Hot Jazz on Blue Note (1996)

About this title: Hot Jazz on Blue Note is a four-disc, 72-song box set that boasts a cross-section of classic traditional jazz and jump blues from the Blue Note vaults. All of the material on the set is from the '40s, when the label was just beginning to establish themselves as a force in jazz. Among the leaders on the set include George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Nicholas, while Charlie Christian, Ray Conniff, Red Norvo and many others are sidemen. Though it's not designed to appeal to purists, several of the tracks on the set have not been released on compact disc before, so hardcore ... read more

Tracks:

1. Blues Whistle [Lewis]
2. Careless Love [Handy/Koenig/Willia]
3. Profoundly Blue No. 2 [Lewis]
4. Gettysburg March [Alternate Take] [Traditional]
5. Burgundy Street Blues [Lewis]
6. Over the Waves [Rosas]
7. When You Wore a Tulip [Alternate Take] [Wenrich/Mahoney]
8. Days Beyond Recall [Bechet]
9. High Society [Steele]
10. Mr. Jelly Lord [Morton]
11. Wolverine Blues [Morton/Spikes/Spike]
12. Winin' Boy Blues [Morton]
13. Doctor Jazz [King Oliver/Melrose]
14. Shoe Shiner's Drag [Morton]
15. Blame It on the Blues [Cooke/Dorsey]
16. Weary Way Blues [Cox/Austin]
17. Moose March [Flath]
18. Careless Love [Handy/Koenig/Willia]
19. Memphis Blues [Handy/Norton]
20. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
21. Yellow Dog Blues [Handy]
22. Weary Blues [Matthews]
23. Tiger Rag [DaCosta/Edwards/LaR]
24. Original Dixieland One-Step [LaRocca]
25. Darktown Strutters' Ball [Alternate Take] [Brooks]
26. Fidgety Feet [Edwards/LaRocca/Rag]
27. At the Jazz Band Ball [Edwards/LaRocca/Rag]
28. That Eccentric Rag [Robinson]
29. Royal Garden Blues [Williams/Williams]
30. Sugar Foot Stomp [King Oliver/Armstro]
31. Jackass Blues [Stitzel/Kassel]
32. Bugle Call Rag [2nd Alt.] [Meyers/Pettis/Schoe]
33. Tin Roof Blues [Brunis/Mares/Melros]
34. Tishomingo Blues [Williams]
35. That's A-Plenty [Gilbert/Pollack]
36. Low Down Blues [Williams]
37. Cake Walking Babies from Home [Smith/Troy/Williams]
38. Everybody Loves My Baby [Alternate Take] [Palmer/Williams]
39. Mandy, Make up Your Mind [Clarke/Turk/Meyer]
40. Squeeze Me [Alternate Take] [Williams/Waller]
41. Runnin' Wild [Gibbs/Grey/Wood]
42. Clark and Randolph [Hodes]
43. Muskrat Ramble [Gilbert/Ory]
44. Apex Blues [Noone]
45. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me [McCarron/Morgan/Swa]
46. Nobody's Sweetheart [Alternate Take] [Schoebel/Erdman/Kah]
47. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [Clare/Stept]
48. Save It, Pretty Mama [Davis/Denniker/Redm]
49. There'll Be Some Changes Made [Alternate Take] [Higgins/Overstreet]
50. Jug Head Boogie [2nd Alt.] [Hodes]
51. Jazz Me Blues [Delaney]
52. Night Shift Blues [Alternate Take] [Hall]
53. China Boy [Boutelje/Winfree]
54. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out [Cox]
55. Walkin' the Dog [Brooks]
56. Blues at Blue Note [Alternate Take] [Hall]
57. Ballin' the Jack [Burris/Smith]
58. Shine [Mack/Dabney/Brown]
59. K.M. H Drag (Draggin' the Blues) [Hodes]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.