L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940

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Annotation

Tracklist errors:
Track 10.24 is listed as "Delta Blues" by Son House in the booklet and on the cover. The actual song on the medium is "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson however.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-06 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Dixie Rhythm [1935]
The Four Blackbirds2:36
2I Can’t Dance, I’ve Got Ants in My Pants [1935‐01‐19]
recording of:
I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants (on 1935-01-19)
lyricist:
Lee Gaines
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Valaida Snow2:44
3I Ain’t Got Nobody [1935‐07‐02]
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1935-07-02)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1935-07-02) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1935-07-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1935-07-02), DePriest Wheeler (on 1935-07-02) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1935-07-02), Edwin Swayze (on 1935-07-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1935-07-02)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Cab Calloway3:04
4Down South Blues [1935]
Sleepy John Estes3:10
5Honey Dripper Blues [1935‐07‐15]
Georgia White3:09
6I’m Painting the Town Red [1935‐07‐31]
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1935-07-31)
clarinet:
Cecil Scott (on 1935-07-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-31)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1935-07-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1934-07-31, on 1935-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-31)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-31)
recording of:
I’m Painting the Town Red (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Sam H. Stept
Billie Holiday3:00
7I Feel a Song Comin’ On [1935‐07‐31]
recording of:
I Feel a Song Comin’ On (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and George Oppenheimer
Frances Langford & The Mahlon Merrick Orchestra3:03
8Ashes in My Whisky [1935]
Walter Davis2:36
9Truckin’ [1935‐08‐07]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-08-02)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-08-02)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1935-08-02)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-08-02)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1935-08-02)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-08-02)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1935-08-02)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-08-02)
recording of:
Truckin’ (on 1935-08-02)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
Fats Waller3:22
10My Brown Skin Sugar Plum [1935]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
Blind Boy Fuller3:02
11I’m in the Mood for Love [1935‐10‐03]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-10-03)
bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1935-10-03)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1935-10-03)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1935-10-03)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1935-10-03)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1935-10-03), Henry “Moon” Jones (swing era reeds) (on 1935-10-03) and Bingie Madison (on 1935-10-03)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1935-10-03)
trombone:
Jimmy Archey (on 1935-10-03) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-10-03)
trumpet:
Gus Aiken (on 1935-10-03), Louis Armstrong (on 1935-10-03), Louis Bacon (on 1935-10-03) and Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1935-10-03)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1935-10-03)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1935-10-03)
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love (on 1935-10-03)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
writer:
James Moody (jazz saxophonist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
CBS Hastings Catalog inc. and SBK Robbins Catalog, Inc.
version of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
Louis Armstrong43:11
12Cross Road Blues [1936]
recorded in:
San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-27)
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-27)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1986) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 481)
recording of:
Cross Road Blues (a/k/a “Crossroads”) (on 1936-11-27)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Encore Music (US label), King of Spades Music, Lehsem II, LLC, MPCA King of Spades, Noma Music Inc., Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Robert Johnson52:41
13Ramblin’ on My Mind [1936]
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
recording of:
Ramblin’ on My Mind (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Robert Johnson52:53
14Hoodoo Lady [1936]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1938-02-18)
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-18)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1936-02-18, on 1938-02-18)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-02-18, on 1938-02-18)
Memphis Minnie3:06
15That Bonus That Done Gone Thru [1936‐02‐12]
Lil Johnson3:03
16W.P.A. Blues [1936‐02‐12]
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 Weldon3:18
17All My Life [1936‐03‐17]
recording of:
All My Life (on 1936-03-17)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Sam H. Stept
Ella Fitzgerald3:15
18South Bound Blues [1936]
(Kid) Prince Moore3:04
19These Foolish Things [1936‐06‐30]
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
Billie Holiday3:20
20Billie’s Blues [1936‐07‐10]
recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:41
21Mr Paganini You’ll Have to Swing It [1936‐10‐29]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-10-29)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1936-10-29)
baritone saxophone:
Wayman Carver (on 1936-10-29)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-10-29)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-10-29)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-10-29)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-10-29)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-10-29)
trombone:
Nat Story (on 1936-10-29) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-10-29)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1936-10-29), Taft Jordan (on 1936-10-29) and Bobby Stark (on 1936-10-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-10-29)
cover recording of:
You'll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini) (on 1936-10-29)
writer:
Sam Coslow
Ella Fitzgerald2:56
22Where the Lazy River Goes By [1936‐12‐16]
clarinet:
Vido Musso (on 1936-12-16)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-12-16)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-12-16)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1936-12-16)
trumpet:
Irving Randolph (on 1936-12-16)
vocals:
Midge Williams (on 1936-12-16)
recording of:
Where the Lazy River Goes By (on 1936-12-16)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Midge Williams2:53
23Flood Water [1937]
Lonnie Johnson2:45
24The Big Boat [1937]
Washboard Sam3:04
25Golden Gate Gospel Train [1937]
The Golden Gate Quartet2:36
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