JRR 061024
DISC 1
Artist Hazel Scott
Title Prelude in C Sharp Minor
Composer Rachmaninoff arr. Scott
Album Hazel Scott 1939-1945
Label Classics
Number 1308 Track 8
Duration 2.23
Performers Hazel Scott, p; J C Heard, d. 11 Dec 1940.
DISC 2
Artist Blanche Calloway
Title Just a Crazy Song (Hi Hi Hi)
Composer C Smith / S Williams
Album Jazz Ladies 1924-1962
Label Fremeaux
Number FA 5663 CD 2 Track 4
Duration 3.03
Performers Blanche Calloway, v; Joe Keyes, Edgar Battle, Clarence Smith, t; Alton Moore, tb; Booker Pittman, Leroy Handy, Ben Webster, reeds; Clyde Hart, p; Andy Jackson, bj; Joe Durham, tu; Cozy Cole, d. 27 March 1931.
DISC 3
Artist Bennie Green
Title Ain’t Nothing But the Blues
Composer Bennie Green
Album The 45 Session
Label Blue Note
Number TOCJ 619 Track 4
Duration 5.17
Performers Bennie Green, tb; Eddy Williams, ts; Sonny Clark, p; Paul Chambers, b; Jerry Segal, d. 3 Nov 1958.
DISC 4
Artist Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Title Moanin’
Composer Timmons
Album Moanin’
Label Masterworks
Number 21343 Track 1
Duration 9.34
Performers: Lee Morgan, t; Benny Golson, ts; Bobby Timmons, p; Jymie Merritt, b; Art Blakey, d. 30 Oct 1958
DISC 5
Artist Richard Bona
Title Bisso Baba (Always Together}
Composer Bona
Album Reverence
Label Columbia
Number COL 504497-2 Track 2
Duration 4.47
Performers Richard Bona, b, kb, g, v; James Hynes, t; Michael Eugene Davis, tb; Aaron Heick, as; Oz Noy, g; Etienne Sadwijk, kb; Vinnie Colaiuta, d. 2001.
DISC 6
Artist Irma Thomas
Title Back Water Blues
Composer Bessie Smith
Album Soul Queen of New Orleans 50th anniversary
Label Rounder
Number 6122142 Track 11
Duration 3.32
Performers Irma Thomas, v; Allen Toussaint, p; Doyle Bramhall II, g; Paul Bryan b; Jay Bellerose, d. (Originally released on the post Katrina benefit album Our New Orleans in 2005.)
DISC 7
Artist Papa Celestin
Title Li’l Liza Jane
Composer Ada De Lachau
Album Sounds of New Orleans
Label Storyville
Number 103 6102 CD 1 Track 9
Duration 2.53
Performers Papa Celestin, t, v; Bill Matthews tb; Alphone Picou, cl; Octave Crosby, p; Ricard Alexis, b; Happy Goldston, d. 15 Feb 1950
DISC 8
Artist Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars
Title Harmony Grits
Composer Mary Lou Williams
Album The First Lady In Jazz
Label Fremeaux
Number FA 5449 CD 3 Track 2
Duration 3.16
Performers Mary Lou Williams, p; Mare Hyams, vib; Marie Osborne, g; June Rotenburg, g; Rose Gottesman, d. 24 July 1946.
DISC 9
Artist Gail Thompson
Title Burkina Faso
Composer Gail Thompson
Album Jazz Africa
Label Enja
Number ENJ 9052 Track 2
Duration 8.12
Performers: Gail Thompson, fl; Claude Deppa, Harry Beckett, t; Patrick Hartley, tb; Tom Harris, Jerry Underwood, Mike Parlett, reeds; Mervyn Africa, p; Lucky Ranku, g; Mario Castronari, b; Cheryl Alleyne, d; Joe Legwabe, perc. 1996
DISC 10
Artist Art Hodes Quartet with Jacques Butler
Title Royal Garden Blues
Composer Williams
Album Art Hodes Trios and Quartets
Label Jazzology
Number JCD 113 Track 18
Duration 2.11
Performers Jacques Butler, t; Art Hodes, p; unknown guitar and drums. Rec 1943 or 1944.
DISC 11
Artist Bunk Johnson
Title My Life Will Be Sweeter Some Day
Composer Luther G Presley
Album Bunk Johnson 1944
Label American Music
Number AMCD 3 Track 9
Duration 4.16
Performers Myrtle Jones, v; Bunk Johnson, t; George Lewis, cl; Jim Robinson, tb; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Sidney Brown, tu; Baby Dodds, d. 31 July 1944.
DISC 12
Artist International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Title Vi Vigor
Composer Maurice King
Album The Women
Label RCA/Bluebird
Number ND86755 Track 11
Duration 2.56
Performers Tex Stansbery, Tiny Davis, Nora Lee McGhee, Floye Dryer, t; Julia Travick, Helen Jones, Ima Belle Byrd, tb; Vi Burnside, Colleen Murray, Myrtle Young, Willie Mae Lee, Jacqueline Dexter, reeds; Jackie King, p; Carlene Ray, g; Edna Smith, b; Pauline Braddy, d. 14 Oct 1946