VA - Paramount Jazz [2009] (4 x CDs)

SUNDAY JAZZ

PARAMOUNT

VA - Paramount Jazz [2009] (4 x CDs)

Working in collaboration with archivist Joe Bussard, the amazing JSP label has made large quantities of vintage music available in beautifully remastered and surprisingly affordable four-CD sets. Breaking Out of New Orleans documents the early northern migration of Crescent City jazz bands, while Gennett Jazz and Paramount Jazz each sample the thriving Chicago music scene during the '20s. Paramount Jazz forages even wider and deeper than the Gennett set, covering the years 1921-1929 with 100 titles credited to a profoundly diverse procession of singers and instrumentalists. For every familiar name like Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and Ida Cox, there are dozens more who are well-worth investigating, regardless of how little or how much you think you know about this kind of music. For those who are so inclined, this reservoir of historic recordings may serve as a seed bed for individualized musicological research. Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, for example, was both the house band for Paramount Records and an important showcase for the talents of cornetist Tommy Ladnier and clarinetist Jimmy O'Bryant. Multi-instrumentalist Boyd Senter is often branded with the word "obscure", (a term that could be taken to mean "out of sight") but his presence in several early Jelly Roll Morton ensembles seems to bring him ever so slightly forward out of the shadows. As for the Wisconsin U Skyrockets, Charlie Straight's Orchestra, the Midway Garden Orchestra and Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orchestra, these charming dance bands work nicely as stylistic counterweights in the same package as Jeanette's Synco Jazzers, Vance Dixon's Jazz Maniacs, Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools, Jasper Taylor & His State Street Boys, Preston Jackson & His Uptown Band, and Jimmy Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins. Note that JSP has also released Paramount Masters, a survey of classic early blues, and Paramount Old Time Recordings, a tour of early white rural and hillbilly music. Each compilation in the JSP catalog is intended as both an introduction to and a celebration of the musicians and their music. None of these sets are exclusively designed or narrowly recommended for specialists and connoisseurs. The Gennett Jazz anthology's copious explanatory notes, the inclusion of well-known classic jazz recordings that most experienced early jazz lovers are sure to already own, and the absence of alternate takes are clearly in line with JSP's mission to make historic recordings accessible to anyone who wants to dive in and experience music played and heard so very long ago. The fact that the Paramount Jazz box is richly stocked with a higher percentage of rare material makes it all the more exciting and entertaining for experts and newcomers alike. (AMG reviw by by arwulf arwulf)

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Track lists

CD1

01 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Mabel's Dream 2:52

02 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Riverside Blues 2:57

03 Charlie Straight & His Orchestra - Buddy's Habits 2:56

04 Charlie Straight & His Orchestra - Henpecked Blues 2:50

05 Windy Rhythm Kings - Piggly Wiggly Blues 2:48

06 Windy Rhythm Kings - South African Blues 3:15

07 Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four - Mr. Jelly Lord 2:52

08 Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings - Steady Roll 2:35

09 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Steppin' On The Blues 2:27

10 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Traveling Blues 2:38

11 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Charleston, South Carolina 2:52

12 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Heebie Jeebies 2:52

13 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Peepin' Blues 3:07

14 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Chicago Mess Around 3:08

15 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Galion Stomp 3:12

16 Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders - Rampart Street Blues 2:56

17 Ida Cox - Kentucky Man Blues 2:58

18 Ida Cox - Death Letter Blues 3:03

19 Ida Cox - Don't Blame Me 3:01

20 Ida Cox - Scottle De Doo 2:58

21 Viola Bartlette - Go Back Where You Stayed Last Right 3:33

22 Viola Bartlette - Tennessee Blues 2:45

23 Wisconsin U Skyrockets - Dizzy Corners 2:51

24 Wisconsin U Skyrockets - Postage Stamp 2:30

25 Boyd Senter - Fat Mama Blue 3:21

CD2

01 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra - Shake 'em Up 2:54

02 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra - Jingles 2:48

03 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra - New Down Home Rag 3:09

04 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra - Squeeze Me 2:57

05 Barrel House Five Orchestra - Hot Lovin' 3:01

06 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra - Mama Stayed Out 3:11

