788065902520

All Star Jazz Quartets 1927-1941

Various Artists

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: JSPCD925

Release Date:  06 March 2006

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  788065902520

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    This 97-track, 4CD set covering the period 1927 to 1941 illustrates that virtually any combination of four instrumentalists can provide us with some swinging and entertaining jazz. If one or more of the musicians doubles on an extra instrument or two, (e.g. Adrian Rollini, Sidney Bechet, Frankie Trumbauer, Buster Bailey, Hot Lips Page, Cecil Scott) the range is expanded considerably. There is also the occasional vocal, but in the main the instruments win.

    Some of the leading trumpet players of the pre-war jazz scene happen to have made records as part of a quartet, and these include Louis Armstrong. His one track on this CD was made when he and Sidney Bechet were reunited after many years. Louis sings an old favourite of his, remembering his days in New Orleans.

    Other featured quartets include Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers, the Louisiana Sugar Babes, the Teddy Wilson Quartet, the Benny Goodman Quartet, the Delta Four, Coleman Hawkins & His Rhythm, Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Eddie South & His Alabamians, Clarence Williams' Washboard Four and many more.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Coal Cart Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
      • 2. Montmartre (Django's Jump) - Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers
      • 3. Low Cotton - Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers
      • 4. Finesse - Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers
      • 5. I Know What You Know - Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers
      • 6. Solid Old Man - Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers
      • 7. Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page Trio
      • 8. Just Another Woman - Hot Lips Page Trio
      • 9. My Fightin' Gal - Hot Lips Page Trio
      • 10. Evil Man's Blues - Hot Lips Page Trio
      • 11. Do It If You Wanna - Hot Lips Page Trio
      • 12. Willow Tree - Louisiana Sugar Babes
      • 13. 'Sippi - Louisiana Sugar Babes
      • 14. Thou Swell - Louisiana Sugar Babes
      • 15. Persian Rug - Louisiana Sugar Babes
      • 16. Jazz Battle - Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
      • 17. Ain't Misbehavin' - Teddy Wilson Quartet
      • 18. Honeysuckle Rose - Teddy Wilson Quartet
      • 19. Just A Mood (Blue Mood) Parts 1 & 2 - Teddy Wilson Quartet
      • 20. Lady Be Good - Ducky Wells & His Orchestra
      • 21. Dickie Wells Blues - Ducky Wells & His Orchestra
      • 22. You Can't Cheat A Cheater - Tom Dorsey & his Novelty Orchestra
      • 23. Four Or Five Times - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 24. Sweet Loraine - Bechet-Spanier Big Four

      Disc 2

      • 1. Moon Glow - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 2. Dinah - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 3. Vibraphone Blues - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 4. Sweet Sue-Just You - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 5. My Melancholy Baby - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 6. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 7. Whispering - Benny Goodman Quartet
      • 8. Swingin' On That Famous Door - Delta Four
      • 9. Farewell Blues - Delta Four
      • 10. Lazy River - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 11. China Boy - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 12. That's A Plenty - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 13. Sweet Sue - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 14. Okey-Dokey - Noble-Sissle's Swingsters
      • 15. Oh! Baby - Eddie Condon Quartet
      • 16. Indiana - Eddie Condon Quartet
      • 17. Dedication - Coleman Hawkins & His Rhythm
      • 18. Edmond Hall Blues - Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
      • 19. Celestial Express - Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
      • 20. I Hear You Talking - Four Of The Bob Cats
      • 21. Call Me A Taxi - Four Of The Bob Cats
      • 22. Smoke-House Blues - Omer Simeon
      • 23. Mournful Serenade - Jelly Roll Morton Quartet

      Disc 3

      • 1. Kickin' The Cat - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 2. Beatin' The Dog - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 3. Cheese And Crackers - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 4. A Mug Of Ale - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 5. Dinah - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 6. The Wild Dog - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 7. Runnin' Ragged (Bamboozlin' The Bassoon) - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 8. Apple Blossoms - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 9. Raggin' The Scale - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 10. Put And Take - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 11. The Wild Dog - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 12. Really Blue - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
      • 13. La Rosita - Eddie South & His Alabamians
      • 14. The Voice Of The Southland - Eddie South & His Alabamians
      • 15. By The Waters Of Minnetonka - Eddie South & His Alabamians
      • 16. My Ohio Home - Eddie South & His Alabamians
      • 17. That's What I Call Keen - Eddie South & His Alabamians
      • 18. Fiddle Blues - Eddie South
      • 19. You Took Advantage Of Me - Stephanie Grappelly
      • 20. Sweet Sue, Just You - Michel Warlop
      • 21. Jamming In Four - Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
      • 22. Profoundly Blue - Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
      • 23. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - Bechet-Spanier Big Four
      • 24. Sqeeze Me - Bechet-Spanier Big Four

      Disc 4

      • 1. Easy Come Easy Go - Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizard
      • 2. The Blues Stampede - Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizard
      • 3. I'm Goin' Huntin' - Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizard
      • 4. If You Want To Be My Sugar Papa - Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizard
      • 5. Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love - Clarence Williams' Washboard Four
      • 6. Candy Lips - Clarence Williams' Washboard Four
      • 7. Yama Yama Blues - Clarence Williams' Washboard Four
      • 8. (Norfolk) Church Street Sobbin' Blues - Clarence Williams' Washboard Four
      • 9. Oriental Man - Dixie-Land Thumpers
      • 10. Sock That Thing - Dixie-Land Thumpers
      • 11. Ballin' The Jack - The Chicago Footwarmers
      • 12. Grandma's Ball - The Chicago Footwarmers
      • 13. Five O'Clock Stomp - Dixie Four
      • 14. South Side Stomp - Dixie Four
      • 15. Forty And Tight - Beale Street Washboard Band
      • 16. Piggly Wiggly - Beale Street Washboard Band
      • 17. Whip Me With Plenty Of Love - Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
      • 18. Worn Out Blues - Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
      • 19. Beer Garden Blues - Clarence Williams & His Orchestra
      • 20. Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) - Clarence Williams & His Orchestra
      • 21. There's Gonna Be The Devil To Pay - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs
      • 22. Streamline Girl - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs
      • 23. What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You? - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs
      • 24. Harlem Joys - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs
      • 25. Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs
      • 26. Swing, Brother, Swing - Willie Smith (The Lion) & His Cubs