Davenport Blues (1972)

About this title: Dill Jones was a phenomenal jazz pianist who recorded only sparingly under his own name, though he made quite a few discs with others. The Welshman was a formidable stride player who also swung like mad. This expanded reissue of the earlier Chiaroscuro LP not only restores a long-deleted album to print, but adds 19 previously unreleased tracks. The core of the original release consisted of his flashy interpretation of "Little Rock Getaway" (his live version appears on the Chiaroscuro CD Jazz Piano Masters), brilliant renditions of all four of Bix Beiderbecke's compositions for piano, plus ... read more

Tracks:

1. Celtic Twilight [Jones]
2. There Are No Flowers in Tiger Bay [Jones]
3. Jay Walk [Jones]
4. Welsh Pearl [Jones]
5. Blues Alone [Jones]
6. New Quay News [Jones]
7. Someone Remembered [Jones]
8. Meet Me at Condon's [Jones]
9. Annabelle [Jones]
10. Flashes [Beiderbecke]
11. In a Mist [Beiderbecke]
12. Candlelights [Beiderbecke]
13. In the Dark [Beiderbecke]
14. Davenport Blues [Beiderbecke]
15. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain [Brown/Clare]
16. From Monday On [Barris/Crosby]
17. Wherever There's Love [Condon/DeVries]
18. Little Rock Getaway [Sullivan]
19. Anything Goes [Porter]
20. Singin' in the Rain [Freed/Brown]
21. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble [Williams]
22. My Fate Is in Your Hands [Razaf/Waller]
23. Sweet Sue [Harris/Young]
24. I Found a New Baby [Palmer/Williams]
25. In a Mist [Beiderbecke]
26. African Ripples [Waller]
27. I Want to Be Happy [Caesar/Youmans]
28. Morning Air [Smith]
29. Candlelights [Beiderbecke]
30. God Rest That Merry Monk Who's Coming to Town
31. Deck the Halls With the Jingle Bell Boogie [Traditional]

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