The Commodore story

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Imprint:New York, NY : GRP Records, p1997.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Jazz music library.
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Format: E-Resource Streaming Audio Music recording Audio
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8640490
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Other authors / contributors:Commodore Records.
Notes:"52nd street hot jazz"--Box.
Annotation by Dan Morgenstern in booklet laid in original container.
Various performers.
Recordings from 1938-1950.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.
Other form:Original publisher catalog number CMD-2-400
Original UPC 011105040020
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Table of Contents:
  • Pianists: A selection from the gutter (Art Hodes) (3:01) ; Summertime (Joe Sullivan) (3:11) ; Ec-stacy (Jess Stacy) (4:46) ; Begin the beguine (Eddie Heywood) (5:10) ; Jammin' the boogie (Albert Ammons) (4:04) ; Lazy river (George Zack) (3:04) ; Finger buster (Willie "the lion" Smith) (3:02) ; Squeeze me (Ralph Sutton) (2:38).
  • Revival and reminiscence: Mamie's blues (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:44) ; Franklin street blues (Bunk Johnson) (3:26) ; Willie the Weeper (Bob Wilber) (2:56) ; Lazy daddy (Original Dixeland Jazz Band) (2:26)
  • Trumpets (and cornets): That's a plenty (Wild Bill Davison) (4:16) ; New Orleans (Bobby Hackett) (3:20) ; Memphis blues (Muggsy Spainer) (4:10) ; The sheik of Araby (Sidney de Paris) (2:43) ; You need coachin' (Hot Lips Page) (3:12)
  • Trombones: Diana (Jack Teagarden) (3:02) ; Tin roof blues (George Brunies) (2:56) ; Peg o' my heart (Miff Mole) (4:35)
  • Reeds: Keeping out of mischief now (Pee Wee Russell) (2:57) ; The man I love (Edmond Hall) (3:17) ; The blue room (Bud Freeman) (3:02) ; Sunny side of the street (Chu Berry) (4:00)
  • Some Commodore highlights: Love is just around the corner (Eddie Condon) (3:03) ; Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) (3:10) ; A good man is hard to find. Pt. 1 (jam session) (4:25) ; (You're some) Pretty doll (Fats Waller with Eddie Condon) (2:49) ; (Back home in) Indiana (Don Byas, Slam Stewart) (5:13) ; At a Georgia camp meeting (Sidney Bechet) (3:13)
  • A handful of stars: Way down yonder in New Orleans (Lester Young) (2:57) ; Dedication (Coleman Hawkins) (2:55) ; Sugar (that sugar baby o' mine) (Lee Wiley) (4:36) ; Billie's blues (Billie Holiday) (3:07)
  • A handful of guest stars: My ideal (Art Tatum with Coleman Hawkins) (3:07) ; Memories of you (Ben Webster with Sid Catlett) (3:37) ; Night and day (Teddy Wilson with Edmond Hall) (2:53) ; Body and soul (Roy Eldridge with Chu Berry) (3:51) ; Smack (Benny Carter with Coleman Hawkins) (2:38) ; The world is waiting for the sunrise (Benny Goodman with Mel Powell) (2:29).