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Table of Contents:

• Tom cat blues (Jelly Roll Morton) (3:07)
• Kentucky stomp (Dixie Four) (2:27)
• Wolverine blues (Jelly Roll Morton Trio) (3:22)
• Just too soon (Earl Hines) (3:19)
• Fireworks (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) (3:06)
• Little Rock getaway (Joe Sullivan) (2:36)
• Barrelhouse (Jess Stacy) (3:01)
• Handful of keys (Fats Waller) (2:47)
• Once upon a time (Chocolate Dandies) (3:28)
• Snowy morning blues (James P. Johnson) (3:10)
• Special #1 (Meade Lux Lewis) (3:05)
• Mexico reminiscences (Jack Dupree) (2:43)
• Libra (Mary Lou Williams) (2:50)
• The blues (Lennie Tristano Trio) (3:41).

Contributors:

Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941

Hines, Earl, 1903-1983

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Sullivan, Joe, 1906-1971

Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995

Waller, Fats, 1904-1943

Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955

Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992

Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

Ramsey, Frederic, Jr., 1915-1995

Jelly Roll Morton Trio

Dixie Four (Musical group)

Hot Five

McKinney's Cotton Pickers

Lennie Tristano Trio

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings

Related Series:

Custom compact disc series

Subjects:

Piano music (Jazz)

Jazz

Performers:

Various performers.

General Notes:

Smithsonian Folkways: FJ 2809 (F-2809 on container spine)
Recorded between 1924 and 1945.
Previously released on LP as FJ 2809 in 1953. Individual pieces originally released on various labels; includes some tracks not issued before 1953.
Includes historical notes [by Frederick Ramsey, Jr.?] and personnel lists.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (43 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 88089

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways: FJ 2809
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways: F-2809
Publisher Number: FJ 2809 Folkways

OCLC Numbers:

42430470