March 24, 2024

Jazz - Some Cities and Towns

RF Records 32
Compiled and Annotated by Samuel Charters

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 Mojo Strut: The Apollo Syncopaters (02:46)
A2 Decatur Street Tutti: Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (02:38)
A3 Congo Stomp: Frank Bunch and the Fuzzy Wuzzies (02:58)
A4 Butterfingers: Charles Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs (03:11)
A5 She's Cryin' For Me: The Peacock Orchestra (02:53)
A6 Bogalusa Strut: Sam Morgan's Jazz Band (02:57)
A7 That's a Plenty: The New Orleans Owls (03:08)
B1 Cushion Foot Stomp: Clarence Williams' Washboard Five (03:21)
B2 Buffalo Blues: Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds (03:03)
B3 Twelfth Street Rag: Connie's Inn Orchestra (03:01)
B4 West End Blues: The Chocolate Beau Brummels (03:06)
B5 Blue Trombone Stomp: The Louisville Stompers (02:35)
B6 The Sad: Boots and his Buddies (03:04)
B7 Liza: Don Albert and his Orchestra (02:58)
[Credits]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Photographer: Walker Evans, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
From the "breathy theatricalism" of Chicago theater jazz to the "youthful enthusiasm" of Birmingham and St. Louis's bands, the 1920s and 30s were decades of experiment, change, and stylistic variation in an era when musicians played for their own local audiences. This compilation travels, making all the local stops from New Orleans to New York.

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