History of Jazz

MUS 230 - History of Jazz
Spring 2006 playlist

Note: Many selections are taken from Martin Williams, ed., The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz. CBS Special Products RD 033. Wherever those appear below, I use the abbreviation "SCCJ."

January 17

Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (recorded in 1952), "Hot House," and Dizzy Gillespie with Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, and others (1982), "Hot House." Both on Dizzy's Dream Band. Fox Lorber FLV5134.
Thelonius Monk, "Round Midnight." On Thelonius Monk: Straight No Chaser. Film. Warner Brothers 11896.

January 19

Excerpts from The Land where the blues began, Alan Lomax, writer and narrator. Vestapol 13078. From American Patchwork series, dist. by Rounder Records.
William Brown, "Mississippi Blues," and David "Honeyboy" Edwards, "Wind Howlin' Blues." On Mississippi: The Blues Lineage: Musical Geniuses of the Fields, Levees, and Jukes. From the Alan Lomax Collection. Rounder Records 11661-1825-2.
Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues” (1929). Film. On At the Jazz Band Ball: Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance. Yazoo 514, Shanachie Entertainment, 2000.
Bessie Smith (with Louis Armstrong), “St. Louis Blues.” On Jazz: the Definitive Performances. Sony J2K-65807.

January 24

Lament sung by young boy with idodongo, a one-stringed fiddle (A4); song with inanga, a trough zither (A1); female chorus with call and response (A2); and drum ensemble (B5). On Musique du Burundi. Disques Ocora 40.
"Rosie Darlin Rosie." Negro Folk Music of Alabama: Ring Game Songs and Others. Ethnic Folkways Library, P 474.
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, “Black Bottom Stomp.” SCCJ, vol. 1.
Original Dixieland Jazz Band, "Back Home Again in Indiana;" King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band, "Dippermouth Blues;" and Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, "West End Blues." On Jazz: the Definitive Performances. Sony J2K-65807.

January 26

Scott Joplin, "Maple Leaf Rag" (performed by Joplin on a piano roll, and Jelly Roll Morton recorded in 1938). SCCJ, vol. 1.
Gunther Schuller, cond., New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble. Scott Joplin, "Maple Leaf Rag." Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book. Angel S-36060.
Marcus Roberts, pianist. Scott Joplin, "Maple Leaf Rag." Marcus Roberts: The Joy of Joplin. Sony Classical SK 60554.
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, "Dead Man Blues" and "Sidewalk Blues." On The Complete Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 1/2 (1926-1927). RCA PM-42405-B.

January 31

Louis Armstrong, "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Dinah." Film. On At the Jazz Band Ball: Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance. Yazoo 514, Shanachie Entertainment, 2000.
Louis Armstrong (with Lil Hardin Armstrong, piano and composer, and Lonnie Johnson, guitar), "Hotter than that." Louis Armstrong with Earl "Fatha" Hines, "Weatherbird." Also: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra, "I gotta right to sing the blues." SCCJ, vol. 1.
James P. Johnson, "Carolina Shout." SCCJ, vol. 1.
Willie "The Lion" Smith, "Carolina Shout." Film. On The Story of Jazz. From the Masters of American Music series. BMG 72333-80088-9.

February 2

Fats Waller, "The Joint is Jumpin" and "Ain't Misbehavin'." Films. On Harlem Renaissance: The Music and Rhythms that Started a Cultural Revolution. Kultur D3115.
Duke Ellington (piano solo on the bandstand), "Sophisticated Lady." Film. On The Story of Jazz. From the Masters of American Music series. BMG 72333-80088-9.
Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson, "[Untitled] Boogie Woogie" (1939). Film. On Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz. VHS. Blue Note 7243-4-77844-3-9.
Count Basie, "Basie's Boogie." Films. On Lester Young: Jammin' the Blues. From The Stars of Jazz Collection. Eforfilms 2869038.
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, "My Ohio Home" (1928). Film. On At the Jazz Band Ball: Early Hot Jazz, song and Dance. Yazoo 514, Shanachie Entertainment, 2000.
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke and Bing Crosby, "T'ain't so, honey, t'ain't so." Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra featuring Bing Crosby. LP. Columbia CL 2830.
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue. Leonard Bernstein, conductor and pianist. LP. Columbia MS 6091.

