Richmond Rarities

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz Oracle
• ASIN: B000009PUM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jack Ass Blues - Alex Jackson And His Plantation Orchestra

2. I Call You Sugar - Alex Jackson And His Plantation Orchestra

3. When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo - Alex Jackson And His Plantation Orchestra

4. Missouri Squabble - Alex Jackson And His Plantation Orchestra

5. Lounder And Funnier - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

6. Gilded Kisses - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

7. Black And Blue Rhapsody - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

8. Nightmare - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

9. After You've Gone - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

10. St. James Infirmary - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

11. Clementine - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

12. I've Found A New Baby - Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra

13. Mandy - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

14. Hum All Your Troubles Away - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

15. It's Tight Like That - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

16. It's Tight Like That - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

17. West End Blues - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

18. West End Blues - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

19. West End Blues - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

20. Good Feelin' Blues - Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Includes the complete output of Alphone Trent!!!, October 3, 2000

By 

aaron - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richmond Rarities (Audio CD)

This CD of rare hot territory dance orchestras from the 20's, recorded in Richmond, Virginia are absolutely hot. However there is one main reason for picking up this hard to find Canadian import CD, and that's for the 8 tracks led by Alphonse Trent's legendary territory band, he led the hottest territory band ever to play in Virginia. All of the music is enjoyable on this CD of hot jazz big band rarities from the 20's. You can get a sample of Alphonse Trent's band on "Louder & Funnier." If you like 20's hot jazz, you'll love all of these Richmond Territory Bands.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Richmond, Indiana, July 23, 2002

By 

Dismuke (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richmond Rarities (Audio CD)

I agree with another review that this is an excellent CD. However, one correction: the tracks were recorded in Richmond, INDIANA - not Virginia. Richmond, Indiana was the home of the Starr Piano Company, the makers of Gennett Records which recorded a number of the jazz greats of the period.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FOUR RARE BANDS FROM THE GENNETT STUDIOS, February 20, 2011

By 

Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Richmond Rarities (Audio CD)

The Gennett studios in Richmond, Indiana hold a special place in the affection of jazz collectors, not least because both King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, and Bix and the Wolverines, cut their first records there. By the late twenties the company had expanded into recording lesser-known territory bands, some of which were issued on subsidiary labels, and the complete recorded output of four of them is assembled here.

Alex Jackson & his Plantation Orchestra recorded five numbers in late 1927, four of which were issued. They play in a controlled manner, with a driving rhythm. Alphonso Trent & his Orchestra were based in Dallas, Texas and made four journeys to Richmond, in October and December 1928, March 1930, and March 1933, two numbers being issued from each session. The personnel included Snub Mosely on trombone and violinist Stuff Smith, and the recordings demonstrate a highly accomplished outfit, which managed to combine an intensity of purpose with a relaxed delivery. Their version of "Nightmare" is excellent, and "St. James Infirmary" gets a very up-tempo treatment. Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels included trumpeter Sy Oliver and pianist Herman Chittison, and they produced a total of six issued titles during 1929. Two, namely "It's Tight Like That" and the stately "West End Blues" produced two and three alternate takes respectively, which are included here. The final group, Omaha-based Red Perkins & his Dixcie Ramblers, is the most obscure. They recorded four numbers over two days in May 1931.

The quality of the audio restoration is quite outstanding, as you'd expect of the late John R.T. Davies, and the background to the Gennett studio, and the bands involved, is set out at length in the 24-page liner booklet, complete with photos and discographical details. These are obscure recordings by bands which received less exposure than should have been their due, and Jazz Oracle is to be commended for making them available to a wider audience.