Bechet3:20
E6Winin' Boy Blues
Albert Nicholas Quartet2:49
F1New Orleans Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-04-22)
banjo:
Bud Scott (on 1927-04-22)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-04-22)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1927-04-22)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1927-04-22)
tenor saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1927-04-22)
trombone:
Roy Palmer (US early jazz trombonist) (on 1927-04-22)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-04-22)
recording of:
New Orleans Stomp (on 1927-04-22)
composer:
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers2:48
F2Heah Me Talkin'
Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra3:15
F3Apex Blues
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra3:08
F4I Know That You Know
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra2:56
F5The Blues Jumped a Rabbit
Jimmie Noone & His New Orleans Band3:04
F6Step Steps Up
Barney Bigard Trio3:27
▼ 12" Vinyl 4
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G1Beau Koo Jack
Omer Simeon2:46
G2Smoke House Blues
Omer Simeon2:31
G3Edmond Hall Blues
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet4:16
G4Original Dixieland One Step
Wild Bill Davison3:08
G5Cook Good
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet3:30
G6Duet Stomp
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-11-15)
alto saxophone:
Theodore Purnell (on 1929-11-15)
banjo:
Emanuel Sayles (on 1929-11-15)
clarinet:
Sidney Arodin (on 1929-11-15)
cornet:
Lee Collins (jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-15)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1929-11-15)
drums (drum set):
Joe Strode-Raphael (on 1929-11-15)
piano:
Joe Robichaux (on 1929-11-15)
tenor saxophone:
David Jones (early 20th century US jazz saxophonist) (on 1929-11-15)
Jones and Collins Astoria Hot Eight2:57
H1Tiger Rag
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:21
H2She's Crying for Me
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:53
H3Five Point Blues
Bob Crosby's Bobcats3:02
H4Spain
drums (drum set):
Ray Bauduc (on 1940-02-06)
recording of:
Spain (on 1940-02-06)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
Bob Crosby's Bobcats3:05
H5Clarinet Blues
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1939-11-30)
double bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1939-11-30)
drums (drum set):
Don Carter (jazz drummer) (on 1939-11-30)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1939-11-30)
tenor saxophone:
Eddie Miller (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-30)
trombone:
Les Jenkins (on 1939-11-30)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1939-11-30)
Jess Stacy and His Orchestra3:19
H6Jitterbugs on Parade
Louis Prima2:36