February 9

The Five Cousins, "I Got Rhythm." Giants of Jazz: The Guitarists. Time-Life Records STL-J12.
Lester Young and Count Basie, "I Got Rhythm." Classic Jazz. Sony A3K 53375.
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven featuring Lester Young, "Lester Leaps In." Jazz: The Definitive Performances, Columbia/Epic/Legacy J2K 65807.
Lester Young (with vocalist Marie Bryant and others), "Midnight Symphony," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and "Jammin the Blues." Also: Count Basie, "Basie's Conversation." Lester Young, Count Basie: Jammin' the Blues. From Stars of Jazz Collection. Eforfilms 2869038.
Coleman Hawkins, "The Man I Love." SCCJ, vol. 2.

February 14

Louis Armstrong, "Body and Soul." Louis Armstrong Favorites. The Louis Armstrong Story, vol. 4. LP. Columbia CL 854.
Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson, "Body and Soul." SCCJ, vol. 2.
Anita O'Day, "Body and Soul." Ultimate Anita O'Day. Verve 314 559 707-2.
Coleman Hawkins, "Body and Soul." SCCJ, vol. 2.

Jelly Roll Morton, "King Porter Stomp." SCCJ, vol. 1.
Benny Goodman and his orchestra, "King Porter Stomp" (1935). On The Best of Ken Burns Jazz. Columbia/Legacy CK 61439.
"Benny Goodman and the kingdom of swing" (featuring lots of dancing, performances by Benny Goodman and Count Basie, Artie Shaw's "Lesson in Swing," etc.). On The Story of Jazz. From the Masters of American Music series. BMG 72333-80088-9.

February 16

Duke Ellington, "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo." (1927 and 1937 versions, the first with Bubber Miley, the second with Cootie Williams), and "Concerto for Cootie" SCCJ, vol. 3.
Duke Ellington (with Ivie Anderson, Tricky Sam Nanton, and Johnny Hodges), "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing." On Jazz: the Definitive Performances. Sony J2K-65807.
Duke Ellington, "Stormy Weather" (with Ivie Anderson). On Blue Melodies. From Hollywood Rhythm: The Paramount Musical Shorts, vol. 3. Kino Video.
Cab Calloway, "Minnie the Moocher." Film. From Harlem Renaissance: The Music and Rhythms that Started a Cultural Revolution. Kultur D3115.
Valaida Snow, "Minnie the Moocher." Valaida Snow: Queen of Trumpet and Song. DRG Records 8455.
"Valaida Snow, Queen of the Trumpet." American Legacy Television Special hosted by Tim Reid. New Millenium Studios ALTVS-001.

February 28

Billie Holiday, "Your Mother's Son-in-Law" (with Benny Goodman, 1933) and "Strange Fruit" (1939). Giants of Jazz: Billie Holiday. Time-Life Records STL-J03 P3 14786.
Louis Armstrong, "Black and Blue." Louis Armstrong Favorites. The Louis Armstrong Story, vol. 4. LP. Columbia CL 854.
Billie Holiday with Lester Young, "He's Funny That Way" (1937). SCCJ, vol. 2.
Billie Holiday with Roy Eldridge, "God Bless the Child." Jazz: The Definitive Performances, Columbia/Epic/Legacy J2K 65807.
Duke Ellington with Billie Holiday, "Symphony in Black." On Blue Melodies. From Hollywood Rhythm: The Paramount Musical Shorts, vol. 3. Kino Video.
Billie Holiday, "Fine and Mellow" (1957). On The Story of Jazz. From the Masters of American Music series. BMG 72333-80088-9.
Carmen McRae, "Round Midnight" (1968). Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual: Carmen McRae. Rhino Home Video R3 2583.

March 2

Duke Ellington (featuring Ivie Anderson and Johnny Hodges), "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good" (1941). Giants of Jazz: Duke Ellington. Time-Life Records STL-J02 P3 14729.
Billie Holiday, "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good."
Billie Holiday, "These Foolish Things." SCCJ, vol. 2.
Ella Fitzgerald, "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good" and "A-tisket, A-tasket."
Anita O'Day, "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Tea for Two." Jazz on a Summer's Day, Bert Stern, director. New Yorker Video DVD 16500.
John Kirby, "Sweet Georgia Brown." John Kirby Sextet: The Biggest Little Band in the Land. Asv Living Era 5304.

