Deluxe Box Set - 2 x 12" Vinyl + 4 x CDs
The 1923 recordings by King Oliver’s working Chicago band are the stuff of legend. Nothing like them had ever been heard on record before, and nothing in jazz would be the same afterward. Here, for the first time, all 37 sides are presented—in release order—on two LPs and two CDs, along with 55 additional tracks (on CDs 2, 3 and 4) that allow us to understand these musical giants not only as innovators but also as products of the acoustic-era recording industry. With all-new restorations and remastering by Richard Martin, these selections have never sounded better. Further, there’s an 80-page book included, where GRAMMY-winning author Ricky Riccardi insightfully tells the story of the relationship between “Papa Joe” Oliver and “Little Louis” Armstrong and gives detailed notes on the tracks. Produced by Archeophone’s Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, GRAMMY-winning producers of Lost Sounds. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of these landmark records!
TRACK LIST
Disc One
1. Dipper Mouth Blues • 2. Weather Bird Rag • 3. Just Gone • 4. Canal Street Blues • 5. Mandy Lee Blues • 6. I’m Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind • 7. Froggie Moore • 8. Chimes Blues • 9. Snake Rag • 10. Sobbin’ Blues • 11. Sweet Lovin’ Man • 12. Dipper Mouth Blues • 13. Where Did You Stay Last Night? • 14. High Society Rag • 15. Snake Rag • 16. Krooked Blues • 17. Alligator Hop • 18. Zulus Ball • 19. Workingman Blues
Disc Two
1. Jazzin’ Babies Blues • 2. Chattanooga Stomp • 3. New Orleans Stomp • 4. The Southern Stomps (take 1) • 5. The Southern Stomps (take 2) • 6. Riverside Blues • 7. Mabel’s Dream (take 1) • 8. Mabel’s Dream (take 2) • 9. London (Café) Blues • 10. Camp Meeting Blues • 11. Tears • 12. Buddy’s Habit • 13. Working Man Blues • 14. Riverside Blues • 15. Room Rent Blues • 16. I Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody • 17. Mabel’s Dream • 18. Sweet Baby Doll BONUS: 19. Choo Choo Blues (Art Landry’s Syncopatin’ Six) • 20. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (Clarence Williams’ Blue Five) • 21. Dearborn Street Blues (Young’s Creole Jazz Band)
Disc Three
Louis’ Record Collection Louis Armstrong had a lifelong love of the early recordings he experienced on his first phonograph. Includes selections by Bert Williams, Arthur Pryor, Handy’s Orchestra, Enrico Caruso and the world premiere of the oldest extant recording from New Orleans by Louis Vasnier.
Disc Four
Joe’s Jazz Kingdom The Oliver band had an immediate and broad impact on their peers. Features selections by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Original Memphis Five; Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Band; Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams’ Trio; Kahn’s, Hickman’s and Whiteman’s Orchs; Friars Society Orch; and more.
