This really is a history of Jazz. Any Jazz fan should add this to their collection. Sixty tracks from the innovators.
CD#1 highlights include: “The Cascades”-Scott Joplin (1904), “At A Georgia Camp Meeting”-James P. Johnson (1922) and “Blue Grass Blues”-Louis Armstrong & King Oliver (1923).
CD#2 highlights include: “The Fives”-Art Hodes (1939), “Oh Daddy(You Won’t Have No Mama)”-Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Jimmy Dorsey (1926) and “Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me?”-Jimmy McPartland (1924)
CD#3 highlights include: “Hock Shop Blues”-Johnny Dodds & Tiny Parham (1926), “(Make Me A) Pallet On The Floor”-Bertha “Chippie” Hill (1946) and “Careless Love”-Big Bill Broonzy (1932).
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