The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz

The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz
Compilation album by Various artists
Released 24 June 1997
Genre Jazz
Length 71:36
Label World Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to the Music of North Africa
(1997)		 The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz
(1997)		 Best of Latin America
(1997)
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The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz is a jazz compilation album originally released in 1997. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the album covers the genre's growth from the turn of the 20th century to the 1930s, largely focusing on the "Jazz Age". The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[2] Curation was performed by Robert Parker, an audio engineer specializing in the period and host of the radio show Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo.[3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

Keith Farley of AllMusic called it a "fine introduction".[5] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, claimed it "buried" the contemporaneous Swing Revival and noted his surprise at the number of "obscure white groups"."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Dr Jazz"  Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers3:24
2."Smoke-House Blues"  Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers3:26
3."Dixie Jass Band One-Step"  Original Dixieland Jazz Band2:37
4."Dippermouth Blues"  King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band2:26
5."Mr. Jelly Lord"  New Orleans Rhythm Kings3:04
6."Sugar Foot Stomp"  Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra2:48
7."Potato Head Blues"  Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven2:55
8."West End Blues"  Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five3:17
9."Hear Me Talking to You"  Ma Rainey with her Tub Jug Washboard Band2:59
10."Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"  Bessie Smith2:57
11."Shake That Jelly-Roll"  J.C. Cobb & His Grains Of Corn2:57
12."Stomp Your Stuff"  State Street Ramblers3:11
13."Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"  Pinetop Smith3:09
14."Nobody's Sweetheart"  McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans3:05
15."Since My Girl Turned Me Down"  Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang3:03
16."Beale Street Blues"  The Charleston Chasers2:59
17."Imagination"  Miff Mole & His Molers2:49
18."Makin' Friends"  Eddie Condon & His Footwarmers3:00
19."The Minor Drag"  Fats Waller & His Buddies2:39
20."Log Cabin Blues"  Clarence Williams' Washboard Five3:11
21."South"  Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra2:33
22."Creole Love Call"  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:12
23."Hot and Anxious"  Don Redman & His Orchestra2:49
24."New King Porter Stomp"  Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra3:06

References

  1. ↑ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ↑ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ↑ Discogs. "Various - The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya and Tanzania". Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. ↑ Wills, Anthony (1 March 2005). "Obituaries: Robert Parker". The Stage. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  5. 1 2 Farley, Keith. "The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
  6. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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