02 - JAZZ LEGENDS – THE SOUTH, THE BLUES
27 / 79:59


FOLKWAYS - LP 1 – THE SOUTH (FP 53 / 1950, FJ 2801 / 1958)


  1. Ol’ Hannah (Go Down Old Hannah) (Prison Work Song)
4:52

Doc Reese-voc solo. 1939-1945. (recorded by Moses Asch - Folkways)


  2. Juliana Johnson (Axe Cutting
Song)                                                                              1:05

Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)-g & voc. May-October, 1944. (Moses Asch - Folkways)


  3. Harmonica Breakdown (Hoe Down
Dance)                                                                  2:28

Sonny Terry-hca; “Oh” Red (George Washington)-wb. New York City, Wednesday,

March 6, 1940 (Columbia 30064, 37686; OKeh 05538) (reissued on Roots RL-321)


  4. John Henry (Work
Song)
2:17

Leadbelly, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry. Ca. 1941. (Moses Asch - Folkways)


  5. Down South
(Blues)
           2:51

Scrapper Blackwell-g & voc. November 24, 1931? (G 18218-VAR 6042)


  6. Penitentiary
Blues
          3:10

Bessie Tucker-voc; K. D. Johnson-p. Memphis, August 29, 1928.

(Victor V-38526 / 45441-2) (EP His Masters Voice 7EG 8085 / 1955)


  7. Dry Bones (in the Valley) (Negro Sermon)
             3:34

Rev. J. M. Gates with Congregation. Chicago, December 1-2, 1926.

(78rpm Victor 35810 / LP RST Records/Blue Documents BD-2104 [Rudolf Staeger,

Wien, Austria])


  8. When the Saints Go Marching
In                                                                                2:54

            Wheat Street Female Quartet (personnel unknown; members of the Wheat Street

Baptist Church). Atlanta, GA, January 29, 1925. (Columbia 14067 / 140298-1)


  9. I Can’t Feel at Home
(Spiritual)                                                                        2:45

Two Gospel Keys-2 female vocalists, with tamb & g (Emma Daniels, Mother Sally

Jones?). New York, late 1946. (Moses Asch - Folkways)


10. Slow
Boogie
                      2:19

Champion Jack Dupree-p & voc. 1943-44. (Folkways)


11. 38
Slug
                            2:45

Jim Jam Band: unknown g, wb, mand, kaz, bones, vocals. (G 16266 VAR?)


12. Blues for Lorenzo (Creole)
                       2:29

Omer Simeon-cl; James P. Johnson-p; Pops Foster-b. New York, February 22, 1945.

(Drob) (Disc Company of America 6001 A / unknown matrix)


13. Dallas
Rag
                    2:48

Dallas String Band: Coley Jones-mand, voc; unknown-mand; ? Sam Harris-g; Marco

Washingon-b. Dallas, December 6, 1927. (Columbia 14290-D / 145343-2)


14. When A’Gator Holler, Folks Say It’s a Sign of
Rain                                                 2:45

Margaret Johnson with Black Blue Trio: Tom Morris-c; Bob Fuller-cl; Mike Jackson-p.

NY, October 20, 1926. (Victor 20333 / 36846-1) (alternate take 2 on Vic LP-7049 (LP))



FOLKWAYS - LP 2 – THE BLUES (FP 55 / 1950, FJ 2802 / 1956)


15. Dark Was the Night-Cold Was the
Ground                                                                3:16

            Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia 14303-D / 145320-1) (Jazz Classics 512)



16. Black Woman
                            1:22

            Vera Hall-voc (unaccompanied). Details unknown. Frederic Ramsey, Jr. (liner notes)


17. Black Snake Moan (Jefferson)
                 2:48

            Blind Lemon Jefferson-voc, g. (OKeh 8455-A / unknown matrix) (PARA 12407)


18. Misery Blues (Gertrude Rainey)
                             2:35

            Gertruda Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band: Shirley Clay-co; Kid Ory-tb; ? Hop

Hopson-p; unknown-bjo and tu. Chicago, ca. August, 1927. (Paramount 12508 / 4707-1)


19. Working Man’s Blues (Joe
Oliver)                                                                              2:57

            King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong-co; Honore Dutrey-tb;

Johnny Dodds-cl; Stump Evans-Cmel sax; Lil Hardin-p; Johnny St Cyr-bjo; Baby

Dodds-dr. Richmond, IN, October 5, 1923. (Gennet 5275 / 11636-B) (HJCA 7)


20. No Easy Rider
Blues
      3:19

            Gertrude Perkins-voc; by Willie Tyson-p; unknown-g; Octave Gaspar-tu.

Dallas, December 6, 1927. (Columbia 14313-D / 145340-1)


21. Lord I Just Can’t Keep from
Crying                                                                           3:00

            Blind Willie Johnson with g & female “Helpers”

            (Columbia 14425-D / 147570)

22. How Long
Blues
              3:52

            Jimmy Yancey-p solo. Chicago, December 1943.

(Session 12-003 / WC-117) (Riverside RLP-1061)


23. Mr. Jelly Lord
(Morton)
    2:46

            Jelly Roll Morton Trio: Johnny Dodds-cl; Jelly Roll Morton-p; Baby Dodds-dr.

Oak Street studio, Chicago, June 10, 1927. (Victor 21064, Bluebird B 10258 / 38664-1)


24. Bridwell
Blues
                 3:29

            Nolan Welsh-voc; Louis Armstrong-co; Richard M. Jones-p. Chicago, June 16,

            1926. (OKeh 8372 / 9727-A) (HJCA 36?)


25. Careless Love (William Christopher
Handy)                                                               3:02

            Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra: Oscar Celestin-co, dir; "Kid Shots" Madison-co;

            William Ridgley-tb; Willard Thoumy-cl, as; unknown-ts;  Manuel Manetta-p; John

            Marrero- bjo; Simon Marrero-b;  Abby Foster-d, sw. New Orleans, January 23, 1925.

(OKeh 8198 / 8907-A) (JC 510A)


26. Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
                   3:09

            Bessie Smith-voc; Porter Grainger-p; Lincoln Conaway-g. New York,

September 27, 1927. (Columbia 14250-D / 144796-3)


27. I’m Not
Rough
                2:54

            Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five: Louis Armstrong-co, voc; Kid Ory-tb; Johnny

            Dodds-cl; Lil Armstrong-p; Johnny St. Cyr-bjo, g. Chicago, December 10, 1927.

(OKeh 8551 / 82040-B)


                                         Total Time  79:59