Harlem Jazz: The 20s [Import]

Get Happy Band (Artist), Blue Rhythm Orchestra (Artist), Cotton Club Orchestra (Artist), Thomas Morris & His 7 Hot Babies (Artist), Savoy Bearcats (Artist), Perry Bradford (Artist), Lloyd Scott (Artist), Fletcher Henderson (Artist), Te Roy Williams (Artist), Fess Williams (Artist), Charles Johnson (Artist), Te Roy Tibbs (Artist), Leroy Smith (Artist), Duke Ellington (Artist), Missourians (Artist), Joe Steele (Artist), Jabbo Smith (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Abm
• ASIN: B00002MUEM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Harlem's Araby

2. Hold 'Er, Deacon

3. Everybody Stomp

4. Ham Gravy

5. How Could I Be Blue?

6. PDQ Blues

7. Original Black Bottom Dance

8. Harlem Shuffle

9. Variety Stomp

10. Oh! Malinda

11. Number Ten

12. Hot Tempered Blues

13. One O'Clock Blues

14. St. Louis Blues

15. Cotton Club Stomp

16. Market Street Stomp

17. Coal Yard Shuffle

18. Croonin' the Blues

19. Bull Foot Stomp

20. Ain't Missbehavin'

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars SOME RARITIES IN THIS BATCH, December 18, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harlem Jazz: The 20s (Audio CD)

Harlem is defined as a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and most of the tracks in this compilation were recorded in New York, with two exceptions, one from Chicago, the other from Barcelona! In fairness to ABM they are shown clearly enough as exceptions, and to criticise their inclusion would be to look a gift horse in the mouth, because this a fine compilation which includes some real rarities.

For example, the Get-Happy Band was a pick-up group which included Sidney Bechet and which recorded just four sides for Columbia. Both of the curiously-named Te Roys, Williams and Tibbs, recorded only two sides, as did Joe Steele, and Leroy Smith was not much more prolific. Of course, some of the bands are far better known, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver heading that list, which makes for a well-balanced diet of familiar and strange items. I wish however that the liner note were less generalised.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About this CD, February 24, 2005

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Slobberer "Slobberer" (Astoria, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harlem Jazz: The 20s (Audio CD)

Harlem Jazz - 20s
Acrobat (U.K.) label

features many Cotton Club performers...

tracks & artists are;
1. Get Happy Band - Harlem's Araby,
2. Blue Rhythm Orchestra - Hold 'Er Deacon,
3. Cotton Club Orchestra - Everybody Stomp,
4. Thomas Morris & His 7 Hot Babies - Ham Gravy,
5. Savoy Bearcats - How Could I Be Blue,
6. Thomas Morris & His 7 Hot Babies - PDQ Blues,
7. Perry Bradford - Original Black Bottom Dance,
8. Lloyd Scott - Harlem Shuffle,
9. Fletcher Henderson - Variety Stomp,
10. Te Roy Williams - Oh Malinda,
11. Fess Williams - Number 10,
12. Charles Johnson - Hot Tempered,
13. Te Roy Tibbs - One O'Clock Blues,
14. Leroy Smith - St. Louis Blues,
15. Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Stomp,
16. Missourians - Market Street Stomp,
17. Joe Steele - Coal Yard Shuffle,
18. Jabbo Smith - Croonin' The Blues,
19. Sam Wooding - Bull Foot Stomp,
20. Louis Armstrong - Ain't Misbehavin,
21. Luis Russell - New Call Of The Freaks,
22. Little Chocolate Dandies - That's How I Feel Today,
23. Henry "Red" Allen - Pleasin' Paul,
24. Cecil Scott - Springfield Stomp,
25. King Oliver - New Orleans Shout.....