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1CD: 1916–1948
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1Roll On, Heave That Cotton
Harry C. Browne2:57
2Oh! Susanna
Harry C. Browne with the Peerless Quartet3:37
3Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands Onto God
Marcus Garvey3:03
4We Love Humanity
Marcus Garvey0:17
5Black and Tan Fantasy
registrata a:
New York, New York, Stati Uniti (il 1927-04-07)
ance :
Otto Hardwick (il 1927-04-07) e Prince Robinson (il 1927-04-07)
banjo :
Fred Guy (il 1927-04-07)
batteria :
Sonny Greer (il 1927-04-07)
pianoforte :
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (il 1927-04-07)
tromba :
Louis Metcalf (il 1927-04-07) e Bubber Miley (il 1927-04-07)
trombone :
Joe Nanton (il 1927-04-07)
tuba [brass bass] :
Mack Shaw (il 1927-04-07)
arrangiatore:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (il 1927-04-07)
registrazione di:
Black and Tan Fantasy (il 1927-04-07)
compositore:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) e Bubber Miley
The Washingtonians13:20
6Dry Bone Shuffle
Arthur "Blind" Blake2:39
7The American Woman and the West Indian Man, Pt. 1
Sam Manning and Anna Freeman3:23
8The American Woman and the West Indian Man, Pt. 2
Sam Manning and Anna Freeman2:56
9High Society
registrata a:
New Orleans, Louisiana, Stati Uniti (nel 1928-12)
batteria :
Monk Hazel (nel 1928-12)
chitarra :
Joe Cupero (nel 1928-12)
clarinetto :
Sidney Arodin (nel 1928-12)
pianoforte :
Freddy Newman (US early jazz pianist) (nel 1928-12)
sassofono contralto e sassofono baritono :
Hal Jordy (US jazz saxophonist) (nel 1928-12)
tromba :
Sharkey Bonano (nel 1928-12)
tuba :
Luther Lamar (nel 1928-12)
registrazione di:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally) (nel 1928-12)
paroliere:
Walter Melrose
compositore:
Porter Steele (nel 1901-04)
si basa su:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra3:02
10Chicago High Life
registrazione di:
Chicago High Life
compositore:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
editore:
Hi-Cue Productions
Earl Hines2:53
11My Mammy
registrazione di:
My Mammy (il 1928-03-31)
paroliere:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) e Joe Young (US lyricist)
compositore:
Walter Donaldson
editore:
Irving Berlin Inc. (il 1920-12-29)
parte di:
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
Al Jolson3:13
12W.P.A. Blues
registrata a:
Chicago, Illinois, Stati Uniti (il 1936-02-12)
chitarra steel :
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (il 1936-02-12)
contrabbasso :
[unknown] ([sconosciuto], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (il 1936-02-12)
pianoforte :
Black Bob (il 1936-02-12)
voce:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (il 1936-02-12)
Casey Bill Weldon3:20
13The Bourgeois Blues
chitarra :
Lead Belly (nel 1944-05)
voce:
Lead Belly (nel 1944-05)
registrazione di:
The Bourgeois Blues (nel 1944-05)
paroliere e compositore:
Lead Belly
arrangiatore:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) e John A. Lomax
Lead Belly2:20
14Tarzan of Harlem
ance :
Chauncey Haughton (il 1939-10-17)
batteria :
Cozy Cole (il 1939-10-17)
chitarra :
Danny Barker (il 1939-10-17)
contrabbasso :
Milt Hinton (il 1939-10-17)
sassofono tenore :
Leon “Chu” Berry (il 1939-10-17) e Walter "Foots" Thomas (il 1939-10-17)
tromba :
Mario Bauzá (il 1939-10-17), Dizzy Gillespie (il 1939-10-17) e Lammar Wright (il 1939-10-17)
trombone :
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (il 1939-10-17), Claude Jones (il 1939-10-17) e DePriest Wheeler (il 1939-10-17)
voce:
Cab Calloway (il 1939-10-17)
parte di:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (numero: WM-1102)
registrazione di:
Tarzan of Harlem (il 1939-10-17)
paroliere:
Irving Mills e Buck Ram
compositore:
Lupin Fein e Henry Nemo
Cab Calloway2:51
15Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:14
16Parchman Farm Blues
registrata a:
Chicago, Illinois, Stati Uniti (il 1940-03-07)
chitarra e voce principale:
Bukka White (il 1940-03-07)
washboard :
Washboard Sam (il 1940-03-07)
voce:
Bukka White (il 1940-03-07)
registrazione di:
Parchman Farm Blues (il 1940-03-07)
paroliere e compositore:
Bukka White
registrazione di:
Parchman Farm (nel 1940)
paroliere e compositore:
Mose Allison
editore:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:41
17Trouble
basso :
Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White)
chitarra :
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
voce:
Sam Gary, Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White) e Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Josh White3:21
18Uncle Sam Says
Josh White2:44
19Old Alabama
field recording:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
registrata presso:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, Stati Uniti
B.B. and group3:04
20Early in the Mornin’
voce:
"Hart Hat" (Willie Lacey), "Little Red" (1940s prison blues recorded by Alan Lomax) e "Tangle Eye" Walter Jackson (American soul ballad singer)
voce principale:
"22" (Benny Will Richardson) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
field recording:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (dal 1947-11 al 1947-12)
registrata presso:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, Stati Uniti e Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Quitman County, Mississippi, Stati Uniti (dal 1947-11 al 1947-12)
’22’ and group4:41
2CD: 1944–1958
3CD: 1956–1962

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