Piano Jazz: The History

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: 1906‐1925
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Frog Legs
James Scott2:47
2A Real Slow Drag
Scott Joplin3:22
3American Beauty Drag
Joseph F. Lamb2:45
4Desecration Rag
Felix Arndt3:06
5Magnet Rag
Scott Joplin3:26
6Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin3:11
7Blooie Blooie
Edythe Baker2:02
8Cryin' Blues
Amanda Randolph3:00
9Home Again Blues
Eubie Blake2:41
10Harlem Strut
James P. Johnson2:38
11Arkansas Blues
James P. Johnson4:21
12Arkansas Blues
Eubie Blake2:59
13Muscle Shoals Blues
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1922-10-21)
Fats Waller3:17
14Hard Luck Blues
Everett Robbins4:26
15Chime Blues
Fletcher Henderson3:32
16Sugar Blues
Clarence Williams3:17
17Snake Hips
Fats Waller2:29
18The Pearls
recording of:
The Pearls
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton3:16
19Gulf Coast Blues
Clarence Johnson2:59
20The Fives
Hersal Thomas4:38
21Chicago Stomps
Jimmy Blythe2:59
22Perfect Rag
recording of:
Perfect Rag
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:44
23My Own Blues
Clarence Williams2:51
24I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?
Frank Banta2:37
2▼CD: 1926‐1929
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Fifth Street Blues
Cow Cow Davenport1:52
2Squeeze Me
Fats Waller3:03
3Hock Shop Blues
Cliff Jackson4:01
4Dead Man Blues
piano:
Jelly Roll Morton
recording of:
Dead Man Blues (in 1924)
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton4:17
5Changes
Vee Lawnhurst2:59
6Snowy Morning Blues
James P. Johnson2:43
7Riffs
James P. Johnson3:12
8Mr. Jelly Lord
recording of:
Mr. Jelly Lord
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:52
9Dew-Drop Alley
Sugar Underwood3:18
10Cow Cow Blues
Cow Cow Davenport3:09
11Gin Mill Blues
recording of:
Gin Mill Blues
composer:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA)
Lemuel Fowler3:29
12Swampy River
recording of:
Swampy River
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington2:47
13Down and Out Blues
Lemuel Fowler4:28
14Blues In Thirds
recording of:
Blues in Thirds
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
Hi-Cue Productions
Earl Hines2:54
15A Monday Date
recording of:
My Monday Date
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
adaptations:
My Monday Date (with lyrics)
Earl Hines3:13
16Fifty-Seven Varieties
Earl Hines3:10
17Pine Top's Blues
Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith2:49
18Glad Rag Roll
recording of:
Glad Rag Doll
lyricist:
Dan Dougherty and Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Morris Edwin H&O, Inc and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Earl Hines3:00
19Numb Fumblin'
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-03-01)
Fats Waller2:51
20Chime Blues
Cow Cow Davenport3:14
21Detroit Rocks
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-04-23)
solo piano:
Montana Taylor (on 1929-04-23)
Montana Taylor3:20
22Smashing Thirds
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-09-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-09-24)
Fats Waller3:11
23Dearborn Street Breakdown
Charles Avery3:16
24Thirty-One Blues
Bob Call2:38
3▼CD: 1930‐Oct. 1936
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You've Got To Be Modernistic
recording of:
You've Got to Be Modernistic
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson3:12
2No. 29
recording of:
No. 29
writer:
Wesley Wallace (US blues pianist)
Wesley Wallace3:15
3Night Life
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1930-04-24)
solo piano:
Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer) (on 1930-04-24)
Mary Lou Williams2:59
4Memories of You
solo piano:
Garland Wilson (early 1900s American jazz pianist) (on 1932-02-02)
instrumental recording of:
Memories of You (on 1932-02-02)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Garland Wilson3:05
5Pratt City Blues
Jabo Williams3:21
6Lots O' Fingers
recording of:
Lots o’ Fingers
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington2:51
7Tiger Rag
Art Tatum2:22
8Gin Mill Blues
recording of:
Gin Mill Blues
composer:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA)
Joe Sullivan3:13
9Little Rock Getaway
Joe Sullivan2:59
10St. Louis Blues
Herman Chittison3:25
11Alligator Crawl
Fats Waller2:45
12African Ripples
Fats Waller3:11
13Tea For Two
Fats Waller3:05
14Texas Stomp
Dorothy Rice3:28
15Liza
Teddy Wilson2:57
16In The Dark/Flashes
solo piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1935-11-16)
Jess Stacy3:15
17Barrelhouse
Jess Stacy3:02
18Cheek To Cheek
Joe Turner2:44
19Mr. Freddie Blues
Meade Lux Lewis3:02
20Farish Street Jive
Little Brother Montgomery2:33
4▼CD: 1937‐1939
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Swing Session
Duke Ellington1:48
2Stardust
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1937-06-11)
recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1937-06-11)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Fats Waller3:12
3Keepin' Out of Misschief Now
Fats Waller3:12
4Ain't Misbehavin'
Teddy Weatherford2:19
5Piano Stomp (Shine)
Lionel Hampton2:57
6Where Or When
Teddy Wilson3:25
7Morning Air
Willie “The Lion” Smith2:57
8Tiger Rag
Jelly Roll Morton3:17
9Don't Blame Me
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
instrumental recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (in 1938-10)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
recording of:
Don’t Blame Me
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
Nat King Cole2:25
10Boogie Woogie
recording of:
Boogie Woogie
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Count Basie3:06
11St. Louis Stomp
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-12-17)
guitar:
Robert Nighthawk (on 1938-12-17)
mandolin:
Willie Hatcher (Mandoline player) (on 1938-12-17)
piano:
Speckled Red (on 1938-12-17)
Speckled Red3:18
12Boogie Woogie Prayer
The Boogie Woogie Trio4:58
13Blue Boogie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1939)
piano and solo piano:
Cripple Clarence Lofton (in 1939)
recording of:
Blue Boogie (in 1939)
composer:
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Cripple Clarence Lofton2:54
14Suitcase Blues
piano:
Albert Ammons (on 1939-01-06)
recording of:
Suitcase Blues (on 1939-01-06)
composer:
Hersal Thomas
Albert Ammons3:52
15Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons3:38
16Echoes Of Spring
Willie “The Lion” Smith2:45
17Candlelights
recording of:
Candlelights (1930 instrumental by Bix Beiderbecke)
composer:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (in 1930)
Jess Stacy3:19
18Far Ago Blues
Meade Lux Lewis4:06
19Informal Blues
Duke Ellington2:45
20Lone Star Blues
Pete Johnson3:09
21The Fives
Jimmy Yancey3:06
22Between Sets
Billy Kyle2:34
23Rib Town Shuffle
Nat King Cole2:45
24Blueberry Rhyme
recording of:
Blueberry Rhyme
composer:
James P. Johnson
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
James P. Johnson3:24
5▶CD: 1939‐1941
6▶CD: 1941‐1945
7▶CD: 1945‐1947
8▶CD: 1947‐1949
9▶CD: 1950‐1951
10▶CD: 1952