07 Edna Taylor - Good Man Blues 3:02

08 Edna Taylor - Jelly's Blues 2:56

09 Sara Martin - Death Sting Me Blues 2:55

10 Sara Martin - Mistreating Man Blues 2:51

11 Lucille Hegamin - High Brown Blues 2:59

12 Lucille Hegamin - State Street Blues 3:16

13 Jeanette's Syncho Jazzers - The Bumps 2:34

14 Jeanette's Syncho Jazzers - What's That Thing 2:44

15 Midway Garden Orchestra - Lot's O' Mama 2:57

16 Midway Garden Orchestra - Sobbin' Blues 3:04

17 Bill Haid & His Cubs - A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2:58

18 Bill Haid & His Cubs - Doin' The Racoon 2:53

19 Charles Pierce And His Orchestra - Jazz Me Blues 3:04

20 Charles Pierce And His Orchestra - Sister Kate 3:01

21 Alberta Hunter - Don't Pan Me 3:03

22 Ida Cox - Fogyism 2:51

23 Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orchestra - New St. Louis Blues 2:50

24 Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orchestra - Tiger Rag 2:35

25 Bertha Henderson - Let Your Love Come Down 2:29

CD3

01 Bertha Henderson - Black Bordered Letter 3:02

02 Bertha Henderson - Six Thirty Blues 2:36

03 Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Phillips Street Stomp 2:41

04 Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Nelson Blues 2:34

05 Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - New Orleans Breakdown 2:51

06 Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Coo Coo Stomp 3:10

07 Hannah Sylvester - The Wicked (Dirty) Fives 3:09

08 Ethel Waters - Brown Baby 3:00

09 Ethel Waters - Ain't Gonna Marry 3:00

10 Louisiana Stompers - Hop Off 3:13

11 Louisiana Stompers - Rough House Blues 3:08

12 Trixie Smith - Log Cabin Blues 3:20

13 Trixie Smith - Voodoo Blues 3:08

14 Trixie Smith - The World's Jazz Crazy And So Am I 3:04

15 Trixie Smith - Railroad Blues 3:01

16 Original Memphis Five - Back O' Town Blues 3:09

17 Original Memphis Five - St. Louis Gal 3:03

18 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Off To Buffalo 2:56

19 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Swamp Blues 3:00

20 Madlyn Davis & Her Hot Shots - Kokola Blues 2:56

21 Madlyn Davis & Her Hot Shots - Winter Blues 3:20

22 Richard Jones & His Jazz Wizards - Hot And Ready 2:54

23 Richard Jones & His Jazz Wizards - It's A Low Down Thing 2:59

24 Harlem Harmony Kings - Hard Time Blues 3:13

25 Harlem Harmony Kings - John Henry Blues 3:07

CD4

01 Jimmy Blythe's Wasboard Ragamuffins - Ape Man 2:45

02 Jimmy Blythe's Wasboard Ragamuffins - Your Folks 2:40

03 Jimmy Blythe's Sinful Five - Pump Tillie 2:40

04 Jimmy Blythe - Lovin's Been Here And Gone To The Mecca 2:48

05 Jimmy Blythe - Mr. Freddie Blues 3:13

06 Elzadie Robinson - Elzadie's Policy Blues 3:16

07 Elzadie Robinson - Pay Day Daddy Blues 3:10

08 Dxie Four - Kentucky Stomp 2:30

09 Dixie Four - St. Louis Man 2:32

10 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Midnight Strutters 3:19

11 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Three J. Blues 2:50

12 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Steppin' On The Gas 2:53

13 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Clarinet Getaway 2:41

14 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Back Alley Rub 3:12

15 Jimmy O'bryant's (Famous Original) Washboard Band - Shake That Thing 2:39

16 Jesper Taylor & His State Street Boys - It Must Be The Blues 2:31

17 Jesper Taylor & His State Street Boys - Stomp Time Blues 2:36

18 Vance Dixon's Jazz Maniacs - Crazy Quilt 2:53

19 Vance Dixon's Jazz Maniacs - My Man Just Won't Don't 2:50

20 Preston Jackson & Hos Uptown Band - Harmony Blues 2:46

21 Preston Jackson & Hos Uptown Band - It's Tight Jim 3:06

22 Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools - Day Break Blues 2:58

23 Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools - Fade Away Blues 2:59

24 Jelly Roll Morton - Thirty Fifth Street Blues 2:30

25 King Oliver's Jazz Band - The Southern Stomps 2:39

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