March 7

Quintette of the Hot Club of France (featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappeli), "Ain't Misbehavin'." Real Audio file. Scott Alexander, The Red Hot Jazz Archive. <http://www.redhotjazz.com/hotclubfrance.html>
Quintette of the Hot Club of France (featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli), "Dinah." SCCJ, vol. 2.
Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins, "Stardust." Giants of Jazz: Coleman Hawkins. Time-Life Records STL-J06 P3 14782.
Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian, Count Basie, Cootie Williams, et al. "I Found a New Baby." SCCJ, vol. 2.
Pha Terrell with Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy (with Mary Lou Williams), "Until the Real Thing Comes Along." The Music Goes Around and Around: The Golden Years of Tin Pan Alley: 1930-1939. LP. New World Records NW 248.
Mary Lou Williams, "Aries." Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite (1945). Smithsonian Folkways CD 40810. Originally released as Asch 620 and 621, and as Folkways 32844.
Dave Douglas, "Aries" and "Waltz Boogie," (both composed by Mary Lou Williams). Dave Douglas: Soul on Soul. RCA Victor 09026-63603-2.

March 14

International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Video. Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss, producers. Cinema Guild: Jezebel Productions [no catalog number].

March 16

Thelonious Monk (with Phil Woods, Johnny Griffin, and others), "Evidence." Thelonius Monk: Straight No Chaser. Warner Brothers Home Video 11896.
Charlie Parker, "Shaw 'Nuff" (with Dizzy Gillespie); and "Klacktoveedsedstene" (with Miles Davis and Max Roach). SCCJ, vol. 3.
Thelonious Monk Quartet (with Milt Jackson, vibes), "Straight, No Chaser." On The Best of Ken Burns Jazz. Columbia/Legacy CK 61439.

March 21

Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (featuring Dizzy Gillespie), "I Stay in the Mood for You," and "Blowing the Blues Away" (with Gene Ammons and Dexter Gordon on tenor sax). Billy Eckstine: The Legendary Big Band. Savoy Jazz SVY 17125.
Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra, "Manteca," "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped," and "Two Bass Hit." Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra: 1946/1948. Jazz Archives (a label of EPM) No. 150, 159552
Modern Jazz Quartet, "La Ronde" (a re-titled version of "Two Bass Hit"). First Recordings!: The Modern Jazz Quartet. Prestige PR 7749.
Miles Davis Sextet, "Two Bass Hit" (featuring Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto sax and "Philly" Joe Jones on drums). Milestones. Columbia PC 9428.

March 23

Charlie Parker (with Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, and Max Roach), "Crazeology." SCCJ, vol. 3.
Miles Davis and his Orchestra, "Boplicity" (arranged by Gil Evans; with Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, J.J. Johnson, Lee Konitz, Kenny Clarke, etc.). SCCJ, vol. 4.
Modern Jazz Quartet, "Django." SCCJ, vol. 4.
Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take Five." Jazz: The Definitive Performances, Columbia/Epic/Legacy J2K 65807.
Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Fujiyama." Jazz Impressions of Japan. Columbia /Legacy CK 65726.
Jean Bach, director, The Spitball Story. VHS tape. BWE Video 0240.

March 28

Miles Davis, "Miles." Milestones. Columbia PC 9428.
Miles Davis, "So What." Kind of Blue. Columbia KCS 8163.
John Coltrane, "So What" and "My Favorite Things." The World According to John Coltrane. From the Masters of American Music series. BMG 72333 80067-9.
Ravi Shankar, sitar (with Alla Rakha, tabla), "Dhun." West Meets East, Album 2. Angel LP S-36026.

March 30

Miles Davis, "Flamenco Sketches." Kind of Blue. Columbia KCS 8163.
Paco Pena, "Riomar" and "Cancion." Paco Pena: Azahara: Flamenco Guitar Recital. Musical Heritage Society 513046X.
John Coltrane, "Giant Steps." The Art of John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years. Atlantic SD 2-313.
John Coltrane, "Acknowledgement." A Love Supreme. Impulse AS 77.

April 3

Charles Mingus, "Fables of Faubus," "Better Git it in Your Soul," "Goodbye, Porkpie Hat," and "Open Letter to Duke." Mingus Ah Um. Columbia/Legacy CK 65512.
Carla Bley, "Goodbye, Porkpie Hat." Big Band Theory. Watt/25 78118-23125-2.
Charles Mingus (with Gerry Mulligan and others), "Goodbye, Porkpie Hat." Charles Mingus Live at Montreaux, 1975.

April 11

Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, "Ornette." Sound. Delmark DE-408.
Ornette Coleman, "Congeniality." SCCJ, vol. 5.
World Saxophone Quartet, "Steppin." SCCJ, vol. 5.
World Saxophone Quartet (with African musicians), "Snanapo." M'Bizo. Justin Time Records JUST 123-2.