Description
From humble origins in New Orleans to its journey upriver to Chicago, this Rough Guide charts the rise of jazz with classic tracks by legends such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington & Jelly Roll Morton as well as many other pioneering artists.
the birth of jazz didn’t happen overnight but came into being by a slow process of accumulation – the gradual fusion of many different strains and the impact of many different personalities. But by the turn of the twentieth century, and largely in the city of New Orleans, the music now called “jazz” was starting to take recognisable shape. Central to its development was the red-light district in New Orleans known as Storyville which gave musicians the opportunity to perform in its many saloons, brothels, dance halls and cabarets.
Storyville was closed at midnight on November 12, 1917 and this set the scene for a whole new phase of jazz evolution as musicians began to migrate upriver to the northern cities and in particular Chicago, a place full of night spots that needed bands and afforded a better standard of living.
With the exception of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s ‘Tiger Rag’ from 1918, all of these recordings were made between 1920 and 1930, often described as the “golden age”, which marked many crucial events in jazz, not least the prohibition of alcohol law which gave rise to the Windy City becoming the home port for the major bootleggers and thus the centre of a rough, flourishing nightlife. This decade saw the rise of the first wave of jazz stars, including the great Louis Armstrong. The classic opening track ’Dippermouth Blues’ by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (featuring Louis Armstrong) is often accredited to Armstrong, partly because "Dippermouth" in the song's title, was a nickname of Armstrong himself.
01 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band – Duppermouth Blues 02:29
02 Eddie Lang – Eddie's Twister 02:51
03 Tiny Parham And His Musicians – Sud Buster's Dream 02:59
04 Louis Armstrong Orchestra – Muggles 02:50
05 New Orleans Rhythm Kings – Bugle Call Blues 02:18
06 Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang – Ol' Man River 03:04
07 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra – The Stampede 03:09
08 Earl Hines – I Ain't Got Nobody And Nobody Cares For Me 03:05
09 Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz 03:24
10 Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals – Salty Doug 02:36
11 Russell's Hot Six – Sweet Mumtaz 03:07
12 Joe Venuti's Blue Four – Cheese And Crackers 02:53
13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Black And Tan Fantasy 03:23
14 Eddie Condon's Quartet – Indiana 02:56
15 Fats Waller – Muscle Shoals Blues 03:14
16 Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra – Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 02:51
17 Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Tiger Rag 03:11
18 Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra – It's Tight Like That 02:44
19 Benny Goodman – Clarinetitis 02:24
20 James P. Johnson* – Carolina Shout 02:44
21 Clarence Williams' Blue Five – Wild Cat Blues 02:58
22 The Chicago Footwarmers – Oriental Man 02:40
23 The Bucktown Five – Chicago Blues 02:30
24 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra – South 02:43
25 Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues 03:09
26 E. C. Cobb And His Corn-Eaters - Transatlantic Stomp 03:09
Music Style(s)
Guitar , Jazz
Associated Countries
America
Age Suitability
Teen , Young Adult , Thirty-Something , Young At Heart
Ethics
Cultural , Ethically Produced , FSC
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