Riverside History of Classic Jazz

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Riverside
• ASIN: B000000ZG2
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Royal Drums of Abatutsi/Abatutsi Girls' Songs/Lobertina

2. Street Cries of Charleston [#]

3. Shuckin' Sugar Blues

4. I'm Going to Heaven If It Takes My Life [#]

5. Slidus Trombonus [#]

6. Ragtime Oriole [#]

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. No. 29

2. The Fives [#]

3. Blue Boogie [#]

4. Far Ago Blues [#]

5. South Side Shuffle [#]

6. Lone Star Blues [#]

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Harlem Strut

2. Mama's Got the Blues

3. Hock Shop Blues [#]

4. Midnight Stomp [#]

5. Rainy Nights [#]

6. Hop Off

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Early Jazz, October 20, 2008

By 

makifat (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riverside History of Classic Jazz (Audio CD)

A nice big collection of early jazz on Riverside and associated labels, originally released on lp in 1956 (I own the vinyl version). The selections are heavily weighted towards the 1920's, but with some pieces from the '30's, '40's, and, on the last side/disc, the '50's. The selections are arranged thematically, beginning with "Backgrounds", then on to Ragtime, the Blues, New Orleans, Boogie-Woogie, South Side Chicago and Harlem, on to the New York style and the New Orleans revival. More balanced that Capitol's early 1960's compilation Thesaurus of Classic Jazz (a great collection in it's own right) in that it rightly emphasises seminal black performers such as Armstrong, Morton. King Oliver and James P. Johnson, and a slew of less known artists.