Reefer Blues: Weed with Roots in Hell, Vol. 2

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Killin' Jive
The Cats and the Fiddle2:51
2Reefer Man
Baron Lee & The Blue Rhythm Band2:52
3Are You Hep to the Jive
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-08-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1940-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1940-08-28)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1940-08-28)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-08-28)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1940-08-28) and Walter Thomas (on 1940-08-28)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1940-08-28), Quentin Jackson (on 1940-08-28) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-08-28)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1940-08-28), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-08-28) and Lammar Wright (on 1940-08-28)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1940-08-28)
recording of:
Are You Hep to the Jive! (Yas, Yas) (on 1940-08-28)
writer:
Cab Calloway and Buck Ram
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:50
4Viper's Drag
Fats Waller2:57
5Weed Smokers Dream
recording of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy (in 1936)
The Harlem Hamfats3:20
6Selling That Stuff
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1929-04)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04) and Don Redman (in 1929-04)
banjo:
Dave Wilborn (in 1929-04)
clarinet:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04), Don Redman (in 1929-04), Prince Robinson (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
drums (drum set):
Cuba Austin (in 1929-04)
piano:
Todd Rhodes (in 1929-04)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
trombone:
Claude Jones (in 1929-04)
trumpet:
Langston Curl (in 1929-04) and John Nesbitt (in 1929-04)
tuba:
Ralph Escudero (in 1929-04)
vocals:
Cuba Austin (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:47
7All Muggled Up
trombone:
Blue Steele (on 1930-05-15)
Blue Steele and His Orchestra2:48
8If You're a Viper (The Reefer Song)
Bob Howard and His Boys2:24
9Texas Tea Party
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:22
10Lotus Blossom
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends3:21
11The Stuff Is Here and It's Mellow
Cleo Brown2:45
12Feelin' 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
13Viper's Dream
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:14
14Sendin' the Vipers
Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra2:56
15Pot Hound Blues
Lucille Bogan3:03
16Smoking Reefers
Larry Adler3:07
17My Blue Heaven
alto saxophone:
Laforest Dent (on 1935-12-23) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1935-12-23)
baritone saxophone:
Earl Carruthers (on 1935-12-23)
clarinet:
Earl Carruthers (on 1935-12-23), Laforest Dent (on 1935-12-23), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1935-12-23) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1935-12-23)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1935-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1935-12-23)
guitar:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1935-12-23) and Al Norris (on 1935-12-23)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1935-12-23)
reeds:
Earl Carruthers (on 1935-12-23), Dan Grissom (on 1935-12-23), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1935-12-23) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1935-12-23)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1935-12-23)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1935-12-23), Elmer Crumbley (on 1935-12-23) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1935-12-23)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1935-12-23), Eddie Tompkins (on 1935-12-23) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1935-12-23)
vocals:
Dan Grissom (on 1935-12-23), Sy Oliver (on 1935-12-23), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1935-12-23) and Eddie Tompkins (on 1935-12-23)
conductor:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1935-12-23)
recording of:
My Blue Heaven (on 1935-12-23)
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:15
18The G Man Got the T Man
Cee Pee Johnson and Band3:09