Tracklist

1CD: 1916–1948
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-07)
banjo:
Fred Guy (on 1927-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1927-04-07)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1927-04-07)
reeds:
Otto Hardwick (on 1927-04-07) and Prince Robinson (on 1927-04-07)
trombone:
Joe Nanton (on 1927-04-07)
trumpet:
Louis Metcalf (on 1927-04-07) and Bubber Miley (on 1927-04-07)
tuba [brass bass]:
Mack Shaw (on 1927-04-07)
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1927-04-07)
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy (on 1927-04-07)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and 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
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1928-12)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Hal Jordy (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1928-12)
clarinet:
Sidney Arodin (in 1928-12)
drums (drum set):
Monk Hazel (in 1928-12)
guitar:
Joe Cupero (in 1928-12)
piano:
Freddy Newman (US early jazz pianist) (in 1928-12)
trumpet:
Sharkey Bonano (in 1928-12)
tuba:
Luther Lamar (in 1928-12)
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally) (in 1928-12)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra3:02
10Chicago High Life
recording of:
Chicago High Life
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
Hi-Cue Productions
Earl Hines2:53
11My Mammy
recording of:
My Mammy (on 1928-03-31)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1920-12-29)
part of:
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
Al Jolson3:13
12W.P.A. Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-02-12)
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1936-02-12)
steel guitar:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1936-02-12)
vocals:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1936-02-12)
Casey Bill Weldon3:20
13The Bourgeois Blues
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1944-05)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1944-05)
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues (in 1944-05)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly2:20
14Tarzan of Harlem
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-10-17)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-10-17)
reeds:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-10-17) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1939-10-17)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-10-17), Claude Jones (on 1939-10-17) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-10-17)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-10-17), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1939-10-17) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-10-17)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-10-17)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1102)
recording of:
Tarzan of Harlem (on 1939-10-17)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Buck Ram
composer:
Lupin Fein and Henry Nemo
Cab Calloway2:51
15Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:14
16Parchman Farm Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:41
17Trouble
bass:
Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White)
guitar:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Sam Gary, Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White) and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Josh White3:21
18Uncle Sam Says
Josh White2:44
19Old Alabama
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
recorded at:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
B.B. and group3:04
20Early in the Mornin’
lead vocals:
"22" (Benny Will Richardson) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
vocals:
"Hart Hat" (Willie Lacey), "Little Red" (1940s prison blues recorded by Alan Lomax) and "Tangle Eye" Walter Jackson (American soul ballad singer)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
recorded at:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States and Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
’22’ and group4:41
2CD: 1944–1958
3CD: 1956–1962