Boxset / Compilation · 1999
Tracklist
01 Summertime George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward 4:12
02 Lonesome Blues L. Armstrong 4:07
03 Dear Old Southland Henry Creamer / Turner Layton 4:04
04 Bechet’s Steady Rider S. Bechet 2:55
05 Saturday Night Blues S. Bechet 2:55
06 St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy 4:50
07 Jazz Me Blues T. Delaney 4:49
08 Blue Horizon S. Bechet 4:28
09 Muskrat Ramble K. Ory 3:42
10 High Society P. Steele 3:38
11 Weary Blues A. Matthews 4:22
12 Jackass Blues Art Kassel / Mel Stitzel 4:50
13 Days Beyond Recali S. Bechet 4:52
14 Save It, Pretty Mama D. Redman 3:11
15 Memphis Blues W. C. Handy 2:57
16 Shine Lew Brown / Ford Dabney / Cecil Mack 2:58
17 Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It on the Blues) C. L. Cooke 2:57
18 Weary Way Blues Lovie Austin / Ida Cox 3:20
19 Careless Love W. C. Handy 3:43
Total time 72:15
Line-up/Musicians
Personnel and dates:
1: Meade Lux Lewis (g), Teddy Bunn (g) Johnny Williams (b), Sid Catlett (d)
New York City, June 8, 1939
2-5: Teddy Bunn (g), Pops Foster (b)
Sid Catlett (d)
New York City, March 27, 1940
6-9: Sidney De Paris (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb) Art Hodes (p), Pops Foster (b)
Manzie Johnson (d)
New York City, December 20, 1944
10-12: Max Kaminsky (tp)
George Lugg (tb), Art Hodes (p)
Pops Foster (b), Fred Moore (d)
New York City, January 21, 1945
13: Bunk Johnson (tp), Sandy Williams (tb) Cliff Jackson (p), Pops Foster (b)
Manzie Johnson (d)
New York City, March 10, 1945
14-16: Wild Bill Davison (c), Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b), Fred Moore (d)
New York City, October 12, 1945
17-18: Albert Nicholas (d), Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b), Danny Alvin (d)
New York City, February 12, 1946
19: Josh White (vd, g)
Wilson Ernest Myers (b)
New York City, March 7, 1940
About this release
Definitive Records
Thanks to snobb for the addition