Wild Man Blues: 24 Clarinet Classics

Johnny Dodds

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000001HKP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #303,669 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Canal Street Blues - Johnny Dodds, King Oliver

2. Yes! I'm in the Barrel - Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds

3. Weary Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven, Johnny Dodds

4. Gatemouth - Johnny Dodds, New Orleans Wanderers

5. Too Tight - Johnny Dodds, New Orleans Wanderers

6. Mixed Salad - Johnny Dodds, New Orleans Bootblacks

7. Flat Foot - Johnny Dodds, New Orleans Bootblacks

8. Wild Man Blues - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers

9. When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers

10. Clarinet Wobble - Johnny Dodds

11. Wolverine Blues - Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton

12. Mr. Jelly Lord - Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton

13. Hot Stuff - Jimmy Blythe & His Owls, Johnny Dodds

14. Ballin' the Jack - Johnny Dodds

15. Grandma's Ball - Johnny Dodds

16. Southbound Rag - Blind Blake, Johnny Dodds

17. Get 'Em Again Blues - Johnny Dodds

18. Lady Love - Johnny Dodds

19. Bucktown Stomp - Johnny Dodds

20. Bull Fiddle Blues - Johnny Dodds

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Johnny Dodds was the most prominent and prolific of the great New Orleans clarinetists, a key voice in the music as it moved to Chicago in the early 1920s. This compilation spans his career, including early tracks on which he can be heard as an essential sideman with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, and Jelly Roll Morton. Rooted deeply in the blues, Dodds can even be heard with Blind Blake on the great blues-ragtime guitarist's "South Bound Rag." He can be heard as well in the varied groups that he led on record--usually including his brother, the gifted drummer Baby Dodds, who sometimes plays washboard. The version of "Wild Man Blues" heard here is by Dodds's Black Bottom Stompers with Louis Armstrong, and it makes an interesting contrast to Armstrong's own recording, with Dodds, of the same tune. Whether raw and expressive or fluently liquid, Dodds's clarinet is heard to ideal advantage on his trio versions of "Clarinet Wobble" and "Indigo Stomp." --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all time great ones, December 14, 2003

By	nadav haber (jerusalem Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Johnny Dodds is one of those rare musicians whose sound has been heard by millions, and yet few know them by name. Anyone familiar with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Seven recordings from the mid Twenties is familiar with Dodds' warm clarinet sound and perfect phrasing.
He had few competitors when it came to playing the blues or New Orleans rags. Only Sidney Bechet could match his swing and deep feeling of the music. Bechet had much more charisma and thus became much more popular.
But for me there is no substitute for Dodds when it comes to playing honest and exciting New Orleans jazz. Armstrong made no mistake when he made him his regular sideman.

This is a very good compilation of Johnny Dodds' music. It has a few tracks with Armstrongs, others in a trio format and a balanced spread of blues and rags. And because Johnny Dodds is one of the greatest musicians to have played jazz, this compilation belongs in every music collection.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WildMan Blues, Johnny Dodds, March 17, 2006

By	Carol A. Dutcher "Caroljazzer" (Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a really "wild" CD, and since this is the kind of music I listen to the most, it was a great addition to my collection. I play jazz clarinet and Johnny is someone I like to emulate.