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Summary:

The entire output of the King Jazz label which was formed by Mezz Mezzrow, on five discs. With Hot Lips Page, Sammy Price, Danny Barker, and George Pops Foster and others.

Table of Contents:

• Disc 1. In a Mezz ; Mezzrow talks ; Those mellow blues ; Gully low blues ; Cow cow blues ; 133rd Street boogie ; Mezzrow talks ; I finally gotcha ; Boogin' with Mezz ; Callin' 'em home ; Step down, step up ; Shakin' loose (2 versions) ; Broken man blues ; New jailhouse blues ; House party (2 versions) ; Perdido Street stomp (2 versions) ; Revolutionary blues, part 1-2 ; Mezzrow talks ; Blood on the moon ; Levee blues ; Mezzrow talks ; Layin' my rules in blues ; Bad, bad baby blues (2 versions) ; Disc 2. Mezzrow talks ; Saw mill blues ; Minor swoon (3 versions) ; The sheik of Araby (2 versions) ; Boogin' with Big Sid ; Mezzrow talks ; Baby, I'm cuttin' out (3 versions) ; Ole Miss (2 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; Bowin' the blues (2 versions) ; Jelly roll (4 versions) ; Perdido Street stomp (2 versions) ; 32 Bars of blues ; Forgotten harmony ; Revolutionary blues
• Disc 3. Mezzrow talks ; Gone away blues ; De luxe stomp ; Mezzrow talks ; Out of the Gallion (3 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; Breathless blues ; Mezzrow talks ; Really the blues, part 1-2 (2 versions each) ; Evil gal blues ; Mezzrow talks ; Fat Mama blues ; Mezzrow talks ; You got to give it to me ; Hey daddy blues ; Whoop this wolf away from my door (3 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; You can't do that to me ; Groovin' the minor (2 versions)
• Disc 4. Where am I (3 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; Tommy's blues (2 versions) ; Chicago function part 1-2 (2 versions each) ; Mezzrow talks ; I want some (2 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; I'm speaking my mind (3 versions)
• Disc 5. I'll never forget the blues (2 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; The blues and Freud, part 1-2 ; Kaiser's last break (2 versions) ; I'm goin' away from here (2 versions) ; I got you some ; I must have my boogie ; Funky butt (2 versions) ; Delta mood (2 versions) ; Mezzrow talks ; Blues of the roaring twenties (2 versions) ; Caravan.

Contributors:

Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 , instrumentalist

Albertson, Chris , writer of supplementary textual content

Stefansen, Anders , producer

Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 , instrumentalist, speaker

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Accompanying materials: English

Subjects:

Jazz — 1941-1950

Blues (Music) — 1941-1950

1941-1950

Blues (Music)

Jazz

United States

Genres:

Jazz

Performers:

Sidney Bechet, soprano saxophone ; Milton Mezzrow, clarinet ; with assisting musicians.

Production Credits:

Compilation produced by Anders Stefansen.

General Notes:

Recorded 1945-1947.
Notes by Chris Albertson.
Title from container.
Booklet with program notes by Chris Albertson (15 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

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

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 143,190- 143,194

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 717101861125
Publisher Number, Storyville: 1088611

OCLC Numbers:

837393295