Complete Recordings: Recorded In New Orleans, 1925-1928

Halfway House Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz Oracle
• ASIN: B000000O5V
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pussy Cat Rag

2. Barataria

3. Squeeze Me

4. Maple Leaf Rag

5. Let Me Call You Sweetheart

6. New Orleans Shuffle

7. Snookum

8. Since You're Gone

9. It Belongs To You

10. I'm In Love

11. Won't You Be My Lovin' Baby?

12. I Don't Want To Remember

13. When I'm Blue

14. I Want Somebody To Love

15. Love Dreams

16. I Hate Myself For Lovin' You

17. Let Your Lips Touch My Lips

18. I'll Go Back To That Dear Old Pal O' Mine

19. Tell Me Who

20. Wylie Avenue Blues

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Halfway House Orchestra: HOT!, June 20, 2009

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G. Whiz (Earth) - See all my reviews

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This is one of those CD's that came up as a "recommendation" cross-reference on many of the 20's jazz cd's that I've bought on amazon. I looked at it and finally bought it. WOW - what a hot group this was! Mind you, there's not much anything hotter from the mid-20's than Louis Armstrong, Bix and Morton's Red Hot Peppers but I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS! What were the white groups doing? Some of them (like the Halfway House Orchestra) were playing some blazing jazz that is amazing if you're enjoying this era. Goofus Five, Early Ted Lewis, The Charleston Chasers and Red Nichols have NOTHING on this bunch. And the sound is as good as it can be. WOW!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Birth of Dixieland, May 17, 2007

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AgedFan (Calif) - See all my reviews

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If we consider Dixieland as a subset of '20's jazz, with a New Orleans origin, this band is one of the first and probably the most influential. Abbie Brunies (cornet) and Charlie Cordella (clarinet) are remarkable players and are more than ably assisted by other New Orleans stalwarts, including Leon Rapollo.

All sides are fine, but the really good ones (Pussy Cat Rag, Barataria, Maple Leaf Rag, Let Me Call You Sweetheart) are available elsewhere. Still, this is good stuff and can be enjoyed for listening as well as history.

The sound quality is very good and the album notes are worthwhile. I enjoyed this album very much.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic 20's Dance and Dixieland, November 1, 2007

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Walter Five (13th Floor Elevator, Enron Hubbard Bldg. Houston Texxas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Recordings: Recorded In New Orleans, 1925-1928 (Audio CD)

Well, let me begin by quoting John Wilby in the liner notes: "This is not the sort of music we might consider Hot Jazz, rather it is Dance Music played hot!"

And it really swings. The Halfway House was a New Orleans supper club about midway between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, accounting for its somewhat unusual name. This is a white dance band playing hot ragtime and Dixieland, great stuff. Recorded between 1925-1928, the original 78's have been transferred and remastered by the amazing John R.J. Davies, and they sound *great*!!! Thanks Jazz Oracle, for another complete catalog of artistry from an almost forgotten era.