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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Great Pre-1930 Jazz Tunes

I solicited the favorite pre-1930 songs of the Hot Jazz Records (1917-1931) Facebook group and this is what that knowledgeable group of folks came up with. It represents an enormous variety of music, ranging from "dance" to "blues" to "hot."

People will know some of the names in the list, but I'm sure many more individuals and bands will be unfamiliar. Do yourselves a favor and check out what these musicians have to offer. All of the songs on the list are available online. They are in no particular order.


1.     Oreste's Queensland Orchestra-When The Morning Glories Wake Up In The Morning
2.     Frenchie’s String Band-Red Hot Hottentot
3.     Fletcher Henderson-Whiteman Stomp
4.     Luis Russell: Jersey Lightning
5.     Duke Ellington: Jubilee Stomp (Victor)
6.     King Oliver: Canal St. Blues
7.     Louis Armstrong: Hotter Than That
8.     Irving Mills & His Modernists (w Jack Pettis) - At The Prom-
9.     Red Nichols: Feelin' No Pain (Brunswick)
10.  Nat Brusiloff and His Orchestra-Out of a Clear Blue Sky
11.  Powell's Jazz Monarchs -Chauffer's Shuffle
12.  Original Dixieland Jass Band: Margie
13.  New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Panama
14.  Jimmy Wade: Someday Sweetheart
15.  Red Allen: Swing Out
16.  Clarence Williams: Longshoreman's Blues
17.  Bix: In a Mist
18.  Frank Trumbauer: Ostrich Walk
19.  Walter Page: Squabblin'
20.  Cecil Scott: Springfield Stomp
21.  Joe Venuti/Eddie Lang: The Wild Dog
22.  Al Trent: The Nightmare
23.  Benny Moten: Goofy Dust (1924 Okeh)
24.  Jabbo Smith: Bandbox Stomp
25.  Charlie Johnson: Walk That Thing (take one or 2)
26.  Bessie Smith: Backwater Blues
27.  James P. Johnson: Snowy Morning Blues
28.  Fats: Ain't Misbehavin' (solo piano)
29.  Ted Lewis: Milenberg Joys
30.  Jelly Roll: Black Bottom Stomp 
31.  Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces-Take Your Time
32.  Jack Purvis either Copy'n Louis or Mental Strain At Dawn
33.  Harlem River Quiver" Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
34.  The University Six -San
35.  Benny Goodman and his boys-Jungle Blues
36.  Miff Mole & His Little Molers-Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
37.  Albert Wynn's Creole Jazz Band-Parkway Stomp
38. Fats Waller - Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad
39.  Junie C. Cobb & his Grains Of Corn - Shake That Jelly Roll
40.  Fletcher Henderson - Pensacola
41.  Henry Red Allen - Singing Pretty Songs
42.  Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch. - Rumba Negro
43.  Johnny Dunn, "Sergeant Dunn's Bugle Call Blues" and "Buffalo Blues"
45.  Paul Howard-Quality Shout
46.  Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five-Struttin' With Some Barbecue
47.  Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang -Sorry
48.  Original Memphis Five -Fireworks
49.  Jabbo Smith -Michigander Blues
50. Benny Goodman's Boys-Blue
51.  Roy Johnson's Happy Pals -Happy Pal Stomp
52.  Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals-Stock Yards Strut
53.  McKinney's Cotton Pickers -I'll Make Fun For You
54.  Brownlee's Orchestra Of New Orleans -Peculiar
55.  Fate Marable's Society Syncopators -Frankie And Johnny
56.  Golden Gate Orchestra -After You've Gone
57.  Original Dixieland Jass Band-I Lost My Heart In Dixieland
58.  New Orleans Rhythm Kings-Barataria
59.  Mississippi Maulers -My Angeline
60.  Red Nichols & His Five Pennies -Alice Blue Gown
61.  Jack Purvis -Copyin' Louis
62.  Maynard Baird & His Orchestra -Postage Stomp
63.  Jelly Roll Morton-Burnin' The Iceberg
64.  Tiny Parham -Washboard Wiggles
65.  Danny Altier -My Gal Sal
66.  Paul Tremaine And His Aristocrats -Four Four Rhythm
67.  Cliff Jackson-Torrid rhythm
68.  Duke Ellington - Immigration Blues
69.  Cliff Jackson-Ring Around the Moon
70.  Blue Steele Orch.- Sugar Babe, I'm Leavin
71.  Perdido St. Blues- Johnny Dodds
72.  Tennessee Ten-Long Lost Mama-augmented version of the Original Memphis Five
73.  Charles A. Matson & his Creole Serenaders-Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
74.  Charleston Chasers -My Gal Sal
75.  Lou Weimer's Gold and Black Aces, "Merry Widow's Got a Sweety Now
76.  McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
77.  Jelly Roll Morton - Hyena Stomp
78.  Jimmie Lunceford and his Chickasaw Syncopators-In Dat' Mornin'
79.  King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators-Wa Wa Wa
80.  Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight - Franklin Street Blues









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