L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Tracklist errors:
Track 10.24 is listed as "Delta Blues" by Son House in the booklet and on the cover. The actual song on the medium is "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson however.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-06 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Some of These Days [1911]
recording of:
Some of These Days (in 1911)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Sophie Tucker4:13
2Roll Jordan Roll [1913]
recording of:
Roll Jordan Roll (in 1913)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6697)
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet2:41
3After You’ve Gone [1918]
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (in 1918)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Marion Harris3:18
4Crazy Blues [1920]
Mamie Smith3:28
5Down Hearted Blues [1923]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:28
6I’ve Got the Blues for Rampart Street [1923]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1923)
clarinet:
Jimmy O'Bryant (American jazz clarinetist) (in 1923)
cornet:
Tommy Ladnier (American jazz trumpeter) (in 1923)
piano:
Lovie Austin (in 1923)
vocals:
Ida Cox (in 1923)
recording of:
I've Got the Blues for Rampart Street (in 1923)
composer:
Ida Cox
Ida Cox2:49
7Graveyard Dream Blues [1923]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-26)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
Bessie Smith52:46
8West Indies Blues [1923]
recording of:
West Indies Blues (in 1923)
composer:
Edgar Dowell, Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Esther Bigeou2:47
9Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But! [1924]
instruments:
Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders (in 1924-04)
piano:
Lovie Austin (in 1924-04)
lead vocals:
Ida Cox (in 1924-04)
Ida Cox3:13
10Boweavil Blues [1924]
Bessie Smith2:54
11Weeping Willow Blues [1924]
Bessie Smith3:12
12Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis’ Mornin’ [1924]
recording of:
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel ‘Dis Mornin’ (in 1924)
writer:
Pearl Delaney and Tom Delaney
publisher:
Pickwick Music Corp., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Alberta Hunter2:50
13Black Snake Moan [1925]
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1929-03)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1929-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
recording of:
Black Snake Moan (in 1925)
writer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:55
14Cake Walking Babies From Home [1925]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-08)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1925-01-08)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-08)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1925-01-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1925-01-08)
trombone:
Charlie Irvis (on 1925-01-08)
vocals:
Eva Taylor (on 1925-01-08)
recording of:
Cake Walking Babies from Home (on 1925-01-08)
writer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer), Henry Troy and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Eva Taylor3:03
15Sweet Georgia Brown [1925]
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (in 1925)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis Day (publisher), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Ethel Waters3:10
16Soft Pedal Blues [1925]
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-14)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
Bessie Smith3:21
17Careless Love [1925]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
Bessie Smith3:28
18Shake That Thing [1925]
Ethel Waters3:13
19Too Tight Blues [1926]
Blind Blake2:57
20Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [1926]
recording of:
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (in 1926)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10072)
Paul Robeson3:03
21Fascinating Rhythm [1926]
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1926-04-19)
piano:
George Gershwin (composer) (on 1926-04-19)
vocals:
Adele Astaire (on 1926-04-19) and Fred Astaire (on 1926-04-19)
recording of:
Fascinatin’ Rhythm (on 1926-04-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (renewed) (1929–2019) and Harms, Inc. (in 1924)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire2:24
22Death’s Black Train Is Comin’ [1926]
Rev. J.M. Gates3:04
23Young Woman Blues [1926]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-10-26)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1926-10-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-10-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-10-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-10-26)
recording of:
Young Woman’s Blues (on 1926-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys3:10
24Pratt City Blues [1926]
Bertha “Chippie” Hill2:56
25Mean Old Bedbug Blues [1927]
recording of:
Mean Old Bedbug Blues (in 1927)
Lonnie Johnson2:54
2▶CD
3▶CD
4▶CD
5▶CD
6▶CD
7▶CD
8▶CD
9▶CD
10▶CD