6.Put Me In the Alley Blues - The Chicago Hottentots
7.Travelin' Blues - Lovie Austin
8.Sweet Mumtaz - Luis Russell
9.Wiggle Yo' Toes - Q.R.S. Boys
10.Root Hog or Die - Harlem Hamfats
11.Runenae Papa - Zutty Singleton & His Creole Band
12.Big Noise from Winnetka - Ray Bauduc / Bob Haggart
13.Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle
14.Sous Les Palmiers - Haitian Orchestra / Sidney Bechet
15.Look Over Yonder - Zutty Singleton & His Creole Band
16.King Porter Stomp - Zutty Singleton & His Orchestra
17.Besame Mucho - Edmond Hall
18.Mo Pas Lemme Ca - Creole Serenaders
19.Chocko Mo Feendo Hey - Danny Barker
20.Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thing - Danny Barker
21.Eh La Bas - Paul Barbarin
22.Blanche Touquatoux - Kid Ory & His Creole Jazz Band
23.Just a Closer Walk With Thee / Lady Be Good - Eureka Brass Band / George Lewis
24.South Rampart Street Parade - Bob Crosby's Bobcats
25.Saints, The - Papa Lightfoot
26.St James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong
27.Didn't He Ramble - Louis Armstrong
28.James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
29.Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
30.New Orleans Joys - Jelly Roll Morton
31.Old New Orleans Blues - Willie Jackson
32.Mama Cookie - Ann Cook
33.Black Snake Blues - King Oliver
34.I'm Not Rough - Louis Armstrong
35.Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
36.Louisiana Bound - Charley Taylor
37.Bread and Water Blues - Kid Stormy Weather
38.Allons a Lafayette - Cleoma Breaux / Joe Falcon
39.Keep a Knockin' - Milton Brown
40.Deceived Blues - Ann Turner
41.Cabbage Greens No. 1 - Champion Jack Dupree
42.Mississippi Town - Creole George Guesnon
43.Gran Prairie - Happy Fats & His Rayne-Bo Ramblers
44.New Low Down Dog - Champion Jack Dupree
45.I'm Cuttin' Out - Harlem Hamfats
46.Sidney's Blues - Sidney Bechet
47.Just As Soon As I Go Home - Cousin Joe
48.Hackberry Hop - Harry Choates & His Melody Boys
49.Trouble In Mind - Karl Jones / Lonnie Johnson
50.Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
51.Box Car Shorty and Peter Blue - Cousin Joe
Product Description:
A case could be made for New Orleans as the most important city for popular music in America. It is, after all, the birthplace of jazz, of funk, and arguably even rock & roll, and there's no denying the influence of the city's famous second-line parade drumming rhythms on pop music, or the city's unique style of shuffling boogie piano playing -- the list of New Orleans "uniques" could go on for awhile. This two-disc, 69-track set (the first of a two-volume series spotlighting New Orleans R&B) covers the years 1921 to 1949 and includes such timeless early jazz and blues sides as Jelly Roll Morton's "Maple Leaf Rag," Louis Armstrong's "St. James Infirmary," King Oliver's "Black Snake Blues," Champion Jack Dupree's "Junker Blues," Rabbit Brown's "James Alley Blues," and many other enduring gems from the rich musical history of the city of New Orleans. ~ Steve Leggett
